^One of my closest friends in real life is a Namie follower since the 90s (I believe some relativ that went to Japan and bought her some singles and she felt in love)... And I remember most people don't knowing much about her besides Can You Celebrate and that she was big on the past... When internet got popular, Namie was already at her bottom, and people who discovered jpop from internet knew who were big at the time... Ayu and Hikki.
Even over here in AHS the Namie fanbase grew a lot on the few last years.
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