Ayu in Oriental Daily 01/12/2004

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I should have read the newspaper more often. ayu was on the newspaper 4 times last week and i didnt know.

anyway, just to remind you, the correct attitude of reading a hong kong newspaper is to read, laugh and forget.

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translation

the '46th japan music award' announced the winner's list on the day before yesterday. ayu has said that she will not be present at the award presentation, and actually she was not on the winner's list. There is a report saying that, actually there are only 2 votes supporting her to get the award this year. judging from the results, it is feared that people will think ayu is afraid of losing and hence announced that she will not take part in the award.

2 days ago, there is a newspaper exclusive saying that ayu will not be present at the awards, and will not accept in any music awards in the future. yesterday ayu explained on the official website that she wanted to tell her fans in person about this decision, and she did not know why the press knew about this decision. Ayu reiterated that hre decision is due to the internal struggles in her company, causing her to be wary of awards. she also said that if she announced her decision after the winner's list was announced, then it would be even more shameful.

the awards panel says, they have not received ayu's application of quitting the competition for awards. the 12 winners that were announced the day before yesterday included mr chilfren, boa, ??? & da pump etc. ayu's nae was not in it. these 12 artists have a chance to compete for the 'gold disc award'. in other words, ayu has no chance of getting the gold disc award.

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there are reports saying that ayu is not in the list because she does not have the support from the panel of judges, and only got 2 votes. in the past, mr children was absent fro mthe awards in 1994, and yet got the 'gold disc award'. hence, we can exclude the possibility that ayu not being on the list due to her absence from the award presentation.

on the other hand, a lot of fans feel that it is unfair for ken hirai not to be on the list. this is because his performance this year is very good. the best selling single on oricon is his single, (?) "close the eyes", selling 830,000 copies. the best selling album is utada hikaru's 'single collection vol 1', selling 2,500,000.