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}} ''Feel'' (stylized as ''FEEL'') is the eleventh studio album and second bilingual album by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released by Dimension Point through Avex Trax on July 10, 2013. After launching Dimension Point in early 2013, Amuro recorded new material with both Japanese and International producers and songwriters in both Japan and Los Angeles, California. The album is predominantly a pop music album which orientates into dance-pop, house music, rave and other various EDM elements. The album's lyrical content regards love, partying, relationships, self-empowerment and courage. Amuro promoted the album with her ''Namie Amuro Feel 2013'' concert tour. The album received generally favourable reviews from contemporary music critics, many of whom commended Amuro's progression with international producers, and their production work on the album, alongside the composition and fluidity. However, some critics had criticized Amuro's incomprehensible English pronunciation. ''Feel'' became Amuro's eighth number one album on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 250,000 units, and sold over 400,000 units in total. The album also charted in South Korea and Taiwan at twenty-five and six, respectively. ''Feel'' finished at number six on the Best Selling Albums of 2013 in Japan. ''Feel'' spawned one physical single and three digital singles. Released in March 2013, the physical single "Big Boys Cry/Beautiful" reached number four on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart but has resulted as her lowest-selling single to date. The three digital singles; "Contrail", "Hands on Me", and "Heaven" all charted on the Japan Hot 100 chart, their component charts, and the first was certified platinum by RIAJ for digital sales of 250,000 units. ==Background== After releasing her double-platinum selling album ''Uncontrolled'' in June 2012, Amuro announced she would launch her own record label under her contract with Avex Trax.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amuro Namie to release a new album with her own record label )〕 Reports during late 2012 in Japan rumored that Amuro was ready to move on from Avex and her management Vision Factory after seventeen years together, but Avex confirmed that Dimension Point, Amuro's record label, would be put into place in order for them to allow Amuro to take control of her music and personal ventures; they referred it as a "private label".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Did Amuro Namie flip out at Avex? )〕 She also launched a management through Dimension Point, but stayed with Vision Factory and did not sign herself with it until her twelfth studio album ''Genic'' (June 2015).〔 For ''Feel'', Avex and the Dimension Point management hired producers and songwriters including Tiger, Emyli and Nao'ymt to work on the album and who had previously worked with Amuro on ''Uncontrolled''. ''Feel'' includes work from new international producers including the Dsign Music team, Zedd, Steven Lee, Hailey Aitken and Hook N Sling. The album is recorded in both English language and Japanese language, with six full English, five bilingual tracks and one Japanese track.〔 Several tracks from the studio album were employed as commercial advertisement theme songs for several companies and cosmetics throughout Japan and other parts of Asia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Feel )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feel (Namie Amuro album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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