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Originally Posted by all.night.raver

Yeah I really want her to break the streak and then we can chill out a little bit. Lol. Of course I'll keep rooting for her #1 after #1 but I'd be less crushed. I just don't want her to fall short when she's THIS CLOSE to overtaking Seiko.

We have to be careful about that... I think September 1st is favorable for me, if Avex and/or Ayu announces the 49th single release date NOW or sometime this week...

Sayuri Sugawara and miwa (my two other favorites) are about to release singles on September 1st, but I don't think that's very much of a threat... SPEED may be the highest, but maybe not as high...

And if you're really wondering other artists who are releasing on September 1st, take a look at spoiler below:

Spoiler:

• Kazusa - "Stand Up For Love" - new single, she's only running in her second year right now, so that's not a threat.
• BUCK-TICK - "Kuchizuke" - visual kei, not very much for #1.
• Sayuri Sugawara - ""Suki" toiu Kotoba" - second year runner, don't expect #1.
• miwa - "chAngE" - she's only on her first year! But I hope she can get somewhere in the top five, but it would be really a BIG surprise if miwa took #1 rather than Ayu if she releases her 49th single on that date...
• Watari Roka Hashiri Tai - umm...who's that artist?
• Kyosuke Himuro (again!) - "Borderless" - it's an album, so don't worry...
• Superfly - "Wildflower & Cover Songs"; "Complete Best 'Track 3'" - best album, not to worry also, but she would worry about Kyosuke Himuro...
• Mai Kuraki - "Summer Time Gone" - it releases on August 31st, but I think Ayu can handle against her pretty well. Her last single got #4...

We also really have to understand that around the time Angela Aki would be releasing an album, Ayu around a one-week radius would release a single, and that has been going on since Angela Aki's first album release in Japan back in 2006. Here's the details:

Spoiler:

Angela Aki - Home (1st album)

• Angela Aki - Home - 2006.06.14
• Ayumi Hamasaki - BLUE BIRD - 2006.06.21

Angela Aki - TODAY (2nd album)

• Angela Aki - TODAY - 2007.09.19
• Ayumi Hamasaki - talkin' 2 myself - 2007.09.19

Angela Aki - ANSWER (3rd album)

• Angela Aki - ANSWER - 2009.02.25
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Rule/Sparkle - 2009.02.25

Angela Aki - LIFE (NEW 4th album)

• Angela Aki - LIFE - 2010.09.08
• Ayumi Hamasaki - crossroad - 2010.09.??
• Possible Ayu release dates: 2010.09.01, 2010.09.08, 2010.09.15

Some major releases coming in September that is NOT Ayu:

Spoiler:

List of Major Future Single Releases in September

September 8th

• Ai Otsuka - I ♥ ××× (We've seen Ayu selling more than Ai Otsuka back on February 2009, but maybe we have a concern - see below, and you're going to see this:
• GLAY - Precious (I'm kind of really concerned about this - GLAY is quite well-known, too... Has Ayu even faced off GLAY in singles before?)

September 15th

• YUKI - Ai no Katachi. (YUKI is quite strong, so she might be a bit of a threat there...)
• Miyavi - Torture (this is another visual kei stuff...)

Beyond September 15th - maybe not enough data, or I'm just too lazy...