I cant quite remember when it was, but I can easily look it up.
I read about Ayumi in an article in a german anime and manga magazine.
it only featured a short collumn about her but I made me really interested and the same day I dl my first Ayu songs
(SEASONS, appears, etc.) and I loved her right from the start.
a few days later I joined the first Ayu Forum (well it was rather a BBS back then) AyuDesign (soo nice memories
).
and then another few days later I orderd my first CD's at CDJapan.
^________^ she's still my absolute favorite