Editing Ayumi Hamasaki (section)

===2009–2011: ''Next Level'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Circus'', ''Love Songs'', and ''Five''===
[[File:Hamasaki ayumi 2010.png|thumb|Rock n' Roll Circus: 7 Days Special tour (2010)|left]]
Hamasaki's next two releases, "[[Days/Green]]" and "[[Rule/Sparkle]]", continued her streak of number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081210/gnj0812100505015-n2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212031854/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081210/gnj0812100505015-n2.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |title=Ayu to Sing the International Theme Song of Dragonball |work=[[Sankei Sports]] |publisher=Sankei Digital Inc. |access-date=December 10, 2008 |date=December 10, 2008 |page=2 |language=ja |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The subsequent studio album, ''[[Next Level (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Next Level]]'', was released on March 25, 2009.<ref name="USB">{{cite web |url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2009/02/13/04.html |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5eXxRHxKn?url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2009/02/13/04.html |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |title=Ayu's USB album |publisher=Sponichi Annex |access-date=February 12, 2009 |language=ja |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/090212.html|title=Ayumi Hamasaki official website news and information|publisher=[[Avex]]|access-date=February 13, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214224145/http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/090212.html| archive-date= February 14, 2009 | url-status= live|language=ja}}</ref> ''Next Level'' reached the top of the Oricon charts, making Hamasaki the only artist to have a number-one album every year for eleven years in a row since her debut.<ref name="nextlevel" /> On August 12, 2009, Hamasaki released "[[Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)]]". "Sunrise (Love Is All)" was used as the theme song for the [[Japanese television drama]] ''Dandy Daddy?''.<ref name="June 30, 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/67305/full/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki, to sing first drama theme song in six years|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=July 2, 2009|archive-date=July 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704080315/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/67305/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamasaki's third single of the year, "[[You Were.../Ballad]]", was used for [[Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure]] in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0020871|title=浜崎あゆみ、ディズニーの『ティンカー・ベルと月の石』のイメージソングを！｜シネマトゥデイ|date=November 18, 2009|website=シネマトゥデイ|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-date=May 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503130457/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0020871|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-19 |title=浜崎あゆみ、新曲はディズニー映画＆初NHKドラマのダブルタイアップ |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000055525 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=BARKS |language=ja |archive-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506132913/https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000055525 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PIA |title=人気の妖精ティンカー・ベルがディズニーシーで春を祝う！ {{!}} チケットぴあ[映画 映画その他] |url=https://ticket.pia.jp/pia/newsDetail.ds?newsCd=201004050001 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=ticket.pia.jp |language=ja |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816141822/https://ticket-news.pia.jp/pia/news.do?newsCd=201004050001 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hamasaki's eleventh studio album ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Circus]]'' was released on April 14, 2010. Hamasaki also began expanding her online presence, setting up accounts on [[Myspace|MySpace]], [[Ustream]], and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.jp.msn.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=266772 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416163136/http://music.jp.msn.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=266772 |archive-date=April 16, 2010 |title=Hamasaki Ayumi, One New Web Experiment After Another |publisher=MSN |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=April 20, 2010 |language=ja |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://house.sina.com.cn/overseas/japan/2010-04-15/1823342615.html|title=Hamasaki Ayumi Tries an Experiment on the Internet|publisher=[[SINA Corporation]]|work=[[Sina.com]]|access-date=April 20, 2010|date=April 15, 2010|language=zh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720022310/http://house.sina.com.cn/overseas/japan/2010-04-15/1823342615.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In July, entertainment company Livespire announced that Hamasaki's [[Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2009 A: Next Level|2009 ''Next Level'' tour]] would be shown in 3D at Toho cinemas nationwide during August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 News |url=http://livespire.jp/movie/a3d.html |work=Livespire.jp |publisher=[[Sony Corporation]] |access-date=August 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818200506/http://livespire.jp/movie/a3d.html |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Release Information: A3D ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ～NEXT LEVEL～ |url=http://www.livespire.jp/movie/a3d.html |work=Livespire.jp |publisher=[[Sony Corporation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818200506/http://livespire.jp/movie/a3d.html |archive-date=August 18, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Screening Information Schedule & Theater: A3D ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ～NEXT LEVEL～|url=http://www.livespire.jp/schedule/a3d.html|work=Livespire.jp|publisher=[[Sony Corporation]]|access-date=August 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818195155/http://www.livespire.jp/schedule/a3d.html|archive-date=August 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that year, Hamasaki released singles "[[Moon/Blossom]]", "[[Crossroad (song)|Crossroad]]", and "[[L (Ayumi Hamasaki EP)|L]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=July 14 (Wednesday) New Single 'Moon/Blossom' [and] 'Blossom/Moon' |url=http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/100520a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618185339/http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/100520a.html |archive-date=June 18, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |work=Ayumi Hamasaki Official Website |publisher=[[Avex]] |language=ja}}</ref> On December 22, Hamasaki released ''[[Love Songs (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Love Songs]],'' which debuted atop the Oricon album chart.

In February 2011, it was announced that her upcoming tour, ''Hotel Love Songs'', would start in April. It was later renamed to ''[[Power of Music 2011 A|Power of Music]]'' and delayed until late May due to the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] disaster, Hamasaki instead focusing on charity efforts in the immediate aftermath.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-04 |title=浜崎あゆみ＆倖田來未が被災者へメッセージ あゆはチャリティーTシャツ発売 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/85757/full/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=ORICON NEWS}}</ref>
[[File:Ayumi Hamasaki in London (cropped).jpg|thumb|299x299px|Hamasaki meeting fans in London (2010)]]
On April 20, 2011, Hamasaki simultaneously released four ''Ayu-mi-x 7'' remix albums: ''[[Ayu-mi-x 7 Version House|House]]'', ''[[Ayu-mi-x 7 Version Acoustic Orchestra|Acoustic Orchestra]]'', ''[[Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu Trance 4|Trance 4]]'', and ''[[Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu-ro Mix 4|Ayu-ro Mix 4]]''. On the same day, ''[[Rock'n'Roll Circus Tour Final: 7days Special|2010 Rock 'n' Roll Circus Tour]]'' and ''[[A 50 Singles: Live Selection]]'' topped the weekly chart at number one and two respectively. The simultaneous releases made Hamasaki the first artist ever to have four albums in Oricon's top ten, and also the first artist to hold the two top positions on the Oricon DVD chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110426-00000330-oric-musi |title=浜崎あゆみ、史上初のアルバム4作同時TOP10入り|date=April 27, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430103230/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110426-00000330-oric-musi|archive-date=April 30, 2011|url-status=dead|publisher=Oricon}}</ref>

On August 31, Hamasaki released her second mini album: ''[[Five (EP)|Five]]''. It topped the Oricon chart for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-06 |title=【オリコン】浜崎あゆみ、18作目のアルバム首位 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2001457/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=ORICON NEWS}}</ref>