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Originally Posted by channy
^ Yes, I feel the same way.
Like, what happened to all the uber successful singers from the past? Momoe Yamaguchi? She ended her career for her husband and her family. Akina Nakamori? She was big in the 80ies, 90ies, her last album was in 2009, nowadays she reversed to a hiatus for an unkown period of time. Seiko Matsuda, still a welcome artist for shows like Kouhaku Uta Gassen but not anywhere near as successful as in the past when she and Akina were the number ones.
So probably that's what happening with Ayu, too. Within the next few years she may lose more and more recognition and importance to younger people (new generation of teens that are 13, 14 years old) because what are the 80ies and 90ies stars mentioned above to teenagers these days? Often they don't even know them or they do know them but just by their names. Same is going to happen to Ayu.
Circle of life? :'D
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(kind of OT, but just to address Seiko and Akina - Akina's popularity originally dived because of her suicide attempt, although she did reclaim some popularity in the early 90s. After she released DIVA in 2009 there were big plans starting in 2010 to start gearing up for her 30th, this year, but she contracted bed-ridding shingles and is still trying to recover. Shingles are super nasty and apparently it's put her under house arrest. Seiko on the other hand is pretty much scandal free even after her rumored involvement with the original Akina scandal. But yeah, she's not an "it" item for the newer generations. She's "mom and dad's" music, maybe even grandparents now. That also plays a lot into the psychology. 90's artists aren't quite there yet - they can still be the "cool" music of the older sisters and brothers.) lol random run on.
I honestly don't think a hiatus would help her, sales wise. As someone else said, I think people would be more likely to forget her and not care when she comes back. Artists like Namie came back with established hiatuses between works (mostly because Namie tours until she wears out) and for another example so did Utada. It's not unexpected. But Ayu has sadly put out this pattern of quick release and sometimes I think it's the only thing that keeps her in the public's eyes.
Personally, I don't care. I love PQ (talking top three albums here), and wish she could do something like that again. But obviously not everyone feels that way. Ayu is one of those super divisive artists, and something I pretty much accepted a long time ago is that even I'm not going to agree with most people about Ayu's career decisions. I do agree I'd like to see her working with different people, but I don't think going back to HAL and such are the answer. HAL had a very distinct sound that's dated to the early 00s now imo. And as much as I love it, I feel like it would be the same stagnation others talk about.
