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Outside of anime music, Ayu was the first JPOP singer I got into and an online friend has suggested downloading her new video for Kanariya. I did, and immediately fell in love. Shortly after I discovered Hikki, and in the beginning it was neck-and-neck of who I liked more (Ayu wins). I purchased some VCD from eBay with Ayu videos on it, and it also had a bunch of Namie videos on it for songs like Chase the Chance, You're My Sunshine, Love 2000, and Respect the Power of Love. I liked them all, but especially loved the last two. A friend of mine was also a big fan of hers since A Walk in the Park days. My first Namie album that I bought was Love Enhanced, since she was sort of in that weird post-baby phase of her career when I learned about her. I really enjoyed her Suite Chic project, Style, Queen of Hip-pop, etc. I lost track of her sometime leading up to Uncontrolled, where I just wasn't liking her singles anymore (Ningyo and White Light time). But then FEEL came out and I was back!
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