Ayu on Oriental Daily 30/12/04
 

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title:
ever-changing image pushes the sales of new album to new heights
ayumi hamasaki trapped in a plastic box for a scary effect

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the sales of the japanese pop queen ayumi hamasaki's new album 'my story' has already sailed past 600,000 copies in the first week, meaning ayu has 10 number 1 albums already. in the past, only ???, matsuda seiko, nakamori akina and nakajima miyuki has achieved this feat, making her the fifth singer to make this achievement.

ayu has squeezed her brain dry in the preparation for the new album. apart from the fact that the album contains many hit singles, the special edition cd comes with a dvd, containing the pv & the making of 'moments', 'inspire', 'game' and 'carols'. ayu also especially made 3 more pvs in order to thank fans for their support, so that she is consistent with her goal of making her products the best value for money. it is not surprising that she has described her album to be the christmas' and new year's treasure, hard selling her new album as a suitable gift for oneself and for others.

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in recent years, ayu's images in her albums are usually elegant, sexy or rock. the 3 new pvs are also of no exception. firstly, in 'about you' ,ayu is dressed like a noble woman being trapped in a plastic box, the concept is similar to the scary movie 'Three 2 --- (?) box cremation'. for the sexy side, 'walking proud' is divided into reality and future. ayu lies on the bed with her body sprayed with sparkling powders, making the scenes very attractive to look at. for the rck video 'humming 7/4', ayu and her bandmates are in a giant steel frame, singing and dancing til they drop.

thanks for e news

thx for the news... ^^

I strongly suggest that you can just stick the image in the forum, the angelfire will just not allow sticking of the images of their hosting in other websites.

Thanx for the news, but um.. maybe just try photobucket.com or something for the image. ^__^v

i cant just put it as an attachment cos there is a restriction to the file size. unless you can remove that restriction for me then i can do it.

and i know angelfire wouldnt allow you to link to them, thats why i say you have to copy and paste the link to your browser.

thanks for the article :) except they didn't drop in Humming 7/4 like I wanted them to :(

thanks for the news

Host your image on other service, there're many that let you hotlink them.

And about files size, you don't mind lower quality, you can compress them a little in some of the image softwares.

:laugh Ayu squeezed her brain out.. that writer is hilarous :laugh

thanks for the news~

Thanks for the news! Yes the album would make a good gift.

oh that means she sold more album in hk than in japan on the first week

how do they calculate album sales figures?

Well, it's actually an expression that literally means "made the full use of her brain juice". This expression is used to show that she has made a continual and put in a lot of effort and hard work into producing this album. Haha, well, just to clear things up a little ... because I felt that "squeezed her brain out" probably has this underlying connotation that Ayu's creative skills are on the decline.

Oh I see..... guess that I can't help you then....

the 600,000 figure is the sales in japan, not for hong kong

Thanks for news

^^ thanx for the news !

Awesome, thank you very much.