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Originally Posted by INSPIRE1978
Kuu's popularity is most definately not slumping. The true test will be with the release of her next album. It'll be interesting to see how the follow-up to Black Cherry will do sales wise. Unless, like it's already been said, i believe it'll be between Kuu and Ayu as to who is the top female solo artist for sales this year...that'll definately be interesting to see since we can assume that they will be close in rankings.
We can almost assume that Ayu will be releasing a new album in the next 6 months if not sooner so in which case it would at greatly to her sales for the year if she releases in November and if she can pull in an excellent first week. Let's hope her sales are higher for this next album compared to Secret.
Watch Hikki release another album and with Flavor of Life and the assumed success of Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry there would be nothing that could stop her from being the top selling female. I believe she deserves it though.
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I think that if Ayu plans her next album to be promoted on the basis of her 10th anniversary, it will outsell "Secret". Promotion for that next album has a LOT of potential to be stellar. TBH I didn't like A BEST 2 promotion; I know the trend in the industry right now is that BEST albums are selling less (with the exception of Kobukuro, geezus) but I think A BEST 2 could've been promoted better. Ayu's 10th album (counting Memorial Address) has a lot of potential for dynamic sales...I'm hoping it'll be around A BALLADS status, or at least (miss)understood sales.
And Hikki is usually slow with her album releases, so I don't think Ayu will have to contend with her when the 10th album is released. At least I hope not XD