about hitomi's rumoured retirement...

[Halla]

while I think her retirement maybe likely, I feel that if it happens it will be solely her own decision and not something she's forced to do because of the state of her career.

because career-wise she's still doing ok, her sales are certainly lower than they used to be but 50k isn't a complete flop for an album by an artist who isn't super famous. and she still tours (she had a tour for LOVE CONCENT too) and has plenty of work in commercial endorsing & she starred in a main role in a movie that got an international release (Akumu Tantei).

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

So what would justify a BEST of BOX when she has only released two albums after her last BEST album? I mean, TRAVELER has like only one song that could be considered BEST and LOVE CONCENT has a few more songs, but heck....

best of album+dvd collection have been the most succesful releases in few years ("BEST ~first things~" by Kuu , "A BEST II" by Ayu), so a hitomi BEST cd+dvd might be a decent seller too?

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by Halla

best of album+dvd collection have been the most succesful releases in few years ("BEST ~first things~" by Kuu , "A BEST II" by Ayu), so a hitomi BEST cd+dvd might be a decent seller too?

Well but there's a huge difference! Really, koda kumi Best first things and ayu's A BEST II had a reason to exist. Koda had no Best album yet, and it was a long time since ayu had released her first best album, plus ayu had released several albums after her first best. I can't really picture how this release will be really much different from SELF PORTRAIT at all....

Oh well, I sure hope it won't be the end of her music career...but hmmm....

I do hope they'll finally include kimi no tonari and flow in their studio recorded versions and that WISH will finally be added to this compilation.

[Halla]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

I do hope they'll finally include kimi no tonari and flow in their studio recorded versions and that WISH will finally be added to this compilation.

tracklist @ neowing
there's also a cool little compilation of all of her PV's streaming there

the [CD + PV DVD + Concert DVD] format just really reminded me of A BEST II & BEST ~ff~ / ~ss~. there are probably more people in japan who'd be interested in this hitomi best collection rather than a new album by her.
I think hitomi is still the 6th best selling artist ever on avex (1st Ayu , and I think 2-5 are ELT , Namie, BoA and Koda Kumi) so there's potential in her fanbase.

I still harbor a lot of hope for her not retiring lol