Ayus Breakthru song?
 

im curiouse... which of Ayus song really got her fame started? liek u knwo how some artists come out with a few crappy songs then theres just one song that sparks it all?


was it evolution or something? or was she just always considered a superstar? :think

Boys & Girls? I'm not sure...

I started loving her very late...

she was pretty famous ever since ASFXX...so prolly ASFXX(the song)..???

Evoultion might've been one of her most well-known songs, but perhaps something like "You", "To Be", or "Boys & Girls" was one of the songs that got people talkin' about her ;)

omg, the ayu boom started way b4 evolution...
she failed to set the world alight with her first few singles, althou A Song for XX sold well, im not entirely sure on stats, but ithink it got to number1 on oricon at least...
LOVE~Destiny~ was the first of her singles 2 get 2 number1, but then it was Boys&Girls which proved her first million-seller..(most probably due 2 the fact it had 10tracks [pretty revolutionary for a mainstream artist] but undeniably the tune itself does kick ass...)
within a month, her next release was a quadruple-side 14track maxi single, shifting over 1,500,000copies in total [possibly due to the release of 7different versions of it?! :p] but ever since then, ayu had landed...

boys & girls, with the "A" songs close behind. than M. lol


it was way after a song for xx, and way before evolution. lol

Her third song YOU (being the first and second Poker face and FRIEND) is already awesome enough for a boom in my opinion. I think she already started with great music. And yep it started WAAAAAAY before evolution.

M....M....M...M...M...M..M..M.................

I heard M first....first I thought it was an "OK" song, after listening to it 3 times. wow it became my favorite song...

Btw lol it's funny that I'm listening to the Mp3 rip of Dome tour she's sining M right now heh

starting from "Boys & Girls" she was viewed as an idol, before that, ayu was just a debut singer.

yeap, i got with Bright's view. B&G was the first single to sell over a million.

Love~Destiny~ and Boys & Girls

yeah, all those other songs are great, but not "breakthrough"..:rolleyes

the break through one was def. Boys & Girls...it's known for that

i would think a song for xx or boys & girls, but dont found out about ayu pretty l8:think

her breakthrough song is LOVE ~Destiny~ according to the newspaper in indonesia... :)

TIME Asia also said LOVE~Destiny~ was Ayumi's breakthru song.

oh ic... that song is very nice :) :D too nice for me... Since LOVE ~Destiny~ she alyways be the 1 :)

I thought it was Love ~Destiny~

I didnt follow her from the beginning.... I got hooked on rainbow and started to listen to her songs backwards. However..... Boys & Girls was the song I liked the most from her old releases.

Love ~Destiny~ was her first #1. That seems pretty breakthrough to me. :D

Boys&Girls was the start of the "ayuboom", possibly due to the 10track maxi single format

Yeah, it was LOVE ~Destiny~... I remember, cause that was around the time I started to really get into JPOP.

LOVE~Destiny~, was her first hit that sold well, after that, 'TO BE' didn't sell that well.

But from 'Boys & Girls' onwards, it was the era of 10track maxis, and she's been topping the charts since then.

emm.. i'm gussing Boys and GIrls

M is the BEST!!!

I read it in the newspaper in indonesia too that Love ~destiny~ was her breakthru single. Boys&Girls is also a breakthrough one. it sold more than 1 mill copies (well, her first million marked single).

I always thought it was Love ~Destiny~ <3

A Song for XX, the album, stayed at the #1 spot for 5 weeks while being mainly promoted by the song of the same name. How can that not be a breakthrough song?

I think several are breakthrough songs

I think M is one of the biggest,
then i think RAINBOW is another.

and after she did ourselves, she began releasing increasingly dark PVs
but i dont know if i count that

I think STEP you was a major hit and it totally hit me by surprise
and ever since ayus been releasing hot new tunes :luv2

Boys & Girls easilyyyyyyy

LOVE ~Destiny~as the #1 breakthrough and Boys & Girls/A as the singles that made her a big idol sounds pretty good to me.

I say a song for xx. The lyrics had impact on some people.

I would also say "Boys & Girls"
While "A Song for xx" and "LOVE ~Destiny~" were very popular hits, I think B&G was definitely the one that gave her the "idol" title and helped her to solidify future popularity.

I think it's M, the first CREA song and its the song preferred of her fans (according to a classification of Music Station in 2001)
she's passed from the statute of idoole to a true star

Well, in 2001, "M" was also a pretty new song, fresh in fan's minds ;)

Well Trust was ayu's first song to enter the Top 10 (#9) and WHATEVER was the first to enter the Top 5 (#5) but LOVE ~Destiny~ was her first #1

If you're talking about signature songs ayu has a few:
A Song for XX
Boys & Girls
SEASONS
M
evolution
Dearest
and the list could go on forever

I don't think a "breakthrough" can simply be judged by charts alone. There are many artists who reach high positions and quickly fall into obscurity. I really think until "B&G," ayu was just another popular artist.

Boys&Girls... yep yep. that was the song that got me into Ayu and Jpop... it was also when i first heard of Ayu.

:yes

She was an idol even before she released any music. But I agree with anyone else, LOVE was her breakthrough, Boys & Girls was the confirmation that she would stay a while. ^_^

Yeah I've gotta agree with most people here. "A Song for xx" probably was what brought the attention to Ayu and LOVE was the breakthrough single.

"depend on you" was used in a video game, "Thousand Arms"--i thought this one was the one that really got her noticed. :D not necesarilly getting her popular, but just well known... lol

anyone else notice that this thread was from 2004?

If your asking about her big hit song, that made her popular, it's Boys&Girls!

Definitely Evolution, but a techno remix of it.

I somehow ended up downloading it and kept listening to it over and over. So that's when I discovered Ayumi!

I'm soooooo Happy that I did. I don't know what I'd listen to if it wasn't for her!!

LOVE Ayumi!! =DDD <333

She is pretty famous ever since her debut. But it's Boys & Girls that make her become the most popular teen idol. So I guess, Boys & Girls is her breakthrough song.
BTW, it's SEASONS that make her to be the top of female artists and it officially announced the start of her time.

LOVE ~Destiny~

All her singles before that did not so well~ XD

ASFXX
LOVE ~Destiny~
Boys & Girls

in terms of charts and sales, love destiny was her breakthrough song. it was her 1st number 1 hit.

I don't know why I always saw in a lot of articles that was "Depend on you" her breakthrough song... O_o (Maybe because those articles was very old... Or maybe "Depende on you" was her best song in her 1st album, according to her fans)

Depend on you is a breakthrough songs for me!, It's lyrics, composition and arrangament are just perfect. It's the first song of ayu I've ever heard and it made me love her forever and it's my 2nd most fav sog of ayu now (after Fly high).

i think evolution is her most famous song for overseas, as a first heard song.



not even voyage, or HEAVEN???

edit3.
OMG, BOKU has been banned, but the topic went in a positive direction.... that's good.