She's now back in full swing, having just completed a 17-stop concert tour in Japan.Īmuro's parents divorced soon after she was born and she was raised by her half-Italian mother. She took a year off in 1998 after having a baby. Her hit single "Can You Celebrate?" won the 39th annual Japan Record Awards Grand Prize. Advertisement - Click to support our sponsors.ĮVER hear of Namie Amuro? Most people outside Asia haven't, but she's been called Japan's Madonna (the singer, not the religious figure).Īmuro, who performs Sunday at the Waikiki Shell in a benefit concert for the Hawaii United Okinawa Association, hasn't done any interviews to promote the concert here, so information about the pretty and petite singer who doesn't speak English has come from news releases and internet Web pages, of which there are plenty.Īt 22, Amuro is a two-time winner of Japan's Best Artist Prize with CD sales twice topping 10-million copies in a year.
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