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Originally Posted by xheartstation
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
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Well yes, Rihanna does have an accent. However if you listen to her music, how much accent do you hear? None. BoA's accent comes out in both her speaking and singing. That certainly makes a difference to the listener.
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Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE
Do you really think a person singing in Japanese would be popular to the American mass? (  ) Why would she even sing in Japanese to American people? Yeah, I can totally imagine that in American radio. |
Oh and I totally agree. It's crazy to think that the American mass would listen to something that's not in english.......especially in Japanese. I couldn't count how many times I played something in japanese for a friend. They almost always looked at me like WTF and said "Turn that chinese **** off". Americans do not want to hear anything that's not in english besides the occasional spanish song.