In the Japanese press, Amuro was referred to as the "Queen of J-pop". She was noted in her early years for her Westernized dance music and popularized fashion whose followers came to be nicknamed Amura (Amurer in English).
Amuro got her start when she was discovered by Masayuki Makino, the president of Okinawa Actors' School, after coming along with a friend who was currently enrolled in the school. It was him who later at the age of 14 placed her in a group called Super Monkeys along with Minako Ameku, Nanako Takushi, Hisako Arakaki and Anna Makino. They left the school and made their major label debut with the double a-side single, "Koi no Cute Beat / Mr. USA" on September 15, 1992 on Toshiba-EMI.
Debuting in 1992 as part of the quintet, Super Monkey's, Amuro later debuted solo in 1995 to phenomenal success with producer Tetsuya Komuro. Severing her ties with Komuro in 2001, Amuro has reestablished herself as a R&B artist. Her last album, Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) debuted at #2 and has been certified double platinum since its release. She has nine #1 singles, five of which have sold over 1,000,000 copies.
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