ayu's twitter/weibo thread ~part 16~

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Considering how it's 'cooler' to like Utada, it's not surprising. Most often when J-Pop is concerned, people cite their favorite/best in J-Pop as Utada... (which I don't believe personally) though it is surprising that Ayu isn't that far behind when you think about it.

Why can't you believe Utada can be someones favourite Jpop singer? What an odd thing to say.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Why can't you believe Utada can be someones favourite Jpop singer? What an odd thing to say.

Well... for some bizarre reason, some people like to think Hikki is sort of a underground singer (what's ridiculous, considering her career, her songs, her label and her sales) and find it "cooler" to say she is their favorite jpop artist even if they only know First Love, Simple and Clean, Sanctuary and Flavor of Life...

Saw that more than once, even in college there was a girl on my class that LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED Hikki so much and only knew the Kingdom Hearts themes...

Still, in Japan (and considering Kingdom Hearts impact, worldwide) Hikki has a larger fanbase than Ayu...

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Still, in Japan (and considering Kingdom Hearts impact, worldwide) Hikki has a larger fanbase than Ayu...

I am not sure if you could use fanbase as the right word. I think Ayu has more hardcore fans while Hikki manages to appeal to more casual listeners and I think that the physical sales of some of her later singles show that very well. While Ayu was still selling 300k Hikki was barely selling 100k, but was still doing great digitally.