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From what I've gathered from the first post, the guy only thinks Ayu's going downhill because he doesn't like what has been released so far; so is there anything concrete to suggest a drop in the quality of music? Clearly no.
I think that the decline in her sales is inevitable. Every Little Thing used to sell MILLIONS, but they aren't now. The same can be said for artists like Kuraki Mai and B'z, but everybody's taken a dip in sales. Instead, increasingly, we see newer (less established) artists taking top spots and selling bucketloads (in today's terms, relatively. for instance, 500k in today's terms would probably equate a million a decade back). So the only I can conclude is that audiences are fickle, they like obsessing themselves with different things every now and then, we can't expect someone to hold the top spot forever, and the same applies for Ayu. It's all a matter of popularity and changing tastes as opposed to a real decline in the quality of her music. If quality were a factor at all, we'd see many artists doing much better in terms of sales, and similarly, we'd see the 4312412984109 Johnny groups getting dropped.
And on a more personal note, the PVs. I get extremely touchy when people start using words like "teeny bopper" and "Britney Spears copy" to criticise PVs like the ones for Startin' and Beautiful Fighters. Because I refuse to believe that Ayu is mindless/stupid enough to blindly rip someone else off and expect her fans to think it's original! Anyone with an ounce of sense would realise that such a blatant imitation or the Kill Bill outfit or retro songs must have been a deliberate attempt at parodying these things. They are meant to be funny, and I think Ayu's intelligent enough to know that copying Britney won't exactly elevate her popularity.
Lastly, on opinions. Is it wrong to have an opinion? Absolutely not. Is it wrong to attempt to justify your opinion and put it in a light that suggests it is anything more than just your perception (i.e. Fact) with things that are clearly not absolute? Verily Yes.
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