Ayu is now on Spotify

[truehappiness]

Funny to mention but Taishaku did bring it up, the official account for Ayu was listening to Utada's Fantome, Hanataba wo Kimi ni specifically for some reason two days ago. You can see the 'friend/followed' activity when you follow the account on the PC app. Whoever updates for them must have forgotten to log out!

[rossbarney2003]

I'm losing hope that they'll ever fix the incorrect tracks being used on spotify. The two stand outs to me are the non-mixed versions of "Fly High" being used on Ayu Trance 2 and Ayu-mi-x II but I'm sure there are more. It just completely destroys the flow of the albums.

I've reported it multiple times to Spotify but it seems they can't do anything about it although I'm not sure why. I've even emailed Avex but with no response.

Any more ideas how the issue can be fixed?

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by rossbarney2003

I'm losing hope that they'll ever fix the incorrect tracks being used on spotify. The two stand outs to me are the non-mixed versions of "Fly High" being used on Ayu Trance 2 and Ayu-mi-x II but I'm sure there are more. It just completely destroys the flow of the albums.

I've reported it multiple times to Spotify but it seems they can't do anything about it although I'm not sure why. I've even emailed Avex but with no response.

Any more ideas how the issue can be fixed?

It's up to Avex fix not Spotify — for all Spotify know, that's how the album/flow should be...

I wouldn't hope for Avex to fix it..this is the same company that somehow forgot to include the guitar track for M on A Complete.

[rossbarney2003]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

It's up to Avex fix not Spotify — for all Spotify know, that's how the album/flow should be...

I wouldn't hope for Avex to fix it..this is the same company that somehow forgot to include the guitar track for M on A Complete.

That missing guitar track was a mistake!? ������

[Evolution7/4]

Right though! I need that Green CMJK remix in my life!

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by rossbarney2003

That missing guitar track was a mistake!? ������

omg wait that was a mistake? I thought it was intentional?

[koumori]

Originally Posted by rossbarney2003

That missing guitar track was a mistake!? ������

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

omg wait that was a mistake? I thought it was intentional?

A lot of fans consider it that, since it's not labelled as a new/alternative mix... and only the guitar track is different between the two versions. It's really weird.

[~Matt~]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

omg wait that was a mistake? I thought it was intentional?

I'm pretty sure it was intentional. I actually like that version without the guitar.

[!Lawi!]

Nice thanks for this!

It might be tricky to answer, but for people having firsthand knowledge of the Japanese audience / previous charts, how different is this from what you would expect her most played songs to be in Japan?
I think I remember people discussing the fact that Spotify isn't largely used there, which is why I'm asking! I can obviously see a lot of the absolute classics on this list, and somehow I would have expected at least a couple of newer songs in there if Spotify is more used in the West.

[Evan Odinson]

^According to her Spotify stats her Top 10 listeners countries on that platform are:

1. Japan
2. Taiwan
3. Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Hong Kong
6. Malasya
7. Brazil
8. United States
9. Mexico
10. Chile (yay! lol)

(Bonus)

11. Canada
12. Republic of Korea
13. China

So maybe now Japanese people are using it more than before but you can still find more recent songs with a lot of streams, a lot more compared to some classics, song 4 U and aeternal are on the TOP 30 with almost 1 million streams each (well, Song 4 U is pretty popular outside of Japan thanks to the Tales of Games, same as progress which also has a lot of streams compared to other classics)

[pedronekoi]

Amazing that Brazil is the #1 country outside of Asia ✨

[Evan Odinson]

^Yes! I'm glad to see 3 latin countries on the Top 10, and I'm surprised about Chile since we're SO small compared to Brazil and Mexico lol

[kendelle]

Brazil has a sizeable Japanese expat community, as far as I'm aware. They seem to be big on kpop as well.

Those numbers are pretty incredible! SEASONS with 6 mil is amazing, and so many over 1 mil as well!!

[pedronekoi]

ˆ That's true but the funny thing is: none of the brazilian Ayu fans that I know are japanese descendants lol

[summerain]

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

ˆ That's true but the funny thing is: none of the brazilian Ayu fans that I know are japanese descendants lol

A lot of those people knew her because of InuYasha (like myself), but it's really funny indeed, cause many of them still follow her even they aren't attached to the anime universe anymore (like myself again lol).

[RealLight]

Originally Posted by summerain

A lot of those people knew her because of InuYasha (like myself), but it's really funny indeed, cause many of them still follow her even they aren't attached to the anime universe anymore (like myself again lol).

Same here

[Evan Odinson]

Quick Spotify stats update:

Followers: 495,170 (she has been gaining near 1 thousand followers each day this past week )

Total Streams: 118,011,881 (over 4 millions streams since the update earlier this month )

Also "vogue" is her 26th song to reach 1 million streams! but there are 10 more songs really close to get 1 million streams, they should do it by next week probably ^^

EDIT: Followers on Spotify aren't the same as Listeners! Listeners change often since it counts how many people have listened to her songs during the current month

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Evan Odinson

Quick Spotify stats update:

Followers: 495,170 (she has been gaining near 1 thousand followers each day this past week )

Total Streams: 118,011,881 (over 4 millions streams since the update earlier this month )

Also "vogue" is her 26th song to reach 1 million streams! but there are 10 more songs really close to get 1 million streams, they should do it by next week probably ^^

EDIT: Followers on Spotify aren't the same as Listeners! Listeners change often since it counts how many people have listened to her songs during the current month

Thanks for the summary!

[truehappiness]

Yeah, a lot of Brazilian fans seemed to know her from stuff like that or Thousand Arms or even Tales games.

[pedronekoi]

Yeah, I first found out about her thru Inuyasha as well. Also it was common to have her bootleg DVDs on sale at anime events.