20th anniversary speculations thread
 

Will ayu release A BEST 3 during the current year?

How do you think she's gonna celebrate her 20th anniversary?

Will she reveal it to us on April 8th?

I lost hope. So I think she'll do nothing interesting after PoM. Maybe another TA tour at autumn

New releases are on the way, she just can't spend another year without releasing anything... I was hoping she'd announce something today but she didn't lol I'm not completely losing hope tho

The fact that she left May and June pretty open in the tour schedule says to me that there will be something released then. The past year has been super weird in terms of the lack of activity (other than touring). I'd be really surprised if we didn't see some kind of A-Best. Plus she has like 4 or 5 concerts that still need releasing.

I hope we get a single and album, a tribute album would be cool as well!

Still wishing for A Ballads 2.:raincloud

For once I don't mind if she releases A Best 3 (I didn't buy anything from Ayu since Party Queen back in 2012...).
I would like a Best + a new album, you know, like Kuu's Universe album!
It would be cool.

I have no idea , I'm honestly fine with any release she puts out

It makes no sense if Ayu would only do touring this year & not release anything . 20th anniversary is a big thing & if she just don't do anything to mark this milestone , then something is off

I actually think ayu might just spend this year as any other year and enjoys herself touring again.
But I would be surprised, if avex would let this milestone pass, so I expect some sort of compilation at least.

A BEST 3 is almost guaranteed to be released. I'm thinking there's going to be an announcement coming in a matter of days.

If A BEST 3 is successful (I'm talking 200k copies and more), we may see Ayumi make a full comeback like Namie did and she will start releasing singles again because there's more demand.

I also think Ayu is going to do a few international concerts, LA and Las Vegas looking the most likely. (Her English is getting much better so I think she's been preparing).

I don't think Ayu will do international concerts... even if her english is better.
It would be cool but I can't imagine her doing it.

I may be wrong but selling a Best pretty good doesn't mean there is a demand for more. I think japanese people love collecting Best (I've read that somewhere) so it will be not surprising if it sells well. For the rest, I don't think Ayu will start a "comeback"

I don't think there is anyway for her to get more sales atm
Its not entirely her fault, its also the industry and the non-existent demand for female-solo-acts, but I also can#t see her making a sound shift to appeal to new fans since there is basically nothing left she can pull off that she hasn't tried yet

For me every sentence you wrote is very utopic. lol I don't see any of this happenning (especially international concerts).

I have no idea what they're planning for 20th but I ca totally see a TA Tour coming on autumn.

That is a lot of optimism.:laugh
I don't think any of that will happen.
The sales of A Best 15th anniversary has me questioning the sales of A Best 3.:shrug
My only worry is that they don't really do anything. Can't avex at least release an ayu-mi-x album or put out previous concerts on Blu-ray, something? Even with Ayu on tour avex can still try put some effort towards her anniversary year.

My bets are on A BEST III or A COMPLETE BEST ~All Time Singles~, I think the latter one has a chance to sell pretty well (at least more than 100k).

I don't know if there will be a new album or a compilation album. A new album will be good but not a compilation album. Maybe she will do a classical compilation ~again~

As a long-time Ayu fan I expect her to do nothing and whatever she decides to do will disappoint me anyway but I’ll still be keeping an eye out lol

Yes! A Ballads II feat Haru yo Koi!

I'm ready for releases this year - bring it on!

^ I would love it if she included Haru yo Koi in Ballads 2 if that ever happens!

I just hope we get some new material and ayu-mix 8 would be nice. As for an international concert, I'd absolutely love that, but I don't see it happening.

A compilation is most likely certain to be released.

I'm ok with just an anniversary tour and a compilation. I also expect some AHS drama considering expectations towards her anniversaries tend to be... delusional.