Ah I just read this article on alan

And remember how she sang "Tian Lu" with Han Hong when she was still a student? Well...apparently before they started singing, Han Hong asked people downstage "it's ok to let her sing?" and alan only sang 2 lines while Han Hong sang the rest of the song by herself
That was a hard hit to alan...

Avex invited alan and her mother to go to Tokyo to check things out before alan signed a contract. Max went with them to a-nation and told them "Hamasaki Ayumi and Amuro Namie have concerts with 30-40,000 people and you feel shocked after watching them". A staff member told alan that this will also be your future.

During Hitotsu, alan asked Max "If the sales are always like this, will you send me back to China"? Max's reply was "It's ok for 5-6 years, but you have to work hard".

The thing that she lost for the price of fame is: her freedom
She would write out her thoughts on her blog and then the next day, her assistant would delete the posts

Ah....this article is kind of long, so I'll try to translate some~

^ wow intense.

thanks for translating at least these parts~

Thanks! :D


@pomster : oh that's one interesting article :O
thanks for sharing~

I really don't see what the big deal is... I mean, some artist (i.e. Crystal Kay), can only push 3000 copies of an ALBUM, alan still has like 5000 - 10000 for singles. ^_^

If she starts going down to placing at number 100 again, there might be some problems.

wow pommy that's a depressing article...ah...

ohh :( well maybe this is just a little part of her life?? maybe she has future somewhere else... where she will be real happy?? I guess we need time to know...

either way, AVEX seems to want her to become a puppet, and I'm sure she won't let them do that to her, she wouldn't know right now because she still young... but she will find her path soon enough :)


thanks pommy for that!

I knew this about freedom, but didnt know he gave her 5-6 years to rise.
Hope she'll really be next queen.

Thanks for translating :) That's kinda sad ... :(

Wow, very intresting article.

I guessed this is all part of being a music artist.

I'm sure that alan is going to be okay as long as she keep promoting her music.

Thanks for translating Pomster.

what is AI? i want to download all tracks on this album...
thanks for sharing the info

^ AI = alan international, the forum pommy created for alan fans xD

URL: http://alan-international.forumotion.com/index.htm

^oow..i'm a member there too...but i forgot my username...
i don't know that it's called AI...LOL...

i hope somebody will upload the file here too...

Well he said that if sales continue like Hitotsu's then she only has 5-6 years. Hitotsu only made it to #100 and her singles ever since have been higher. So I don't think she has like a countdown timer for her being thrown out of Avex xD. Lots of artists sell around alan's sales and still sing.

And what about her Chinese sales? I got the impression that she was selling really well there.

Well alan got #17 weekly....good job hanging in there....

#17 weekly with 6313 copies, pretty good alan

有ME就好 FULL PV
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTg5NDk3MjA4.html

She looks so cute!!!!!

No. 17's ot too bad, but I'm guessing it's due to strong first days and then she tumbled down.

And her China sales... Are they any good? I mean, haven't all her albums been released in HK in Mandarin? Never heard them even charting?

Aw you're so lucky chocky! I'm stoked you got to speak with her :thud. Just sad that it lasted for just a few seconds. :grumpy.

here's YouTube link also xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HpTHyEM-r0

this PV is 100% cute :love

http://i28.tinypic.com/2z9h7qd.jpg

Oh by the way.....her sales in China is pretty good :D

Like a couple of weeks ago, My Moonlight was the #1 hit song on some music programs :D

I'm surprised to see my last.fm

http://a.imageshack.us/img801/4287/lastfm.jpg

2,000 times for my life LOL How could I listen to only one song so many times :roflmao