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Originally Posted by marty

That's of course a matter of opinion, for me a drop of sales may matter very differently depending on the singer and his/her history and what she is releasing.
For example, I kinda understand the drop with NEXT LEVEL, but I'm glad she released it, even if it was pretty obvious it was a risk, with a try at a new style and stuff, and I didn't really care it didn't sell much.
I was just very surprised she flopped so badly with LOVE again, which imo is a very safe album, with TONS of ballads that the japanese seem to love so much.
In the end, maybe is just a matter of perception.
I completely agree the japanese public don't care about her anymore, but, still, I think some better managerial choices can help.

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japanese people don't care about her right now (actually they don't care about here for some years now). She needs a lot more than just clever marketing to bost her sales

With the constant flow of Johnny's stuff (even through Ayu's younger years) and (more recently) of AKB48, this is really true. I'm so ****** off with much of the Japanese public about not caring much about Ayu...oh wait - what about Seiko Matsuda? I don't think Ayu's alone, but even some of my favorites, just like Ayu, fans are giving no respect to other musicians whatsoever...