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Genius 2000 is Namie Amuro ' s fourth original ___MASK41___ produced by Tetsuya Komuro and Dallas Austin , and her first collaboration with Austin . Korea is a historical state in East Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : North Korea ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic of Korea ") and South Korea ( officially the " Republic of Korea "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from ___MASK43___ to the east by the Korea Strait and the East Sea . Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of ___MASK32___ . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . Queen of Hip - ___MASK35___ is Namie Amuro ' s seventh original ___MASK41___ . It was released on July 13 , 2005 after four singles and was her most commercially successful effort in five years before " Play " was released . Sweet 19 Blues is the second ___MASK41___ by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro . It was released on July 22 , ___MASK95___ by ___MASK92___ and their Hong Kong headquarters , her first record with the label after " Dance Tracks Vol . 1 " ( 1995 ). The album was composed , produced and arranged by Globe musician Tetsuya Komuro , with additional music credits to Cozy Kudo . Additionally , Japanese businessman and musician Max Matsuura , served as the records executive producer . Musically , it is a J - Pop record that incorporates elements of contemporary dance music , acid house and jungle . Lyrically , it delves into love , adolescense and enjoyment . ___MASK43___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK43___ ") is a sovereign ___MASK28___ nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . Taiwan , officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include China ( officially the People ' s Republic of China , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , ___MASK43___ to the northeast , and the ___MASK80___ to the south . Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and ___MASK73___ in the west and the Americas in the east . " Can You Celebrate ?" is Namie Amuro ' s seventh solo single under the ___MASK92___ label . Released on February 19 , 1997 , " Can You Celebrate " is the best - selling single by a solo female artist in Japanese music history with sales of 2 , 296 , 200 copies . The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean , lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east , the Kuril Islands on the southeast , the ___MASK28___ of Hokkaido to the south , the ___MASK28___ of Sakhalin along the west , and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast ( the Shantar Sea ) along the west and north . The northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf . The sea is named after Okhotsk , the first Russian settlement in the Far East . Born in Naha , Okinawa , Amuro debuted in music as an idol with the band Super Monkey ' s at age 14 . Although majority of their releases were unsuccessful in ___MASK43___ , Amuro ' s venturing in modelling fashion and acting helped the group gain attention on their single " Try Me ~  ~". Retitling themselves as " Namie Amuro with Super Monkey  s " to achieve further success , they released a ___MASK41___ and a compilation . She signed with ___MASK92___ in 1995 to released her debut single " Body Feels Exit ", the lead single from her best - selling album " Sweet 19 Blues " ( 1996 ). She achieved large success with her single " Can You Celebrate ?", which is still the best - selling single from a female artist in ___MASK43___ . Transitioning into westernised R & B music , she released her third album " Genius 2000 " ( 2000 ). Play is the eighth ___MASK41___ by Japanese ___MASK35___ singer Namie Amuro , released on June 27 , 2007 in Japan . The follow - up to her successful 2005 album Queen of Hip - ___MASK35___ , Play showcases her new hip - ___MASK35___ genre . It marks her first album to be released in both the CD and CD + DVD formats . Play is her highest selling album since 2000 ' s Genius 2000 . The album was ranked 9th on CDJapan ' s list of top 100 CDs of 2007 . History . Two years after Max Matsuura became busy in distributing studio albums from other countries , he and his two co - founders of Avex , Tom Yoda and Ken Suzuki , decided to operate their own ___MASK59___ to compete with the older and more experienced ___MASK99___ ( i . e . ___MASK44___ , Nippon Crown , ___MASK96___ - EMI , CBS Sony , Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K . K ., etc .). This led to the birth of the ___MASK92___ ___MASK59___ . " Body Feels Exit " ( stylized as Body Feels EXIT ) is Namie Amuro ' s debut solo single on the ___MASK92___ label . Released nine days after her only album with former label , Toshiba - EMI , " Body Feels Exit " debuted in the top three and would be her first of 24 consecutive top ten solo singles .