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Originally Posted by Banzai!!
..I.. do not see that at all  I haven't seen anyone that really compares to either of them, but definitely not that match for me.
I think it's hard to make comparisons because, it's not just about the music, or image, the culture is mixed in with all that too.
I definitely don't see the Ayu-Madonna comparison either. Sure, they're both fabulous, and have fans all over the world, but their music is really different, and Madonna's always been a lot riskier. Ayu always makes it look elegant, ya know? I guess you can compare artists by their fame and success, but I don't know if that's really something worth comparing  People who don't know them will be looking for similarities in styles and music.. and that wont be there. |
Yeah, you can pick several parameters for comparison, but in my opinion, some of them won't play much importance in the comparison. (I don't know who's the King of JPOP but I doubt he sounds or is anything like Michael Jackson, so saying he's the jpanese Michael Jackson just because he revolutionized japanese pop wouldn't make that much sense imo).
I'd make my comparisons following this parameter: If I had a friend who was obsessed for Madonna and wanted to listen to a simillar japanese artist, who would I recommend? I'd definitely not recommend ayu (I could recommend her, but not saying to him that there's this japanese artists that resembles Madonna), because I'm sure he wouldn't find much simillarity in both at all. I dunno...