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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
Several of your points have merit, but my main argument was simply that she is no longer the best selling female on the year end charts and hasn't been for a few years now. Also, in terms of 2nd best selling artist of the year, that is once again only for Avex I believe. And everyone's sales are down from 6 years ago - even the johnny's groups in general are. So, the difference is, is that a few years ago she was able to still hang in with the top sellers in the country (male or female). Nowadays though, despite the fact that every artists sales have gone down since then, she is now not able to keep pace with them in terms of the end of the year rankings as well as she used to in the past.
edit: I should add that Arashi is the only notable exception here that I can think of. Their sales are actually up from what they were a few years ago, despite the fact that this is their 10th year around.
Currently yes, but there were several other female artists that had number 1 streaks in the past as well but each time that they started to lose their number 1s, it pretty much spelled the end of their careers. Who knows how much modern times might have changed though.
btw, Ayu has a loooong way to go before she has any kind of record for number 1 albums. Matsutoya Yumi has 18 #1 albums, 17 of which were consecutive. And I don't even know if Yumi is the one that holds the record!  |
becuz this times is d golden era for arashi take a look at their sales b4 their golden era..
is kinda low..compare to d other artist at that time..
n for d 10 year they just got their peak lately that way eventough this is their 10th but their sales r huge..
as for ayu..
this is her 10th also..
but her golden era was gone few years ago..but she's still be able to maintain her sales to b the high margin..compare 2 other female artist..
as her streak may b not only ayu who has it but that would b nice if she's still maintain it..
also dunt forget about d best-seller all of time..
she's d 4th best seler in japan history all d time..
un-debatable..even hikki still be under her in d rank..
as for JE boyband may be need years to maintain sales like ayu did..