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Old 14th April 2008, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~ View Post
As for UtadaxAyumi popularity thing, I believe that Ayumi is popular than Hikki in Asia (not by a larger margin though) but worldwide scale it's Utada. People might refer to her as Utada but as "the gurl who sang the song on Kingdom Hearts."
Not by a large margin?! She's clearly the most well known Japanese musician in Asia. (finally some official proof.. <3 )

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Originally Posted by Ayumiko View Post
Just found this over at ayuchina....this is a popularity chart in China for most favorite japanese artist. (2008)



Yellow: Shanghai
Green: Beijing
Red: Guangzhou

Artists in order on the chart:
ayu
utada
namie
mika nakashima
L'arc en ciel
ayaka
? dunno
ai otsuka
? dunno
ken hirai
koda kumi
? is it kobukuro?
arashi

article: http://news.searchina.ne.jp/disp.cgi...0411_001.shtml

credits: jebe_a @ ayuchina

Last edited by Maxker; 14th April 2008 at 09:24 PM.