Why are Namie Amuros sales so high?

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

You say the girl who is releasing albums mostly in english with american radio-friendly inspired music isn't the one trying to be american?

This is as bad as a base of comparation as is the close up photos...

I think kimmeh is somehow right. Kimmeh said Ayu is acting as if she wants to be american. It's more about Ayu's actions what pisses japanese fans off. Most things Ayu has done the last few years in her private life let a lot of japanese people think Ayu betrayed their culture. Ayu does "american" things in her private life while releasing typical japanese pop music most of the time. Namie on the contrary is the idealised japanese woman who is releasing american inspired music. So Namie is, for some japanese people, true to her cultural roots but at the same time cool because of her american sounding releases. It's somehow paradox but it's like japanese people do everything to look as european (or to be more precisely as white skinned) as they can but are at the same time proud to be japanese.
Of course there is a lot of racism behind all of this.