I`m on jpopmusic.com and there`s alot of discussion about the next queen of Jpop. Thoughts anyone?

http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/view...er=asc&start=0

ok, here`s other people`s opinions posted on Jpopmusic.com:

yuchan
I think it's kinda hard to say. Namie and Ayu were pretty much of the generic pop vein. Hikki brought a new Style to J-pop. I can't say why Kumi all of a sudden got popular. She has been out for a while. So i don't really have an answer. We could get someone new or someone, like Kumi did, may just all of a sudden become the new hot after many years of working.
But i'd guess maybe Ai Otsuka? She doing very well so far. Can't think of anyone else with the potential to be the next "It Girl"



Klonoa
I still see Ayumi Hamasaki reigning for a few more years, and after that I dunno who will take her spot. I can tell you for sure that artist like Koda Kumi will not be queen. Koda Kumi is a "right now" artist. Right now she's hot like BoA, Kuraki Mai, and Mika Nakashima was. After some other artist come out that catch peoples attention it'll be like "Koda who?".

I think someone like Ai Otsuka should be next Queen. I can't think of any specific quality, just something similar to Ai Otsuka.




mininamie wrote:


I don't agree that ayumi is still the queen i mean in a way she is but she's really headed south. but i do agree the koda is just a "quicky" artist. "boom* she's in *boom* she GONE!

Klonoa replied:
I really do see Ayu being queen for two or three more years. Look at all these records she has set. She's top selling solo female artist in Japan. She's even broke records Seiko Matsuda has set. And looking at these J-Pop artist we have now, I don't see anyone topping anything Ayu has done. Maybe her sales are going down, doesn't mean she done being queen.

Can anyone name just one artist thats out that can take Ayu's spot. Just one. I don't think anyone can.

This is coming from someone who isn't even a Ayu fan.


AuraToBe
I don't think there will be anymore "queens". Ayu is the last JPop queen. Being a JPop queen means being seen everywhere, having well above average sales for every release, endorsing multiple products, and appearing on a gazillion magazine covers every month. I don't think there is anyone that has that level of popularity anymore. I mean, Koda Kumi is popular, but she will never reach the heights of popularity like Ayu/Namie/Seiko/Akina had in the past. I think that era of the J-Pop scene is over now.



Ikuni-web
My _own_ opinion on the topic:
I don't believe in these "Queen of Jpop" idea people here have, but I hope the next really successful female Jpop artist is someone who writes and composes her own music, has her own ideas, evolves musically, and doesn't get put into genre labels. I also hope that whatever fans she gets aren't abrasive, because those people are creepy. And I would never dream of saying some of the things I've heard other people say to each other.