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Originally Posted by hpg23
Japan Record Awards, yeah... I would really like to know how they get the winners and nominees, c'mon, Licke me? I smell Avex, baby.
There are some videos up on Youtube, but does anyone know how to download the whole show? At least the stage and presentations look awesome as always, and there's interesting performances to see. And apart from her horrid song, Kumi looked the best she's been that year.
Did anyone notice the Perfume moment, when one of them (don't know her name -_-) loost her shoe? She was sooooo cute, I love those fails xD
And SunshineSlayer, what do you mean by political reasons?
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I don't remember all the details - I would have to go and look up the original Japanese articles on the matter. But this was when Max and Ayu supposedly held up Avex's board of directors - Max and the president of the board were in conflict and either Max or that guy had to go. Ayu said that if Max went, she would leave with him. At that time Ayu made too much of Avex's money and so the board chose to oust the President. That is how Max became the President of Avex. In the aftermath of that, Ayu announced she would not accept anymore awards. Likely because no one would deem them legitimate anymore with Max now the President of Avex. I mean just look at the nominee list - could you imagine half these songs getting nominated at say the Grammy's or something? It's long been strongly rumored that the record labels have a hand in who gets nominated. Most award shows have become a public display of who the record companies are trying to promote and less of a real competition.