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Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha
^ Sales are important to me, too, but I'm very willing to accept that, aside from Ayu no longer being at her peak, sales are no longer what they used to be because of the economy. In the US, people still spend a lot of their money on things that they maybe shouldn't, from big things such as new cars to smaller things like CDs. In most of the rest of the world, especially Japan, the necessities come first. Plus, you have to take into consideration that only huge fans or big music lovers buy physical copies. But even digital isn't what it could be. Like a few people have mentioned, as far as music goes, 500,000 is the new million. 
I think Ayu is really doing amazing, considering she's been here for over ten years now alone. And her chart positions prove that only 100,000 for a single isn't bad at all.
When you think about it, Ayumi has been here longer than all the well known J-Pop stars (at least the solo female artists). Kumi has been around for a while now, but she only got popular a few years ago. Hikaru is still big, of course, though she has never been one to put out a lot of stuff, so of course it's hard to get tired of her. As we speak, she may as well be on hiatus. (Seriously, what happened to Hikaru lately?? ._.) Namie Amuro is in a similar position. Of her long career now, she's only been active for about half of it. Ayumi Hamasaki is the only one who can truly say that she's been here for over a decade. And she's still charting and selling above average, despite it all. |
Namie Amuro has been around for more than 14 years, please don't ever say that
" Of her long career now, she's only been active for about half of it. Ayumi Hamasaki is the only one who can truly say that she's been here for over a decade"
Do u listen to Namie in 2003 until now? if u do I belive that u wouldnt say such a thing, because she has tried hard enough to get into new music direction, everyfans of her knows that. She had never given up.=/ I was become her fan at the time ppl think Namie Amuro was over.
I do agree that she didn't sale well some years ago, but it didn't mean that Jpanese ppl don't listen to her at that time and she's not around in ppl's mind who admire and respect her. Because the fact that halp of the songs in BEST FICTION are all from her 2003 to 2005.
Please stop bringing her name into your speech just to prove that Ayu is the best of the J-pop world or anything, when u r not a fan of her, don't say like u know about her =/
Put your self in my place, u'll understand why i reply your post, i didn't mean anything so get it easy okay?
When ayu get down in her sale, ppl here just find their own self-believing reason to prove that she's not been over yet, yeah, u have the right to do so, because u r her fan.
Then someday when her peak returns, u feel happy for her and u know that at her down time, she had tried her best.
Imagine if some ppl say that Ayu wasn't around from 2009 to 2..., what would u think?