Namie Amuro success

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

It was Baby Don't Cry. I remember Ayu fans on that Jpopmusic forum would troll Namie fans constantly when her singles would fail to even make the top 5 meanwhile Ayu was having near 100k first week singles still. How the tables have turned..

I remember when she released WANT ME, WANT ME people at AYUNITE! would write something like "Oh, Namie, why so desperate?!"

I think her secret is simple: she makes well-produced high-quality stuff. She was struggling during Style era. It was kind of sad looking at her that time, though I really loved SO CRAZY/Come single. But she kept making music she liked and never gave up.

Time passed by but she kept looking great, showing no sings of aging, being really slim and having cute small face. She kept appearing in fashion magazines though almost ignoring tv.

And I think she gained respect among common people just by being persistent like Japanese love saying "work hard and someday you'll success".