Ayu on Oriental Daily 3/2/05

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beating two enemies Utada Hikaru & Amuro Namie
Hamasaki Ayumi is crowned the number 1 queen in japan's music industry

Japan's TBS show '? TV good morning' has recently conducted a poll for viewers to elect their 'number 1 queen in the history of japan's music industry'. Ayu has been crowned the number 1 throne among the highly talented singers, beating two major enemies Utada Hikaru & Amuro Namie. This is an encouragement for her after her career is said to be going downhill.

In the top 10, ayu and namie hold the 1st and 2nd position. the newcomer TiA is the black horse, holding the third place. Hikki got a surprising number 6.

the vocalist of Dreams Come True, nakashima, Misia, AIKO hold the 4th, 5th, 7th & the 8th positions. The two divas matsuda seiko and nakamori akina are tied at number 9 as they have the same number of votes.

the reason that Ayu won hikki by a mile is that hikki has concentrated her efforts in america. She has neglected the japanese market and lost the support of her fans. on the contrary, ayu's new arena tour '05 has already started in osaka, and she appeared in 9 different costumes. All the 240,000 tickets of the 26 shows are already sold out. ayu's status of being the queen is as sturdy as the mountains.

on the other habd, seiko and akina, who have not been appearing much lately, were invited to be guests of a TV entertainment show. they competed a game of bowling, thus creating a merry atmosphere as they have not worked with each other for a long time.