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Originally Posted by truehappiness
You do know that the news article about having no.1 and no.2 albums by a female solo artist at the same time on the Oricon album chart was "done again" by Ayu, right?
Well, 36 years ago, guess who the last artist was that achieved that?
Hikki's mom. Keiko Fuji.
BTW, Hikki has terrible stage presence. Like, Kaori Mochida of ELT can't really sing that well anymore, but hell, she puts on an amazing show  |
lol... That Wikipedia article was so badly written.
"She is a far superiour singer than any other who has ever recorded in the Japanese language, including her formidable superstar daughter"
- if Keiko Fuji was more popular, I'm sure that article would have been flagged by wiki's staff as being non-neutral. Not to mention the spelling mistake hahaha.
Even worse is the article that the wikipedia entry references... lol.. It claims Utada Hikaru sold 40 million albums in Japan
(the record holder for female artist is 29.3 million - Yuming)
But as for comparing Utada and Hamasaki Ayumi... I'd say that Utada Hikaru is an exceptionally talented music singer, songwriter and producer. Probably highly intelligent and above average singer...
The quote by truehappiness is funny but silly:
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Originally Posted by truehappiness
"I don't think that you can compare anyone who sang "formally" [i.e Hikki, Hitomi Shimatani, and so on..] to Ayu.. since Ayu was simply picked up after being heard at a karaoke bar.."
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- a fan of classical music would compare Hikki to Cecilia Bartoli, Sarah Brightman etc, and make the same statement you just did about Hikki.
In my opinion, Hamasaki Ayumi's is Japan's highest selling solo artist BECAUSE she wasn't some super talented music artist who went to opera school or had a rich music producer as her dad and an ex-superstar as her mum.
Instead, "She was picked up after being heard at a karaoke bar" ..... worked excessive hours and went to vocal training... - while always singing and writing from the heart..... and BECAME number 1.
Hikki is popular because of her talent and background.. Hamasaki Ayumi is even more popular because she deserves it more.