[Andrenekoi]

^She may prove me wrong, I don't thin she will though... Most likely will be somewhat like Cyndi Lauper who was big during the 80's and after that had a niche musician career.

She is in a part of her career she must mature to go on, as her fandom isn't getting younger, and if anything, the reception Wittness received shows she is struggling with it.

Now, comparing archiviements, 9 years into her career Ayu:

- Was the best selling solo act in the Oricon chart story.
- Was a renoumed live performer that still had to reach her peak in concert attendance.
- Was on the road for breaking the record for the most consecutive #1 singles in her market.
- Had won pretty much every big award the industry had to offer, and don't received any after some time because she stopped accepting them.
- Reached cultural icon status.
- Was among the best album sellers in Japan every year even releasing way more freqently.

19 years into her career, Ayu:
- Still selling more concert tickets than your average female star in jpop.
- Still break some random record here and there.
- Still sells enough digital music, even if mostly from her back catalogue, to be counted in lists.

Those information, from the top of my mind.

Katy's run isn't as impressive, nor is it as impressive as Madonna's, Janet's, Mariah's, Rihanna's, Beyonce's, Britney's... But she has some big hits on her belt and sold a lot of records... Will probably be remembered as a big artist from the 2010's, and that's good enough for her.