[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by relmy

But I wasn't talking about her in comparison to the many other acts who fail to even chart, I think that would be obvious with her numbers and goes without saying.

She is outselling most, I never denied that, I was talking about the comments that seem to claim she still holds some sort of "it" influence, which is different to talking about her in comparison to indie acts or different music scenes - for example, I was going to make a comparison to Nana Mizuki in my previous post as it illustrated a point I was trying to make, but it's pointless comparing a seiyuu with mainstream success to Ayu.

Generally what I was trying to say was that she is only catering to a limited fanbase now - like you said yourself, she doesn't appeal to the teen market in Japan anymore. I also never said she was doing bad :p just that her popularity is much less than it was, and it's not a bad thing, she hasn't stopped making good music (dependant on your tastes, of course)



Definitely, I think they need to add digital to the Oricon. It's so backwards that they don't. I think the reason they don't though is because many artists' records would become redundant and it would completely change who gets #1 etc... probably reshaping the entire image projected of who is popular, sells well etc... and who doesn't.

I'm not talking about acts that fail to chart, I'm talking about well known signers that had their moments and even being famous are not topping charts anymore... Like BoA, Crystal Kay, Rina Aiuchi, Mika Nakashima...