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Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~
O_O Grace, baby, you need some serious help. Imo, American music is getting better and better. IMO, A-music has always been better than j-pop. I only have a select few of j-artists that I listen to while my list of a-artists listen to...who actually has really good music. 2008 for a-music has been excellent. Leona Lewis, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, Usher, OneRepublic, etc...dude, ur missing out. 
As for Hikki putting on that mask, Hikki doesn't have to since her music has been like that from day 1. Err...Automatic, anyone?! =/ So I don't see this whole selling out you getting this from.
Well, prolly see her with looking hair again since we know that americans is crazy about weave. XD
OMG Thanks austin!  And yea, Hikki has had great dling sales in america. If I'm not mistanken, when I was on hikaru.sc, they said she made it to #56 on the itunes charts. 
Have can you say that when you listen to Kelly Clarkson? Kelly is so ******* old now. My Decemeber was garbagr compared to her pervious two albums. She was stupid for not going the "Breakaway pt 2" way. 
Wow! Why is it that most foreigners think that way about American music? Once again, hip-hop is not all american music. (some hip-hop is really good tho. Kanye =  )
No, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Avril Lavigne albums have sold more than Exodus. I think Mariah Carey has the best selling english album in japan.
Oh, gawd! Here we go again with the tie-ins crap.  Almost every artists on the Oricon charts right now have tie-ins, whether its a great one or not. It's not Hikki's fault that she can get better tie-ins than other artists and sell well when comes to having tie-ins. I never see anyone blaming JE and Mr. Children and Kobukuro for having great tie-ins. It's alreadys Hikki who gets that "without tie-ins she wouldn't sell."
Why are you in here?  Tbh, I think you are one of those japanophile.  |
First statement: This is an opinion, you can't -nullify- GRACE's by yours. She doesn't freaking like Western music, you telling that an album she likes is bad isn't going to make your argument for Western music any better. No wonder she likes My December since it seems to be outside of Western mainstream tastes, hence why she likes it. How can YOU offer artists when it's obvious she's probably already tried them and doesn't find them to her taste. As a side-note, I like Western music just fine.
Second statement: Yes, I think the idea that HS sold ENTIRELY on tie-ins and her name is ridiculous, but you can't rule out that the tie-ins she got were a big factor. Bringing attention to other artists is a distraction and logical fallacy, doesn't bring any weight to your argument.
What I see is, whenever anyone criticizes HEART STATION's music, it's sales numbers are used to display it's credibility as a good album. Sales aren't a reason to like anything and doesn't change the fact that a person MIGHT NOT LIKE HEART STATION.
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This woman needs something new soon. Also, for the U.S. album, I'd like it if she could work with Bloodshy & Avant or Danger Mouse. Love them.