[Translation] [2013] ayu loses sales record to AKB48 (Article)

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

I guess I was thinking more in terms of numbers. She's up there with those other soloists though IMO. I still find it fascinating that she pretty much had no experience with singing professionally before this.

I agree, it's so amazing how Ayu, with no great experience, did so amazingly well. She even composed what is possibly the one song of hers that the public love the most (M), and that was her first composition ever and she had no technical knowledge for composing whatsoever! That's really fascinating if you stop to think about it.