The Japanese singer-songwriter

Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the List of ...

has released eighteen studio albums, seven extended plays, nine compilation albums, twenty-six

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s, three live albums, and fifty-eight singles. She initially debuted under

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as "Ayumi", releasing the extended play ''

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'' (1995). Three years later, Hamasaki made a second debut under

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with the single " Poker Face" (1998). The artist's first album ''

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'' (1999) reached number one on

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's albums chart, selling over 1.4 million copies. Her second studio album, ''

Loveppears ''Loveppears'' (stylized as ''LOVEppears'') is the second studio album by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on November 10, 1999, by Avex Trax, ten months after her debut album, ''A Song for xx'' (1999). It was additionally distribute ...

'' (1999), also topped the Oricon charts and sold nearly 3 million copies. To date, Hamasaki currently holds the record for the most albums to place in the top ten by a female artist in Japan. Hamasaki continued to release music at a prolific rate throughout her career; she has the most number-one hits by a female artist (38); the most consecutive number-one hits by a solo artist (25), and the most million-sellers. From 1999 to 2010, Hamasaki had at least two singles each year topping the charts. Hamasaki is also the first female recording artist to have ten studio albums since debut to top the Oricon, and the first artist to have a number one album for 13 consecutive years since her debut. In total, Hamasaki has sold over 50.708 million units in Japan. Hamasaki also has an extensive remix discography, having released twenty-six remix albums since the 1999 album '' Ayu-mi-x''. Several remix albums were released as a series, exploring genres such as eurobeat, trance, acoustic, and classical. __TOC__

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

Live albums

Box sets

Extended plays

Remix extended plays

Singles

As a lead artist

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

As a collaborating artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Other appearances

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamasaki, Ayumi discography Discographies of Japanese artists

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