I should have read the newspaper more often. ayu was on the newspaper 4 times last week and i didnt know.
anyway, just to remind you, the correct attitude of reading a hong kong newspaper is to read, laugh and forget.
http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/extepan/images/ayu1203.jpg
you need to copy and paste the url to your browser. clicking it doesnt work.
translation
title:
new record is a giveaway, four different covers to snatch customers
ayu' new look is a balant copy of christina
text:
ayu's first new album in 2 years 'my story' is confirmed to hit the shops on 15/12. in order to boost sales to the maximum, avex made 4 different covers to attract people to buy the cd. the number of songs on the album is an amazing 17, making it a giveaway to fans, hence boosting sales.
it is only 10 or so days to the sales of the album. avex started to offer a pay download service from the day before yesterday, letting fans to download the songs from 'my story; from the internet. the songs are charged at 210 yen each (about 16 hong kong dolalrs). because of the collapse of the japanese music market, this is a makeshift effort to curb the loss of sales.
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after the release of all 4 designs of the covers, many people criticised that the layout of the photo looks very familiar. this is because ayu's image and pose are all extremely similar to the pics in the 2005 calendar of the queen of american music industry christina aguilera. both series of pics are sexy and has a classical feel to it. hence, ayu is caught red handed.
actually, this is not ayu's first time to copy. there are many reports saying that she copies madonna in recent years. however, this is the first report to mention ayu with christina aguilera.