[2006] Better Than Ayu?

[Mad_Cactuar]

HATERS, STAY AWAY. If you insist that Ayu is the best, let that be known elsewhere, not here.

Ok, let's face it. Surely there's other JPOP female artists in the world that you love. Love even more than our divine Ayumi Hamasaki. Don't be shy, name them! Who do you perceive to be even better than Ayumi Hamasaki, and state your reasons.

Mine would be the great Mika Nakashima. She is simply amazing. Amazing Amazing Amazing. Her voice is the best I've heard. Her music wins my attention every time it gets played. And she is so beautiful. Her avant-garde video and music style should be experienced by everyone. Unfortunately, people love her for the reasons others might hate her for. And her CMs are a billion times better than Ayu's. Ai Otsuka and Koda Kumi are also great in my opinion. No need to say anything about the great Utada.

I made a poll with 21 options for everyone to vote. Let's see who is most popular. Hopefully all your fave artists are there. Let's begin!

Multiple choices too!

[LacusClyne]

hmmm...it would be a better choice if there's a 'others' choice....

[chameber80218]

You know, no one will better than AYU!

[Mad_Cactuar]

Originally Posted by chameber80218

You know, no one will better than AYU!

HATERS, STAY AWAY. If you insist that Ayu is the best, let that be known elsewhere, not here.

I quote myself. Learn to fully read posts in the future.

Oh, Icey. o_o I thought I covered every female artist in JPOP? I only missed Kokia and Seiko Matsuda, but that's it.

[ImpactBreaker]

"Who's better than who" threads can be retard imo. Things shift so fast for me, like, on a week, I'll be enjoying one artist more than others and in the other I might get sick of them and pick another artist I wasn't listening much the next few weeks.

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Oh, Icey. o_o I thought I covered every female artist in JPOP? I only missed Kokia and Seiko Matsuda, but that's it.

Wrong, you forgot Tomoko Kawase, Hitomi Yaida, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Hitomi Takahashi, BoA, Crystal Kay, OLIVIA and the list gooooooooooooooooooooes on.

[*Petit*]

and anna tsuchiya, all of hello ! project, akina, sowelu and sifow.

Anyways, without being a hater, there is no other artist that I an enjoy such a high per centage of released songs as ayumi hamasaki's. However some of the other female performers have many songs I like, my favourites are Shimatani Hitomi, Ueto Aya, some Hello ! Project releases (hard to tell them apart.. it's all tsunku anyways), from time to time namie amuro and kotoko and Mai Kuraki, ai otsuka's first stuff.

[sora-kara]

I voted Angela Aki, Nobuchika Eri and Hikki.

But I don't really listen to the others very much.
Other Jpop chickies I like better than Ayu:
Hajime Chitose
Bonnie Pink
Maaya Sakamoto (not necessarily her newest efforts though....)
Fukko (from CORE OF SOUL, she's soo amazing!)

Also:
YUI
Yaida Hitomi
SNoW
Origa
and some more....

[etheruraura]

Sure, I love Ayu tons, but I also love other people as well. I picked:

Mika Nakashima and Shiina Ringo.

Why Mika Nakashima? - Because her voice is perhaps one of the most calming I've heard. Her personality is very subdued, mystical and mysterious. Her fashion sense is always unique, and it seems like she does things her way, regardless if it sells well or not.

Why Shiina Ringo? - Because she's the most innovative person I've listened to. She's not afraid to push the boundaries of music. She creates iconic images with every PV she's made, and writes the most straightforward and thought provoking lyrics. She composes and writes the lyrics for every song she's made, and plays more than one instrument. Her voice is calm, soothing, angry, violent and emotional, all at the same time.

I also would have voted for these people if they were included in the poll:

Tommy February6/Tommy Heavenly6
Fukiko Nakamura
Bonnie Pink
Ayaka Hirahara
Chihiro Onitsuka

[elepop]

Add hitomi please.

Why? Her music is the best, her PVs are so different, her voice is unique, her music have real instruments, she have the most awesome personality and fashion style, she can play guitar, she writes her own music, she sometimes composes them, she seems so down-to-earth, plus, she's a sexy mom! Oh yeah, did I mentioned that her music is AWESOME?

Anyways, I didn't voted for anybody in the list. Because I think hitomi is the best. Next, is Ayu. So yeah. hitomi is better than Ayu! ^^

[ayu_fan929]

I wouldn't say 'love more than Ayu'; but I would say 'as much as Ayu'.

You forgot about BoA!

I voted:
Hikki - musical genious imo.
Yuna Ito - amazing voice
Otsuka Ai - she has great composing skills, and she can have a really nice voice (Kingyo Hanabi)
Koda Kumi - Her genre appeals to my music taste, and she's unique imo.
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BoA - dancing and she does have vocal talent.

[hallelujah_united]

It looks like there are many who have and "Others" option in mind. Me included too, because where's Tommy?

Out of your choices though, I'd pick Hikki and Ringo. Hikki because her song-writing skills have really come on leaps and bounds over the years, and Ringo because she's one of the most innovative, provocative and enigmatic artists in Japan.

And no, I'm not being partial to Toshiba-EMI either. I'd take Sony anytime.

[micster]

Hitomi Shimatani

Her voice and music are much better in comparison

[Raleigh]

Hitomi Shimatani. I think she has much better vocals.

[truehappiness]

Kaori Mochida's really good. ;D

I love that she's so.. WILD :3 And emotional ;]

She's got some awesome lyrics too.

[Mirai Noah]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

I wouldn't say 'love more than Ayu'; but I would say 'as much as Ayu'.

Agreed. And also, as ImpactBreaker said, one week I might be totally into Hikkki, for example, and then the next week all I will listen to Hello!Project. It depends on my mood.

[Hazuki]

Shiina Ringo.

I do love Ayumi very much, but Shiina is my idol and I like her lyrics, her voice fits with any song she'll do and the music is even better!

Amuro Namie is much more adorable. Even though her PV's and photoshoots give off a very cool vibe, she is actually quite demure and much more game for silly shows. Kuraki Mai has a wonderful voice, she's the first jpop artist I liked. And I simply love Koda Kumi. Additionally, much love for Hello! Project.

[Mad_Cactuar]

Question! Hitomi and Hitomi Shimatani are different people?

Wrong, you forgot Tomoko Kawase, Hitomi Yaida, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Hitomi Takahashi, BoA, Crystal Kay, OLIVIA and the list gooooooooooooooooooooes on.

Aaahhh... Ok, but Hitomi Shimatani is there though. I didn't add BoA because I forgot she does JPOP too and I altogether missed Crystal Kay. Wow.. x__x I thought Tommy and Van Tomiko were the same. Shoot me.

If at all possible, can a mod add these options into the poll?
Tomoko Kawase
Hitomi
Hitoni Takahashi
Yaida
Yuming
Anna Tsuchiya
OLIVIA
BoA
Crystal Kay
Misora Hibari
Honda Minako
Chara
Asuca Hayashi
Kaori Mochida

If not, nevermind.. x__x

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

Wrong, you forgot Tomoko Kawase, Hitomi Yaida, hitomi, Hitomi Shimatani, Hitomi Takahashi, BoA, Crystal Kay, OLIVIA and the list gooooooooooooooooooooes on.

As well as Chara, Honda Minako, Yuming, Misora Hibari, aiko, and Asuca Hayashi.

Sorry, but the only two that come close on that poll are Shiina and Namie. Females are too overrated in the Japanese music scene, IMO.

[elepop]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Question! Hitomi and Hitomi Shimatani are different people?

Yes. Totally different people. (I don't like Hitomi Shimatani's music at all, but I love hitomi's music) Their music is like extremely different. Don't worry. You're not the only person that gets confused about the many Hitomis!



And also, it's hitomi... not Hitomi.