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Yeah, I agree with what everyone is saying about Namie and her marketing strategies. It is exactly what has been absent in Ayu's recent eras. Honestly, I'm hoping for this kind of marketing strategy from Ayu, from now, to the end of next year (it'll never happen, but a girl can dream!):
A SUMMER BEST (with some form of promotion aside from A-Nation)
Double A-Side Single (Autumn; hoping for promotion with TOX, and another tie in hopefully)
A-Side/with B-Side (Winter; hopefully a huge, huge ballad with a mellow B-Side as to not overshadow the A-Side)
Double A-Side (Spring; something attention grabbing like Rule/Sparkle)
A-Side/with B-Side single + New Album (Summer; assuming this would be in the middle of her tour)
Remix Album (Autumn)
Sounds demanding, but that would give Ayu 6 A-sides, and 2-B sides.
And we all know she can do it; she's Hamasaki Ayumi.
Namie released four 2A's for Uncontrolled didn't she?
Though, this was over a two year period, instead of one year...
Anyway, I'm assuming that Ayu won't be releasing another A BEST next year, due to the release of A SUMMER BEST. Plus, has she really had enough hits to produce another BEST? I mean, 2007 - 2012, there's been a few hits, but not in the amount she had in earlier years...
I was really impressed with Uncontrolled, I'm hoping Ayu can pull out something as great as, or better than.
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