Pop singer Namie Amuro began performing at the age of 14 in Supermonkeys, a trio of female students at the Okinawa Actors School. Born in 1977, Amuro gained fame as the lead singer of the group (later named Namie Amuro and the Supermonkeys) with several singles during 1993-94. By 1995, however, she had inaugurated her solo career with the single... [+] Read More

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With her shaved head and seven-octave range, Sainkho Namtchylak would stand out on any stage. Add her particular mix of Tuvan throat-singing and avant-garde improvisation, and she becomes an unforgettable figure. The daughter of a pair of schoolteachers, she grew up in an isolated village on the Tuvan/Mongolian border, exposed to the local... [+] Read More

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