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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
Not really, their album and single sales tend to differ. Ayu's a better single seller atm => means she has more hard core fans. Namie is currently selling more albums => she is currently more popular as we all know. I guess if someone would take the time to screen cap the BEST ARTIST 2005 (I am not sure if Namie has performed on there after that?) charts for Namie and Ayu it would be the easiest way to check the age and gender of their fans/listeners. Also, remember those Oricon polls, Namie was mostly voted by females. So considering that after all they do generally sing about different things and handle their music differently I don't think they share a lot of fans nor casual listeners (127 million people is imo a lot...). That's how I think at least.
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When I said "all" the same casual listeners, I didn't literally mean
all. I meant a lot. XD Of course their sales are different, like no pop stars have the same exact sales. But for the most part, casual pop listeners like a variety of people, not just one specific type like Ayu-pop or something. It's like how a bunch of people on this forum like Namie, Hikki, Kumi, and Ayu, though none of them have the same exact type of music. I doubt that Japanese people are soooo different that they'd only like ONE of those and not like the others.