Its not about her being a slave to her work, its about her being or getting burned out.
It happens to the best of people. You can LOVE your job and work at it and work and never want to leave, but you can get BURNED out of your job and want/need a break.

...with her B-side titled, "I need...A REST"~ ;p

She is making new music, she will sing the song for TOX2, we just need to wait.
I think the problem is that we want a new single every 3 months like the old ayu, and it seems this new ayu only want to release mini and full albums

Well she hasn't been acknowledging that her constant career has resulting in crappier music or lower sales...so, idk...

work till you drop ayu, I guess.


lol okay. I just said that just because. Anyway, she's also never said anything about wanting to take time off yet or anything, so until she does, oh well.

ATM the best of album prolly wouldn't sell more than 250k...it's pointless as people simple don't care about her that much and she hasn't had a bigger hit since Sunrise and the last real hit that people remember was either BLUE BIRD or Together When...

^ Days and Mirrorcle World were both bigger hits than Together When... right?

Together When... went 3 times platinum online I think. That equals...750k sales?

^ Yeah. It was last of her tracks to do that well. Sunrise was close though.

Mirrorcle World wasn't really a hit...it only sold well because there were so many bonuses and because it was a 10th Anniversary single. Digitally it didn't perform well.

Days also didn't do better digitally than Together When...and I think Days was only a bigger hit among the fans.

Personally I think a Best would do rather well...
she needs to have maybe 2 new tracks on it to promote it...
Epic tracks of course... lol
But it could have potential if avex does what they are suppose to do!

no way. I don't want my heart to see another bad selling album, especially when it's a best album.

not possible by any means.

that's what I don't really happen to understand. but it's true.

o.O I actually agree with this. :lech

I don't actually think she needs a break at all. She's been taking things quite slowly the last 2 years or so...even with the tours going on.

As for the best of album I doubt it would do well considering the public simply doesn't like her atm. Even with more promo people would just be pissed off she is everywhere when they simply don't care about her...

^ I dont think its not that they dont like her, they just dont care.
She's old... why listen to ayumi who has been around for almost a million years when you can have the coolest of the cool AKB!
::fan girl scream:: :rolleyes

Why do you say that the public doesn't like her anymore ?

I know when she was very famous she was everywhere in japan but now it's something like 2 or 3 years that she doesn't have a great exposure ! i don't think she inspire "the disgust"... The time have spent and today solo artists are not so much popular like before but i think she can do well with a best album if avex and Ayu use a good promotion !

Why Namie does well today? She uses the strategy of silent and when she realises something everybody is excited etc...She use the good promotion, look at the painting in Tokyo for bring attention to her ...

I have the feeling that Ayu was just a cash cow for avex and now she is not that big they totaly throw over ! it's sad lol

To be honest, I don't think your comment is accurate at all... :/ I'm sure they care.

If they did I think she would have better sales...
People don't care about her music, the only thing she has going for her right now is her fans and she seems to lose more and more of those with every release.

Just going by sales, the general public does not care...

Are you serious? If you're serious, you are a very sad individual. But you have an Avengers signature so I'm willing to ignore you happily.

Noooo it has already been way too long since her last single!

I would say she is slowling down since 2006... And I'm glad with it... And I agree with you and ExodusUK, it's not like she is breaking stones with a mallet 20 hours a day, and it's not like she is the only popstar working on this pace... Pretty much all of the bigger ones aren't really known for resting.

But I would like to see her taking a longer time between albums so she could rest her over-saturated image a little... she could work on some side projects or something...

THANK YOU!! please continue to do so