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Originally Posted by mizuki-7
Music has nothing to do with it ... Japaneses are all about image and appearance ! You can check every Japanese forum about music the main argument about Ayu is her age ! She is seen as an old thing and unlike Namie she was on TV non stop from 1998 to 2010 !! They were tired of seeing her head all year for so long ! In a society where a women above 30 years is seen as an old person it's really not surprising ...in addition to that she make a lot of bad choice in her life and unfortunately for her she fell in love with western men twice (sarcasm) XD.
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That's true, artists with a safer and cleaner image are usually very popular, like aiko.
It takes years to regain some of the popularity after scandals or anything controversial. People still talk about Kumi as the rude woman who made comments about amniotic fluids.