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Originally Posted by identity
Your friends aren't into much J-pop then or fans of any popular artists? She's usually at the top or hovering around the top of oricon and recochoku, it's hard to ignore even if you're not a fan of hers and just follow other J-pop artists and their sales. I think she's made it pretty clear she's still alive, lol.
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Well, they are not hardcore listeners. They are just normal Japanese lol
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Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU
She's a strong seller, but that doesn't mean everybody in japan knows she's #1 on the chakuuta charts or something. Just an example, yesterday my friend told me this Dutch artist has been #1 on the album charts for months and I'd never heard about her. Can't even remember her name. Chart position doesn't equal actual fame, I think.
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THAT's the point. ☆
Here, most of the people tend to think that the artist the see the most (TV shows, CMs, billboard, radio etc...) IS the MOST popular and the BEST seller, even if it sometimes it could be the contrary. For some cases there having not so much sales doesn't reflects a bad level of popularity (at some extends of course)
Oh, and as Misa-chan said, the "she is still alive part" is just a turn of phrase. It's just figurative, don't worry ('_^) Everyone knows that she is alive lol