Ayu in "Global Pop Sensations You've Never Heard Of"
 

I found sth on ABCnews :cool

this is Ayu's part

http://a.abcnews.com/images/WN/nm_ha...100809_ssv.jpg

Nearly a decade before Lady Gaga donned her "Poker Face," Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki put on hers, releasing the song as her first single in 1998. Dubbed the "Empress of Pop" by her loyal fans, Hamasaki has dominated the Japanese airwaves, having sold more than 50 million records since her debut. Widely considered to be the best-selling artist in her country, she is the first artist to have a number-one album for 11 straight years.

source: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/slideshow/u...-mark-11361678

Cool =D

waaa, nice *O*

And they used a nice picture of her~ hahaha I hate when some foreign news use that pic in HK with the white dress and she doing that silly face---> v(^o^)v

hahaha

wow so cool ABC talked about her! yay always in progress

WOW~~ I love that pic!!! Thanks for sharing this :D

wah thanks for sharing..
Ayu looks so beautiful on that pic :)

thanks for sharing!! :D

That's really awesome! Now more people can get to know who she is. :)

love the little bit of international recognition she's getting :P

i love this part

thanks for sharing the article

^ I like that part too =))

nice, and I agree with nice picture, thats a special ocasion when articles have nice pictures of her lol

That Poker Face comparison was completely unnecessary. :l

I'm glad she grabs some recognition and attention in international news. They used good photo of hers. :)

she's gorgeous. where is that from!

haha that's awesome :) XJapan is getting a lot of attention in the US too!! cool cool! :)

Thanks!

Nice. I hope that new people'll listen to her music after read that.^^

thanks for sharing

Awesome! She looks like Barbie in that pic xD

wow she get the deserved recognition!!!

somehow they put her as an artist above lady gaga...

anyway thanks for posting!!!

A good pic, finally. She look soo gorgeous :heart (she look divaish but who cares, she's still gorgeous)
Nice article, she get some international recognition. Thanks for sharing!

I honestly don't like that photo they used of her X_X but it's nice of them to mention all the various accomplishments she has attained from then til now

This is awesome

i think ive seen this b4.

I dont think so...only cause, it shows ayu did hers first lol

this is great! I love when they do articles like this!

^ditto. Just to set the record straight. :P

Stuff like this always makes me happy. :3

That should make us up happy - and Ayu's still running strong, at least...

this Title......I was totally thinking it the other day like "wow, ayu has made around 400mil, and barely anyone in the US knows who she is, yet Japan is pretty much aware of everyone on that list"

It wasn't a comparison at all, it was a clever use of something most people in the west recognize (Gaga's song) and garner interest for something they DON'T (Ayu's song). Not to mention they credit Ayu with having struck that sort of ground first, so... er, y'know.

I like this article. And that picture is so pretty!

AWESOME news! RELI great!

And they used such a wonderful pic. I love her smile and I always liked the dress she is wearing!! :heart

That's great that they're giving, not only Ayu, but all of these artists recognition outside of their native country that they might not have gotten otherwise! :)

Love this article! So happy to see X, Ayu, Wonder Girls, Faye Wong and others all in one area on a US website

nice :thumbsup

thanks for sharing!

That's cool!! =D

I've heard of Ayumi Hamasaki though. This article mislead me :(

ps. she looks cute in that picture.

There are probably hundreds of songs named like that. But yup, they are the most popular songs from that bunch. They just wrote that sentence to catch reader's eye especially, and I'm not sure if I like these tricks. :laugh

Maybe comparison was a bad word... Agree with all, you took words out of my mouth. Just what I wrote above, I'm not sure if I like it. :laugh

This is so freakin awesome!!! Goooo Ayu!!!

WHOOOOOO

I love these kind of articles. :D And the pic they used is better than usual.

i just like it when international articles describe ayu as the Empress of Pop. which is true :P

PEACH JOHN lingerie show in 2007

Sigh she looked old in the pic. But I'm glad that she's getting some international recognition :)

Glad they made it a point that she didn't copy Lady GaGa

thx ^^

hah! take that gaga


Love it

They used a nice picture of Ayu! The article is very positive :yes I'm happy for Ayu

:yes me too. very cool she's mentioned :)

So, did I get anything wrong with GUILTY being beaten by Kobokuro's #1 album 5296??

Don't know how they talk from 11 years of number 1 albums... at least this does not count for Japan.

It's good to see X-JAPAN, Ayu, Faye Wong, and Wonder Girls! <3 Though I think B'z should be on that list (along with Namie Amuro and GACKT)! :laugh

FINALLY a news outlet points this out. :heart

Oh that's a nice picture they used. I'm glad that they mentioned Ayu.

A COMPLETE was #1 that same year.

wow! awesome find!! thanks for sharing~<3

I love that picture. ^^ Thanks for sharing the article. It's always interesting to see her mentioned in international media.

thats really cool

oOHhh snApp.

I think this author did a good job celebrating her status. A lot of other authors we hear from count that against her.

That's a nice pic, thanks for sharing the article :3

It's so funny to us knowing Ayu to consider that people have never heard of her before =\ Really, the western music scene should really open up and help make foreign languages more accepted in music!

love it. :)

It's exciting when she gets mentioned outside of Asia :D

Nice article and good choice of pic too :heart

Yeah.... she is truly the empress of pop.... no one can beat her.... yet^^ not in this period of time I guess
I am sad that Jay Chou isn't on the list

yay goodjob ayu! :)

I love it!!!!!! And even X Japan has been mentioned! Love it!!!

thanks for sharing!!!!

It isn't just about record sales, Ayu is a pop-culture icon.