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Old 8th July 2006, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin
Wow, awesome. xD But why did they mention Utada's failure (it was an excellent album).. Puffy Amiyumi would also qualify as "successful" JPOP.
Because for a major label debut like that it was a failure. And with the exception of a couple of tracks there was nothing really commercially viable on that album for the record company to promote. (And the few tracks that were marketable just weren't THAT great to begin with)
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