Amuro Namie! <3

HikkiRingoAngelaNamie.

Asuca Hayashi's voice is amazing for her age. I MUST VOTE FOR HER TOO.

BUT SHE IS NOT HERE! *gasp*

Such a talent should be on everyone's list. :]

I voted in order

Ai Otsuka
Angela Aki
Koda Kumi
Koda Misono
Mink
Namie Amuro, and
Van Tomiko.

I don't think anyone's better :shrug Just different

All of these artists have their own style/sound

Some I like more than Ayu, & some I like as much as Ayu, as ayu_fan929 pointed out:

- Koda Kumi.
- Namie Amuro.
- Yuna Ito.
- Utada Hikaru.

none...
base on variety of music, hardwork, creativity, etc
ayu is the best

Ai Maeda & Orikasa Fumiko is better than Ayu..but I voted on Mika Nakashima

Orikasa Fumiko
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/166...lev4vm3.th.jpg

Ai Maeda
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3...5226te6.th.jpg

i agree with cybermoomba. everyone has their own style...

nonetheless, i voted:

mink
mika nakashima

lately, ayu's been losing her touch...hope she gets better

i also think that kuu, utada, and otsuka tie in w/ ayu, but they're not better

Angela Aki & Mika Nakashima has better vibrato.
Utada Hikaru could sell well and better because she doesn't need to dress beautifully to attract her audiences. Just by being herself, naturally.
Koda Kumi because her vocals are subjectively better than Ayu. Her lyrics are easy-to-understand and doesn't have to go through 102934193829318 analysis to understand the whole songs.
Namie Amuro I picked her because she was the queen, before Ayu replace her role. In addition as the new queen of hip pop, she can dance and Ayu cannot (or doesn't do it often).
Shiina Ringo because I'm biased.

ITS TRUE! HER VOICE IS AMAZING!

"Haha" at age 15, UNBELIEVABLE!:thud

i voted for utada hikaru
if hitomi was there i would have voted for her instead

Lol that's what I like about Ayu's lyrics, the fact that they need analyzing to get the meaning. Maybe I just have too much time on my hand...

I don't think any artist is specifically better than Ayumi. I have my "insert this artist week" but I can never compare two artists because each artist have a style that's unique.

Don't get me wrong...Ayu's my Number One Favorite artist and all, but I checked the other artists that I really love too. I don't think they're "better" than Ayu persay, but I like them a lot.

Kikaru, I swear, you're like my brain talking XD Same sentiments EXACTLY. VERBATIM XD

Which is why I rarely look for her songs' translations. :P Even if the English translation is there, my brain seems unable to understand what she's saying.

well..i voted for Hitomi Shimatani and Namie Amuro
Hitomi Shimatani - she has a very great clear voice and love her calmly singing style

and for Namie Amuro - she has great ballad songs, she can dance and singing at the same time..

Oh, I always thought that, after Ayu, the most singer on this forum is Utada Hikaru... And now I can see that more votes went to Namie Amuro... quite surprising...
And Mika's only 9 votes :( Hey Mika-fans, where are you?