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Originally Posted by critter333294
Agreed.
I think one of the main reasons Utada was able to (somewhat) break out in the American industry was her perfectly unaccented english. She may be Japanese, but she sounds American, and familiar, which is of course what people here like. BoA may be able to speak english, but to me she just sounds like some asian girl trying to sing outside of her native language. I feel as if that was one of her major downfalls in trying to make a debut here. I see the same thing happening to Ayu if she tries to do an english album. She can take as many classes as she wants, but she's not going to sound native.
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Well Rhianna doesnt have such nice English if you ask me....and she's insanely popular....her music is pretty close to BoA's in style. I think BoA has the right attitude and style but her English needs work (though it is improving A LOT). Utada has her unique lyrical abilities and great knowledge of music...and flawless English....but in the end...lets be honest...it comes down to one thing that stands in their way: They're Asian and people wont look past that...which kinda sucks. Being Asian myself I would like to see an Asian artist make it big in the U.S but its not likely to happen for a while. Or atleast untill Utada gets her game plan together