What would ayu need to do to get amuro-likes sales numbers?

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So I was looking at the charting for A ONE, which managed to sell over 50k copies in about ten weeks.

Reviewing Namie's newly-released _genic, it has sold, what, almost 140k (I could be slightly off about that) in its first week?

I do understand that namie is somewhat of an anomaly. No shade, because I absolutely adore namie and LOVE _genic. BUT it's an engrish pop album. I know this may not be a popular opinion, but namie has no involvement in the creation of her music whatsoever except giving her voice to the track. As opposed to ayu who has written practically every single one of her, what, 220 songs? Imo, that is a truly talented artist. ARTIST, not performer. WHAT exactly keeps namie "fresh" and popular to this day?

I actually despise the general decline for solo acts in the last few years. WHY do people even flock to absolutely ridiculous bubblegum girl groups with 24 thousand members. I will never understand the appeal, and I won't accept it. It's a little frustrating, honestly.


ANYWAY, what do you think that ayu could do (if anything) to kind of achieve that "comeback" status that namie has been riding on basically ever since Queen of Hip Pop?

Should she switch to EDM? Tried that with Colours (granted it could have been better...except for Terminal and Lelio, those are spectacular).
Engrish EDM? I'd rather her keep her current sales figures.
Not live her life the way she wants (marrying a gaijin, etc.)? I'd rather her do what she wants in her own life and not succumb to opinions and comments from ignorant fair-weather fans. It's disloyal and actually disgusting. I digress.

Should she take a break? She has been extremely active in the last year (and really, for the last fifteen years straight almost). I don't think that taking an extended break would have a positive impact though. If anything, maybe even more people would become less interested in her than they are now.

Is it that Japanese people dislike her sometimes-recycled melodies and lyrics? Is it something about her composers? Do some fans just feel that she is uninspired lately? Do they just think she's a grandma (which is totes ignorant and stupid, because namie is definitely older than ayu, and they both look absolutely gorgeous). I can't wrap my head around it. It just makes me feel like...




While _genic is a SUPER fun, upbeat, fast-paced album, I think that it is just as special as A ONE (or Colours, for that matter), despite being so ballad heavy.

Is ayu fated to simply continue down this path of slow decline until...what? She retires completely? (When that happens, I'll need all kind of psychiatric help and Xanax, btw.)

Anyway, just some thoughts I was having. Opinions?