Namie Amuro (born September 20th, 1977) is a Japanese singer.

Namie Amuro was born in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan. She is the daughter of Emiko Taira who is believed to be bi-racial. Amuro is the last of three children Emiko had with her biological father before their divorce. Amuro's parents divorced when she was a toddler. Her father's identity is unknown.

Amuro got her start when she was discovered by Masayuki Makino, the president of Okinawa Actor's School, after coming along with a friend who was currently enrolled in the school. It was him who later at the age of 14 placed her in a group called Super Monkeys along with Minako Ameku, Nanako Takushi, Hisako Arakaki and Anna Makino. They left the school and made their major label debut with the double a-side single, "Koi no Cute Beat / Mr. USA" on September 15, 1992 on Toshiba-EMI.

Amuro started her career within the group, Super Monkey's, who throughout their time together suffered several setbacks. Although their debut single peaked within the top 30, subsequent singles failed to match its success. The group also went through several member changes. After their initial debut, Anna Makino, left the group. She would be replaced by Rino Nakasone who left the group without recording any material. In 1993, they changed their name from Super Monkey's to Super Monkey's 4 and released the single "Dancing Junk" and "Aishite Masukatto." The group later became regulars on music television program, Pop Jam, as part of the ...

Namie Amuro (born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese pop singer. Often known as the "Queen of J-pop" who preceeded Ayumi Hamasaki, she was noted in her early years for her Westernized dance music and popularized fashion whose followers came to be nicknamed Amura (Amurer in English).

Debuting in 1992 as part of the quintet, Super Monkey's, she later debuted solo in 1995 to phenomenal success with producer Tetsuya Komuro. Severing her ties with Komuro in 2001, Amuro has since attempted to establish herself as a R&B artist. Her latest album, Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) debuted at #2 and has been certified double platinum since its release. She has nine #1 singles, five of which have sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Namie Amuro was born in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan. She is the daughter of Emiko Taira who is Japanese-Italian. Amuro is the last of three children Emiko had with her biological father before their divorce. Amuro's parents divorced when she was a toddler. Her father's identity is unknown.

Amuro got her start when she was discovered by Masayuki Makino, the president of Okinawa Actor's School, after coming along with a friend who was currently enrolled in the school. It was him who later at the age of 14 placed her in a group called Super Monkeys along with Minako Ameku, Nanako Takushi, Hisako Arakaki and Anna Makino. They left the school and made their major label debut with the double a-side single, "Koi no Cute Beat / Mr. USA" on September 15, 1992 on Toshiba-EMI.
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The best Cartoon, possibly ever.
It is a spin-off from Rugrats, and uses all of the same characters.
The only difference being, that this show rocks, while Rugrats sucked.
It was set 9 years in the future.
This is one of the few things that Nickelodeon did right for once, until they cancelled it after 55 shows.
The Pilot for this was entitled "All Growed Up", and was a rugrats episode where the kids went forward in time, ten years.
This Episode was the highest rated Nick show, EVER! The ratings for this Episode were not just the highest of any Rugrats Episode, but the highest for any Episode of any Nick show, with an Original airdate of August, 11, 2001.
All Grown Up! began broadcasting on April, 12, 2003, with Episode 2, Coup DeVille, however Episode 1 was not aired, until November 29, 2003.

The best Cartoon, possibly ever.
It is a spin-off from Rugrats, and uses all of the same characters.
The only difference being, that this show rocks, while Rugrats sucked.
It was set 9 years in the future.
This is one of the few things that Nickelodeon did right for once, until they cancelled it after 55 shows.
The Pilot for this was entitled "All Growed Up", and was a rugrats episode where the kids went forward in time, ten years.
This Episode was the highest rated Nick show, EVER! The ratings for this Episode were not just the highest of any Rugrats Episode, but the highest for any Episode of any Nick show, with an Original airdate of August, 11, 2001.
All Grown Up! began broadcasting on April, 12, 2003, with Episode 2, Coup DeVille, however Episode 1 was not aired, until November 29, 2003.

The MOST beautiful male soprano singer yet known.
Vitas was born on February 19, 1981 in Latvia.

From www.vitas.com.ru and wikipedia

• VITAS first appeared on the Russian stage with his hit "Opera # 2" in December 2000.

• he released five albums ("Philosophy of Miracle", "Smile!", "Mother", "The Songs of My Mother", "Kiss As Long As Eternity") which were entered into the Top Three most popular albums in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. (according to the official sales).

• he released two singles ("Opera # 2" and "Goodbye"). According to the official sales results, the single "Opera # 2" was awarded a Russian Prize (established by the producers of phonograms "Record") as the bestselling single of 2001, 2002 and 2003.

• he became a Musical Discovery of Year according to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and the Internet Survey "FORUM 2001".

• he became a three-time-laureate of the festivals "The Song of the Year-2000", "The Song of the Year-2001" and "The Song of the Year-2002".

• he became a two-time-laureate of the People Prize "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Opera # 2" in 2001 and for the song "Smile!" in 2002.

• he became a three-time-laureate of the Musical Prize "PODIUM" for the most stylish achievements in pop music in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

• he became a laureate of the prize "People’s HIT" in 2001, 2002 and 2003. His songs "Opera # 2", "Smile!" ,"The Star" were the most frequently rotated ones in RF.

• he became a winner of the Prize...

Augie March is an awesome Australian band which consists of Glenn Richards (singer/songwriter/guitar ist), David Williams (drummer), Kiernan Box (keyboardist), Adam Donovan (guitarist), and Edmondo Ammendola (bassist). The band began in 1996 and comes from Melbourne, Australia. The group chose the name "Augie March" in reference to the book "The Adventures of Augie March" by Saul Bellow, attributing the choice to the way in which Bellow's descriptive and poetic language reflected Richards' own song writing style.

In 1998, the band was signed to Ra Records where, over the following year, they released two EPs. The latter, Waltz, gained the group moderate national attention, as well as a new record deal with BMG. Meanwhile, the band had expanded to include keyboardist Rob Dawson and were working on their first full length album.

Sunset Studies was released in 2000 and was met by a rapidly growing fan-base in Australia, and good reviews, which typically commented on Richards' unique lyrical style. For this album they won the 2001 Engineer of the Year 2001 ARIA Award. The album spawned five singles, including the moderately successful "Asleep in Perfection" and "There Is No Such Place." Sadly however, on January 2, 2001, keyboardist Rob Dawson was killed in a car accident.

After some time apart, the band reformed with the addition of a new keyboardist, Kiernan Box. Augie March's second full length album Strange Bird was released in 2002, eventually being released in ...

Enacted by Ben Tillman against the University of South Carolina to doom the school, as a whole, to what it is presently.