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I would like to add that to be more precise, Ayu had started becoming famous in December 1998 (just four months before her above-mentioned first number-one single was released in April 1999) after the release of her fifth single:
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depend_on_you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depend_on_You
Music video:
youtube.com/watch?v=8ro02MOyGp4
Live performance on a Japanese music TV show:
youtube.com/watch?v=_DwVzKhX3_w
which was soon followed by her sixth single two months later (in February 1999):
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHATEVER (浜崎あゆみの曲)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever_(Ayumi_Hamasaki_song)
Music video:
youtube.com/watch?v=oI5y2KaOdNE
Live performance on a Japanese music TV show:
youtube.com/watch?v=nnWIw_ukSaQ
My favourite Remix version:
youtube.com/watch?v=dE4Dd9aTZMs
Her next (her eighth) single was released in May 1999 (only a month after the release of her first number-one single in April 1999); it was not as successful, but it still managed to reach number four on Japan's weekly singles chart and it's also one of my favourites:Keep them cumming bro!
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TO_BE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TO_BE
Music video:
youtube.com/watch?v=9nQ7RRDLAEg
Live performance on a Japanese music TV show:
youtube.com/watch?v=MiulFK32h64
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TO_BE
Music video:
youtube.com/watch?v=9nQ7RRDLAEg
Live performance on a Japanese music TV show:
youtube.com/watch?v=MiulFK32h64