Sashi's Blog: Ami Suzuki rev. 2.0

Monday, 7 December 2009

Ami Suzuki rev. 2.0

Another one good jpop singer. She started years ago, but best music and video materials are from 2005-2008 (for my taste). Break-up song is my love one!

Bio:

Born February 9, 1982.

On Sony Music talent show from 13,500 contestants, only five girls were chosen to be in the final round, and Ami won the competition supported by 802,157 phone calls from the audience. She was only 15 years old.

Ami was constantly compared with "rival" Ayumi Hamasaki. The two young female singers were often called "enemies" by the tabloids because they began their careers at the same time and each had potential to be the next "Queen of J-Pop".

Her singles, titled "Be Together", "Our Days", were ranked number one in the charts becoming a huge hit in Japan.

On January 1, 2005, Ami's official website under the Avex label was officially opened. The promotion of her first single under the new label, "Hopeful", started as well.

Her second single under Avex, titled "Eventful", also a dance track, had moderate sales, debuting at number nine on Oricon music charts. In October 2005 Ami released her first studio album in five years, and her debut album on Avex Trax. The album was originally going to be called Hopeful, but ended up being titled Around the World.

Her 4th "join" single, and first Avex double A-side single, "Free Free/Super Music Maker", was released on August 22, 2007. For this single's promotion Ami changed drastically her image, from a cute Pop image for a more mature and sexy-erotic style. Her new look was called as "Ero-Pop" by herself and Japanese media.

Suzuki's "join" single was released on November 28, 2007. It is a collaboration with Aly & AJ on their song "Potential Breakup Song", produced by Japanese DJ and musician Sugiurmn.

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