★ ayaka : the 4th official thread ★

[KarenPang]

album tracks of ayaka that I die die recommend

First Message

- Start to 0 (Love)
- Sha la la
- Stay with me
- 1・2・3・4

Sing to the Sky

- Kimi ga Iru Kara ; this's to me the best album track on her 2nd album & it really should make a 2nd apperance in the 2nd disc of her best album
- Gold Star
- Mahoutsukai no Shiwaza
- Sky
- Kon'ya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete

& of course Peace Loving People

I honestly like both her albums & I can feel the maturity/growth she displayed since First Message

but of course that's just me , I don't know for the rest of the people out there who supports ayaka as much as I do

[Chiharo]

^Thanks, Karen. I'll give those a try so I can become a bigger fan of her

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I want covers from the BEST album!

Btw, do you guys consider ayaka to be a one hit wonder? I mean, of course Mikazuki has been her biggest song and whenever I talk to Japanese people they only know this song... But before Mikazuki there was I believe and that sold pretty well. The collabs with Kobukuro were also very popular too, but can that be thanked to their popularity and not hers? Her singles always go number one at iTunes, but they sell very poorly physically, on the other hand FM was the #12 best selling album of 06 and SttS was the #13 of 08. What do you think?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

Btw, do you guys consider ayaka to be a one hit wonder? I mean, of course Mikazuki has been her biggest song and whenever I talk to Japanese people they only know this song... But before Mikazuki there was I believe and that sold pretty well. The collabs with Kobukuro were also very popular too, but can that be thanked to their popularity and not hers? Her singles always go number one at iTunes, but they sell very poorly physically, on the other hand FM was the #12 best selling album of 06 and SttS was the #13 of 08. What do you think?

*ponders

no I don't think so even though I have to admit that I will not be surprised that Mikazuki's probably the only song that the non casual Japanese people will know seeing that it's her only #1 single to date

Also I guess lyrically & then some , both Mikazuki & I believe were able to stuck a chord with them as compared to recent material that she has been releasing

anyway she has been doing fine since releasing Mikazuki in that all of her singles charted in the top 10 in the Oricon

before that , Real voice & Melody tanked in terms of chart ranking

[Kaiouforever]

She may not be famous like Ayu, but she has a strong fanbase, and I think people respect her. So no, I doubt she's a one-hit wonder

[KarenPang]

the best person to ask whether is ayaka's 1 hit wonder's her husband Mizushima Hiro xD xD

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

I want covers from the BEST album!

Btw, do you guys consider ayaka to be a one hit wonder? I mean, of course Mikazuki has been her biggest song and whenever I talk to Japanese people they only know this song... But before Mikazuki there was I believe and that sold pretty well. The collabs with Kobukuro were also very popular too, but can that be thanked to their popularity and not hers? Her singles always go number one at iTunes, but they sell very poorly physically, on the other hand FM was the #12 best selling album of 06 and SttS was the #13 of 08. What do you think?

well.. FM only #12 yearly because it released late 2006. it stay on top 20 for 2006, 2007 and top 100 or 50 I dont remember for 2008 and now in 2009 it still selling. STTS too
she's not as popular as ayu is but comparing by all new comers I think she's the strongest singer esp female sol..
Yuna ito, Aoyama Thelma, they were big in their era but now they sold poorly. Ayaka still better than them..
her singles didnt do well on chart but her album did...

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Ayaka CUT HER HAIR!!! That beautiful hair... and she's also wearing her wedding ring.

http://www.ayaka.tv/best/index.html

The sad part is that the voting is over. The image on the left of the previous link seems to be the cover according to:

http://www.ayaka.tv/disco.html

EDIT: Oh and also the second disc, the fan favorites, will be composed of 10 tracks, and among those will be single-only B-sides too.

A list of the songs that were available for voting:

Start to 0(Love), Sha la la, Stay with me, Kimi no power to otona no furi, Eien no monogatari, Toki wo modoshite, 1・2・3・4, Story, Lai la lai, message, POWER OF MUSIC, Sky, Goodnight baby, Gold star, Mahoutsukai no shiwaza, Ai mo uso mo shinjitsu, Konya mo hoshi ni idakarete..., I believe<English ver.>, Yume no kakera, Blue days, Peace loving people, Kimi no kiss de..., I'm alone, Start to 0(Love)<Acoustic ver.>, Meiro, Arigatou.

That's 26 songs, so out of those, 10 will make it ( ).

[Polyrhythm]

I don't like her hair. It reminds me of Ayu except Ayu's is like 10 times more horrid.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by DEEP RIVER

I don't like her hair. It reminds me of Ayu except Ayu's is like 10 times more horrid.

Well I didn't think it looked like Ayu's but it isn't her best hair style. I think she looks cute on the cover though ( ).

[Celaphorce]

That means no Kon'ya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete for the 2nd disc

[Beauty4123]

her hair is so cute! i think she looks really nice in it. the long hair was just getting too...long

[ll moments ll]

i like ayaka's new hair. it's something different!
i hope "Meiro" gets on the 2nd disc!

MAN, i have a lot of best albums to get. D:

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Celaphorce

That means no Kon'ya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete for the 2nd disc

this

was hoping it will make the cut in the 2nd disc but oh well T_T

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by Celaphorce

That means no Kon'ya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete for the 2nd disc

Originally Posted by KarenPang

this

was hoping it will make the cut in the 2nd disc but oh well T_T

What are you guys talking about? It was included in the vote for the 2nd disc so it has the possibility. And being the theme song for Sky Crawlers, thus being more popular, I'm sure it'll show up on disc 2.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

What are you guys talking about? It was included in the vote for the 2nd disc so it has the possibility. And being the theme song for Sky Crawlers, thus being more popular, I'm sure it'll show up on disc 2.

oh sorry my mistake . Earlier on I just woke up so excuse me on that xD

I do hope that Kon'ya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete will be included somehow or another

if not it's fine since I have both FM & STTS

[ストロボ・EdGE]

^ Haha, lets hope so, it really is a great song.

I want to make the next ayaka thread ( O__O )! Is everyone OK with that? It's coming soon, this makes 477 posts.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

^ Haha, lets hope so, it really is a great song.

I want to make the next ayaka thread ( O__O )! Is everyone OK with that? It's coming soon, this makes 477 posts.

yes of course , I don't mind at all , you can go ahead & do it by all means

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I want to try to promote her more here on AHS.... I'm not sure how that will fly since the difference between Ayu and Ayaka is... big.

Koda Kumi seems to be the most popular Jpop artist that is not Ayu (does that make grammatical sense?) here, but I want more people to support Ayaka~~. Again, people who like Koda Kumi probably won't like Ayaka but...

I can't believe this is only the 4th thread for her here! I don't want to join any Ayaka-only forums cause they're dead and I love it here at AHS.

[KarenPang]

yeah ayaka's very under-rated to a certain extent . She's 1 of those artistes that doesn't seem to mind in not being in the limelight & instead be appericated of her music if you know what I mean