Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - [article] She Ain't Pink, She's Mink

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Originally Posted by bulmasman

I find it quite funny though how a lesser known artist can slip under the radar and gain some success in the West, yet a huge artist such as Hikki flops horribly (even though the album was good) heh.

I started listening to mink recently and even though she's much lesser known, her vocals and the music she sings can definitely get her in the US market thousand times more easily than Utada Hikaru. Seriously, I played "run to you" sang by mink and asked my brother who was singing it and he didn't think twice before saying it was Whitney Houston. She can really sound like an american singer even though she still has quite some accent.
Also, the Chris Cox remix of Glory of Life is awesome. I wouldn't be impressed if that's actually the remix rocking the dance floors in the US LOL