Yes, I have a subscription to the North American manga magazine "Shojo Beat" and their February issue's main feature is their "Fourth Annual SB Music Awards." I eagerly flipped through the magazine hoping and expecting to see something about Ayumi. Sure enough!
(Since I don't have my scanner set up, I took pictures instead. Images behind the spoiler.)
You can vote for Ayumi by visiting here:
http://www.shojobeat.com/music_sb/
You can visit her info page here:
http://www.shojobeat.com/music_sb/pop/ayumi_hamasaki/
They have a short bio up and you can even listen to a clip of "Talkin' 2 Myself!"
Let's all vote for Ayu and make her #1! You get to vote for one artist per the different categories they have. Voting ends on February 28th. Any recognition she gets outside of Japan makes me happy.
