Context
Amuro had already a great success with the Supers Monkey's, the female group to which she belonged. The album Dance Tracks Vol.1 had sold over two millions copies, her first four solo singles became million sellers and she was hugely popular at the time, so her album was heavily anticipated. Although Sweet 19 Blues is her second album, it is considered as her first studio album because her previous release, (with the Super Monkey's) was rather a remix album than an original album, including only three original songs.
Her previous material was mostly produced by Max Matsuura (who, in just a couple of years, would produce Ayumi Hamasaki), and her first solo single would marked the beginning of the collaboration between Namie and her producer Tetsuya Komuro, who would produce, write and arrange the majority of her music until her 18th single Say the word in 2001.
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