Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵), born September 20, 1977, is a Japanese pop idol from Okinawa, Japan. She is one of the best-selling artists ever in Japan with total sales of approximately 30,000,000 singles and albums. She has released eight original albums, three best-of compilations and 34 singles, as of March 2009. She initially debuted in 1992 as the lead singer of Super Monkeys, with fellow Okinawa Actors School classmates Max as back dancers.