[Scans] Hong Kong magazine scans

[Ayumiko]

The part above kodas pic talks about: (Im just gonna briefly summarize it)

This year 29 years old ayumi hamasaki, started as a model in the age of 7. In the year of 88, she officially joined into the entertainment industry. something about stage performance and sexy ever changing image, let her to be known as ever changing queen (her image) and Japanese madonna, is also a ideal girl for younger people. she is popular across asia. Taiwan queen Jolin Tsai had many times copied her ever changing image and style of music.

In 01, ayu released best album that sold impressive amount of 4.50 million copies. Last month on 28th ayu also released A BEST 2 black and white which ranked 1st and 2nd on the oricon chart. White debuted with 475k while black debuted 470k on its first week. This made her become the only female solo artist in 36 years to have albums ranked 1st and 2nd on the oricon chart.

Under the pic:

but previous year, ayu was affected by new singer koda kumi (I think thats what the sentence said but Im not 100% sure) popularity went down hill. Kodas last year best album sold 1.80 million copies. The company had income of 132 billion (I dont know if its profit or what) I dont understand the sentence after that. Something about singer. At the end it says Ayu placed 4th.


Sorry for the crap translations. O_o