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Fuji TV’s Thursday 10pm drama 「Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi」 theme song, 「how beautiful you are」 will be released as a digital single on 8 February!

The song will be available as chaku-uta (R), chaku-uta full (R), RBT (melody call) from 8 Feb onwards on the following sites!

iTunes: BUY HERE
mu-mo: BUY HERE

Quelle: Misa-chan

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ayu Releases 13th Album, DVD & BD and Lifestyle Book Together
2 February 2012. 19:16

Hamasaki Ayumi’s new album 「Party Queen」 is planned for release on 21/3/2012.

「Party Queen」, her 13th original album, contains a total of 14 new unreleased songs, including 「how beautiful you are」, the theme song for Fuji TV’s drama 「Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi」. A refreshing factor is that none of the songs was released on a single previously, and all the tracks were recorded in London, with the participation of world-class top engineers and musicians.

On the same day, the live DVD/Blu-ray of last year’s tour will be released as 「ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION」. A box set including this title, 「Party Queen」’s CD+DVD+2DVD version, and special goods, named the 「『Party Queen』SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET」, will be on sale too.

Furthermore, 18 of ayu’s past albums in PLAYBUTTON form, a lifestyle book, and a special photobook will also be released. Fans, please do check these all out.

Hamasaki Ayumi 「Party Queen」 Contents
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor

Quelle: Misa-chan

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ayu’s Super Popular New Nails!
2 February 2012.

A new style with heart decorations! The spotlight has been on Hamasaki Ayumi throughout this new year, ever since the divorce. Drama aside, Hamasaki is an artiste to watch out for this year. On 29/1, she revealed new nail designs on her official Twitter.

These nails have received much praise from both fans and the general Twitter population, with comments like “I want to try that” and “so cute”. It is a notable and innovative design.

The design was so popular that the nailist’s Twitter was flooded with enquiries as well. Bold white hearts were painted on the nail tips, all on a clear base, much like the royal French manicure. A thin silver border along the hearts’ edges adds a shine to the design.

A refreshing and impressionistic design that adds personality to the traditional French nails.

Hamasaki herself seems to be in love with the design. Nailist Miss Sakoda Aiko’s Twitter has also been flooded with enquiries on how to imitate the design, demonstrating the unexpectedly large impact of this design.

Quelle: Misa-chan

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Release of the Much-Awaited ayu’s Prescription Color Contacts!
3,000 Gyarus Gather at Shibuya to Achieve ayu’s eyes!?
31 January 2012.

Sale company T＆H Co., Ltd. (URL: http://www.tandh.co.jp/) and planning company WORLD SURVEY Inc. (URL: http://www.world-survey.jp/), with Hamasaki Ayumi as their image model, released color contact lenses 「SWEET DAYS」, and are now adding prescription lenses 「SWEET DAYS Royal」 to their line-up.

On 12/12/2011, the “SWEET DAYS Royal～ Prescription Color Contacts Commemoration Campaign~!” was held, and a limited quantity of products were sold through the official website (http://www.sweet-days.jp/). End of December, the lenses were put on sale at Donkey Hotel and other drugstores around the country.

With Hamasaki Ayumi as the image model, 「SWEET DAYS」 was released in August last year, and the use of these lenses spread like wildfire among the popular gyarus at Shibuya. Last November, during the “Girls Award by CROOZ blog 2011 AUTUMN ＆ WINTER” held at Yoyogi Gymnasium with a total of 30,000 attendees, Ogura Yuko put on the lenses for her stint down the fashion catwalk, generating more hype for the color contacts.

For the “shibuya duo MUSIC EXCHAGE” programme held last December, the color contacts also received much attention as one of the judging requirements of the “D-1 Miss Contest”, a contest held during the No.1 gyaru event “D-1 dream project 2011″, when the top Shibuya girls were crowned.

“D-1″ is an event with more than 10 years of history, held at gyaru haven Shibuya. The “D-1 Miss Contest” has produced numerous famous gyaru models, such as the charismatic Funayama Kumiko (Kumicky) and Fujita Anna (GARULA Brand Director), and can be called the gyaru model’s gateway to success. This time, the bright spark of the 1,200 applications was happy, charming Miyashima Zaira. More than 3,000 gyarus gathered at Shibuya for the event.

During the Miss Contest, the 7 finalists had to make use of ayu’s color contacts 「SWEET DAYS」 and Hamasaki Ayumi-produced 「A eyelash」, to create the best eye make-up as their final task.

As the 7 finalists presented their “hot make-up” on stage, there were “droopy eye” looks, “wingtipped eye” looks and “round eye” looks, all adorned with color contacts and long eyelashes. The audience were also full of praises and cheer:

“This is one aspect of Hamasaki Ayumi we will always aspire towards. I want Hamasaki Ayumi’s eyes!”
and
“With Eurasian features, I’m aiming for that droopy cat eye look!”

Official Site: http://www.sweet-days.jp

Quelle: Misa-chan

rice20000: LIVE DVD/Blu-ray「ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION」 released on 21/3 too! Details →http://t.co/aVZNjfjn
ayu_19980408: RT

rice20000: And more, ALBUM and DVD/Blu-ray in a set, with goods. Limited numbers of this “SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET”!! Details →http://t.co/ZQLW8Flz
ayu_19980408: RT

rice20000: And more and more, 1st ALBUM 『A Song for ××』 ～ NEW ALBUM 『Party queen』 『A BEST』 『A BEST 2』, all 18 titles released together in the popular new media “PLAYBUTTON”! Details → http://t.co/7qi9U8zX
ayu_19980408: RT

rice20000: Fuji TV’s Thursday 10pm drama “Saigo kara Nibanme no Koi”‘s popular theme song 「how beautiful you are」 will be released as a digital single on 8/2. Downloadable in chaku-uta, chaku-uta full and RBT (melody call)! Details → http://t.co/QWdYDCdK
ayu_19980408: RT

rice20000: 「ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION」 Sound Source Release! In response to numerous requests from fans, the new full orchestra arrangements for the songs will be released! Date of release and the specific songs available will be updated at a later date.
ayu_19980408: RT

GUTS_RUSH: Release info is updated on the Official Site too ☆
ayu_19980408: So much info released all at once~♪ Check it out~ ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

lesliekeesuper: ★2012-02-01 with 21000 Twitter followers now!! ★
ayu_19980408: Congratulation!!! C u later☆

rice20000: Hamasaki Ayumi, 21/3 NEW ALBUM 『Party queen』 release! With 14 brand new songs, PVs and making-ofs in the DVD, plus CDL from New Year’s Eve too!! More details → http://t.co/Mlkg1mHx
maiisurfriend: Looking forward to that!
ayu_19980408: Let’s kanpai with tea, big sis Mai!

ayu_19980408: By the way, I recently dyed my hair pink. Ukekeke ♪
lesliekeesuper: Wow! Can’t wait to shoot the brand new Party Queen with her sexy pink hair !
ayu_19980408: （＾Ｏ＾☆♪

ayu_19980408: Everyone says that I look like a game character. Hmm… I can’t deny that. (laugh)

ayumipopo617: So why pink?
ayu_19980408: For spring magazines and advert photoshoots, I wanted a color that complements spring o(^▽^)o

ayu_19980408: Today’s photoshoot has ended~♪ We took so many great shots, so I’m still feeling really happy~♫ and ai-pon did a new pedicure for me~ It’s tweed nails \(//∇//)\♡

AIKO_esNAIL: A ‘good job’ drink with Zakinko @zakinko_esNAIL ♪ The best– ♡ Happy– ⋆′◡ु͐‵⋆ Was so fun– ♡
ayu_19980408: ai-pon, zakin-chan, thank you for today~♡ It was fun completing that~!!

nikumoyashi: Photoshoot completed. Great job, everyone. We truly felt that we took great shots. Leslie, thank you.
ayu_19980408: They were great shots~ \(//∇//)\♡

ayu_19980408: Pink~♪ Pink~♪ Like this.

Translation: Misa-chan

Quelle: ayu Twitter

The product packaging will feature the original album art, while the badge will sport an exclusive design, specially limited to “PLAYBUTTON”! Available in limited copies, this is truly a collector’s item!

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2012.3.21 in stores
PLAYBUTTON (all 18 titles)

※The outer packaging will feature the album jacket design.
※The badge will have a different design.

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Titles on Sale

AQZD-50664 『A Song for ××』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50665 『LOVEppears』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50666 『Duty』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50667 『A BEST』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50668 『I am…』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50669 『RAINBOW』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50670 『Memorial address』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50671 『MY STORY』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50672 『(miss)understood』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50673 『Secret』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50674 『A BEST 2 -BLACK-』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50675 『A BEST 2 -WHITE-』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50676 『GUILTY』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50677 『NEXT LEVEL』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50678 『Rock’n’Roll Circus』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50679 『Love songs』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50680 『FIVE』 ￥2,800

AQZD-50681 『Party Queen』 ￥3,000

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What is “PLAYBUTTON”?
A special metal badge-button that is actually a music player, available for immediate listening upon purchase. Highly fashionable, the new media is the current hot topic globally.

Notes
- Playing of pre-installed music is allowed. Pre-installed music cannot be erased.
- Date moving, uploading and downloading is not allowed.
- There is no extra memory to install more songs.
- The unit does not come with earphones.
- Please charge the battery before first usage.

Additional Items
- USB Charger Cable
- User Manual

PLAYBUTTON Official Site
http://www.playbutton.co/

Quelle: Misa-chan

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2012.3.21 in stores
『Party Queen』SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET

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【CD+DVD+2DVD】 + 【LIVE DVD: 2 discs】 + 【Goods】
-AVCD-38500/B～F　￥17,850

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【CD+DVD+2DVD】 + 【LIVE Blu-ray: 1 disc】 + 【Goods】
-AVCD-38501/B～E　￥18,900

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*Contents included are:
- ALBUM 『Party Queen』 【CD+DVD+2DVD】 AVCD-38511/B～D
- LIVE DVD/Blu-ray 【DVD: 2 discs】 AVBD-91935～6 OR 【Blu-ray: 1 disc】 AVXD-91650
*Details about the exclusive goods will be updated at a later date.

Quelle: Misa-chan

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2012.3.21 in stores
ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION

【DVD: 2 discs】

-AVBD-91935～6　￥6,090

【Blu-ray: 1 disc】
-AVXD-91650　￥7,140

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~CONTENTS~
00. snowfield
01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. M
04. decision
05. Catcher In The Light
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. beloved
09. BRILLANTE
10. overture
11. Days
12. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
13. Why… feat. JUNO
14. vogue ～ Far away ～ SEASONS
15. WONDERLAND
16. Bold & Delicious
17. Mirrorcle World
18. evolution
19. Boys & Girls
20. Born To Be…
21. A Song is born
22. Thank U

◎Special Movie (making-of movie) - planned

Quelle: Misa-chan

3 versions will be released:
【CD+DVD+2DVD】
【CD+DVD】
【CD】

【DVD-1】 will include the PVs for 4 songs, 3 of which were filmed in London, plus making-of clips to make up a total of 8 tracks!
【DVD-2＆3】 will be the complete live recording of countdown live concert held on New Year’s Eve in 2011, 「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～」!!

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2012.3.21 in stores
NEW ALBUM『Party Queen』

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【CD+DVD+2DVD】
-AVCD-38511/B～D　￥7,350
★First Press: 2-disc album casing + Live DVD Jacket Transparent Sleeve
★Normal Press: 4-disc album casing

~CONTENTS~
＜CD＞
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor

＜DVD-1＞
・how beautiful you are (video clip)
・Return Road (video clip)
・Shake It♥ (video clip)
・NaNaNa (video clip)
・how beautiful you are (making clip)
・Return Road (making clip)
・Shake It♥ (making clip)
・NaNaNa (making clip)

＜DVD-2＆3＞
ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～
01. do it again
02. Happening Here
03. insomnia
04. MOON
05. fated
06. feedback
07. NEVER EVER
08. sending mail
09. machine
10. Sparkle
11. Humming
12. evolution
13. RAINBOW
14. November
15. music
16. Ladies Night
17. Party queen
18. Happening Here
19. Love song
20. how beautiful you are
21. Trauma ～ Boys & Girls
22. MY ALL

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【CD+DVD】
-AVCD-38512/B　￥3,990

~CONTENTS~
＜CD＞
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor

＜DVD＞
・how beautiful you are (video clip)
・Return Road (video clip)
・Shake It♥ (video clip)
・NaNaNa (video clip)
・how beautiful you are (making clip)
・Return Road (making clip)
・Shake It♥ (making clip)
・NaNaNa (making clip)

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【CD】
-AVCD-38513　￥3,150

~CONTENTS~
＜CD＞
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor

Quelle: Misa-chan