[Translation] Namie Amuro Copies Ayu in her new single?

[isaac hiew]

日本)日本“唱銷天后”安室奈美惠28日將推出新歌《Break It》,單曲封面最近曝光,部份眼尖網民抓包,指構圖設計神似濱崎步11年前《Kanariya》的單曲封 面,製作團隊被批創意不足,似有“舊瓶裝新酒”之嫌。

安室捲入抄襲風波並非頭一遭,她去年11月推出的《過去<未來》專輯,封面以撕破自己的照片,傳達告別過去 的創作理念,被發現構圖創意疑似Copy自韓國流行雜誌封面,引起網民熱烈討論甚至有人痛批:“真是丟臉丟 到國外了,趕快換掉封面吧!”但她的專輯並未改版,粉絲依舊相挺,以56.6萬張稱霸2010上半年專輯榜 。

One of Japan's leading female singer, Namie Amuro will be hitting her upcoming single "Break It" on music stores' shelves on 28th July, which it was recently leaked onto the Internet where allegations by fans of copying Ayumi Hamasaki's 11-year-old Kanariya single drawn criticism towards the album cover designers' lack of creativity.

This is not the first time Amuro has faced such allegation, where her last album "Past<Future" has been revealed as getting the ideas from a popular Korean magazine.

"This has become such an international disgrace, for God's sake, change the covers!" One online forum member said.

However, sales has still ben going strong despite these attacks, as fans pushed the sales figure to around 566, 000 copies, marking it the best selling singles of upper 2010.

SOURCE: http://www.sinchew-i.com/node/162157?tid=7

Translated by isaac hiew

Translated on 2/AUG/2010

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