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== Where to Start Browsing ==
Want a list of everything in chronological order?

[[Career Timeline]]: Complete career timeline. Includes nearly everything of note, organized by era.

Prefer to browse by category?

* [[Discography]]: All Ayu's music releases.
* [[Videography]]: All Ayu's home video releases, music videos, etc.
* [[Bibliography]]: Ayu's published magazine and book appearances.
* [[Commercials and Collaborations]]: Commercial campaigns & collaborative merch that Ayu has been a spokesperson for.
* [[Other Releases]]: Commercially-released products that don't fall into any of the above categories.
* [[Gigography]]: Ayu's tours and one-off headlining shows. Includes Ayu's a-nation appearances.
* [[Events & Appearances]]: Television appearances and in-person media events, including non-headlining live music performances.
* [[Past News]]: Old news headlines, with links to articles preserved at Archive.org when possible.
* [[TeamAyu]]: History of Ayu's fan club, including an informative list of exclusive content & merchandise.
* [[People]]: People Ayu has worked with or been associated with, including musicians, photographers, remixers, artists, and writers.

== Informational Links ==
For more details on Ayumi Hamasaki's career history, we recommend any of the below links.

Ayumi Hamasaki Merch Museum (link forthcoming!): History of Ayu's various collaboration products, concert goods, and pre-order benefits, among other merchandise.

Ayu Gallery (link forthcoming!): High-quality scans of Ayu's magazines, posters, flyers, flat & scannable merch, and other printed materials.

[http://monochrome0408.web.fc2.com/PC/index.html monochrome]: Japanese fan site, and a huge source of info for this wiki.

[https://www.calvadoshof.com/artist/HamasakiAyumi/index.html Hamasaki Ayumi yo, kaze ni nare!]: Japanese fan site. Although not updated since 2008, a great source of analysis & info on Ayu's early career.

[https://twitter.com/ayuarchives Ayu archive (X.com)]: 4K Upscale videos of Ayu's concert performances.

[https://www.youtube.com/@QueenAyu4Ktube QueenAyu4K (YouTube.com)]: 4K Upscale videos of primarily Ayu's TV live performances.

[https://www.youtube.com/@weebupscales9605/videos WeebUpscales (YouTube.com)]: HD Upscale videos of some Ayu live performances.

[https://www.youtube.com/@collect_ayu/shorts collect ayu (YouTube.com)]: Short clips of Ayu's history, including pre-debut, ayu ready?, and TV interview clips. 

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