Is Ayu famous where you live?
 

In your country does Ayu appear on TV, magazines, newspapers etc? Do usually people know who Ayu is when they see her?

...or you're like one of the very few who at least heard of Ayu?

Here in Romania, Ayu is, like the rest of J-Music, veeerryyyyy underrated http://i37.tinypic.com/2aewmlz.jpg
There are some anime fans that heard of Ayu because of Inuyasha and liked Dearest, and others who listens to Asian Music (like me) and listens to Ayu at least once in a while, but there are really few. ._.

NO!
I would say not even 1 every 100,000 people in my country even know her by name

Only the Asian people listen to Asian music here. =P One of my friends who lives in Los Angeles, California, says that the girls in his school "worship Ayumi Hamasaki" (they're like all Asian or something, though.) In my city (which is in central/northern California BTW), I know only one guy who's heard of Ayu (as far as I know), and he's Asian too.

This is kinda off-topic, but I'm the only person I know, Asian or otherwise, for whom Ayu is the only Asian artist I listen to. With everyone else, Asian artists are like a package deal, lol. You listen to one, you listen to 'em all just because you're interested in Asian culture, ha ha.

Nope, the ones that probably answer yes are probably asian countries lol

I wish people knew ayu >_< No one to talk about my interests with haha

Nope

In Italy (and in the rest of western countries, I guess) few people listen or even knew J-music and Ayu :shrug
Visual-kei, J-rock and Johnny's are mooore famous among female japanese lovers here.
Ayu seems more loved by boys here (with Kuu, Namie and Hikki) :D lol

Hell nah! I live in a country where she is unheard of. :P

not really. i live in new jersey, but since my school has japanese class and stuff, familiarity with japanese culture is not uncommon in my school ... so within my school she is maybe a C-List celebrity. like Heidi Montag maybe.

Hahaha..hahaha...ha...haha...haaaah... You're funny. Is she popular where I live? HA! Absolutely not. I'm more than likely the only high-schooler, at least, who even knows about her existence in my county... She's as good as nonexistent here.

^Me too! Ayu is the only Asian artist I listen to. XD

and @ Paparazzi: [OT] I wish my school had a japanese class :( All my school offers (and every school in my state, for that matter) offers is Spanish and American Sign Language (although I don't think ASL is statewide). Ugh... no offense, but I just don't like Spanish. And I don't wanna take ASL because a lot of colleges don't accept it. So I'm gonna end up taking French at the college across the street from my school.

No.
I've only met a few people here that know anything about Japanese music.

Many Asian people know her, but don't really follow her, or just know her name... but that's about it xD

i think yes,in my country...
just not so obsess with her :D

I live in Arizona, US and (like the majority of post I've read) is that no, she's not famous. There are those people who like anime and have heard of her through that but except for that... no they dont' know her. Which is so sad cause she's really an inspiration... :(

No. Not at all, hah..... :( (I currently live in the North Eastern US - Pennsylvania, to be exact.)

No, thank god, because is she was I would be put off completely.

Although i live in Indonesia, people don't know about her..
except for those who are obsessed with Japanese stuff..

No
only people who watch anime or listen japanese music know her

Not at all.. Off course she's known in the anime-fan circle, but that's all, no "normal" people knows her. XD

no, i'm in california

yes..
we even have the fan site forum here at Indonesia...
forum.ayufreak.com...^^