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| Released | July 13, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
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| Length | 52:28 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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Queen of Hip-Pop is the seventh studio album by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro. It was released on July 13, 2005, by Avex Trax. The album's lyrical content, composing and arrangement was handled by multiple music collaborators, such as Nao'ymt, Sugi-V, Michico, Tricky Stewart, T.Kura, among many others. It is her second full-length urban contemporary record, and is made up of songs of various musical genres. Amuro uses the term "hip-pop" to describe the music on the album because it fuses pop music with other genres including R&B and hip-hop music. Three different formats were released to promote the album: a standalone CD, a limited edition Playbutton, and a digital download.
Upon its release, Queen of Hip-Pop received positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, the album was a success in Japan, hitting the second position on the Oricon Albums Chart, and has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The album is considered Amuro's comeback album, being her best-selling record since Genius 2000 (2000), and was her most commercially successful effort in half a decade before Play (2007) was released.
Four singles were released from Queen of Hip-Pop: "Alarm," "All For You," "Girl Talk/The Speed Star" and "Want Me, Want Me." The latter two singles, "Girl Talk/The Speed Star" and "Want Me, Want Me," both peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart. Meanwhile, "Alarm" and "All For You" peaked at number eleven and number six respectively. Amuro promoted the album by embarking on the Space of Hip-Pop tour, which ran from September to December 2005.