Empress of J-pop

Ayumi Hamasaki born October 2, 1978 the “Empress of J-pop”. In the 2000s she reported having a ear infection but continued to perform none the less. By January 2008, Hamasaki announced that an inoperable condition, possibly tinnitus or Ménière’s disease, had caused complete deafness in her left ear. May 20, 2017, she wrote that she…