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**ayumisrael** · #1 29th March 2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^My Exodus numbers are outdated, haha! It was the best selling non-japanese album in Japan when it was released

Or was it the biggest opening week?

About Ayu, sorry, but changing release dates isn't fair game... And her singles didn't have 8 verions, but some had 4, what is already a lot.

Until 2008 with Mirrorcle World she had only 1/2 editions with different contents (CD and CD+DVD) to releases and most stuff since then had 2-3 versions each besides some releases with different limited covers (or CD colors like A).

For hikki, it could be EXODUS first week but no way best selling non japanese album in japan.

Also releases being pushed back is not unheard of, we have luck it happened like just twice(?) with ayu.

^And yes, I would say that this stunt pretty much wins everything ayu did on recent years lol.

mizuki-7 · #2 29th March 2014, 04:45 PM

Humm comparing Seiko and Ayumi is not very appropriate ... Seiko was even worse in term of publicity stunt to sell records ... Ayumi has not yet made a press conference televised announcing her divorce with behind a huge promotionnal poster announcing the release of a new BEST OF unlike Seiko ... and considering how her singles sold rather poorly during the second half of 80's I wouldn't be too sure that there were no tricks in order to sustain her record of most 1# single ... =)

Andrenekoi · #3 29th March 2014, 08:38 PM

She still didn't (as far as I know) change her release dates based on what day would have the less competition.

mizuki-7 · #4 29th March 2014, 11:29 PM

^
For which single they did it ? I don't recall to have read something about this ?
At the end I don't care ! it's not because she has 25 1# that she is better than other singers who don't have any ... I just want to point that in the past decades they had differents tricks to sell records too ... it's not something specific to Ayumi ...

Andrenekoi · #5 29th March 2014, 11:42 PM

She did it to 2 singles I believe, You were is one of those, isn't it?

I also don't believe she is better than anyone for having those streaks, but we shouldn't be dismissing the acomplishments of other popstars... Ayu's career is amazing when we look at it, but is hardly the only amazing career in the Jpop industry.

**ayumisrael** · #6 30th March 2014, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

She did it to 2 singles I believe, You were is one of those, isn't it?

I also don't believe she is better than anyone for having those streaks, but we shouldn't be dismissing the acomplishments of other popstars... Ayu's career is amazing when we look at it, but is hardly the only amazing career in the Jpop industry.

The whole point was actually because of the general consensus of degrading ayu compared to hikki and Namie.

mizuki-7 · #7 29th March 2014, 11:54 PM

Ok I will search !
I absolutely don't and I totally agree with you about this point ! I'm not the type of person who like to put something I like on a pedestal without looking what there are around

Andrenekoi · #8 30th March 2014, 02:03 AM

Yeah, but we don't need to degrade them back... All of the 3 have amazing archievments.

I also believe that Namie, Koda and Hikki all have songs much more western friendly than Ayu ever did... What makes them easier to the regular western jpop fan. A lot of Hikki hits could play on American radio and Namie's recent music isn't much different from what J-Lo is doing.

**ayumisrael** · #9 30th March 2014, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Yeah, but we don't need to degrade them back... All of the 3 have amazing archievments.

I also believe that Namie, Koda and Hikki all have songs much more western friendly than Ayu ever did... What makes them easier to the regular western jpop fan. A lot of Hikki hits could play on American radio and Namie's recent music isn't much different from what J-Lo is doing.

The point was is as much as ayu has her minuses in her career, all of them should have these.

That's right, but I still wonder how ayu could be as big for foreigners or even non asian demography as her music isn't as westernized as the others'.

tsumekaze_ · #10 31st March 2014, 03:30 PM

I've just finished re-reading the famous rockin on japan interview. The feels strike me everytime as it was the first

YUKARI · #11 1st April 2014, 04:57 PM

I wonder how ayu feels now when she doesn't have spring tour first time in 10 years or so

I guess she's relaxed & happy and works at her new album without hurry

ayu-michan · #12 1st April 2014, 06:46 PM

I'm into gyaru style lately and they call Ayu the gyaru Queen, can someone explain since I've never noticed her make-up that dramatic...right? I thought Namie was the gyaru icon or something.

Yumi(e) · #13 4th April 2014, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu-michan

I'm into gyaru style lately and they call Ayu the gyaru Queen, can someone explain since I've never noticed her make-up that dramatic...right? I thought Namie was the gyaru icon or something.

I think it was for the hime-gyaru style(?)

But her makeup has always been soft, her eyes never have been 'marked' as the common gyaru.
Namie: tan skin and b-gal, I guess; Ayu: soft make-up and 'princess/chick' style, maybe.

tokyoxjapanxfan · #14 8th April 2014, 05:48 AM

Ayu updated TA and mentioned big news will be released soon!

TeamAyu2004 · #15 8th April 2014, 10:43 AM

I wonder if this big news was the other post???
Was planning on going to japan at the end of july... i might have to bump it up to the start so I can go to this tour!!

maneayu · #16 10th April 2014, 07:16 PM

I am enjoying and looking at how they pile up the +20 CD's I recently bought, not only including Ayu CD's, but also Laruku, Judy and Mary, and others from the 2000 era when I was going out of school (yes, I'm old... T_T).

I found a Dome tour as well! T_T

Livey~ · #17 12th April 2014, 11:32 PM

I wonder if the songs of the new album will have the same amazing vocals we heard in My Way~

NintendoHTF1242 · #18 13th April 2014, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Livey~

I wonder if the songs of the new album will have the same amazing vocals we heard in My Way~

My friend who only likes "Dearest" due to InuYasha, thought that Ayu's voice in "My Way" was insanely good. When we got into my car, I told her to go to the track with SOL (she's a huge BIGBANG fan) since I had the m-flo album in the stereo, but she went straight to "My Way" and said, "After this song."

<3

TeamAyu2004 · #19 13th April 2014, 03:27 AM

Am i missing the full song of that somewhere???
I didnt see it for download.

Livey~ · #20 13th April 2014, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

My friend who only likes "Dearest" due to InuYasha, thought that Ayu's voice in "My Way" was insanely good. When we got into my car, I told her to go to the track with SOL (she's a huge BIGBANG fan) since I had the m-flo album in the stereo, but she went straight to "My Way" and said, "After this song."

<3

Awww

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Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Am i missing the full song of that somewhere???
I didnt see it for download.

Here's the link: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119848