Her sales have certainly declined, but she still sells extremely well compared to other female solo acts. avex would be a fool to drop her.
Given how much of a hand Ayu has had in her career thus far and how much of a control freak she is (I mean that in the best way btw) I can't imagine her totally bypassing her sales numbers. The woman knows everything, lol. And since she's a shareholder in avex, she would have easy access to that information--year-end sales numbers, etc.
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