How popular is Ayu around where u live?

[Qt Mashi]

well i live in Australia and yeah she's unknown here but i reckon any asians who listens to Japanese music would know Ayu...

my sister lives in Taiwan and she told me that she thinks Ayu is currently the most popular Japanese singer over there and it's been like that for years~ yay i feel happy when she told me that ....oh and she said Boa and Namie is probably 2nd

so how popular is Ayu where u live? is Ayu the most popular Japanese in Malaysia, Phillipines, Hong Kong....etc?