[kimmeh]

I love ayu to bits, but she could never make a global breakthrough
1. she is too old, and her fame is nothing like it used to be. If she was to go global, she had to do this a long time ago
2. Ayu doesn't play as much as sex as the rest of the world (rihanna, katy perry etc) and her lyrics require some more reflecting than "i kissed a girl and i liked it" type of music
3. People don't like music they don't understand unless its super repetitive.
4. Girls generation tried to go big in the US with ~The Boys Eng version~, performing at the late night show and everything. They failed - hard. Their music are a lot moremainstream and easier to like by the "typical radiolistner" than Ayu, yet they couldnt do it.
5. Ayu is too good for the global sellout marked.