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Originally Posted by ayumisrael
I don't think it has anything to do with ages ranges, who's nicer and who performs better.
Of course people wouldn't like bad attitude people artists but it's not like fans actually looking to be their friends so as long as they don't have attitude I don't think people won't like them as persons.
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That's a nice thought, but to be honest, when someone is outwardly nice and cheerful, you tend to get a better feel from them and are more compelled to check their work out. Personality falls under
image, which is a driving factor in how well an artist does. A lot of people tend to hate Avril Lavigne and her music because she acts like a total snob from time to time (not my personal opinion; I've seen it at a lot of forums). There IS a correlation. Not in every circumstance, but in enough of them. And I don't know about you, but if I had the chance, I'd definitely want to be friends with Ayu and my other favorite artists.
And it doesn't have anything to do with performing better? Am I misunderstanding this? Surely people would pay more money for a GOOD performance than waste their money on a bad performance. I know I would go to a good performance rather than a bad one. Some songs I don't like at first but I absolutely fall in love with after seeing it live (Bold & Delicious is an example). I bought the single right after seeing a few lives of it. Therefore, good performances are crucial in showing off one's abilities at both a singer and an entertainer. They do affect sales.
And age range = more fans. More fans = more sales. While we're on the topic of sales here, I'd say that appealing to a wider age range means that you'll have more fans, meaning you'll sell more records, which is the issue at hand here.
This is all IMO of course ^_^
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hikki succeeds more lately mainly because of that Drama tie-in that FoL was in and the good sales are reminisence from that, before that tie-in hikki sold 140,000 or less for a single so most likely, that HYD2 tie-in helped her a lot to get more popular for some time, it will fade soon, unless they'll find her another good tie-in.
So would happen with ayu or any other artist.
ayu and hikki are singers almost the same time (I think ayu started just 5 month before).
won't, I think that their popularit really revolved around the same.
The difference between hikki's latest album to ayu's album the was released around that time is just around 40,000 copies difference, it's really nothing big and I don't think that sales always indicate popularity, as the same amount of people know both artists and their both popularities are really high! They both go through ups and downs.
Both will have their 10th anniversarsies on 2008! xD
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I do agree with the FoL tie-in for bringing back the popularity she had in the late 90's and early 2000's
And I think Ayu could potentially sell int he 500,000+ range for singles if she had as good a tie-in, yeah.
Don't get me wrong, I still think Ayu is a great person and artist and I personally prefer her over Hikki. But like some other people have said, there's just something about Hikki that will ensure her a stable fanbase.