I don't want her to retire either! I am fan since memorial address, snif... :(

Some people complain without having any idea of the current sales situation for female solo artists in Japan, Ayu's current sales aren't bad at all LOL

:yes

^Look at Ai Otsuka, the sales for her last album are really sad :(

^ Yeah, she sold only 4k on the first week, and she was still in #22... Imagine all other artists who had their new albums under hers. There are so many artists that don't sell even 1k on the first week, and people still talk like if Ayu's sales are the most depressing thing when she's actually about to pass 50k lol

^ I really don't understand why Otsuka Ai lost so many fans during her hiatus, it's such a great loss for the J-Pop market =\

And that's why retiring for a while isn't a good idea for Ayu either.

Well, Ai's sales are consistenly falling since her debut... And she still had to release something on the actual moment of sales...

I kinda like it... I think Ai can explore a lot of possibilities she couldn't because of the obligation to the market.

Maybe she should retire to enjoy life with her husband? I don't know... that's usually why people get married and stuff. Or do we have another divorce ahead?

^Do people retire once they get married on your country? :P

That's not why people get married, nor is marriage a reason to retire.
She can do whatever, even if she decided to release less often or only produce things in LA and not work in Japan as much. And I only say that because she moved.

Divorces can happen for many reasons. Even if you're a huge celebrity, people don't just retire from activity completely when they get married.

The only difficulty I could see her facing is being active in Japan.

At the end if the day, she'll do what she thinks is best for whatever it is that she wants.

Expecting women to retire once they marry (and divorce if they don't) sounds wrong for me in every level.

^ Couldn't agree more.

This!


Honestly, if Ayu would be a man, nobody would even think about retirement and everyone who would say something like that would be laughed at.

Retirement ? No, I think she can take breaks or mini-hiatus to enjoy his husband and her L.A. life.

I thought we were talking about Ai Otsuka, but the same goes for ayu..

She is already having little breaks between her releases and the tour this year was pretty short! I believe she's enjoying her husband xD

Alvin just posted this on his instagram, could someone translate?

"NEXT Plus One x ALVIN GOH Weekly Column Issue 13 featuring The Revolutionary 滨崎步 Ayumi Hamasaki!! Check out this exclusive 2 pages special in my weekly column featuring Ayu and I talking about shooting her new CD cover "COLOURS""

Today
50 - Ｃｏｌｏｕｒｓ AVT 14/7/2
浜崎あゆみ

kinda huge drop on the 4th Week :~

#48 today
48 - Ｃｏｌｏｕｒｓ AVT 14/7/2
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Colours charted #1 on G-Music Taiwan Chart, #2 on 5music Taiwan Chart