Ayumi featured in February 2009 "Shojo Beat" magazine
 

Yes, I have a subscription to the North American manga magazine "Shojo Beat" and their February issue's main feature is their "Fourth Annual SB Music Awards." I eagerly flipped through the magazine hoping and expecting to see something about Ayumi. Sure enough!

(Since I don't have my scanner set up, I took pictures instead. Images behind the spoiler.)



You can vote for Ayumi by visiting here: http://www.shojobeat.com/music_sb/

You can visit her info page here: http://www.shojobeat.com/music_sb/pop/ayumi_hamasaki/

They have a short bio up and you can even listen to a clip of "Talkin' 2 Myself!"

Let's all vote for Ayu and make her #1! You get to vote for one artist per the different categories they have. Voting ends on February 28th. Any recognition she gets outside of Japan makes me happy. :)

Cool, thanks for the information

Oh yeah it's good to know they at least give accurate information about Ayu... maybe except for "studded pink belt"... what's with that? Haha. Okay I'll go vote for her now.

thanks for the info tip off

Argh I must live in the US/Canada to vote...

^ Really?! I didn't realize that until I just went to fill it out myself! Gah! Well, I'm sorry not everyone can vote. :(

Oh well. If she is still the most voted or something then I guess she must be really popular in the US/Canada!

oo awesome <3
aww, i'm not of age bah...
well it's nice to see ayu anywhere

magazine looks darn cool!
weeee~ I voted =]

Sorry ayu but if Hikki's in that then there goes my vote =O

Cool, thanks! Too bad I can't vote :(

Awesome. Kuu is in there too haha.

I LOLED AT THE PREVIEW CLIP THEY PROVIDED FOR HER...

you hear fergie singing the entire time.

Hahaha, I don't like manga/anime, but I am going to buy that magazine tomorrow!!! I just voted for Ayu on the site!!!

...wow, so typical they'd put up a track she did with a big American artist just to make her seem more famous or something. I'd rather they just put up TABOO or something. I'll definitely vote for Ayu. They really do have some crappy selections for bands though...no offense to anyone. I guess this isn't really a huge magazine...is it? I'm not familiar with Shojo Beat.

awesome!!

thanks 4 sharing

Ayumi ftw ;)

Thanks for sharing !.

Aaaw too bad I cant vote but but. Lets hope she can winn! :D

thanks for info^^

That's really NICE!
Thanks for the info! :D

EDIT:
CRAP! I can't vote! X[

XDDDDDD She debuted in 1998, not the 1980s! :laugh The article on the website doesn't make any sense! XDD

Thanks for the information~^^

Is it possible you can take a picture of the part about OLIVIA? I'd love to read it.

Wish it wasn't USA/CAN only for voting -_-'

Oh well, I made up a random address in Kentucky to vote. lol

Thanks for sharing!!

Omg Ayu didn't debut in the 1980s. XDD -points at her bio- That makes her sound a lot older than she actually is.

nice...thanks for sharing

Oh Nice! I wish i could read about the other artists though. but then again i guess this IS an ayumi fan forum lol.

awesome! I was totally at that HMV in Shibuya the other day lol

It's nice, that people from America actually look at her, when they look at Japan and Japanese music. In Denmark is she quite little, even for Japan lovers ~/-

Go Ayu!

cant vote, too, but i hope she wins

I still can't understand why Namie isn't featured. She's the one that won best album of the year... xD

EDIT:
Then again Shojo Beat's information is incredibly generic and incorrect, maybe it's a better idea to leave Namie out of this lol

^Yeah I really agree with you! Its very weird!

What a crappy magazine...they can't even get her bio right? Lolol.

Thanks I just voted!!

Very cool. I remember during the A BEST 2 ERA she was featured in Shojo Beat and I made a friend of mine pick me up a copy when they went shopping just because Ayu was in it. Lol.

that's really awesome! i'll see if i can go vote....

Already voted for her from Kanon Wakeshima thread. I Loled so hard when I saw Kuu's sample. Shojo Beat unintentionally made Kuu's chances for winning decrease some. :laugh

I don't like manga/anime but I'm def gonna have to buy this when I go out next time,

Thanks for sharing! Definitely I should support her in this kind of award...

All hail ayu and thanks for the pictures and information! :D

"Singer-songwriter Kumi" :haha:

Yay! That's awesome!!

I voted! X3

Thanks for letting us know Taskin~

Well, I voted :) hope Ayu wins!

aww.. too bad I can't vote.. but hope Ayu wins!!

Thanks for sharing. =)

I voted for ayu~~~~

is she a songwriter?? I thought she wasn't...

nice mag..hahaha

You know, she's NOT, which actually kinda surprised me! I just realized she's not in there AT ALL. Not even mentioned anywhere! O_o

OMG I guess I should have paid attention to what the article actually SAID. LMAO! I'm so e-mailing them letting them know about their GLARING ERROR. :dead2

EDIT: You don't suppose they could have meant when she would sing on those talent-type shows, do you? You know, where she did "MOON" and "RASPBERRY DREAM" and whatnot? Hmmm... Probably not hahaha.

Sure!! :) I'll do that tomorrow then PM it to you.

At least they try. :)

Well, I always said that if I could work for them, they'd be a lot better off. :yes

You mean.... this? http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61408

:laugh That was the FIRST thread I ever posted here! :D

i voted for ayu, Dir en Grey, m-flo, HIMAWARI, and choosing between AURAL VAMPIRE or Wakeshima Kanon was soooo hard. but i went with kanon.

I was surprised to see Kanon Wakeshima there. I voted for her as the newcomer.

cool! i voted for ayu! and the rest i didn't know for the other categories besides Miyavi. i need to enlighten myself in that case XD

thanks for your efforts!

Ayu has to win! =D

Yes! If I vote, Kanon Wakeshima all the way! She's so awesome! Her voice is beautiful *.*

oh yeah! ayu is the top artist!!!

Thanks for all info.. that would be interested if that girl hold AC.. LOL