New single MOON / blossom 7/14, 1st part of 3 single project [VI]

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Yagami Raito

Even some of my friends that are not Ayu fans noticed these ads. They were like "Oh Ayu is still alive? Aha I didn't know"..

Your friends aren't into much J-pop then or fans of any popular artists? She's usually at the top or hovering around the top of oricon and recochoku, it's hard to ignore even if you're not a fan of hers and just follow other J-pop artists and their sales. I think she's made it pretty clear she's still alive, lol.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Originally Posted by identity

Your friends aren't into much J-pop then or fans of any popular artists? She's usually at the top or hovering around the top of oricon and recochoku, it's hard to ignore even if you're not a fan of hers and just follow other J-pop artists and their sales. I think she's made it pretty clear she's still alive, lol.

She's a strong seller, but that doesn't mean everybody in japan knows she's #1 on the chakuuta charts or something. Just an example, yesterday my friend told me this Dutch artist has been #1 on the album charts for months and I'd never heard about her. Can't even remember her name. Chart position doesn't equal actual fame, I think.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

She's a strong seller, but that doesn't mean everybody in japan knows she's #1 on the chakuuta charts or something. Just an example, yesterday my friend told me this Dutch artist has been #1 on the album charts for months and I'd never heard about her. Can't even remember her name. Chart position doesn't equal actual fame, I think.

I'm not saying everybody should know, I'm just saying if they're J-pop fans and follow popular music in Japan they should at least know she's alive.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Originally Posted by identity

I'm not saying everybody should know, I'm just saying if they're J-pop fans and follow popular music in Japan they should at least know she's alive.

Yeah that's true, if they really follow music they should know

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by identity

I'm not saying everybody should know, I'm just saying if they're J-pop fans and follow popular music in Japan they should at least know she's alive.

I guess "I didn't know she's still alive" is just a turn of phrase. They probably noticed she's still around, but without all the mad promotion from past years, it does seem as if she's toned down lots.

[Yagami Raito]

Originally Posted by identity

Your friends aren't into much J-pop then or fans of any popular artists? She's usually at the top or hovering around the top of oricon and recochoku, it's hard to ignore even if you're not a fan of hers and just follow other J-pop artists and their sales. I think she's made it pretty clear she's still alive, lol.

Well, they are not hardcore listeners. They are just normal Japanese lol

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

She's a strong seller, but that doesn't mean everybody in japan knows she's #1 on the chakuuta charts or something. Just an example, yesterday my friend told me this Dutch artist has been #1 on the album charts for months and I'd never heard about her. Can't even remember her name. Chart position doesn't equal actual fame, I think.

THAT's the point. ☆
Here, most of the people tend to think that the artist the see the most (TV shows, CMs, billboard, radio etc...) IS the MOST popular and the BEST seller, even if it sometimes it could be the contrary. For some cases there having not so much sales doesn't reflects a bad level of popularity (at some extends of course)



Oh, and as Misa-chan said, the "she is still alive part" is just a turn of phrase. It's just figurative, don't worry ('_^) Everyone knows that she is alive lol

[ayufan-]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

She's a strong seller, but that doesn't mean everybody in japan knows she's #1 on the chakuuta charts or something. Just an example, yesterday my friend told me this Dutch artist has been #1 on the album charts for months and I'd never heard about her. Can't even remember her name. Chart position doesn't equal actual fame, I think.

I think the Dutch artist were you are talking about is Caro Emerald, she became really famous with her single ''Back it up'' and her single ''A night like this''. Her CD ''Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'' was 18 weeks at nr 1 at the Dutch album top 100. I know it is offtopic but now you know who she is

[Keiichi_JPU]

Originally Posted by ayufan-

I think the Dutch artist were you are talking about is Caro Emerald, she became really famous with her single ''Back it up'' and her single ''A night like this''. Her CD ''Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'' was 18 weeks at nr 1 at the Dutch album top 100. I know it is offtopic but now you know who she is

Ooh yes, that's her! totally off-topic but thanks for reminding me