Do you think Ayu will retire next year?

[luna7996]

So I have heard several times that female celebrities from Japan usually retire after they enter the 30's.However there has been several exeptions on this.Ayu is 29.Do you guys think that she will retire or have a harder time selling cds after her next birthday?

I think that counting with Ayu's fire like spirit she is as unlikely to retire as I am to win the lotery tomorow.Do you know why I can't win the lotery tomorow?Cause I am under 18 and haven't even bought a ticket.lol.

However I do think that maybe Avex won't be so helpful and 'friendly' to Ayu anymore after her 30 birthday.And maybe her Japanese fans won't be so 'lovely' either. Lets hope I'm wronge.What do you guys think?

[truehappiness]

The only reason she would retire in my eyes is if she loses the ability to speak or hear. :\

She'll probably keep on going until she's well and old @_@..

Ayumi Grandmasaki..

[emi♡]

She won't retire. I don't think she's accomplished everything yet.

[zoomzoom]

Based on her CNN interview, "if I can't sing anymore, I die, I'm nothing" I think she'll continue for as long as she can.

Well, Cher is like 62, I think? Isn't Madonna almost 50? They're still in the music business. I have a feeling Ayu won't quit the music business for a while. I predict that she'll retire in the next eight years at the least. I could be wrong.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by emiko

She won't retire. I don't think she's accomplished everything yet.

eg.s ?

Originally Posted by zoomzoom

Based on her CNN interview, "if I can't sing anymore, I die, I'm nothing" I think she'll continue for as long as she can.

I guess as long as she's still able & up to challenges , I'm sure there's no reason for her to retire

slow down the pace of working maybe but retire ? not anytime soon

[maikaru]

as much as people in japan are becoming tired of her,
I think it's impossible to consider japan without her.
Somehow, there is an expectation that we can continue to expect her..
even she is 30, she has become maybe something like ... a permanent fixture.
Maybe monument? ahaha..
I can't consider that music world without her.. I feel like, even sometimes when I'm growing tired of listening to her,
I consider.. "When is her next song coming out? It's time!"
And I think her concerts are the best to go too..
Certainly most exciting or most emotional and heart touching.
Thats why I don't think Avex is ready to retire her..
maybe when she says "I'm gonna retire,"
Even the whole Japan will become really sad, because it's always expected that an uplifting song will soon arrive from Ayumi when times are tough.

僕たちを支え続けてください！！〜あゆ〜

[truehappiness]

She'll probably be like the "idols" of years gone by... [Seiko Matsuda, Akina Nakamori, Yumi Matsutoya.. etc.]. Same goes for Namie. Though... Koda seems like she'll be the female version of an old JE band.

[rikku411]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Ayumi Grandmasaki..

I don't think she will retire so soon. She'll probably go on for as long as she can. I think she still has it in her, too. Her fans still love her and I think we can still expect a lot from her. She expects a lot from herself, too.

[sibby]

SHE WILL NEVER RETIREEEEEEEEEE

she must do cms at least right

HAHA (oops)

[Deneb]

ayumi-sama is only 30.... still able to dig gold i wouldn't retire if i am in her place

[aqua_crystal]

Next year? Woah. That's waaaay to early!!! She's only 30! Shje's got her whole Life ahead of her. I doubt she'll retire that early.

[wenren93]

i doubt so.
since ayu is single, and most probably she'll still be very busy after 10th anniversary
can't wait for her next single/album!
if she retire next year.. my goodness, that's TOOOOOOOOOOO EARLY !

[AyuGAME]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Ayumi Grandmasaki..

hahaha..grandmasaki

i don't think she will retire soon, her sales, still in the yearly top 10 chart, how can she retire?
even seiko matsuda still exist until now

she already become a legend...even people tired about her, but they still waiting for her new stuff...

she will continue but maybe she will slow down her release and concert...

[Beffi]

I really hope not, I mean, I doubt she will.

As zoomzoom said, in that CNN interview she said that if she couldn't sing anymore then she'd die. Singing means a lot to her, as do her fans (she'd still have fans even if she did retire though) so I don't think she'd quit singing so soon, she still has the ability to do it even though she's lost her hearing. It'd take a lot to make her stop singing.

I hope she's still singing in years to come.<3

[Melrose]

She still has >>>>FOURTY<<<< years minimum before she dies lol. And IMO she has 25~ish years before her voice starts getting crispy. IMO she'll keep making music, if not as a slower pace.

Originally Posted by maikaru

as much as people in japan are becoming tired of her,
I think it's impossible to consider japan without her.
Somehow, there is an expectation that we can continue to expect her..
even she is 30, she has become maybe something like ... a permanent fixture.
Maybe monument? ahaha..
I can't consider that music world without her.. I feel like, even sometimes when I'm growing tired of listening to her,
I consider.. "When is her next song coming out? It's time!"
And I think her concerts are the best to go too..
Certainly most exciting or most emotional and heart touching.
Thats why I don't think Avex is ready to retire her..
maybe when she says "I'm gonna retire,"
Even the whole Japan will become really sad, because it's always expected that an uplifting song will soon arrive from Ayumi when times are tough.

僕たちを支え続けてください！！〜あゆ〜

What does that JP quote mean? o.O

[Aggar]

NO, she will continue singing as long as she can. For the artist who loves to sing , it'd be huge difficult thing to stop singing , IMO.

[majrakun]

She's too rich to retire just yet. Who knows, maybe she's even planning to reach her silver jubilee (I think, the one for 25 years) Which means she would at most retire when she's 45. XD Take a break, probably,but she doesn't even want to do that right now.

[Melrose]

^

LOL @ your avatar. Wtf? XD

Oh wait I just read the caption. NVM.

[yamogi]

I dont really think so...