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Old 7th October 2009, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer View Post
^ Well, Namie's sales took a drastic turn for the reasons I stated above, instead of going gradually down like Ayu's. In a way though, the drastic nose dive might have been a blessing in disguise - she hit her low point very quickly, so she was able to start from scratch right away and get the ball rolling with a completely different style - it took the audience a few years to catch up, but they eventually did. Ayumi I think needs something similar otherwise, her lowest low point may not come for another couple of years and its always harder to start over in the Japanese music industry the older that you get. Basically she would need to start her "comeback" NOW I think.
Even so I am hoping the drastic change in music style will never occur in Ayu's case. I don't think she needs to start over and I am perfectly fine with what she is/has now. The fact that her singles sales don't always go down shows that she is still able to pull out the occasional hits and hopefully the albums sales will start going the other way at some point.
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