No it's not. 99% of the Ayu fans here have that opinion about her. It's called being a crazy, dedicated fan ;)

^ :yes I'm with D all the way :roflmao I just love Hikki's experimental material she's been putting out. She does a great job! I look forward to more material like what HS had :D

^Ugh, god no, new direction Hikki-chan. Pull something we won't expect!

I think the majority of Hikki's fan and the Japanese public like what she's doing now. But, she's totally shifting gears anyway with the English album so hopefully we get something we all like!

I'm sure the English album wont disappoint! With stargate and all, it should be great :yes
I just really want to see the covers to the album =O

I hope she grows her hair long.

^ I miss her pretty hair too *cries*
She even use make up now.... WHO MAKE HER THAT???!!!!
I want a Hikki-woman not an Hikki-tom-boy *cries*

I hate to admit it but you're right . I definitely think that UB deserved the million status .

HS not really though , that's why I'm still surprised at the extraordinary sales success pertaining to the album but hey everyone's a critic

I guess the reason why HS is selling so much is because of the mega hit Flavor of Life. XD

AND maybe because she's single again. D: (but she does have kuma O_O)

mmm yeah I guess so with regards to FOL ballad version

not sure whether did her status played a part in it lol :laugh

You're a crazy dedicated hikki fan, it's not really surprising you're saying that.
They will think that every album ayu need to be #1 and you will think that everything hikki releases need to be #1 and sell millions name fans think that namie should, kumi fans think that kumi should and all of you are wrong though that's how you all feel because they are your favorites :laugh

For me like some people here said HS wasn't a strong album.
DR, Distance and even UB were way better albums imo.
HS had some strong single songs but I don't find myself listening to nijiiro basu, Celebrate and now even Fight The Blues and teiku 5 (teiku 5 used to be my favorite but now it's back to Beautiful World).
HS and SG sound very generic now and I don't listen to both of them too.
I mainly listen to BW, k & C, FoL and Prisoner of Love which are the albums' highlights.

GOD, me too...

If Hikki releases crap after all this long ass time I will friggin burn every cd of hers that I own...or just sell them.

But the hikki fans here said that everything she release is good and should be #1 :grumpy

j/k

Well I'm hoping for something good too, hopefully the English album already but hikki sure takes her time...
I thought she started recording half of it before she released HS =P

Agree... is the dorama-pawa!!!... the sales are good for Flavor of Life and Prisoner of love.
About the "single" theory... with the boyish look... I don't tink so :thud

And is true, UB is better than HS for many reasons, but even so I like HS :yes

Of course she takes a while, I mean she does write all of her lyrics, composes all of her songs to make it perfect (Which in my opinion all of her music is ^ ^)

Nothing Hikki releases is ever or will be 'crap' how dare you say that! :irked

I'll have your CD's if you don't want them, because obviously if you think it would have to succumb to that, you mustn't like her or have much faith in her to begin with!

No artist is perfect. :shrug

Oricon 2008

Singles:

57 *,*80,832 ***,556 Prisoner Of Love / 宇多田ヒカル 08/05/21

60 *,*76,762 ***,*** HEART STATION/Stay Gold / 宇多田ヒカル 08/02/20

Albums:

*4 *,974,317 **3,010 HEART STATION / 宇多田ヒカル 08/03/19

FOL had little to do with the success. HS looked like it was going to sell less than ULTRA BLUE until POL started getting promotion, so I'd say it was that song that helped the album so much.

Hikki is for me :)