[Article] Pregnant? No, just chubby

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DOES J-pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki (above) have a Secret?

That's the title of her new album slated for release in Japan on 29 Nov. Ironically, there was talk of a shotgun wedding last month when she turned up at a music programme looking chubbier.

Her managers clarified it was not pregnancy, but rather that she had gained 5kg after ignoring her diet while doing a photo shoot in Miami some time ago.

But Ayumi, 28, certainly looks slim again on her new duo-cover CD - one shows her in a body-hugging black gown and the other, topless with a unicorn painted on her right shoulder. Apparently, the "tattoo" took three hours to be hand-drawn on her.

Just last week, the singer recorded a 30-minute interview with CNN's TalkAsia, which will be aired early next month.

Source: The New Paper, Singapore (14 Nov 06)