Ayumi Hamasaki is the xxxxx of Japan

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

Interesting comparisons. Tori Amos is very talented indeed, but I find her music much harder to decipher than most. Ayumi's intent seems more clear.
I don't think that Ayumi's aim is only to have mainstream music. I find it so interesting that Alterna was on the Fairyland single. Was ourselves a mainstream song? Mirrorcle world? I think she experiments when she can. But yes, Tori Amos' music is very unique and is a class of its own, thus the very devoted fanbase.
Lady Gaga? I though we were talking about established artists who have more than 1 album and have a larger vocabulary than (insert word of choice) stick.

I just used Gaga as an example cuz she was cited before
And still, even if Ayu try new stuff, she still has very safe releases, like her summer and winter ones...

alterna for example isn't all that mainstream (still, it's not that alternative), but when she was promoting the single, she promoted only fairyland, that is a very safe track