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I don't like Britney... but even if I think that Ayu is a good musician (not amazing, but with amazing producers) and one of the best pop performers in the world right now (and one of my personal top3), I doin't think that she is a goddess either...
My 2 cents:
Britney: She can't sing? Whatever, her fans don't care, why shold I? I don't like the lack of deepness on Britney's work, but not every singer needs to be deep and to ME, this is a important point... I can see artistic interest on Ayu's work (even in releasing Next Level, an album that doesn't have many garantees of good selling) but I can't see this on Britney's... I don't think people will remember her music in 20, 30 years, but I think Ayu will have a impact on asian music industry after she retires... but AGAIN, this is importante only to me! I can't say that Ayu is better than Britney just because Britney does only comercial music, while ayu IMO tries to have her amount of comercial and artistic success (pretty much like Madonna). If Britney is famous, that means there are people who enjoy her works, and if there are people who enjoy her works, I can't say she is not good, even if she isn't by my own standarts, Ayu isn't good either by a lot of people standarts....
But I don't think they both can be compared... to me:
Britney: Pop product, and a very good one, by the way... She offers something to her fans and she is pretty good in doing what she do... She uses the hottest music producers, make sure she have the hottest show producers and is aways in the style of the period of her albums... Pretty much like Koda Kumi.
Ayu: Something between a pop product and an artist... She wanna have more deepness on her work and sometimes it causes her to flop badly (the amount of people who dislikes Rainbow and Next Level for example kind of chocked me... 2 of Ayu deeper albums IMO), she plays more on her own style side than in the "what's on" side, but aways with hints of catchy pop music on singles... pretty much like Madonna
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