Ayu ranked 42 in HMV Japan's Top 100 Jpop Artists

[mimika]

Originally posted by Ryoko
Thx for the info.. Who's no.1 though?

number one isn't out yet..itz gonna be out nov 30~

although it doesn't say in the site yet..number 2 - 7 are as follows:

2) Yellow Magic Orchestra 70's - 80's
3) Matsutoya Yumi �¼”C’J—RŽÀ(�rˆä—RŽÀ) 70's - now --> original singer of Ayu's Setsugyo Shashin
4) Happy End ‚Í‚Á‚Ò‚¢‚¦‚ñ‚Ç 70's
5) Misora Hibari ”ü‹ó‚Ђ΂è 50's - 60's --> original singer of Matsu Aya's kusaen no hito
6) Yamashita Tatsuro ŽR‰º’B˜Y 70's-80's

they are all very influential figures in the jpop industry

[ayumi1121]

it would have been cool if ayu ranked higher...but she did pretty well! At least she ranked higher than a lot of those artists!! She seems to be doing very well!

[PinkSock]

yes... ayu didn't do half bad in the rankings, considering it takes in a whole lotta artists.
I'm still happy.

[ayumi_pukka89]

evil!! X-japan should have been way up there!!!! THEY ARE SOOO GOOD!!!!!! >. aaaa kisama!!!!! ><

[Ibitsu Kokoro]

Wait a second... I disagree with this number forty two stuff!!! Who always has her bilboard plastered of Shibuya 109? A lot of times its ayu. Who has a million gazillion ads on TV? ayu. Who was number 30 in the world charts? Ayu. Who's new releases are ALWAYS number one on the oricon charts? Ayu. There's no way she's a forty two when her new releases are always at number one for at least a week or two. I think the people who took this did a crappy job. Ever notice whenever people describe popular j-pop artists in magazines ayu is not one of them. The thing is, these days people are getting ayumi prejiduce. I remember an old site I went to before I knew about ayu, a hikki site: they said, The said ayumi was the most popluar, but they also said she didn't deserve the title. Thats what many people think. I think this is list is based on who THEY THINK IS OR WHO SHOULD BE the most popular. Also people think that Ayumi really isn't that popular, it's just false information on the oricon charts.

[Larisa-chan]

Wow I'm surprised Ayu is only 42 o.o I think she should be above Hikaru Utada.. at least in the top 20...

[mimika]

Originally posted by Ayuspeed
Wait a second... I disagree with this number forty two stuff!!! Who always has her bilboard plastered of Shibuya 109? A lot of times its ayu. Who has a million gazillion ads on TV? ayu. Who was number 30 in the world charts? Ayu. Who's new releases are ALWAYS number one on the oricon charts? Ayu. There's no way she's a forty two when her new releases are always at number one for at least a week or two. I think the people who took this did a crappy job. Ever notice whenever people describe popular j-pop artists in magazines ayu is not one of them. The thing is, these days people are getting ayumi prejiduce. I remember an old site I went to before I knew about ayu, a hikki site: they said, The said ayumi was the most popluar, but they also said she didn't deserve the title. Thats what many people think. I think this is list is based on who THEY THINK IS OR WHO SHOULD BE the most popular. Also people think that Ayumi really isn't that popular, it's just false information on the oricon charts.

i agree that very often ppl are tryin to put down ayu these days...tryin to say that she isn't popular or anything

but i think the chart of hmv measures a different thing here...a lot of those influential like being top on chart, TV ads etc etc occurs to many other artists in the chart too...what makes like the top 10 different is their influence in the jpop industry as to the direction of where the music would go..where the industry is gonna go.....and honestly i dun think ayu is quite there yet....ayu has great power over the audience now but not particular towards the industry as a whole

[Unimatrix Prime™]

The chart seems to measure artists from several decades, not just from the past few years. While Ayu may have gotten things moving in the Jpop world, that accounts for only the past 5 years or so, not like other artists on there who may have been around much longer. I quite doubt that this was made because people hated Ayu or anything, as Ayuspeed suggested. Sure... we all like Ayu, and think she's awesome, but when you're contending with much more well-known artists in the past like Seiko Matsuda, a woman who's been around for over 20 years and is still going strong, Ayu can't compare to that.

In a sense, this could be related to the issue about Hikki being in Guiness. Ayu may be the #1 topic here, but that doesn't mean she's #1 globally, or sells the most CDs. Ayu may be on billboards and such, and she may be a good part of Avex's share, but once again, it's overall figures that allow Ayu to get at least 42 in the HMV rankings.

[js_surrealism]

Oh Unimatrix and mimika, thank you for restoring my faith in the sensibility of ayu fans!!

[tetsuo69]

it does seem kinda sad they gave her 42... she should be in the top 10

[Linzy]

GET OVER IT!!! The list is based on the past 3 or 4 decades or so. If you see a list like this for American music, there's no way someone like Britney Spears (whose face is plastered all over the place like Ayu's) will be ranked very highly up. You'll see the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, etc. These people are legends. Ayu's only been around for 5 years or so, she's not even close to being a legend yet. #42 is a very reasonable place for her to be.

[tetsuo69]

linzy chill... dont get mad

[Linzy]

I didn't get mad, I'm just showing you guys how unreasonable you all are and how blinded you are by your love for Ayu.

[hanabiwings]

Originally posted by Linzy
I didn't get mad, I'm just showing you guys how unreasonable you all are and how blinded you are by your love for Ayu.

O_x; <-- is a little shellshocked.

Yeah... We're ALL unreasonable. I'm TOTALLY blinded by my love for ayu. Everyone on this forum is TOTALLY blinded by fan-love. (And if they're not, what are they doing here?) Even you are, you just don't know it. (^^); <--is being sarcastic. Seriously, though, don't attack people just because you disagree with them...

~

Anyway, I thought, "Wow! To be ranked in the top 100!" I think it's great and an honor to be in the top 50, even! Amuro was in ayu's shoes in the mid-1990s and she got a lower ranking. It's obvious that ayu's really influenced the business in the past few years. A lot of artists are writing lyrics for themselves, even pop idols. And the fashion trends are obviously influenced by her. It's so cool that she was on the list!

And of course I was expecting SAS, Matsuda, Sakamoto Ryu (Ue wo muite arukou...) and them to be on the list. But I guess I was sad to see Dreams Come True so far down on the list when I'd consider them a lot more influencial than Utada Hikaru or Shiina Ringo. After all, they DID make it into the top three for most albums sold in the decade of 1990. Ah well, it's obviously not a definitive list or anything.

Cheer up, everyone. ^^

[Ibitsu Kokoro]

Okay... first of all don't compare her to britney spears. Ayu's popular is greater than her's ever was. And I'm not blinded. I just think she should at least be in the top 30. Top 30. Definetly not top ten. Not top twenty. Just thirty. I hadn't even considered veteran artists.

[tetsuo69]

come on guys.. lets not fight over something silly..
lets keep it peacefull

[Unimatrix Prime™]

Originally posted by hanabiwings
And of course I was expecting SAS, Matsuda, Sakamoto Ryu (Ue wo muite arukou...) and them to be on the list.

If you mean Seiko Matsuda, she's #10 on the list

[Linzy]

Originally posted by Ayuspeed
Okay... first of all don't compare her to britney spears. Ayu's popular is greater than her's ever was. And I'm not blinded. I just think she should at least be in the top 30. Top 30. Definetly not top ten. Not top twenty. Just thirty. I hadn't even considered veteran artists.

Britney is far more popular than Ayu. She sells records in practically every country in the world, while Ayu is virtually unknown outside of East Asia. Britney's record sales surpass those of Ayu easily. She has won many more awards from all over the world than Ayu has. I'm not bashing Ayu and praising Britney, because I would take Ayu over Britney anyday. I just don't understand why you think Ayu's popularity is greater than Britney's ever was.

Why do you think she should be ranked in the top 30 instead of top 40? Name 10 artists ranked above Ayu in that list that should be bumped down to make room for Ayu in the top 30. I think a lot of you have never heard of the majority of the artists on the list (who are legends) and their contribution to the Japanese music industry.

[Linzy]

Originally posted by hanabiwings
O_x; <-- is a little shellshocked.

Yeah... We're ALL unreasonable. I'm TOTALLY blinded by my love for ayu. Everyone on this forum is TOTALLY blinded by fan-love. (And if they're not, what are they doing here?) Even you are, you just don't know it. (^^); <--is being sarcastic. Seriously, though, don't attack people just because you disagree with them...

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come off as bashing people, but that's just the way the majority of the people at this forum come off. As a bunch of rabid fans who think Ayu's the best thing to ever grace the planet and that no other worthy singer has ever existed. I didn't mean that everyone here acts that way, and I know I wrote "all of you". That's was bad wording on my part, sorry!

[xiaohui]

dun feel so sad at least ayu is the 2nd youngest in the ranking