Suite Chic was a collaborative project between some of Japan's top and up-and-coming R&B and hip hop artists, writers, and producers, which debuted on December 18, 2002.
180-408: Suite Chic served as a vehicle for pop singer Namie Amuro , who at the time was establishing herself as a credible R&B artist following a decline in her popularity as a pop singer. Since the dissolution of the project many of its participants have gone on to greater mainstream success and the project revived Amuro's career. In a late 2005 interview, Amuro said she would like to have Suite Chic make
360-584: A dance-pop sound with Western influences. Her first four releases, including Sweet 19 Blues (1996) and Concentration 20 (1997), each received multi-million certifications. Her 1997 single " Can You Celebrate? " remains as the best selling single by a solo female artist in Japanese music history. In the early 2000s, " Never End " became Amuro's last successful single before a decline in sales, and her music began evolving from pop to R&B as she reined in creative control of her career. This transition
540-542: A "creative partnership" with EDC organizers Insomniac Events in 2013 that would allow it to access its resources whilst remaining an independent company; Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino described EDM as the "[new] rock 'n' roll ". US radio conglomerate iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment) also made efforts to align itself with EDM. In January 2014 It hired noted British DJ and BBC Radio 1 personality Pete Tong to produce programming for its "Evolution" dance radio brand, and announced
720-419: A Japan-only release, Amuro's version was criticized due to the announcement of her involvement without the knowledge of Lopes' family, though Lopes' sister later stated she had no objections to Amuro's inclusion. However, TLC defended Amuro's involvement as neither member had access to Lopes' master recording rights and they "were forced to use creative ways to honor Lisa's memory and celebrate this milestone with
900-489: A brief period in 1996, her second studio album Sweet 19 Blues was the best-selling album in Japanese music history . Additionally, she held the record for the highest-opening sales for a female or solo artist until it was challenged by Hikaru Utada's 1999 studio album First Love , which to this day stands as the best-selling album in Japan. With her sudden rise to stardom, Amuro was noted by journalists and commentators as
1080-522: A celebrity status. Other major acts that gained prominence, including Avicii and Swedish House Mafia , toured major venues such as arenas and stadiums rather than playing clubs; in December 2011, Swedish House Mafia became the first electronic music act to sell out New York City's Madison Square Garden . In 2011, Spin declared a "new rave generation" led by acts like David Guetta, Deadmau5 , and Skrillex . In January 2013, Billboard introduced
1260-513: A comeback in 2006, but nothing came of it. Ryosuke Imai talked with Verbal of ( m-flo ) about who was the Japanese Janet Jackson . They reached the conclusion that it was "Namie Amuro", who at the time had seen her career fade following a hiatus. They produced demos without permission and proposed them to Amuro. The project featured up-and-coming DJs and hip-hop producers such as DJ Muro, Dabo and hip-hop singer Ai (singer) on
1440-399: A computer running a digital audio workstation (DAW), with various plug-ins installed such as software synthesizers and effects units, which are controlled with a MIDI controller such as a MIDI keyboard . This setup is generally sufficient to complete entire productions, which are then ready for mastering . A ghost producer is a hired music producer in a business arrangement who produces
1620-423: A fan poll on the singer's website, and a few selection were re-recorded with new vocals and arrangements by Amuro. Additionally, a bonus DVD package included new music videos for her 1990's singles " Sweet 19 Blues " and " Can You Celebrate? ", and two newly established videos for "Himawari" and "Four Seasons". It was placed on the first position by Oricon , and shifted under 500,000 units in Japan. In support of
1800-529: A few headliner dudes that can play 3,000–4,000-capacity venues, but DJs play the same venues, they turn the crowd over two times, people buy drinks all night long at higher prices—it's a win-win." Electronic music festivals, such as Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas and Ultra Music Festival in Miami also grew in size, placing an increased emphasis on visual experiences, and DJs who had begun to attain
1980-481: A fistful of water". In the UK, "dance music" or "dance" are more common terms for EDM. What is widely perceived to be "club music" has changed over time; it now includes different genres and may not always encompass EDM. Similarly, "electronic dance music" can mean different things to different people. Both "club music" and "EDM" seem vague, but the terms are sometimes used to refer to distinct and unrelated genres (club music
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#17327974322652160-458: A fully adapted hip hop record with elements of J-pop. She carried this sound on with Style (2003), another record produced by Austin, and eventually onto Queen of Hip-Pop (2005). Amuro's transition from J-pop to "more mature, transatlantic" R&B was noted by critics, and the aforementioned title "Queen of Hip-Pop" was used by the Japanese media to identify her (the term "Hip-Pop"
2340-551: A higher demand and further promotional activities with singles and the unreleased track "Christmas Wish", Amuro added 13 dates. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were released on May 3, 2017, and certified gold by RIAJ . On May 31, 2017, Amuro released her single " Just You and I ", which sold over 100,000 digital units according to RIAJ . The following month, Amuro announced her 25th anniversary concert in her hometown Okinawa , which redeemed her cancelled 20th anniversary concert on September 16, 2012, due to typhoon warnings in
2520-538: A home studio. Unlike in traditional recording studios, bedroom producers typically use low-cost, accessible software and equipment which can lead to music being created completely "in the box", with no external hardware. Afro-EDM depicts African electronic dance music genres and styles that blend elements of traditional African music with electronic dance music. It incorporates various African rhythms, instruments, and vocal styles, merging them with modern EDM production techniques. Afro EDM had existed for decades. However, it
2700-586: A huge success in Japan, eventually selling 2,750,000 units there, making it the best-selling single by a solo female artist in Japan. After releasing her sixth consecutive number one single " How to Be a Girl " on May 21, 1997, Amuro released her second album Concentration 20 in July of that year. It became her third number one album in Japan, and sold over 1.9 million units there. For additional promotion, she embarked her Concentration 20 Dome Tour in Japan, which achieved commercial success. By early August 1997,
2880-873: A huge success in Japan, peaking at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart and sold over 882,000 units in Japan. Amuro's second single with Komuro, " Chase the Chance ", became her first number-one single on the Oricon Singles Chart and her first single to sell over 1 million units in Japan. For Amuro's success with those singles, she won the Golden Arrow Award in 1995. After a brief hiatus, Amuro released two more singles in 1996: " Don't Wanna Cry " and " You're My Sunshine ". Both singles were successful in Japan, bringing her second and third consecutive number one singles, and both sold over one million units there. Amuro achieved huge success after
3060-503: A large amount of success with their single " Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite) ", produced by Italian eurobeat producer Dave Rodgers , and Japanese businessman Max Matsuura . Released on January 25, 1995, the song reached number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart , and stayed in the top 200 chart for 25 weeks. Despite the beginning success as a group, the other four members of the Super Monkey's formed their own sub-group, MAX , under
3240-496: A large slip in Amuro's sales, only shifting 95,000 units by the end of the year. In December 2002, Amuro was part of the musical project Suite Chic , involving several Japanese artists like Verbal , Zeebra , Dabo and DJ Muro . The project released two singles, one studio album and one remix album before dissolution in 2003. Amuro returned to solo activities in mid-2003, releasing the singles " Shine More ", " Put 'Em Up ", and
3420-464: A new EDM-focused Dance/Electronic Songs chart, tracking the top 50 electronic songs based on sales, radio airplay, club play, and online streaming . According to Eventbrite, EDM fans are more likely to use social media to discover and share events or gigs. They also discovered that 78% of fans say they are more likely to attend an event if their peers do, compared to 43% of fans in general. EDM has many young and social fans. By late 2011, Music Trades
3600-416: A new single. The single, though marketed as an extended play , was titled 60s 70s 80s , and consisted of three songs: "New Look", "Rock Steady", and "What A Feeling". The songs feature samples from The Supremes 's " Baby Love " (1964), Aretha Franklin 's " Rock Steady " (1971) and Irene Cara 's " What A Feeling " (1983), respectively. 60s 70s 80s became a huge success in Japan, reaching number one on
3780-492: A new track entitled "Dr." through a Vidal Sassoon commercial. She then released the album's lead double A-side singles, " Wild/Dr. ," on March 18, 2009. The song was a success, peaking at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart , and sold over 119,000 units in that region. As a result, she also broke her own record of having all of her singles debut in the top 10 (on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart) for
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#17327974322653960-543: A partnership with SFX to co-produce live concerts and EDM-oriented original programming for its top 40 radio stations. iHeartMedia president John Sykes explained that he wanted his company's properties to be the "best destination [for EDM]". Major brands have also used the EDM phenomena as a means of targeting millennials and EDM songs and artists have increasingly been featured in television commercials and programs. Avicii's manager Ash Pournouri compared these practices to
4140-477: A performance instrument. They also foregrounded spatial effects such as reverb and delay by using auxiliary send routings creatively. The Roland Space Echo , manufactured by Roland Corporation , was widely used by dub producers in the 1970s to produce echo and delay effects. Despite the limited electronic equipment available to dub pioneers such as King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry, their experiments in remix culture were musically cutting-edge. Ambient dub
4320-461: A plethora of trap remixes of popular EDM songs, and 1/3 dub (low-frequency focus and strong emphasis on repetitiveness throughout a song)". Some of the artists that popularized this genre, along with several others, are producers such as RL Grime with the tracks "Core" and "Scylla" released in 2014, Flosstradamus with their Hdynation Radio album released in 2015 and Carnage with his track "Turn Up" released in 2012. Trap music in this connotation
4500-618: A question about being credited with coining the term New Romantic Burgess has stated that: "Initially I was using three terms – Futurist, Electronic Dance Music (the Landscape singles have EDM printed on them) and New Romantic." Writing in The Guardian , journalist Simon Reynolds noted that the American music industry's adoption of the term EDM in the late 2000s was an attempt to re-brand US "rave culture" and differentiate it from
4680-542: A recording studio with specialized equipment such as samplers , synthesizers, effects units and MIDI controllers all set up to interact with one another using the MIDI protocol. In the genre's early days, hardware electronic musical instruments were used and the focus in production was mainly on manipulating MIDI data as opposed to manipulating audio signals. Since the late 1990s, the use of software has increased. A modern electronic music production studio generally consists of
4860-639: A simple and austere sound. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s, including late-1970s debutants like Japan and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , and newcomers such as Depeche Mode and Eurythmics . In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra's success opened the way for synth-pop bands such as P-Model , Plastics , and Hikashu . The development of inexpensive polyphonic synthesizers,
5040-404: A singer, she was discovered at age 12, while visiting a friend. One year later, Amuro was scouted by Masayuki Makino, the owner of Okinawa Actors School , and eventually she was enrolled there. In 1991, Makino placed her in an idol group named Super Monkey's , with four other girls: Anna Makino , Hisako Arakaki , Minako Ameku and Nanako Takushi . The sixth member, Rino Nakasone, joined
5220-488: A snare or high hat on the second, fourth, or eighth notes. In the mid-1980s house music thrived on the small Balearic Island of Ibiza, Spain . The Balearic sound was the spirit of the music emerging from the island at that time; the combination of old vinyl rock, pop, reggae, and disco records paired with an "anything goes" attitude made Ibiza a hub of drug-induced musical experimentation. A club called Amnesia, whose resident DJ, Alfredo Fiorito , pioneered Balearic house ,
5400-441: A solo artist. Such non-disclosure agreements are often noted as predatory because ghost producers, especially teenage producers, do not have an understanding of the music industry. London producer Mat Zo has alleged that DJs who hire ghost producers "have pretended to make their own music and [left] us actual producers to struggle". A bedroom producer is an independent musician who creates electronic music on their laptop or in
5580-587: A song called "Do What U Gotta Do". In May, she released the double A-side single " Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick/Ningyo ", which peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and shifted over 80,000 units in Japan. In August 2006, Amuro conducted her first annual tour Best Tour Live Style 2006, spanning between August and November 2006. Released in February 2007, the Live DVD of the tour
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5760-432: A song for another DJ/artist that releases it as their own, typically under a contract which prevents them from identifying themselves as a personnel of the song. Ghost producers receive a simple fee or royalty payments for their work and are often able to work in their preference of not having the intense pressure of fame and the lifestyle of an internationally recognized DJ. A ghost producer may increase their notability in
5940-463: A song originally recorded by American girl-group TLC . Amuro—who knew the group during the singer's sessions with producer Dallas Austin , and whose fellow Okinawa Actors School alumni Speed had been huge fans of TLC—accepted the role, and re-recorded the rap segment as a homage to previous member Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes , who had died in a car accident in La Ceiba, Honduras in 2002. Despite being
6120-703: A tearful rendition of her single "Can You Celebrate?". Working on the album Genius 2000 with Komuro and American producer Dallas Austin , after releasing its first single "I Have Never Seen" in 1998, Amuro released its second single " Respect the Power of Love " on March 17, 1999. On the same day, news publications in Amuro's hometown, Okinawa, reported that her mother, Emiko Taira, had been murdered. According to staff editors at The Japan Times , Emiko and her second husband, Tatsunobu Taira, were hit by an axe, owned by Kenji Taira, Emiko's ex-husband's brother. While her second husband survived with moderate injuries, Emiko
6300-414: A traditional verse/chorus structure. Structured vocal form in trance music forms the basis of the vocal trance subgenre, which has been described as "grand, soaring, and operatic" and "ethereal female leads floating amongst the synths". Trance music is broken into a number of subgenres including acid trance , classic trance, hard trance , progressive trance, and uplifting trance . Uplifting trance
6480-424: A trendsetter to the Japan and across Asia. She eventually became the most prominent figure in fashion magazines and the general press for changing the typical Japanese idol image and styles of women in Japan, in favour of "dyeing their hair brown, plucking their eyebrows... thick-soled/long boots, a miniskirt, tanned-skin and tattoos". This made her a fashion icon, and created a phenomenon fan base known as Amuraa in
6660-542: A wide range of musical styles and genres. Her music through the 1990s were influenced by eurobeat and the rise of J-pop music. Additionally, she identifies Madonna and Janet Jackson as her inspirations, despite constant comparisons with sound and imagery by critics and publications alike. Sweet 19 Blues stuck with J-pop elements, but she began to experiment with Western genres such as R&B , jungle , acid house , house and jazz . From Genius 2000 , she worked with American producer Dallas Austin , resulting in
6840-505: Is Euro-trance , which has become a general term for a wide variety of highly commercialized European dance music. Several subgenres are crossovers with other major genres of electronic music. For instance, Tech trance is a mixture of trance and techno, and Vocal trance "combines [trance's] progressive elements with pop music". The dream trance genre originated in the mid-1990s, with its popularity then led by Robert Miles . AllMusic states on progressive trance: "the progressive wing of
7020-685: Is Amuro's combination of hip-hop and pop ). In 2007, Amuro released Play , which was highlighted as one of her key re-inventions of her entire career. Sonically, the record relied on R&B and hip hop elements, but started to involve contemporary dance-pop music. To an extent, Tills from AllMusic compared the effort to the works of Jennifer Lopez and En Vogue . Uncontrolled (2012) saw yet another transition with her sound, leaving R&B and focusing on electronic dance music . Additionally, this saw her first experimentation with full-length English language tracks. Unlike her previous records, Uncontrolled ventured into Western practitioners to helm
7200-563: Is Nigerian Afro-EDM which emerged in the 2020s encompassing afrobeats, Nigerian afro-house and afroelectro. Gqom originated around 2009-2010 in Durban , through the pioneering efforts of local record producers. Gqom blends elements of techno, broken beats, and house music. Unlike traditional house music, gqom diverges by eschewing the typical four-on-the-floor rhythm. Gqom is categorized as both EDM and house music, characterized by diverse production techniques and variations. Initially,
7380-435: Is a form of house music characterized by a prominent bassline or kick drum and a tempo between 125 and 135 beats per minute, usually 128. Its origins were influenced by electro . The term has been used to describe the music of many DJ Mag Top 100 DJs , including Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike , Hardwell , Skrillex , and Steve Aoki . Italian DJ Benny Benassi , with his track " Satisfaction " released in 2002,
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7560-535: Is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the late 1990s. It is generally characterized by sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub-bass frequencies. The style emerged as an offshoot of UK garage , drawing on a lineage of related styles such as 2-step , dub reggae , jungle , broken beat , and grime . In the United Kingdom,
7740-634: Is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a teen idol , and transitioned into a leading pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentation. Due to her career reinventions and longevity, she is known as an icon across Japan and Asia. She has been referred to as the " Queen of Japanese Pop ", and her influence domestically has drawn equivalent comparisons to artists such as Janet Jackson and Madonna in Western pop culture. Born in Naha , Okinawa , Amuro debuted as
7920-612: Is also known as "anthem trance", "epic trance", "commercial trance", "stadium trance", or "euphoric trance", and has been strongly influenced by classical music in the 1990s and 2000s by leading artists such as Ferry Corsten , Armin Van Buuren , Tiësto , Push , Rank 1 and at present with the development of the subgenre "orchestral uplifting trance" or "uplifting trance with symphonic orchestra" by such artists as Andy Blueman , Ciro Visone, Soundlift, Arctic Moon, Sergey Nevone&Simon O'Shine etc. Closely related to Uplifting Trance
8100-421: Is defined by what is popular, whereas EDM is distinguished by musical attributes). Though Billboard debuted a "dance" chart in 1974, the larger US music industry did not create music charts until the late 1990s. In July 1995, Nervous Records and Project X Magazine hosted the first awards ceremony, calling it the "Electronic Dance Music Awards". Electronic dance music is generally composed and produced in
8280-637: Is generally produced for playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix , by segueing from one recording to another. EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA . Since its inception EDM has expanded to include a wide range of subgenres. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of raving , pirate radio , Party crews , underground festivals and an upsurge of interest in club culture , EDM achieved mainstream popularity in Europe. However, rave culture
8460-430: Is important to note when discussing the history of drum & bass that prior to jungle, rave music was getting faster and more experimental. By 1994, jungle had begun to gain mainstream popularity, and fans of the music (often referred to as junglists ) became a more recognisable part of youth subculture. The genre further developed, incorporating and fusing elements from a wide range of existing musical genres, including
8640-454: Is now Live Nation —re-launched SFX Entertainment as an EDM conglomerate, and announced his plan to invest $ 1 billion to acquire EDM businesses. His acquisitions included regional promoters and festivals (including ID&T , which organises Tomorrowland ), two nightclub operators in Miami, and Beatport , an online music store which focuses on electronic music. Live Nation also acquired Cream Holdings and Hard Events , and announced
8820-496: Is one of the only female solo artists to achieve the most accumulations of million-certified physical singles, with a total of five (" Chase the Chance ", " Don't Wanna Cry ", " You're My Sunshine ", " A Walk in the Park " and " Can You Celebrate? " – see her discography for more ). "Can You Celebrate?" still remains the best-selling physical release by a female singer—with estimate sales of 2.750 million copies sold in Japan alone. For
9000-459: Is seen as the forerunner of electro-house who brought it to the mainstream. By the mid-2000s, electro-house saw an increase in popularity, with hits such as the Tom Neville remix of Studio B 's "I See Girls" in 2005 (UK #11). In November 2006, electroGq-house tracks " Put Your Hands Up for Detroit " by Fedde Le Grand and the D. Ramirez remix of " Yeah Yeah " by Bodyrox and Luciana held
9180-589: Is still absent from streaming services. Amuro has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. By 2000, the English language started to heavily mix in with her music, starting with Genius 2000 . In several tracks, Amuro would record her vocals in Japanese (and additionally in English), whereas back-up vocalists would provide English translations and marry the two together. By Play , the singer would start to record tracks with less electronic synths and beats, particularly with
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#17327974322659360-656: The Balearic party vibe associated with Ibiza's DJ Alfredo was transported to London, when Danny Rampling and Paul Oakenfold opened the clubs Shoom and Spectrum, respectively. Both places became synonymous with acid house, and it was during this period that MDMA gained prominence as a party drug. Other important UK clubs included Back to Basics in Leeds , Sheffield's Leadmill and Music Factory, and The Haçienda in Manchester, where Mike Pickering and Graeme Park's spot, Nude,
9540-531: The Best Asian Artist award at World Music Awards in Monte Carlo , Monaco . There, she performed her track " Hide & Seek " from her album Play . Two months later, she released her double A-side single " Break It/Get Myself Back ", which performed well on several record charts in Japan. On December 15, 2010, together with the premiere of Live DVD and Blu-ray of Past<Future Tour 2010,
9720-491: The Mudd Club and clear the floor". By the late 1980s interest in house, acid house and techno escalated in the club scene and MDMA-fueled club-goers, who were faced with a 2 a.m. closing time in the UK, started to seek after-hours refuge at all-night warehouse parties. Within a year, in summer 1989, up to 25,000 people at a time were attending commercially organised underground parties called raves. Trance emerged from
9900-648: The Oricon Singles Chart , whereas the titular track sold over 250,000 digital copies in Japan. That same month, Amuro collaborated with Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai on a song titled "I'm Not Yours", which was released as a track on Tsai's album Play (2014). The music video of the song was published on YouTube on February 2, 2015. On June 10, 2015, Amuro released her 12th studio and third bilingual album Genic . It marked her first record with her own management company Stella88, which she founded after leaving Vision Factory . Despite there being five music videos from
10080-439: The Oricon Singles Chart , and sold over 293,000 units in that region, becoming Amuro's first number-one single since "I Have Never Seen" and her highest selling single since "Baby Don't Cry". On March 25, 2008, Amuro was awarded "Best Female Video" for " Hide & Seek " (from the album Play ) at Space Shower Music Video Awards . "Hide & Seek" also won the award for " Best R&B Video " at MTV Video Music Awards , which
10260-597: The United States combined. As of 2017, this makes her the fifth highest-selling female act, and fourth best-selling female solo act overall, just behind Yumi Matsutoya, Ayumi Hamasaki , Hikaru Utada , and Japanese all-girl idol group AKB48 ( see total list here ). Additionally, Amuro was ranked the 12th best-selling digital artist according to Japanese digital site Recochoku. The singer has achieved nine number-one studio albums with an additional five compilation/collaborative inclusions, and 10 number-one singles. She
10440-489: The Village People helped define the late 1970s disco sound. Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte produced " I Feel Love " for Donna Summer in 1977. It became the first well-known disco hit to have a completely synthesized backing track. Other disco producers, most famously American producer Tom Moulton , grabbed ideas and techniques from dub music (which came with the increased Jamaican migration to New York City in
10620-562: The World Music Awards . Namie Amuro was born on September 20, 1977, at Okinawa Red Cross Hospital in Naha , Okinawa . She is one of four children of Emiko Taira. Through her mother, Amuro is a quarter Italian. Having divorced when Amuro was only 4 years old, Taira raised her children solely in Okinawa – she worked as a nursery school employee and a bar hostess to support her family. Although Amuro had no ambition to become
10800-399: The iTunes Store to promote her then-upcoming album: "Hands on Me" and "Heaven". On July 10, 2013, Amuro released her 11th studio and second bilingual album Feel . This was her first studio release through her own record label Dimension Point, which was operated under Avex Trax. Despite offering the track "Beautiful" as a single, it did not appeal on the final track list of the album. It
10980-453: The initialism "EDM" was being pushed by the American music industry and music press in an effort to rebrand American rave culture. Despite the industry's attempt to create a specific EDM brand, the acronym remains in use as an umbrella term for multiple genres, including dance-pop , house , techno , electro and trance , as well as their respective subgenres, which all predate the acronym. Various EDM genres have evolved over
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#173279743226511160-479: The lead singer of the idol group Super Monkey's in 1992 when she was 14 years old. Despite early sales disappointments, Amuro's rising popularity helped to score a major hit with the 1995 Eurobeat single " Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite) ". Signing to Avex Trax for her solo career, Amuro catapulted to fame with a string of number one singles including " Chase the Chance " and " Don't Wanna Cry ". A close partnership with renowned producer Tetsuya Komuro resulted in
11340-447: The raggamuffin sound, dancehall , MC chants, dub basslines, and increasingly complex, heavily edited breakbeat percussion. Despite the affiliation with the ecstasy-fuelled rave scene, Jungle also inherited some associations with violence and criminal activity, both from the gang culture that had affected the UK's hip-hop scene and as a consequence of jungle's often aggressive or menacing sound and themes of violence (usually reflected in
11520-603: The rave scene in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and developed further during the early 1990s in Germany before spreading throughout the rest of Europe, as a more melodic offshoot from techno and house. At the same time trance music was developing in Europe, the genre was also gathering a following in the Indian state of Goa . Trance is mostly instrumental , although vocals can be mixed in: typically they are performed by mezzo-soprano to soprano female soloists, often without
11700-414: The "Forward" night (sometimes stylised as FWD>>), which went on to be considered influential to the development of dubstep. The term "dubstep" in reference to a genre of music began to be used around 2002 by labels such as Big Apple, Ammunition, and Tempa, by which time stylistic trends used in creating these remixes started to become more noticeable and distinct from 2-step and grime . Electro house
11880-541: The "We ♥ Namie Hanabi Show: I ♥ Okinawa / I ♥ Music" at the Okinawa Convention Center , a commemoration of Amuro's career and other cultural and musical aspects in Okinawa. She officially retired from the entertainment industry on September 16, 2018. On September 30, 2018, her official website, official fanclub, official Facebook page, and official online store officially terminated service. On June 16, 2019, Amuro released her entire music collection onto
12060-491: The 1970s) to provide alternatives to the four-on-the-floor style that dominated. During the early 1980s, the popularity of disco music sharply declined in the United States, abandoned by major US record labels and producers. Euro disco continued evolving within the broad mainstream pop music scene. Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop ; also called techno-pop ) is a music genre that first became prominent in
12240-518: The 1970s. Inspired by Jamaican sound system culture Jamaican-American DJ Kool Herc introduced large bass heavy speaker rigs to the Bronx . His parties are credited with having kick-started the New York City hip-hop movement in 1973. A technique developed by DJ Kool Herc that became popular in hip hop culture was playing two copies of the same record on two turntables, in alternation, and at
12420-540: The 1980s was shaped by the development of several new electronic musical instruments , particularly those from the Japanese Roland Corporation . The Roland TR-808 (often abbreviated as the "808") notably played an important role in the evolution of dance music, after Afrika Bambaataa 's " Planet Rock " (1982), made it very popular on dancefloors. The track, which also featured the melody line from Riot In Lagos (1980) of Ryuichi Sakamoto, informed
12600-461: The 1980s, Detroit DJs Juan Atkins , Derrick May , and Kevin Saunderson laid the foundation for a new style of music which would dubbed techno. They fused Chicago house influenced electronic and Detroit (including Motown) influenced funk sounds with the mechanical vibes of the post-industrial city, creating the techno sound of four-on-the-floor beat driven by a kick drum on the quarter notes and
12780-400: The 1990s and beyond. There was also a perceived association between EDM and drug culture , which led governments at state and city levels to enact laws and policies intended to halt the spread of rave culture. Subsequently, in the new millennium, the popularity of EDM increased globally, particularly in the United States and Australia. By the early 2010s, the term "electronic dance music" and
12960-413: The 1990s rave scene. It has been described as an era of electronic music, being described in a MixMag article as being "the drop-heavy, stadium-filling, fist-pumping, chart-topping, massively commercial main stage sound that conquered America...possibly somewhere between electro and progressive house, directed by Michael Bay, and like many music genres, trying to pin it down exactly is like trying to grab
13140-422: The 1990s, with many young girls and women looked up to her fashion, hairstyle and makeup. Additionally, her style has been noted for paving the way for kogal fashion trends in Japan, as well as for the gyaru subculture. Anthropologist Hiroshi Aoyagi said in 2003 that Amuro changed the stereotypical idol culture. Writer Marwan Kraidy described Amuro in 2005 as part of "Japan's rising cultural power" towards
13320-492: The Blu-rays of Space of Hip-Pop, BEST Tour Live Style 2006 and PLAY Tour 2007 were also released. On April 27, 2011, Amuro published her fifth compilation and second collaboration album Checkmate! , her first musical release of the year. The album featured nine collaborative tracks Amuro had participated in throughout her career and four new recordings: " Wonder Woman ", "Make It Happen", "Unusual" and "#1". Checkmate!
13500-461: The House " by Coldcut (1988) entered the pop charts. The electronic instrumentation and minimal arrangement of Charanjit Singh 's Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982), an album of Indian ragas performed in a disco style, anticipated the sounds of acid house music, but it is not known to have had any influence on the genre prior to the album's rediscovery in the 21st century. In
13680-432: The Japanese record label Avex Trax . As a result, Amuro released two more solo singles under Toshiba-EMI before moving to Avex Trax herself. After signing with Avex Trax in 1995, the corresponding record company Avex Group enlisted Japanese musician Tetsuya Komuro to work with Amuro on her then-upcoming album. Amuro made her solo debut with Avex, releasing the single " Body Feels Exit " on October 25, 1995. It became
13860-560: The Oricon Albums Chart, and shifted over 800,000 units there. That same month, Amuro confirmed her separation from husband Masaharu. For the first half of 2000, Amuro embarked on her Genius 2000 Tour throughout Japan. She then released the single " Never End ", in July, confirming work on her fifth studio album with Komuro and Austin. The single was used as part of the G8 Summit taking place in Okinawa, Japan that year. It
14040-457: The Oricon Albums Chart, peaking at number four. It is also her lowest selling studio album, shifting only 222,000 units in that region. To promote the studio album, Amuro conducted her So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles on November 29. The tour concluded in Japan on April 11, 2004. She extended the concert tour, marked as a promotional appearance, in Taiwan , and South Korea . Shortly after
14220-585: The Oricon Singles Chart, and sold over 72,000 units there. The movie's director, Robert Rodriguez , was impressed by the song and asked to be a part of it; he can be heard saying "Welcome to Sin City" towards the end of the song. Shortly after the single, she released Filmography 2001–2005 ' (2006) , a compilation of twelve of her music videos between the years 2001 to 2005. Amuro collaborated with Japanese recording artists Zeebra , Ai , and Mummy-D on Zeebra's album, The New Beginning , released in February 2006, in
14400-607: The Park ". It gave Amuro her fourth number one single on the Oricon Singles Chart, and her fourth single to sell over one million units there. At the end of 1996, she was awarded the Grand Prix Award for her song " Don't Wanna Cry ", the highest honor at the Japan Record Awards , making her the youngest artist to have won the award. On February 19, 1997, she released her single " Can You Celebrate? ", which became her fifth number one single. The single became
14580-423: The Western music from which it took many cues." Additionally, Amuro's career has been constantly compared to the likes of Matsuda's, both whom grew up in the idol routine and having achieved commercial resilience ever since; music author Motti Regev regarded the musicians as part of the "golden age of J-Pop", before records declined due to the rise of the digital market in the mid-2000s. Because of her longevity and
14760-531: The Word". Based on ringtone sales, it became her first single to shift over one million units since "How to Be a Girl". Alongside this, she achieved the distinction in having a top ten single each year for 13 consecutive years, breaking the solo female artist's record in Japan by Kyōko Koizumi and Shizuka Kudō . At the end of 2007, it ranked at number seven on the RIAJ yearly ringtone sales charts. She then released
14940-459: The Year award at the 50th Japan Record Awards . To promote the album, Amuro conducted her Best Fiction Tour , spanning between October 25, 2008, and July 12, 2009. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were released on September 9, 2009. Amuro was invited again to the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen , but she declined. On January 20, 2009, Amuro begun working on her ninth studio album, and featured
15120-429: The album track " Baby Don't Cry ". According to Mills, he felt that the song focused more on her vocals than the production. Her final three studio albums, Uncontrolled , Feel and Genic , had multiple full-length English tracks and, although it received positive remarks for experimentation, she was frequently lambasted for her incomprehensible deliveries in most songs. Throughout her career, Amuro has covered
15300-451: The album were around 2 million units in Japan. Four months later, on May 19, Amuro gave birth to her son, Haruto Maruyama at Maruyama Memorial General Hospital. She returned to the music industry by releasing the single " I Have Never Seen " on December 23, 1998. It became her eighth number one single on Oricon , and sold over 650,000 units in Japan. She made her first televised appearance on 49th Kōhaku Uta Gassen days later, performing
15480-571: The album, Amuro conducted her concert tour in Japan, titled Play Tour 2007 , spanning between August 18, 2007, and February 27, 2008. Originally consisting of 53 performances, it increased by 12 performances to 65 performances, making this Amuro's longest spanning tour. On the day when Play Tour 2007 concluded, Amuro released the Live DVD of the tour. It was placed on the second position by Oricon . In early 2008, Amuro confirmed that she would promote Japanese hair company Vidal Sassoon through their new marketing campaign Fashion x Music x VS , with
15660-418: The album, Amuro conducted her second nationwide tour Live Style 2014, spanning between August 22 and December 23, 2014. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were released on February 11, 2015, through her label Dimension Point. In November 2014, Amuro released her first stand-alone single titled " Brighter Day ", which featured a total of three different tracks and instrumentals. It was moderately successful on
15840-414: The annual Japanese television music show 48th Kōhaku Uta Gassen before beginning her one-year hiatus from the music industry. She legally changed her name to Namie Maruyama , but continued to use her maiden name as her professional name. Amuro's first compilation album , 181920 , was released on January 28, 1998, and covers twelve singles which were released prior to her hiatus. The total sales of
16020-724: The birth of electro. As the electronic sound developed, instruments such as the bass guitar and drums were replaced by synthesizers and most notably by iconic drum machines , particularly the Roland TR-808 and the Yamaha DX7 . Early uses of the TR-808 include several Yellow Magic Orchestra tracks in 1980–1981, the 1982 track " Planet Rock " by Afrika Bambaataa , and the 1982 song " Sexual Healing " by Marvin Gaye . In 1982, producer Arthur Baker , with Afrika Bambaataa , released
16200-503: The choice of samples). However, this developed in tandem with the often positive reputation of the music as part of the wider rave scene and dance hall-based Jamaican music culture prevalent in London. By 1995, whether as a reaction to, or independently of this cultural schism, some jungle producers began to move away from the ragga-influenced style and create what would become collectively labelled, for convenience, as drum and bass. Dubstep
16380-459: The closure of the Heisei era (1989–2019), she became labelled as the representative "Heisei diva" with many calling it the "end of an era", in both senses. Having sold more than 40 million records, Amuro is recognized as one of the best-selling artists in Japan by Oricon . She has received accolades from the Japan Record Awards , Japan Gold Disc Awards , MTV Video Music Awards Japan and
16560-699: The collection, including the likes of The Nervo Twins , Henrik Nordenback, Christian Fast and Peter Mansson . This trend also moved onto her follow-up album Feel , where she worked with artists such as Hook n Sling , Dsign Music and Zedd . Her final studio album, Genic (2015), was her first record not handled by Japanese producers, and her second record to include almost all tracks entirely in English (after her 2013 album Feel ). Ever since her debut, Amuro has been classified as one of Japan's most prominent and successful singers. In an opined article published by The Japan Times , writer Ian Martin encompassed
16740-571: The commencement of the tour, she announced that she would contribute to the Japanese theatrical release of the film Sin City (2005). After viewing the movie, Amuro made an offer to the Japanese distribution company to sing its theme song; the company, feeling that her image fit the movie, accepted her offer. The theme song, "Violet Sauce", was later released as part of a double A-side single, " White Light/Violet Sauce ", in November 2005. It achieved moderate success in Japan, reaching number seven on
16920-654: The commercialization of hip-hop in the early 2000s. Heineken has a marketing relationship with the Ultra Music Festival, and has incorporated Dutch producers Armin van Buuren and Tiësto into its ad campaigns. Anheuser-Busch has a similar relationship as beer sponsor of SFX Entertainment events. In 2014, 7 Up launched "7x7Up"—a multi-platform EDM-based campaign that included digital content, advertising featuring producers, and branded stages at both Ultra and Electric Daisy Carnival. Wireless carrier T-Mobile US entered into an agreement with SFX to become
17100-530: The commercials for the make-up brand Kosé , its commercial experience resulted in being the singer's worst-performing single to date, barely shifting 30,000 units in Japan. Amuro returned to sole-digital releases with her single "Contrail", which was used as the theme song for the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) series Flying Public Relations Office , and sold over 250,000 digital copies in Japan. Additionally, two more songs were released on
17280-601: The course of her December concert dates, Amuro released her second independent maxi-single " Red Carpet " on December 2, 2015. The B-side track of the single, "Black Make Up", was used as the ending soundtrack of the anime series One Piece . Despite reaching number two on Oricon Singles Chart , the sales of "Red Carpet" slumped and only shifted 36,000 units in Japan, making it one of Amuro's lowest-selling singles to date. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of LIVEGENIC 2015–2016 were released on March 2, 2016. On May 18, 2016, Amuro released her third independent maxi-single " Mint ", which
17460-476: The definition of MIDI and the use of dance beats, led to a more commercial and accessible sound for synth-pop. This, its adoption by the style-conscious acts from the New Romantic movement, together with the rise of MTV , led to success for large numbers of British synth-pop acts (including Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet ) in the United States. The use of digital sampling and looping in popular music
17640-467: The development of electronic dance music, and subgenres including Miami bass and Detroit techno , and popularized the 808 as a "fundamental element of futuristic sound". According to Slate , "Planet Rock" "didn't so much put the 808 on the map so much as reorient an entire world of post-disco dance music around it". The Roland TR-909 , TB-303 and Juno-60 similarly influenced electronic dance music such as techno , house and acid . During
17820-528: The double A-side singles: " So Crazy " and " Come ". The single's saw an exploration of westernised musical styles with American producers, including R&B producers Full Force and the work of Austin. "Come" was used for the Japanese anime InuYasha , and is a re-arranged song that was originally recorded by Australian recording artist and TV personality Sophie Monk . At the end of the year, she released her sixth studio album and first album in three years, Style . The album became her lowest chart album on
18000-644: The early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808 ) drum machine and Korg (specifically Poly-61 ) synthesizer . "On and On" is sometimes cited as the 'first house record', though other examples from around that time, such as J.M. Silk 's " Music is the Key " (1985), have also been cited. House music quickly spread to American cities including New York City, and Newark , and Detroit—all of which developed their own regional scenes. In
18180-653: The end of July 2011, Amuro conducted her first arena tour Live Style 2011 to promote Checkmate! and some new materials taken from her then-upcoming studio record. " Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!/Love Story " was the next double A-side single from Amuro's upcoming studio album, released on December 7, 2011. While the physical release of the single exceeded 100,000 units in Japan, "Love Story" shifted over 3 million digital copies throughout Japan, becoming one of Amuro's highest-selling singles to date. The single also featured two unreleased tracks: "Higher" and "Arigatou". "Higher" made an appearance on her Live Style 2011, whereas "Arigatou"
18360-424: The event. She had previously attended the event nine years in a row. In April 2005, Amuro released the single " Want Me, Want Me ". The song was a success in Japan, reaching number two on Oricon Singles Chart , and sold over 103,000 units in that region. In May, following a three-year split from Maruyama, Japanese publications reported that she would take back full custody of their child, Haruto. In August, she
18540-451: The fans". In 2014, Amuro released her single " Tsuki ", including the title track and two previous digital compositions – "Ballerina" and "Neonlight Lipstick". The physical single was successful in sales, while the title song achieved a platinum award by the RIAJ. On June 4, 2014, Amuro released Ballada , her first conceptual greatest hits compilation. 15 tracks were all selected via
18720-403: The first Detroit productions to receive wider attention was Derrick May's " Strings of Life " (1987), which, together with May's previous release, "Nude Photo" (1987), helped raise techno's profile in Europe, especially the UK and Germany, during the 1987–1988 house music boom (see Second Summer of Love ). It became May's best-known track, which, according to Frankie Knuckles, "just exploded. It
18900-615: The first-ever Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. By 2005, the prominence of dance music in North American popular culture had markedly increased. According to Spin , Daft Punk 's performance at Coachella in 2006 was the "tipping point" for EDM—it introduced the duo to a new generation of "rock kids". As noted by Entertainment Weekly , Justin Timberlake 's " SexyBack " helped introduce EDM sounds to top 40 radio , as it brought together variations of electronic dance music with
19080-549: The fourth and final single, " Funky Town ", on April 4, 2007. It achieved moderate success on the Oricon Singles Chart , peaking at number seven, and shifted over 54,000 units. She was also featured on Japanese group, M-Flo 's album, Cosmicolor , in a song titled "Luvotomy". Her eighth studio album, Play , was released on June 27, 2007. The album charted atop of the Oricon Albums Chart , becoming Amuro's first number-one album in more than 7 years. To promote
19260-644: The group one year later. On September 16, 1992, Super Monkey's released their debut single, " Koi no Cute Beat/Mr USA ". However, Anna Makino left the group at the end of that year. In 1993, the remaining members of Super Monkey's moved to Tokyo . Super Monkey's did not gain much success and the group went through constant lineup changes. In 1994, the group changed their name to Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's to reflect Amuro's rising popularity as an upcoming actress and fashion model. Aside from group's musical activities, Amuro had bit parts in Japanese television series and small films. Super Monkey's experienced
19440-524: The iTunes store (most of which was previously restricted to Japan), through her label Dimension Point. Her records published by her own label were also released through Apple Music, Apple's streaming service, on the same day. In November 2023, 5 years after her continued silence after her retirement, Amuro's creative content including her full discography on streaming services, music videos, online stores, and her official YouTube channel were removed from official internet sites. As of 2024, her official content
19620-528: The innovative techniques of electronic dance music onto the American pop charts" By the mid-2000s, Dutch producer Tiësto was bringing worldwide popular attention to EDM after providing a soundtrack to the entry of athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics — an event which The Guardian deemed as one of the 50 most important events in dance music. In 2003, the influence of dance music on American radio resulted in Billboard creating
19800-501: The last 15 years. Amuro collaborated with Japanese music group Ravex on a song for their album Trax (2008), entitled "Rock U". On October 1, Vidal Sassoon released new commercials featuring Amuro, and two tracks from her ninth studio album, " My Love " and "Copy That". On December 16, 2009, Amuro released her ninth studio album, Past<Future . The album was a success on the Oricon Albums Chart , reaching number one, and sold over 600,000 units in that region, slightly higher than
19980-529: The last 40 years, for example; house , techno , drum and bass , dance-pop etc. Stylistic variation within an established EDM genre can lead to the emergence of what is called a subgenre . Hybridization, where elements of two or more genres are combined, can lead to the emergence of an entirely new genre of EDM. In the late 1960s bands such as Silver Apples created electronic music intended for dancing. Other early examples of music that influenced later electronic dance music include Jamaican dub music during
20160-595: The late 1960s to 1970s, the synthesizer-based disco music of Italian producer Giorgio Moroder in the late 1970s, and the electropop of Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra in the mid-to-late 1970s. Author Michael Veal considers dub music , a Jamaican music stemming from roots reggae and sound system culture that flourished between 1968 and 1985, to be one of the important precursors to contemporary electronic dance music. Dub productions were remixed reggae tracks that emphasized rhythm, fragmented lyrical and melodic elements, and reverberant textures. The music
20340-551: The late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock , electronic , art rock , disco . Early synth-pop pioneers included Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra , and British bands Ultravox , the Human League and Berlin Blondes . The Human League used monophonic synthesizers to produce music with
20520-596: The margins of the US industry . In 1998, Madonna 's album Ray of Light —heavily influenced by club music trends and produced with British producer William Orbit —brought dance music to the attention of popular music listeners. In the late 1990s, despite US media interest in dance music re-branded as electronica, American house and techno producers continued to travel abroad to establish their careers as DJs and producers. According to New York Times journalist Kelefa Sanneh, Aaliyah 's 2000 single " Try Again " "helped smuggle
20700-567: The market, and the first in their influential Technics series of turntables. The most influential turntable was the Technics SL-1200 , which was developed in 1971 by a team led by Shuichi Obata at Matsushita, which then released it onto the market in 1972. In the 1980s and 1990s hip-hop DJs used turntables as musical instruments in their own right and virtuosic use developed into a creative practice called turntablism. In 1974, George McCrae 's early disco hit " Rock Your Baby "
20880-578: The mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Chicago House experienced some commercial success in Europe with releases such as "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy of House (1987). Following this, a number of house inspired releases such as " Pump Up The Volume " by M|A|R|R|S (1987), " Theme from S'Express " by S'Express (1988), and " Doctorin'
21060-452: The million-certified single " Love Story ". She later founded her own management company, Stella88, and record label, Dimension Point. Amuro finished her career with the 2017 greatest hits album Finally , which became the best selling album of the decade and made her the only artist to achieve a million-seller in each of their teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. She officially retired from the music industry on September 16, 2018. As it coincided with
21240-592: The music industry by acquainting with established "big name" DJs and producers. Producers like Martin Garrix and Porter Robinson are often noted for their ghost production work for other producers while David Guetta and Steve Aoki are noted for their usage of ghost producers in their songs whereas DJs like Tiësto have been openly crediting their producers in an attempt to avoid censure and for transparency. Many ghost producers sign agreements that prevent them from working for anyone else or establishing themselves as
21420-1123: The music industry on September 16, 2018. Her final compilation album , Finally , was released on November 8, 2017. The album includes new recordings and re-recordings of her selected singles from 1992 to 2017. Finally became a huge success in Japan – it was placed on the first position by Oricon and sold in 2,250,000 units by the end of 2017. In support of the album, Amuro conducted Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~ as her farewell tour, spanning between February 17 and June 3, 2018. The tour took place in Nagoya Dome , Fukuoka Dome , Sapporo Dome , Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome . During this tour, Amuro conducted another tour, named Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~ In Asia, to perform in China , Hong Kong and Taiwan . Taking place in Shenzhen Bay Sports Center , Hong Kong Coliseum and Taipei Arena , Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~ In Asia began on March 17 and concluded on May 20, 2018. On May 23, 2018, Amuro
21600-689: The number one and number two spots, respectively, on the UK top 40 singles chart. Since then, electro-house producers such as Feed Me , Knife Party , The M Machine , Porter Robinson , Yasutaka Nakata and Dada Life have emerged. Trap music originated from techno , dub, and Dutch house , but also from the original off-shoot of Southern hip hop in the late 2000s and early 2010s. This form of trap music can be simplified by these three features: "1/3 hip hop (tempo and song structure are similar, most tracks are usually between 70 and 110 bpm) – with vocals sometimes being pitched down, 1/3 dance music – high-pitched Dutch synth work, hardstyle sampling, as well as
21780-529: The number-one position, becoming the first album to do so in more than 14 years since the Dreams Come True 's 1993 album Magic . By the end of 2008, Best Fiction became the second best-selling album behind Exile 's Exile Love . In addition, it became the second best selling digital-format album by a Japanese artist behind Hikaru Utada 's Heart Station . Best Fiction was awarded the Album of
21960-480: The numerous musical and imagery re-inventions, numerous publications have referred her as the " Queen of Japanese Pop " and the Japanese equivalent to American singers Janet Jackson and Madonna . Throughout her years active as a singer, Amuro has sold more than 36 million records in Japan according to Oricon . According to a report by Entertainment Weekly announcing her retirement, she has sold more albums in Japan than Lady Gaga , Katy Perry or Kesha have in
22140-427: The official wireless sponsor of its events, and partnered with Above & Beyond to sponsor its 2015 tour. In August 2015, SFX began to experience declines in its value, and a failed bid by CEO Sillerman to take the company private. The company began looking into strategic alternatives that could have resulted in the sale of the company. In October 2015, Forbes declared the possibility of an EDM " bubble ", in
22320-606: The origins of the genre can be traced back to the growth of the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early 1980s. The earliest known dubstep releases date back to 1998, and were usually featured as B-sides of 2-step garage single releases. These tracks were darker, more experimental remixes with less emphasis on vocals, and attempted to incorporate elements of breakbeat and drum and bass into 2-step. In 2001, this and other strains of dark garage music began to be showcased and promoted at London's nightclub Plastic People, at
22500-454: The point where a track featured a break . This technique was further used to manually loop a purely percussive break, leading to what was later called a break beat . Turntablism has origins in the invention of the direct-drive turntable , by Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic ). In 1969, Matsushita released it as the SP-10 , the first direct-drive turntable on
22680-621: The popularization of electronic dance music was associated with European rave and club culture and it achieved limited popular exposure in the United States. By the mid-to-late 1990s this began to change as the American music industry made efforts to market a range of dance genres as " electronica ". At the time, a wave of electronic music bands from the United Kingdom, including The Prodigy , The Chemical Brothers , Fatboy Slim and Underworld , had been prematurely associated with an "American electronica revolution". But rather than finding mainstream success, many established EDM acts were relegated to
22860-559: The post-disco era include dance-pop , boogie , electro , Hi-NRG , Italo disco , house , and techno . In the early 1980s, electro (short for "electro-funk") emerged as a fusion of synth-pop , funk , and boogie . Also called electro-funk or electro-boogie, but later shortened to electro, cited pioneers include Ryuichi Sakamoto , Afrika Bambaataa , Zapp , D.Train , and Sinnamon . Early hip hop and rap combined white European electropop influences such as Giorgio Moroder, Dan Lacksman (Telex) and Yellow Magic Orchestra inspired
23040-670: The post-disco era that followed the backlash against " disco " which began in the mid to late 1979, which in the United States lead to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night , an underground movement of "stripped-down" disco inspired music featuring "radically different sounds" started to emerge on the East Coast . This new scene was seen primarily in the New York metropolitan area and
23220-490: The record, the entire collection of tracks were newly recorded and featured no singles. However, it was a commercial success, peaking atop of Oricon Albums Chart and sold 250,000 copies in Japan alone. In collaboration with Google , the music video of "Anything", one of the songs from Genic , was produced as an extension of Google Chrome . To promote the album, Amuro conducted her Livegenic 2015–2016 tour, spanning between September 5, 2015, and February 10, 2016. During
23400-411: The region. She opened the show on September 16 and 17, with 52,000 attenders totally (26,000 attenders each day), resulting in being one of the largest for a Japanese concert. Additionally, Amuro announced her third-time collaboration with One Piece . The anime's theme song, "Hope", premiered on October 1, 2017. On September 20, 2017, Amuro's 40th birthday, she announced her plan to retire from
23580-510: The release of her first solo studio album, Sweet 19 Blues (1996). Released on July 22, it reached number one on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, and has sold over 3.6 million units. She released the album's final single, the title track , on August 21, 1996; it achieved success by peaking at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart, and shifted over 400,000 units in Japan. On November 27, 1996, she started work on her second solo studio album with Komuro, and released its lead single " A Walk in
23760-635: The sales of Play . To promote Past<Future , Amuro travelled throughout 26 cities in Japan to conduct her Past<Future Tour 2010, which began on April 3, 2010, in Ichihara , Chiba and concluded on December 15, 2010, in Nagoya , Aichi . On the day when Past<Future Tour 2010 ended, Amuro released the Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour, which reached the top spot on the Oricon DVD charts and shifted over 100,000 copies. On May 18, 2010, Amuro won
23940-1023: The same year. The early 1980s were electro's mainstream peak. According to author Steve Taylor, Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock serves as a "template for all interesting dance music since". In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5 and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), Italo Disco, electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa , newer Italo disco , B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish , Jellybean Benitez , Arthur Baker , and John Robie , and electronic pop music by Giorgio Moroder and Yellow Magic Orchestra . Some made and played their own edits of their favorite songs on reel-to-reel tape, and sometimes mixed in effects, drum machines, and other rhythmic electronic instrumentation. The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence , had elements that became staples of
24120-413: The seminal " Planet Rock ", which was influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra (Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos 1980) and had drum beats supplied by the TR-808. Planet Rock was followed later that year by another breakthrough electro record, " Nunk " by Warp 9 . In 1983, Hashim created an electro-funk sound with "Al-Naafyish (The Soul)" that influenced Herbie Hancock , resulting in his hit single " Rockit "
24300-456: The singer alongside superlatives Yumi Matsutoya , Hikaru Utada , Seiko Matsuda and Hibari Misora as the leading female figures in Japanese music history. Although Martin identified Utada as one of the "only contemporaries" to break the Western society, he felt Amuro was her "most immediate predecessor," based solely on the fact that "[Amuro] represented a period when Japanese pop was learning to see itself as something that could stand alongside
24480-431: The singer's R&B sounds. In 2009, French house musician David Guetta began to gain prominence in mainstream pop music thanks to several crossover hits on Top 40 charts such as " When Love Takes Over " with Kelly Rowland , as well as his collaborations with US pop and hip hop acts such as Akon (" Sexy Bitch ") and The Black Eyed Peas (" I Gotta Feeling "). The music sharing website SoundCloud , as well as
24660-484: The single "Uh Uh......", who would herself go on to great success. Verbal named this project Suite Chic , a combination of "High-class ( Suite ) & Cool ( Chic )". etc. This article about a Japanese band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Namie Amuro Namie Amuro ( / ˌ n ɑː m i ˈ eɪ / NAH -mee- AY ; Japanese : 安室 奈美恵 , romanized : Amuro Namie ; born September 20, 1977)
24840-408: The top spot on the Oricon Albums Chart and shifted 500,000 units throughout Japan. Uncontrolled also gave her the highest first-week sales of the year, and her 10th overall number one in the region. On September 16, Amuro was scheduled to host a special concert tour in her hometown Okinawa , commemorating her 20th anniversary in the music business. However, due to typhoon warnings in the region,
25020-577: The top spot, peaking at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart. Amuro's sales started to decline from this release, as the album only shifted 335,000 units in Japan. To promote the studio album, Amuro toured Japan in March 2001, and finished in May that same year. In August, she released the single " Say the Word "; it was her first single that she contributed to songwriting. This was her first single to be released after departing with Komuro, until years later, and
25200-535: The total sales of Amuro's records reached 20 million units in Japan. During a press conference on October 22 of that year, Amuro confirmed her marriage to Japanese musician and TRF band member Masaharu "Sam" Maruyama. During the conference, she announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child. At the end of the year, she won the Grand Prix Award at the Japan Record Awards again for "Can You Celebrate?" and made her final appearance on
25380-567: The tour was cancelled and never rescheduled. After debuting her first digital single "Damage" on October 31, Amuro finished the year by conducting her 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 in Japan, spanning between November 24 and December 21, 2012, attended by around 340,000 people. Released on February 27, 2013, the Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were placed on the first position by Oricon . Their total sales exceeded 300,000 units in Japan. On March 6, 2013, Amuro released her double A-side single " Big Boys Cry/Beautiful ". Although both tracks appeared in
25560-486: The tour, she released the single " All for You " on July 22, 2004, confirming work on her seventh studio album. This was followed by the double A-side single " Girl Talk " and " Girl Talk/The Speed Star ", released on October 14, 2004. It was successful in Japan, peaking at number two, and sold over 107,000 units in that region; it became her first top three single in two years. Amuro decided not to appear on 55th Kōhaku Uta Gassen , although she had been invited to perform at
25740-488: The trance crowd led directly to a more commercial, chart-oriented sound since trance had never enjoyed much chart action in the first place. Emphasizing the smoother sound of Eurodance or house (and occasionally more reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre than Basement Jaxx ), Progressive Trance became the sound of the world's dance floors by the end of the millennium. Critics ridiculed its focus on predictable breakdowns and relative lack of skill to beat-mix, but progressive trance
25920-455: The use of digital sampling in popular music, as the first album consisting of mostly samples and loops . The album was produced using Toshiba-EMI 's LMD-649 digital PCM sampler , which engineer Kenji Murata custom-built for YMO. The LMD-649 was also used for sampling by other Japanese synthpop artists in the early 1980s, including YMO-associated acts such as Chiemi Manabe and Logic System . The emergence of electronic dance music in
26100-496: The video sharing website YouTube, also helped fuel interest in electronic music. Dubstep producer Skrillex popularized a harsher sound dubbed " Brostep ", which had drawn comparisons to the aggression and tone of heavy metal . With the increasing popularity of electronic dance music, promoters and venues realized that DJs could generate larger profits than traditional musicians; Diplo explained that "a band plays [for] 45 minutes; DJs can play for four hours. Rock bands—there's
26280-468: The wake of the declines at SFX Entertainment, slowing growth in revenue, the increasing costs of organizing festivals and booking talent, as well as an oversaturation of festivals in the eastern and western United States. Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella felt that the industry would weather the financial uncertainty of the overall market by focusing on "innovation" and entering into new markets. Despite forecasts that interest in popular EDM would wane, in 2015 it
26460-438: The world. Nichi-Bei Josei Jānaru, writing for the U.S.-Japan Women's Journal , believed the success of Sweet 19 Blues was the reason many people emulated her as a role model between 1996 and 1997. Electronic dance music Electronic dance music ( EDM ), also referred to as club music , is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs , raves , and festivals . It
26640-457: Was a commercial success, reaching the top spot on Oricon and distributed over 500,000 units in Japan. On July 27, Amuro released her first triple A-side single, " Naked/Fight Together/Tempest ". Although it reached number two on Oricon Singles Chart , "Fight Together" was used as the theme song of the anime series One Piece . "Naked/Fight Together/Tempest" achieved better sales through digital store and certified double platinum by RIAJ . At
26820-432: Was a success, reaching number two on the Oricon Albums Chart , and sold over 455,000 units in Japan. In collaboration with MGM Studios , Amuro was granted permission to use Pink Panther in the album. A female panther counterpart was created for the album as well. Both panther characters appeared in the music video of "WoWa". In September 2005, Amuro embarked on her Space of Hip-Hop concert tour in Japan. Shortly after
27000-512: Was an important proving ground for American underground dance music. The success of house and acid house paved the way for Detroit Techno , a style that was initially supported by a handful of house music clubs in Chicago, New York, and Northern England, with Detroit clubs catching up later. The term Techno first came into use after a release of a 10 Records/Virgin Records compilation titled Techno: The Dance Sound of Detroit in 1988. One of
27180-554: Was awarded "Okinawa's National Honor Award" at Okinawa Prefecture Government Office in Naha . By August 21, the total number of pre-ordered Live DVD and Blu-ray of Final Tour 2018 (the concerts in Japan only) exceeded 1 million units in Japan. On August 25, One Piece featured the anime version of Amuro at the end of one of its episodes to bid a farewell to her. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of Final Tour 2018 (the concerts in Japan only) were released on August 29, 2018. On September 15, Amuro made her final appearance as an entertainer at
27360-604: Was caned by the hottest DJ." By the early 1990s, a style of music developed within the rave scene that had an identity distinct from American house and techno. This music, much like hip-hop before it, combined sampled syncopated beats or breakbeats, other samples from a wide range of different musical genres, and, occasionally, samples of music, dialogue, and effects from films and television programmes. Relative to earlier styles of dance music such as house and techno, so-called 'rave music' tended to emphasise bass sounds and use faster tempos, or beats per minute (BPM). This subgenre
27540-492: Was characterized by "soulful synths, 808s, the pan flute, sharp snares and long, syrup-slurred vowels" which created dirty and aggressive beats resulting in "dark melodies". Trap is now mainly used to create remixes of already existing songs. In 1980 English producer Richard James Burgess , and his band Landscape , used the term on the sleeve of the single "European Man": "Electronic Dance Music... EDM; computer programmed to perfection for your listening pleasure." In response to
27720-414: Was commercially successful on the Oricon Albums Chart , debuting at the top spot and was certified platinum by RIAJ. In support of the album, Amuro conducted her FEEL Tour 2013, spanning between August 16 and December 23, 2013. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were released on February 26, 2014. During the course of Amuro's digital releases, she was offered to feature in the remake of " Waterfalls ",
27900-477: Was commissioned by late Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi , who asked Tetsuya Komuro to write a song conveying "a vision of harmony and interaction in the world in the 21st century". Obuchi later asked Amuro to perform the single at the summit. Amuro's fifth studio album Break the Rules was released on December 20, 2000, and is her final full-length produced album with Komuro. It became her first studio album to miss
28080-413: Was describing electronic dance music as the fastest-growing genre in the world. Elements of electronic music also became increasingly prominent in pop music. Radio and television also contributed to dance music's mainstream acceptance. Corporate consolidation in the EDM industry began in 2012—especially in terms of live events. In June 2012, media executive Robert F. X. Sillerman —founder of what
28260-404: Was due to her personal issues with Maruyama's family. Retrospectively, The Times attributed her loss in popularity during this era to the attention surrounding her personal struggles, while The Japan Times cited the rise of newer artists Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki , who achieved great success in the wake of her hiatus. In a 2005 interview, Amuro said: "Even my closest friend said I
28440-489: Was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others. My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn’t try to court publicity. It was a real challenge forcing myself to be consistent in not playing up to my fans." Amuro started work on her sixth studio and third collaboration album with Dallas Austin , releasing Diane Warren -written single " Wishing on the Same Star " on September 11, 2002. The single saw
28620-715: Was granted full custody of Haruto with visitation rights by Maruyama. On May 29, Amuro performed at MTV Video Music Awards Japan for the fourth consecutive year in a row. She won two awards, " Best R&B Video " and " Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist ", making her the first artist to win MTV VMAJ awards four years in a row (she won " Inspiration Award " in 2002, " Best Collaboration " in 2003 and " Best R&B Video " in 2004). Amuro released her seventh studio album Queen of Hip-Pop in July 2005. The album includes four singles: " Alarm ", " All For You ", " Girl Talk/The Speed Star " and " Want Me, Want Me ". Queen of Hip-Pop
28800-483: Was held at the Saitama Super Arena on May 31. In the same month, Amuro recorded a collaboration with Japanese musician Double in a song called "Black Diamond". Despite lacklustre success on the Oricon Singles Chart , it sold over 500,000 ringtone units. On July 26, Amuro participated at the 2008 A-nation music concert; an estimated 25,000 people attended her performance. This was the first time she
28980-535: Was initially led by the urban contemporary artists that were responding to the over-commercialization and subsequent demise of disco culture. The sound that emerged originated from P-Funk the electronic side of disco , dub music , and other genres. Much of the music produced during this time was, like disco, catering to a singles-driven market. At this time creative control started shifting to independent record companies, less established producers, and club DJs. Other dance styles that began to become popular during
29160-484: Was invited to perform in seven years. On July 30, she released her third greatest hits album, Best Fiction . Featuring tracks between 2003 and 2008, Best Fiction sold 681,000 copies in the first week and debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart . Within its third week, Best Fiction sold over one million units, making her the first artist to have one million certified album in three consecutive decades. Best Fiction eventually spent six consecutive weeks at
29340-455: Was known as "hardcore" rave, but from as early as 1991, some musical tracks made up of these high-tempo breakbeats, with heavy basslines and samples of older Jamaican music, were referred to as "jungle techno ", a genre influenced by Jack Smooth and Basement Records, and later just "jungle", which became recognized as a separate musical genre popular at raves and on pirate radio in Britain. It
29520-416: Was like something you can't imagine, the kind of power and energy people got off that record when it was first heard. Mike Dunn says he has no idea how people can accept a record that doesn't have a bassline." According to British DJ Mark Moore , "Strings of Life" led London club-goers to accept house: "because most people hated house music and it was all rare groove and hip hop...I'd play 'Strings of Life' at
29700-472: Was made available as a free download on Amuro's official Facebook page. The Live DVD and Blu-ray of the tour were released on December 21, 2011. The final single, " Go Round/Yeah-Oh! ", was released on March 21, 2012, and continued the 100,000 sales streak in Japan. In April, the singer confirmed the release of her 10th studio and first bilingual album Uncontrolled , which premiered on June 27, 2012. The album proved to be commercially successful, reaching
29880-601: Was marked by the Suite Chic project in 2002 and her sixth studio album Style (2003). Amuro's eighth studio album, Play (2007), with the hit single " Baby Don't Cry ", began a period of commercial resurgence. Her comeback was solidified with the 2008 single " 60s 70s 80s " and its parent release Best Fiction . She continued to experiment musically in the 2010s, dabbling in EDM and recording in English, beginning with her tenth studio album Uncontrolled (2012). It featured
30060-458: Was not as broadly popular in the United States; it was not typically seen outside of the regional scenes in New York City, Florida, the Midwest, and California. Although the pioneer genres of electro , Chicago house and Detroit techno were influential both in Europe and the United States, mainstream media outlets and the record industry in the United States remained openly hostile to it until
30240-805: Was one of the first records to use a drum machine , an early Roland rhythm machine. The use of drum machines in disco production was influenced by Sly and the Family Stone 's " Family Affair " (1971), with its rhythm echoed in McCrae's "Rock Your Baby", and Timmy Thomas ' " Why Can't We Live Together " (1972). Disco producer Biddu used synthesizers in several disco songs from 1976 to 1977, including "Bionic Boogie" from Rain Forest (1976), "Soul Coaxing" (1977), and Eastern Man and Futuristic Journey (recorded from 1976 to 1977). Acts like Donna Summer , Chic , Earth, Wind & Fire , Heatwave , and
30420-778: Was only with the advent of 21st-century technology that African EDM truly began to thrive. Popular contemporary millennium Afro-EDM genres and styles can be found within the gqom ( South Africa ) and Afrobeats ( Nigeria ) genres. Music scenes in other African countries exist such as in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (tekno kintueni). Pon Pon (also ADM or African Dance Music) emerged in Nigeria circa 2018 denoting EDM influences intermingled with Afrobeats, Nigerian Afropop, dancehall and highlife . A variant
30600-471: Was pioneered by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). Their approach to sampling was a precursor to the contemporary approach of constructing music by cutting fragments of sounds and looping them using computer technology. " Computer Game/Firecracker " (1978) interpolated a Martin Denny melody, and sampled Space Invaders video game sounds . Technodelic (1981) introduced
30780-446: Was pioneered by King Tubby and other Jamaican sound artists, using DJ-inspired ambient electronics, complete with drop-outs, echo, equalization and psychedelic electronic effects. It featured layering techniques and incorporated elements of world music , deep bass lines and harmonic sounds. Techniques such as a long echo delay were also used. Hip hop music has had some influence in the development of electronic dance music since
30960-402: Was pioneered by studio engineers, such as Sylvan Morris, King Tubby , Errol Thompson , Lee "Scratch" Perry , and Scientist . Their productions included forms of tape editing and sound processing that Veal considers comparable to techniques used in musique concrète . Dub producers made improvised deconstructions of existing multi-track reggae mixes by using the studio mixing board as
31140-462: Was placed on the second position by Oricon . Its total sales exceeded 90,000 units in Japan. Amuro released the third single from her upcoming eight studio album, " Baby Don't Cry " on January 24, 2007; it was used as the theme song for the Japanese television series Himitsu no Hanazono . It was successful in Japan, reaching number three on the Oricon Singles Chart , and sold over 144,000 units in that region, her highest selling single since "Say
31320-432: Was released a month before the album and became Amuro's first single below 100,000 units in sales. Although the album was moderately successful, peaking at number three and shifting over 300,000 units, it only sold a fraction of its predecessor 181920 (1998). In July 2002, Amuro divorced Maruyama, and legally changed her name back to Namie Amuro , having cited irreconcilable differences. According to reports, her divorce
31500-593: Was released in part of her upcoming greatest hits album. Since then, she started to produce her own activities. However, in December she worked with Komuro for the last time on "Lovin' It", a single released as part of Avex's Song+Nation charity project. The single featured Japanese rapper Verbal from the music group M-Flo . Amuro released her second compilation album , Love Enhanced Single Collection , on March 13, 2002. The album reworked nearly every single released after her return from hiatus in 1998, with new vocals, mixes or rearrangements. The single " I Will "
31680-421: Was taken to hospital, and pronounced dead after noon on March 17. Kenji was then found dead in his car, after consuming insecticide. Upon hearing the news, Amuro postponed all promotional activities and flew back to Okinawa in order to identify her mother's body. A week later, the single debuted at the number two on the Oricon Singles Chart, beaten by the single " Dango 3 Kyodai ". A third single, " Toi et Moi ",
31860-611: Was the center of the scene. Amnesia became known across Europe and by the mid to late 1980s it was drawing people from all over the continent. By 1988, house music had become the most popular form of club music in Europe, with acid house developing as a notable trend in the United Kingdom and Germany in the same year. In the UK an established warehouse party subculture , centered on the British African-Caribbean sound system scene fueled underground after-parties that featured dance music exclusively. Also in 1988,
32040-638: Was titled " Hero " and saw a rise in its physical sales, achieving a gold certification by RIAJ . On October 26, 2016, Amuro released two songs " Dear Diary " and " Fighter " as a double A-side single "Dear Diary/Fighter". Both songs were used in Death Note: Light Up the New World , a 2016 movie adaption of the manga of the same name . Amuro conducted her fourth annual tour Live Style 2016–2017, spanning between August 19, 2016, and May 3, 2017. The tour initially scheduled 88 dates, but due to
32220-531: Was used as the theme song of Fuji TV series Bokuno Yabai Tsuma (2016). Despite reaching number four on the region's single chart, the digital sales skyrocketed with the music video of the song, and achieved platinum status months later. The same year in June, Amuro accepted an offer by NHK to record the theme song for the Japanese broadcast of 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro . The single
32400-551: Was used for the Japanese animation movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000 . Both singles proved successful, selling over 400,000 and 200,000 units in that region, respectively. Amuro made her first single debut with Austin on " Something 'Bout the Kiss ", released on September 1, 1999. It became a success in Japan, reaching number three on the Oricon Singles Chart and sold over 390,000 units there. In January 2000, Amuro released her fourth studio album Genius 2000 ; it reached number one on
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