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Originally Posted by jang-kun
Sometimes it really makes me wonder if her presence is actually acknowledged by the mass and by other artists as well, especially during her top years. Does her achievements overall sufficient enough for everyone to consider her status 'legendary'? I mean, AKB now is the "thing." And Ayu never sold a million copies of her single in a single day, nor she managed to make them consecutive million sellers. To those who really lived during her era, esp those who were in Japan, what makes or perhaps made her a legend?
Thank you for fruitful answers.  |
I don't think you should compare single artist against group artist...
And AKB isn't a really good choice as they play tricks with their sales (Handshake session, voting tickets...) and not to mention that this isn't a normal group... it's freaking over 60 members =.=
Ayu, at her peak and even now is a legend of the Japanese records. Winning lots of awards and being the fashion icon. She's the 1st and only female artist to win the Japan Record award for consecutive 3 years (After that she stopped all nominations for those awards =( ). You could basically see her face everywhere on the busy street of japan during her peak and her songs being played in the stores. I think this is 1 of the thing that made ppl hate/got tired of her too =.= Just because she isn't the 'in' thing doesnt mean that she's not. I believe that this is a fact that nobody can disagree.