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"Shake It", "NaNaNa" & "Return Road" PV

 • Posted: March 29th 2012, 17:30 (GMT+0),  Permalink  

Belated news; SSTV broadcasted Ayu's new PVs, "Shake It", "NaNaNa", and "Return Road" and here are the screenshots and full length PV for download! Ayu's Youtube channel has also been updated with the TV CM of new album "Party Queen" and short version of all PVs on the album. If you have not gotten the album, do check them out now!


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"how beautiful you are" PV!

 • Posted: March 13th 2012, 17:30 (GMT+0),  Permalink  

Finally, Ayu's new PV "how beautiful you are" is out, you are beautiful indeed!

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Party Queen and POWER of MUSIC 2011 Covers!

 • Posted: March 3rd 2012, 17:30 (GMT+0),  Permalink  

The covers of Ayu's upcoming "Party Queen" album, "POWER of MUSIC 2011" live concert and the "Special Limited Box Set" bundle packaging has been finally unveiled! It is announced that "COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ~HOTEL love songs~" will be recorded only on 1 disc, instead of 2 discs as reported earlier. The proper tracklisting order has also been revealed as follows. Click on the covers to enlarge!




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Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

[CD]

01. Party queen
02. NaNaNa
03. Shake It
04. taskebab
05. call
06. Letter
07. reminds me
08. Return Road
09. Tell me why
10. a cup of tea
11. the next LOVE
12. Eyes, Smoke, Magic
13. Serenade in A minor
14. how beautiful you are

[DVD-1]

01. Shake It (video clip)
02. NaNaNa (video clip)
03. Return Road (video clip)
04. how beautiful you are (video clip)
05. Shake It (making clip)
06. NaNaNa (making clip)
07. Return Road (making clip)
08. how beautiful you are (making clip)

[DVD-2]
(ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~)

01. do it again
02. Happening Here
03. insomnia
04. MOON
05. fated
06. feedback
07. NEVER EVER
08. sending mail
09. machine
10. Sparkle
11. Humming 7/4
12. evolution
13. RAINBOW
14. November
15. music
16. Ladies Night
17. Party queen
18. Happening Here
19. Love song
20. how beautiful you are
21. Trauma ~ Boys & Girls
22. MY ALL




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ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION

Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. M
04. decision
05. Catcher In The Light
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. beloved
09. BRILLANTE
10. overture
11. Days
12. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
13. Why... feat. JUNO
14. vogue ~ Far away ~ SEASONS
15. WONDERLAND
16. Bold & Delicious
17. Mirrorcle World
18. evolution
19. Boys & Girls
20. Born To Be...
21. A Song is born
22. Thank U

Special Footage:

01. BLUE BIRD (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
02. monochrome (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
03. A Song for XX (2011.7.14 Nippon Gaishi Hall)
04. NEVER EVER (2011.7.14 Nippon Gaishi Hall)
05. Moments (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
06. Love song (2011.7.23 Yoyogi National Gymnasium)
07. July 1st (2011.7.24 Yoyogi National Gymnasium)

*For the DVD version, the Special Footage is recorded on Disc 2.



Party Queen SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET

Release Date: 03.21.12

A special box set including "Party Queen[CD+DVD+DVD]", "ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" and exclusive goodies!


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"Party Queen" and SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET!

 • Posted: February 2nd 2012, 17:30 (GMT+0),  Permalink  

UPDATE: Please refer to this entry for updated information!

Ayumi Hamasaki will release her 13th studio album "Party Queen" on 21st March 2012! This 14-track album will come in three versions; CD+DVD+2DVD, CD+DVD and CD-only where the CD+DVD+2DVD version will include the concert "COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~". It is also announced that "POWER of MUSIC 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray the same day.

For fans who would like to get both "Party Queen" CD+DVD+2DVD and "POWER of MUSIC A LIMITED EDITION", there will be deluxe bundle known as "Party Queen" SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET which will include yet to be announced goods. Full details as below.

Note: Party Queen SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET (Blu-ray) is still available worldwide from Amazon JP.



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Party Queen SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET

Release Date: 03.21.12

A special box set including "Party Queen" [CD+DVD1+DVD2&3], ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION and exclusive goodies yet to be announced!



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Party Queen


Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

[CD]

how beautiful you are
Return Road
Shake It
NaNaNa
Party queen
Letter
call
reminds me
the next LOVE
Eyes, Smoke, Magic
Tell me why
taskebab
a cup of tea
Serenade in A minor

[DVD-1]

how beautiful you are (video clip)
Return Road (video clip)
Shake It (video clip)
NaNaNa (video clip)
how beautiful you are (making clip)
Return Road (making clip)
Shake It? (making clip)
NaNaNa (making clip)

[DVD-2 & 3]
(ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~)

do it again
Happening Here
insomnia
MOON
fated
feedback
NEVER EVER
sending mail
machine
Sparkle
Humming 7/4
evolution
RAINBOW
November
music
Ladies Night
Party queen
Happening Here
Love song
how beautiful you are
Trauma ~ Boys & Girls
MY ALL

 



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ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION

Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. M
04. decision
05. Catcher In The Light
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. beloved
09. BRILLANTE
10. overture
11. Days
12. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
13. Why... feat. JUNO
14. vogue ~ Far away ~ SEASONS
15. WONDERLAND
16. Bold & Delicious
17. Mirrorcle World
18. evolution
19. Boys & Girls
20. Born To Be...
21. A Song is born
22. Thank U





Ayu's Divorce

 • Posted: February 1st 2012, 17:30 (GMT+0),  Permalink  

Belated news; Ayu announced her divorce on 16th January and the news spreaded across all major Japanese sites immediately. Full article:

Hamasaki Ayumi Lightning Divorce 1 Year After Marriage, Disaster an Excuse for Reluctance to Leave Japan
17 January 2012.

Late at night on the 16th, singer Hamasaki Ayumi (33) announced her decision to divorce Austrian-born actor Manuel Shwarz (31) on her fanclub site. The two of them registered their marriage in Las Vegas, America, on New Year’s Day last year. The divorce came just one year after their marriage.

According to comments on her site, Hamasaki’s first step will be to file for divorce on the 16th (17th in Japan Time). “I alone was the cause for this. When we got married, we decided together that we were going to stay in the US, but when the Tohoku Earthquake Disaster happened 2 months later, a strong feeling of reluctance to leave Japan grew inside me, and I could not imagine myself living in the US. In the end, my husband was left by himself as the days went by,” she explained.

On top of that, she also added, “We often talked to each other and compromised, thinking we could just breach the physical distance by travelling to see each other, but before we knew it, the emotional distance had grown too large. When I think of the future now, I can’t return to the person I used to be, the one who decided to migrate to the US. My future is to do something for Japan, and since I cannot see a future in the US with my husband, we have come to this decision.”

During August of 2010, the two met at Los Angeles, when they starred together in the PV for “Virgin Road” from “Love songs” album, and immediately hit it off. They announced their marriage on New Year’s Day last year. At that time, Hamasaki happily announced, “We are truly at the closest place to forever right now. Mannie, who acted as my hubby in Virgin Road, is going to become my real-life hubby!!!!!”

Via Chuunichi, translated by Misa-chan

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Party Queen


Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

[CD]

01. Party queen
02. NaNaNa
03. Shake It
04. taskebab
05. call
06. Letter
07. reminds me
08. Return Road
09. Tell me why
10. a cup of tea
11. the next LOVE
12. Eyes, Smoke, Magic
13. Serenade in A minor
14. how beautiful you are

[DVD-1]

01. Shake It (video clip)
02. NaNaNa (video clip)
03. Return Road (video clip)
04. how beautiful you are (video clip)
05. Shake It (making clip)
06. NaNaNa (making clip)
07. Return Road (making clip)
08. how beautiful you are (making clip)

[DVD-2]
(ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~)

01. do it again
02. Happening Here
03. insomnia
04. MOON
05. fated
06. feedback
07. NEVER EVER
08. sending mail
09. machine
10. Sparkle
11. Humming 7/4
12. evolution
13. RAINBOW
14. November
15. music
16. Ladies Night
17. Party queen
18. Happening Here
19. Love song
20. how beautiful you are
21. Trauma ~ Boys & Girls
22. MY ALL



     DVD/Blu-ray

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ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION

Release Date: 03.21.12


Tracklistings:

01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. M
04. decision
05. Catcher In The Light
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. beloved
09. BRILLANTE
10. overture
11. Days
12. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
13. Why... feat. JUNO
14. vogue ~ Far away ~ SEASONS
15. WONDERLAND
16. Bold & Delicious
17. Mirrorcle World
18. evolution
19. Boys & Girls
20. Born To Be...
21. A Song is born
22. Thank U

Special Footage:

01. BLUE BIRD (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
02. monochrome (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
03. A Song for XX (2011.7.14 Nippon Gaishi Hall)
04. NEVER EVER (2011.7.14 Nippon Gaishi Hall)
05. Moments (2011.6.4 Yokohama Arena)
06. Love song (2011.7.23 Yoyogi National Gymnasium)
07. July 1st (2011.7.24 Yoyogi National Gymnasium)

*For the DVD version, the Special Footage is recorded on Disc 2.



     Box Set
Party Queen SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET

Release Date: 03.21.12

A special box set including "Party Queen[CD+DVD+DVD]", "ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION" and exclusive goodies!


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A CLIP BOX 1998-2011

DVD (Limited Edition), 6 Discs: AVBD-91904~9
C/W A special grand BOX + A specially-made bag
Price: ¥23,100

DVD, 6 Discs: AVBD-91910~5
C/W: Sleeve-casing
Price: ¥21,000

BD (Limited Edition), 4 Discs: AVXD-91642~5
C/W: A special grand BOX + A specially-made bag
Price: ¥24,150

BD, 4 Discs: AVXD-91646~9
C/W: Sleeve-casing
Price: ¥22,050


Release Date: 01.01.12


Tracklistings:

poker face
YOU
Trust
For My Dear...
Depend on you
WHATEVER
LOVE ~Destiny~
TO BE
Boys & Girls
A [TV-CM]
appears
kanariya
Fly high
vogue
Far away
SEASONS
SURREAL
AUDIENCE [TV-CM]
M
evolution
NEVER EVER [promotional clip]
Endless sorrow
UNITE! [TV-CM]
Dearest
Daybreak
Free & Easy
H [TV-CM]
Voyage
ourselves
Greatful days
HANABI ~episode II~
forgiveness
No way to say
Moments
INSPIRE
CAROLS
STEP you
is this LOVE?
fairyland
HEAVEN
Bold & Delicious (single version)
Pride
Startin'
Born To Be
BLUE BIRD
~Distance Love~ (glitter / fated) -short film-
talkin' 2 myself
decision
Mirrorcle World
Days
GREEN
Rule
Sparkle
Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
You were
BALLAD
MOON
blossom (single ver.)
crossroad
Virgin Road
Last angel
Sweet Season
Dearest (Acoustic Piano version)
Connected
Real me
RAINBOW
ANGELS' SONG
Because of You
GAME
About You
walking proud
Humming 7/4
my name's WOMEN
alterna
Bold & Delicious -SIDE STORY- (album version)
rainy day
Ladies Night
Beautiful Fighters
JEWEL
1 LOVE
momentum
part of Me
Together When...
Marionette
(don't) Leave me alone
NEXT LEVEL
Curtain call
Sexy little things
Microphone
Dont look back
Lady Dynamite
blossom (-director's cut-)
Love song
do it again
progress
ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
Why... feat. JUNO
beloved
BRILLANTE

Includes about 100 TV-CM clips and more contents to be announced.



     Calendar

Hamasaki Ayumi 2012 Calendar
Release Date: 11.26.11

Price: ¥2,400

Size: B2
Page: 7 pages

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Five (Blu-ray version)
AVXD-91641

Release Date: 11.09.11

Price: ¥3,000


MUSIC:

01. progress (PS3 Tales of Xillia Theme Song)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
03. Why... feat. JUNO (H.I.S Taiwan CM Theme Song)
04. beloved (Japanese TV "Sukkiri!!" Theme Song)
05. BRILLANTE


MOVIE:

01. progress (video clip)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (video clip)
03. Why... feat. JUNO (video clip)
04. beloved (video clip)
05. BRILLANTE (video clip)
06. progress (making clip)
07. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (making clip)
08. Why... feat. JUNO (making clip)
09. beloved (making clip)
10. BRILLANTE (making clip)


This Blu-ray disc (BDM) is only compatible with Blu-ray player, PS3, or Blu-ray disc drive equiped computer. All MUSIC tracks are recorded in 48kHz/24bit audio quality on this BDM (as compared to typical CD quality of 44kHz/16bit audio). MOVIE tracks are all high-definition videos (as compared to standard-definition video on DVD). This BDM also has BD-Live function which enable internet capable player to access limited site to purchase special goods if made available.



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Release Date: 08.31.11

Price: ¥2,800


CD Track listing:

01. progress (PS3 Tales of Xillia Theme Song)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
03. Why... feat. JUNO (H.I.S Taiwan CM Theme Song)
04. beloved (Japanese TV "Sukkiri!!" Theme Song)
05. BRILLANTE


DVD Track listing:

01. progress (video clip)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (video clip)
03. Why... feat. JUNO (video clip)
04. beloved (video clip)
05. BRILLANTE (video clip)
06. progress (making clip)
07. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (making clip)
08. Why... feat. JUNO (making clip)
09. beloved (making clip)
10. BRILLANTE (making clip)


The first press release of this version includes a serial number on an access card to stream The Making-of "ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A ~do it again~" Full Version.



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Release Date: 08.31.11

Price: ¥1,800


CD Track listing:

01. progress (PS3 Tales of Xillia Theme Song)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
03. Why... feat. JUNO (H.I.S Taiwan CM Theme Song)
04. beloved (Japanese TV "Sukkiri!!" Theme Song)
05. BRILLANTE
[bonus track]
06. beloved (Orchestra version)


As noted above, this version includes the sixth track i.e the orchestra version of "beloved".



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Five [Limited Edition]
AVCD-38328

Release Date: 08.31.11

Price: ¥1,800


CD Track listing:

01. progress (PS3 Tales of Xillia Theme Song)
02. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
03. Why... feat. JUNO (H.I.S Taiwan CM Theme Song)
04. beloved (Japanese TV "Sukkiri!!" Theme Song)
05. BRILLANTE


As a "Tales of Xillia × ayumi hamasaki" collaboration release, this Limited Edition CD version comes with a special jacket with its illustration featuring the game. This version also includes a download code for the (presumably exclusive) game character Milla's costume "Songstress".




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