Days had Days's popularity to ride on... hmm. I will just say avex is one smart company. :mischief

SSTV updated BALLAD's page already! Broadcast added :

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2...nstitre1te.jpg

can't wait for super HQ version of BALLAD!!!

Yeah I can't wait for a decent quality of BALLAD either

^yay HD BALLAD PV!! it will be even better!! *-*

I can't wait for it - especially in HD version, as SSTV is now available in HD...

wow..its aired already...i'm waiting patiently for the HD ones :D

Anytime now :).

BALLAD HD..:luv2 :luv2

I'm 15 and I love ayu so much! But I guess I'm one of the few. Man, I really hope more young people would love ayu, why do singers they have to sell their bodies to attract attention? :irked

Can't wait for BALLAD PV, so beautiful.

To be honest, the bashing was rather refreshing to me. Since this is an Ayu fan site, no one ever goes too far. It's a nice reality check for me to know that some people just can't stand her at all.

^ Wow, those comments make me look like the biggest Ayu stan on earth!

My thoughts exactly :roflmao

Makes me appreciate you even more. :luv2

hehe i got it right too...Ishii is BRILLIANT when it comes to ballad PVs..(Lol BALLAD PVs..heh)

I can't wait for the HQ BALLAD PV

It doesn't seem that someone recorded BALLAD yesterday, I can't find it anywhere...

But BALLAD is rebroadcasted today :

BRAND-NEW>
2009/12/17　 24:00～25:00

Hope someone will upload it this time.

When I fell in love with Ayu, I was 16 years old, I'm now 22. I'm sure at one point, there were a lot of young people that loved her, but we all grow up.... Lol

I am 16 and a fan since 2 years so I guess there ARE young people who love her. Not only me, I know some people who are about my age and like J-Pop (not all are a real Ayu fan, but at least they know her and like some of ther songs). My best friends are Ayu-fans, too, so.. (they are 16 and 17). ;)

*waiting for the BALLAD HD*
Aww, this is gonna be so beautiful..

I doubt that because Days dropped much more than Fukuyama's 2nd day

i hope there's someone with a gold heart will upload BALLAD HD pv tonite ^____^

I'm 18 now, but I was 14 when I discovered Ayu by an accident on youtube. The first song I heard was Boys & Girls and the first thing that went through my mind was :thud It wasn't the best first impression. I got I still find it hard listening to her earlier songs, but when I heard Startin' about a year later I was hooked :)

The BALLAD PV was beautiful even in LQ, so I can't wait for the HQ-version.

I was 12 when I discovered her. I'm 19 now, so quite a portion of my life has been spent following her releases. 0_o

Good thing BALLAD is being broadcast again today; the more promotion, the merrier!

I need the HD of the BALLAD PV in my life..

i discover her when i still 14 years old, now i'm 23...

It's interesting to see how the demographics have changed over the years.
For instance from 2002:
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...startist02.jpg

to 2005:
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...startist05.jpg

and then last years:
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...startist08.jpg

Since there's been a gradual shift to the older groups, it could just be that her fans are aging with her. But it also seems like she's not attracting many new young fans either.

13yrs - 21yrs for me.

Mostly from Women 20-30 age group didn't change its stats.
I was surprised how the older generations(50 & above fans) are in to her!

And I was a bit sad that newer generations (young fans) didn't attract that much on her. :(

Discovered her when I was 14 and I am now 21.
I never once thougth about her being sligthly different with her high-pitched vocals and such. I just absolutely, instantly adored her, and I still do. Unfortunantely, I get really defensive when someone critizise her too, because it happens so often when you play her music in a western country :rolleyes

I'm so happy!! i just ordered the single through CDjapan, cant wait!!! AYU NO.1 !!!!

Why should it be bad, when people between 30 and 49 loving Ayu?
Im 32.... is that bad, that I love Ayu's Music???

It's not, that's stupid. Everybody has the right to enjoy Music no matter what age they are. It kind of gets me, here at AHS a lot of people always say Ayu is old, too. But she isn't, she is just 31. That's still young, guys. Maybe I was the same when I was 17, but I doubt I ever thought like that. Everybody who says you're too old, just isn't mature enough. I know Japan is also a very age conscious society, but that's sick we're all getting older and the day when all those "OMG Ayu's a granny!"-People reach 30 will come sooner than they think, and no it's not the end of the world.

^Yeah! U r old! Please die now!
:P

jk! xD
I find it really nice that ayu apeals to adult audiences... it's hard to keep on top without being the favorite teen artist (cuz they spend more money on this stuff), but Ayu is managing to do this well

16-22 for me.

I'm like that as well :3 I can get very defensive of her~

Yeah...I get defensive sometimes over Ayu, but in general I can be critical over moves I dislike. :P
I'm 15-16. ;P

That's exacly, what I think. No.. it isn't the end of the world, when you become over 30. 30 is still young. I don't feel old.
And Ayu really don't looks old.
When I see some people I went to school with, I really think "Wow, he/she really became old". But.. Ayu looks young.
When I was around 14, I also thought, that 30 is old. But.. it isn't!
So, don't be afraid of becoming 30.. ;)

So no one recorded it? That's a first :shakehead

yeah, any good news about BALLAD pv??

lol

Wow, I didn't know there were so many young people here. I discovered her only last year when I heard HEAVEN on YouTube. I fell in love and then looked up her discography and listened to more songs. I only found them to be better and better because I had 10 years of awesomeness to enjoy.

here is my cover i made for you were... / ballad

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...50666/AHBY.jpg


p.s. i sooooooo bored so i made this, sooo yea.......sorry if it bad......hehe

LoL, Thanks for reminding me. :D I'm turning the big 3 0 next year.

I don't care, Ayu still looks good at 31. Age ain't nothing but a number..

^Some of the hotter people I ever met were over 30! u.ú

there's something about having more life experience than a 20 years old and having more confidence (cuz being teenager sux on the self-confidence department) that makes people around 30~40 really sexy IMO xD

wow! you should be proud, you're almost the same age as Ayu :D yeah age is just nothing but a number. it's all depend on us, like you're 20 but if you think like older people so you still look old actually :P

All three versions of You were... / BALLAD -first press- were finally SOLD OUT at HMV *-*

Wait, when you order from YA, are they going to put the poster in a big box with the CD, or something like that? Anything to make sure they stay together?

huh..hmv.co.jp or hmv.com.hk?
because i still see its available at hmv.co.jp

I don't know if there's a way to make them stay together, but from my experience with YA they ship the CDs and posters separately. CDjapan puts the poster in a big box together with the CD though.

at hmv.co.jp, but where do you see that it's available? when it's available they put that details in the "HMV TOPICS" of the product and since yesterday they didn't have it anymore.

^ i think its the first press isn't available anymore right.not the single is sold out,IMO

the 3 editions inclusive of the 2 CD + DVD's of You were ... / BALLAD weren't limited editions pressings to begin with

so I'm assuming all 1st press editions of the single has been sold out already on HMV Japan

that's what I tried to say but I forgot to put 'first press' in the post, I'm gonna edit it :D Thank you

i see...
you forgot to mention first press which makes the whole sentence has another meaning :P

anyway,still no BALLAD HQ PV yet?

Nothing, seems like nobody cares about its TV broadcast XD

lol...this is weird.i guess we'll need to wait till the fans got the DVD only have the chance to watch a better quality one...T_T

about tha age thing... people who were her fans at her debut now have 11 years more! xD teenagers back 2000 now have almost 30, and fans who were 25-30 now are in their 40!!

for me I met her with 12!!! now I'm 18 (turning 19 on march)

I think people who "complain" about her fans being older than before it's just that normally teenagers are the most hardcore buyers, IMO, but I don't care...

and I hope BALLAD PV HD will be out soon... ¬¬ if not we'll have to wait until the single it's out...

The same, met her at RAINBOW

it's weird, what happen to them :shakehead

I hope the HD version of BALLAD PV will be up for download soon

Maybe people thought that the video ripped from yahoo was enough until the release of the single :shrug

maybe..or..they're just a bit lazy to rip and upload it? @_@

well if all else fails , there always will be people who will rip & upload the PVs from their DVDs in due time isn't it ? :shrug

^And it's really not a long wait! Lol

We're the 18, so only 11 days until the single is out! It's coming fast!!

it's Sat morning on where I'm so it will be 10 more days before the single's out

man 10 more days @_@

It's very quick! n_____n

Honestly, right now we're the 18 (where I am lol) and it feels like just yesterday it was the 1st of december!

And I don't know for you, but I start holidays next week, it's going to be christmas, and next to you know BOOM! We're the 29 and Ayu's single is being shipped out everywhere!

@ KarenPang lol, yea same here..that's mean it's 3.00 am now in Japan..patiently waiting..

Really? So.. the big 30 will reach you soon.
Sure.. I also think, Ayu looks really good for 30. And you are right. Age is only a number.
When people see me and speak with me, they never think, I'm over 30. When I say "Hey, I'm still 32" they are wondering, because I don't look like 32.. and I don't really behave like 32. (^_^)''''
But.. that's ok. I feel fine, like how I am!

Thanks ;), I guess I should be proud. But Ayu got 2 years on me. Still, I see it as just a number.

Lol, me too, If somebody would've guess my age, they would've guessed wrong all the times. Maybe its an Asian thing or the mirrorcle rice I'm eating or whatever but I do not look 29. I also don't really behave like my age either. I goofed around so much. But I don't mind either.

BTW, back to the topic, I'm also waiting for the HQ version of the BALLAD PV so I can finally put it on my iPod. Don't really like the Youtube versions cause its kinda crappy and don't feel like buying another copy of the single either.:eviltongu Sorry....

(haven't been that active lately so this is an unrelated post to what's going on with everyone else :P)

jeez are we really almost up to five hundred posts in the 8th thread? haha. man...

I am so blown away by both songs. They are both so amazing! and I really don't mind that shuya is in ballad. Mainly cause he changed his hair and doesn't have that ugly blonde blotch on the back of his head like he was dying his hair black and didn't realize he missed half his head.

I know that Ayu's single will be in the double week; are the Kanjani8 singles going to be in the double week? I'm just wondering...

Maybe cause he ran out of the black color dyed so he decided to use Ayu's blond dyed to finish of the other half. :shrug

i'm 90% sure that ayu & kanjani8 are both going to be in a double week..but i'm not sure when the double week starts..is it from Dec 23-29 and Dec 30-Jan 5???

i just heard BALLAD for the first time, haven't seen the pv yet.

i actually really like it! it's a bit of the typical ayu ballad but it's pretty regardless. it reminds me of green a little... i love her vocals on it :heart

:roflmao:roflmao good idea! well, i'm tired of this. just hope that for another PV there'll be someone else so that thing can be more interesting :P

The NINKI for the upcoming week is already out - it's not a double week. So you're wrong.

NINKI (for 12/21 - 12/27 releases)

SINGLES
01 200.30 関ジャニ∞ (エイト) - GIFT ~白~
02 194.70 関ジャニ∞ (エイト) - GIFT ~赤~
03 191.50 関ジャニ∞ (エイト) - GIFT ~緑~
04 17.20 茅原実里 - PRECIOUS ONE
05 14.70 eufonius - ディヴィニティ
06 14.60 妖精帝國 - one
07 14.30 SEEDA - WISDOM feat. ILL-BOSSTINO, EMI MARIA
08 13.40 宮崎羽衣 - ルピナス ~幸せの風
09 13.10 Neko Jump - Poo/Chuai mad noi
10 12.90 Drive Far - Thrust of God

ALBUMS
01 210.80 いきものがかり - ハジマリノウタ
02 151.90 flumpool - What's flumpool
03 83.30 Every Little Thing - Every Best Single ~COMPLERE~
04 56.10 Eminem - RELAPSE: REFILL
05 36.90 布袋寅泰 - MODERN TIMES ROCK'N'ROLL
06 36.60 UNICORN - 勤労ロードショー ~LIVE IN JAPAN~
07 33.40 Mary J Blige - Stronger With Each Tear
08 29.50 Linkin Park - LPU9 CD-Linkin Park Demos
09 24.30 KOTOKO - KOTOKO ANIME'S COMPILATION BEST
10 20.00 Plastic Tree - ドナドナ

so,ayu's single will be in double week?

Hope it hasn't been posted before... Taiwan version of You were.../BALLAD will be out on the 30th, so just one day after Japan release.

．2009.12.30 濱崎 步：曾經...／情歌 (CD+DVD初回版) 單曲
．2009.12.30 濱崎 步：情歌／曾經... (CD+DVD初回版) 單曲
．2009.12.30 濱崎 步：曾經...／情歌 (CD ONLY初回版) 單曲

Source : ayuchina

oh not yet Bene

it's fast for avex Taiwan I say

can we make conclusion just by NINKI?
Im not really sure because Ayu's single due to next 2 week which NINKI hasnt made the survey for you were...

ohh.previously,they said TW presses will release on 01.01.10
this is good.i'm regret now for not pre-order CD+DVD TW press T_T

links are not up to preorder HK/Taiwan presses of You were ... / BALLAD on HMV HK & YesAsia

they will be up soon but definitely not for now

hmm,this is the problem.because we will usually can pre-order JP press when avex announced it.but for OS presses,we usually need to wait until very last minute only can pre-order.so,how do the people know if OS presses has first press item or not?or they will usually has first press also?i scare if i don't pre-order JP press fast enough,and OS press doesn't has it,then i'll not able to get first press item anymore T_T

it's always assumed that the earlier you preorder , the more likely you will get 1st press copies of a single/album

next week or something , just keep checking the HMV HK's website . YesAsia takes forever D:

Thanks! So Ayu will be the week after which will be the start of the double week. Awesome. :D Hope this time it helps her.

Mmm.. so she will start the double week??? I don't like it.. it's teh same situation as GUILTY.... T_____T which singles are relased the week after of You were/BALLAD??? because if the first week of one single sells more than ayu's 1st + 2nd.... T_____T

not many prominent artistes are releasing singles after her . It's different if you're talking about albums though

so there shouldn't be that much of a problem to her

^ok thanks! cause it's what happened to GUILTY and.... -___-

nobody expected that Kobukuro was able to overthrown GUILTY to begin with so the unexpected can happen

but from what I'm seeing on CDJapan , after You were ... / BALLAD is released , there's not much competitors going on , singles wise

you can check it @ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/newrelease/...ate=2010-01-06

Don't worry this time the only competition ayu would have if the double week starts on her week is kanjani8's 2nd+3rd weeks (which ayu outsells in 1 day + this time their singles are limited so they have no chance against her 1st week with their 2nd+3rd).

Whew... That's going to be a sigh of relief...

Oh thanks, i'm not worry now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6RkQH0VKAk

The CDTV Performance was really good I think

The performance was her best 'til now in my opinion, no screaming like a deaf ( no insult in this ) and full of emotion ! Maybe she will realize she doesn't need to yell like hell to give emotion. Perfect for me <3 touched me a lot ;-;

Umm how can that not be insulting? :shakehead

yeah... that is pretty insulting. I'm pretty sure she's not "screaming" like that because of her ear, either.

Imo it's only insulting if you mean it to be. Perhaps she/he couldn't find a better way to describe it? Because it is kind of true that she did that.

I didn't like this performance :no But it is okay, she must be exhausted really. I hope she will take her time to recharge her batteries sometime soon.

True! So so true.