Hamasaki Ayumi Upcoming Schedule

[TeamAyu]

I do not think this has been posted yet but here is her upcoming schedule of appearances:

テレビ 出演情報

11/25
テレビ朝日系 『MUSIC STATION』
11/25
NHK 『POP JAM』
11/28
フジテレビ系 『HEY! HEY! HEY!』
12/2
NTV系 『音楽戦士 MUSIC FIGHTER』
12/3
TBS系 『CDTV』

雑誌 掲載情報

11/28
GIRL POP
12/1
Cawaii!
12/7
Scawaii!
12/12
bea's up
12/12
sweet
12/14
CDでーた
12/28
Popteen

Source: from her Official Site

[[taskin.ayu]]

Thats good. XD Hopefully the full song can impress me more than the 30 sec preview. I can't wait til she performs the whole thing. x3

[hopeorpain]

She's always so busy...

-new single
-calendar06
-tv performances
-magazine shoots
-CDL05-06
-PV shoots
-New album 06

[jasjasss]

woww
she is such a busy woman
hope she can stay healthy =)

[Raleigh]

What I don't like is how Ayu isn't on many music shows.. only 5 while other competing artists are on tons of music shows. At least this time it's more than two magazines like last month.

[[AHS]MortalSex]

wow, if I had that kind of schedule I would have fainted all the time XD
but thanks for the info ^^
the rest of this year will be interesting

[Delirium-Zer0]

It feels more & more like old times (2001-ish) every day ^___^ I love this.

[w_bum]

Thanks for the info. I'm glad that she'll be appearing on more magazines.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

What I don't like is how Ayu isn't on many music shows.. only 5 while other competing artists are on tons of music shows. At least this time it's more than two magazines like last month.

Exactly how many music shows is she supposed to go on? She's appearing on all the major ones except for Utaban. And really I'm not sure who you are talking about that has done a "ton" more music shows than that. Compared to the majority of artists, Ayumi does many more.

Anyways, I bet she is going to perform Pride on Popjam. B&D doesn't strike me as an NHK kind of song.

[Baernash]

Thanks for the info. These will be for her hard months

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Exactly how many music shows is she supposed to go on? She's appearing on all the major ones except for Utaban. And really I'm not sure who you are talking about that has done a "ton" more music shows than that. Compared to the majority of artists, Ayumi does many more.

Anyways, I bet she is going to perform Pride on Popjam. B&D doesn't strike me as an NHK kind of song.

Yeah but some artists go repeatedly on the major ones. Like Ai Otsuka's Planetarium was performed seven times. Her Smily was performed eight times. Ami's Around the World was performed six times. I think that maybe she could spare one or two more live performances. Gives her more coverage and people get to listen to it more. Ayumi does more than the majority, but just that it would be nice to see her performing just as much as the other major artists.

Also note that this song's genre isn't exactly mainstream so it might take people quite a while to get used to the style of the song.

At least this time there are more magazine appearances.

[Endlessoul]

thanks for the info. I'm waiting for her brand new style.

[Qt Mashi]

WOW so MANY!!!!

and i was planning to collect all her magazines this year...

[Ayane]

I'm so happy that she's appearing in many magazines! I can't wait for the covers!

[elepop]

Yay! So many things going on!

[Connected]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Yeah but some artists go repeatedly on the major ones. Like Ai Otsuka's Planetarium was performed seven times. Her Smily was performed eight times. Ami's Around the World was performed six times. I think that maybe she could spare one or two more live performances. Gives her more coverage and people get to listen to it more. Ayumi does more than the majority, but just that it would be nice to see her performing just as much as the other major artists.

Also note that this song's genre isn't exactly mainstream so it might take people quite a while to get used to the style of the song.

At least this time there are more magazine appearances.

Most of the repeated performances are for "specials". And since the Xmas-New Year's "specials" are coming up, plus the possible awards-show performances if "HEAVEN" becomes a favourite to win (otherwise she may not be bothered), and you've got yourselves a heck of a lot of Ayu for the next two months (not that I'm complaining, but poor Ayu!)

[Mirai Noah]

Yay for performances! I can't wait to see them!

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Yeah but some artists go repeatedly on the major ones. Like Ai Otsuka's Planetarium was performed seven times. Her Smily was performed eight times. Ami's Around the World was performed six times. I think that maybe she could spare one or two more live performances. Gives her more coverage and people get to listen to it more. Ayumi does more than the majority, but just that it would be nice to see her performing just as much as the other major artists.

Ayumi performed Heaven 6 times as well. Also keep in mind that those artists are trying to build their popularity, Ayumi doesn't need to perform a song 10 times or something to have it sell well. How often do you see other established artists like B'z performing for example - not very much. She has perfomed on TV at least 18 times so far this year and with her releasing a new single, a new album, a CDL, a tour soon after the CDL, plus I'm sure the numerous Christmas and award show performances she will be doing - I would not want to add more to her workload at all. I already think that is too much for one person to be doing.

[Raleigh]

Actually lives do affect sales more than many people think. I was surprised myself. When Hikki released "Be My Last" it sold really poorly. But then when she performed it live her sales improved, a little. And Hikki is like known to sell like crazy. I do believe that the same would have occured to Ayu if she performed it live twice and appeared in no magazines. Few artists can barely promote their song and sell well.

Remember that not all fans would know of her releases apart from die hard fans. So unless Avex promotes it a lot in magazines and live performances, not everyone will know about her release.

And Heaven was well supposed to be a really good release especially since it was the theme song for a huge movie so I wasn't surprised seeing it having a decent coverage. Actually I expected more since there was such a high expectancy from Ayu and many fans. Like two magazine appearances were too little imo.

Personally I know it must be a lot of work.. but a lot of work must be done in order to sell releases even if she's the queen. Plus there are loads of artists who are going to release a single by the end of the month. BoA and hitomi on the 23rd, Ami Suzuki in the beginning of December, Namie Amuro on the 16th. And I bet all those artists are going to work like crazy to get the top spots. Also with two albums from Ai Otsuka and Mika Nakashima, even if they're not competing, there will be a lot of attention towards them, especially Mika with her best album. I don't blame them since everyone wants to sell well. And this is also a new genre and all.

But anyhow maybe it is too much for her since she must be really working hard on her album and Countdown Live so it must be pretty stressful for her. I do agree with you. However I still think this single does need a little more promotion. At least there are more magazine appearances which will definately attract attention especially if she's going to dress in the same style of her release.

[Jennie Mae]

Yay, Hx3! I get to watch her on my TV!

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

It feels more & more like old times (2001-ish) every day ^___^ I love this.

It really does, doesn't it? All these great, new Ayu things...