He kinda put into words exactly what have been furiously discussed here for a long time already, presenting his thoughts and he seem well informed.
Like I've said before I do not think that any artist, ever, could manage what Ayumi has achieved throughout the 8 years of her career, a career that is still going strong. Neither could anyone manage to achieve what, say, Utada managed, and is still managing, throughout her career. The same goes for any huge artist, they become huge, the establish themselves and I don't think they neccessarily have to be taking over one anothers spots in history even if they are in a never ending competition.
I mean that I do not think anyone
ever will be able to achieve what Ayumi has done, there will only be one Ayumi in history, one queen.
In a sense, when an artist "die away" new artists step up in the spot-light, but even if they, in a way, "take over" I hate when it's said like, for example, that Koda will take over Ayumis place. No, that can never happen, but yes, Ayumi won't be there forever, and there will be others, but no one will take her place.
Sales-wise Koda is currently stronger than Ayumi, and I think she will continue to be. Even if she is established I do not think she will reach that same spot Ayumi has in the heart of so many people, not in a long time. It's impossible to not admit that Kumi does have
something, but I do not know how far that will take her, and at the moment I do not care. Ayumi gives me my need of "j"-pop
.
ayu1m - Don't worry, she'll be holding it for all eternity, for as long as she is the queen in your heart that is what she will be
. I promise you that there is already a large amount of people that think Kumi is the absolute queen, in their hearts she might stay queen the day when someone take over after her... it's all up to you. The definition of queen seem to currently be who attracts the most people or the highest sales, and because Koda got the higher sales while Ayumi seem more popular, in a sense, it's very hard to judge.