Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, born September 20, 1977) is a J-Pop singer of Ryukyuan ancestry.In the Japanese press she was known as the "Queen of Hip-Pop" . In her early years, Amuro was noted for her Western-style music and trendy fashion, such as her signature knee-high boots (also known as "FMBs"), which earned her the #1 spot on Oricon-Style's Boots Beauty Poll.With that her followers came to be nicknamed Amurā (Amurer in English).