Ayu in Brazil
 

Ayu was mentioned in a very important brazilian magazine on january 7th!
And it wasnt something little, it was pretty big! She had her own column.... hihihihi
I couldnt scan the magazine because i am travelling, but I will do it asap...
I took a screencap of VEJA's site, so you can all see it is real:
http://www.ayumitk.com/ayu-veja.jpg

Here is what they said about her:

Os "aidorus" da música pop

Ayumi Hamasaki: espécie de Britney Spears na fase bem-comportada

O Japão tem a segunda maior indústria de música pop do mundo. Vem depois dos Estados Unidos, e seu volume de negócios é estimado em 20 bilhões de dólares anuais. O fenômeno do momento é a ascensão dos selos musicais independentes. Mas os artistas mais populares ainda pertencem às grandes gravadoras. O sonho dessas gravadoras é criar um "aidoru". A palavra vem de "idol", ídolo em inglês, com pronúncia à moda nipônica. Ninguém define melhor o conceito do que a cantora Ayumi Hamasaki, de 25 anos. É impossível visitar Tóquio sem tomar conhecimento de sua existência. Ela já vendeu perto de 35 milhões de discos, e seus hits não saem das rádios. Além disso, a cantora é presença constante na TV e seu rosto está estampado em campanhas publicitárias. As adolescentes imitam sua maneira de vestir-se – o chamado "Ayu style". Meses atrás, Ayumi adotou o hábito de usar grandes óculos de sol no estilo dos anos 70 e criou uma febre em torno desse acessório. Musicalmente, é uma espécie de Britney Spears da fase bem-comportada. Ela mesma compõe suas canções, que falam de amor e liberdade. O auge de um aidoru costuma durar dois anos. Ayumi vem suportando a superexposição há quatro. "Nas paradas, ela até enfrenta uma rival de peso, Utada Hikaru. Mas ainda não surgiu um nome com a mesma influência no comportamento dos fãs", diz o crítico Atsushi Shikano.

Translating:
The "aidorus" of the Pop Music

Ayumi Hamasaki: something like a well-behaved Britney

Japan has the 2nd most important music industry of the world, the U.S are the 1st one!
Its estimated business volume is estimaded in 20 billion dollars a year. The new 'thing' there are the new independt singers.
But the most popular artists are still part ot big companies (avex). The dream of this big companies is to find an "aidoru".
The word comes from the english word "idol", that mean idol in english (duh, hihihi this was in portuguese). Nobody can define this concept better than the singer Ayumi Hamasaki (25yo).
It is impossible to ti visit Tokyo without noticing her existence. She already sold near 35 million cds, and her musics are always on the top charts. You turn on your TV and you will see her, her face is also on every outdoor.
The japanese teenagers copy her style - the famous Ayu style. Some months ago she started to wear big glasses, the ones famous in the 70's, and now it is every girl's dream.
Musically, she is like a well-behaved Britney Spears. She composes her own songs that talk about love and freedom.
An "aidoru" usually lasts for 2 years. Ayumi has been out there for 4 years.
"On the charts she faces a big rival, Utada Hikaru. But there is still no name with the same importance on the fans behavior", says the critic Atsushi Shikano.

credits: http://www.ayumitk.com

hahah awsome!! just awsome!!!!!

lol u need to have an account to get on that part of VEJA dontcha? :doh

hah this was great....

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Musically, she is like a well-behaved Britney Spears. She composes her own songs that talk about love and freedom.
An "aidoru" usually lasts for 2 years. Ayumi has been out there for 4 years.
"On the charts she faces a big rival, Utada Hikaru. But there is still no name with the same importance on the fans behavior", says the critic Atsushi Shikano.
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HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH That's great.

Thanks for sharing! I can't wait for the scan!

Ashley

Yes you need to have one...
Sorry hihihihi

That's awesome ;) ! Seems Ayu continues to make it into the news all around the world! Thanks for the news :)

thats kool... ayumi ^_^ all the way

That's nice, long time I don't read Veja! ^^

Só falta a Ayu vir para cá! \o/

yay ayu! :yatta

Ayu tiene que venir a los Estados Unidos y a México tambien!

It's more likely Ayu going to US than Brazil...
But there's still hope! ^^

I dont think Ayu is ever coming to Brazil
hihihi
But it is nice to see her getting known in other countries than the asian ones

of course there's still hope! it'd be nice to see ayu make it anywhere outside japan. even if it wasn't the US. :D

go ayu!! :) thanks for sharing the scan :thumbsup

I've already read it, so amazing isn't it!?
I was reading Veja when I faced a japanese issue about music, fashion, anime and culture... I'm so happy, Brazil should import some stuffs from nihon!! (Ayu's stuffs!!):laugh

DAMNIT! im gunna go buy a VEJA magazine now, thank god west palm beach is like 90% brazilians and liek a brazilian stoer every corner :yatta! yay yay!!!!!!!!

oooh thanks! A very thoughtful article which shows that the columnist just didn't look at a picture of Ayu and immediately compare her to Britney >=)

Thank you for the chance to read this.

ahahh that's cool! A behaved Britney, that's funny although I was not too pleased by the comparison. I mean Ayu is much more than a behaved "Britney", she has a brain too :P Plus ayu is authentic, it's not as if she can really be compared to Britney LOL But it would be mean from my part to demand the author of the text to know all that, since he probably didn't even know who Ayu was exactly before doing the article. I'm glad he didn't just say "Ayu is a japanese Britney" Phew! :]

Muitíssimo obrigado pelo artigo ayubra ;)

world domination awaits...
lookin 4ward2 seein the scans :thumbsup
i still havent read about her in a uk magazine thou :weep

dont be silly appears, they will never have her in a uk paper :) hehe i like that scans though ^^

Ayu wa sekai ichiban!
Ayu is the greatest in the world! YAY!

heheh Conquer America last lol :P

Go Ayu!

coooool, hope to see a magazine here talking about ayu!

pow.. eu fui na banca ontem e naum tinha mais.. soh a dessa semana.. ainda bem que meu irmão tem!!! agora começa a guerra pra eu conseguir ficar com essa revista :P

maybe not a newspaper, but i dont see y she couldnt appear in a music magazine some day, dont be so pessimistic!!
that defeatist attitude'll get u nowhere!! :P

damn i went to buy VEJA and they was sold out :confused, what cover was it?was it some girl holding a picture or a yellow cover with a broken pencil? (college one)

Sugoi!!!

Actually the cover is the one with a girl holding a pic of herself (ugglier ^^;) on it

:weep ill keep looking, i want that issue!!! :wtf

I guess she's pretty much known around the world.

And it's true that she is similar to a "clean version of Britney" LOL :wave

Somehow, I like them both, they got quite a different style.

Example, Ayumi = cute, cool, nice clothings, addictive songs, amazing concerts, and voice (I can name more but these are the 6 that pops right up in my mind).
Britney = ****ty (yet still nice looking for me :o ), addictive songs and nice dance (especially in Me Against the Music).

I wish Avex would bring their artists to America. We already invaded their industries! It's Japon's turn! LoL

wooo my lady is great ^^ ayumiiii you re world widee go universal ayu! go! go!

^_^ thats kool

tanx for the article.....^_^

Ayu is getting famous this days . Donno what she feel about that !

ya she already got a cd in germany... im guessin in teh nbext 2 years shes gunna expand to diff countries...i hope :think