Just another interesting point about the article - it mentions hiroo. This is, once again, the same small district that I always stay at and had long heard rumors that she owned at least one apartment there. Her mothers store is also located there. I would say at least that part of the article is accurate. It's also a place where mostly foreigners reside. (basically the foreigner and celebrity district)
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Originally Posted by Butterknife
I think a lot of people are probably scared for her to debut in america, because of the past failures of other asian artists.. BoA, and Utada are only small shadows of their popularity in asia. I know I feel hesitant for Ayu to do this too.. I don't want to see her fail..
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Several others have tried too - Dreams Come True, NOKKO (Rebecca lead singer), Nakamori Akina, and Seiko Matsuda all tried and failed.
Of everyone, believe it or not, SEIKO actually came the closest to making it big. In the early 90s she had a single in the billboard hot 100(#54 USA, #2 Canada) - I remember hearing it on the radio and seeing the video and everything. It was a duet with Donnie Wahlburg from New Kids on the Block. That sounds cheesy now, but back then it was basically the equivalent of Ayumi releasing a single with Justin Timberlake today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfqH-LNX5CI