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Originally Posted by Cherrim
@ayumisrael - I didn't mean LOOK AT AYU SHE'S DECLINING WORSE THAN KUU OMG or anything like that. I was just pointing out that there ARE others declining in sales, even Ayu who IS bigger than Kumi  I'm well aware Kumi's singles sell low, I mentioned that already + that she's been declining in both singles and albums rapidly right after her peak ie. Black Cherry/2006 era and that scandal. + In her peak Kumi has never managed to sell an album as much as Ayu has even after her major peak. I was only pointing out that others have been affected by declined sales too. Ayu is mentioned when discussing sales etc because, well, she is still a big part of the Japanese music industry. I don't see why it would mean anything if she is mentioned when comparing sales etc but others aren't? I'm not attacking her or bashing her just because I mentioned her. She's my 2nd favourite artist so I don't understand why I would :\ |
I didn't say you are attacking/bashing ayu at all, (and I didn't do so myself to you of course), I just wondered why mentioning ayu as in a need to take a glance for how she does, like outselling her or looking at her state compared to others (while the discussion is over kuu and popularity acts - and ayu isn't the most popular right now) like it's some kind if a milestone or something.
It's been like this for years and it maybe it was true to do that on 2005 and maybe 2006 but not onwards.
I would prefer that kuu and ayu would be mentioned on same sentences on more positive, friendly and fun issues and not, woop look at her, she does like everyone/worse than everyone so it's a milestone to sell like her/outsell her.
ayu is not the targer of what is most popular. Maybe that's not fully the intension of it, but it kind of looks like it and it is repeated over and over by multiple users/random users randomly or not.
It's understood that ayu is a leged and that she was one of the most popular artists in japan ever, but today there are a lot of "hotter" things in the market.