Not to put anyone down on the whole US thing with Namie, but while I agree that some of the songs have this potential, first problem is her English pronunciation. I can understand her pretty well myself, but most people in North America probably can't. We already saw how much the American media was making fun of her for the bit she did in TLC's Waterfalls. They'd never accept her singing in English if she can't pronounce it properly. I think the only reason people here let it go with celebs like Jackie Chan is you can understand him and people are more so going to see him do martial arts and visual jokes, not listen to him sing.
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