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Originally Posted by SolarAngel
^Thanks for the correction. I don't really follow Namie's release but my impression was her release is not that infrequent.
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Concentration 20 (1997) - 1,929,860
Namie's last successful album at the 90's... this album has 3 singles, all from 1997, including "can you celebrate", her biggest hit and the best selling female single ever in Japan)
181920 (1998) - 1,689,53
First single collection, has one single released in 1997 too
Genius 2000 (2000) - 802,740
The first post marriage, divorce, son and "hiatus" album, have 4 singles released between 1998 and 2000...
Break the Rules (2000) - 334,52
3 singles between 2000 and 2001
Love Enhanced Single Collection (2002) - 314,570
Second single collection, 2 singles, one in 2001 and another in 2002
Style (2003) - 221,874
Namie's worst selling album. 4 singles in 2002 and 2003... amont them, her worst selling one (Put 'em up).
Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) - 455,428
Namie's selling starts going up again, her first single that went 1st daily since 1998 ("Girl Talk / The Speed Star") and also her first top10 monthly single since 1997 (Want me Want me). 4 singles 2004/2005
Play (2007) - 540,952
This one had a huge chart life (53 weeks), her first top 50 yearly since 2000 and top 5 monthly since 1999 (Baby Don't Cry) 4 singles, 2005~2007
Best Fiction (2008) - 1,508,159
Third compilation, first album from hers that sold more than 1million since 1998, first weekly number-one hit since 1998, first top20 single since 1997 (60s70s80s)
This is Namie story of going down and then up xD