Busy December

This December will be very busy for fans and singers, because the two top singers of AVEX, Ayumi Hamasaki and Namie Amuro, will release their new single and album.

Namie Amuro was very popular within recent years, although she had vanished for years. Her latest album, BEST FICTION (7/30 2008) has been sold out 1,534,404 pieces, and recently, she just finished her tour concert in Japan, Taiwan and Shanghai, which was joined by about 500,000 people.



Every her fan and reporter are expecting the new album (its name isn't released yet) for the unbelievable achivement of BEST FICTION. However, Namie Amuro said that the new album is going to a brand new level, she doesn't care the sales volume so much.

For her fame, she was also rewared some awards, such as The Best Female Singer, The Most Fashionable Queen and so on. Also, Vidal Sassoon hired her to take the new ad continually.

Ayu, who has been popular for 10 more years. Her new single, You were.../ BALLAD, is also expected very much. Although her CD's sales volume is gradually going down, she is still the top female singer in AVEX.

Today, she just finished her NEXT LEVEL tour in Japan, and the news of new to be released single had been poblished, either. Her latest single, Sunrise/ Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ (8/12 2009) sold out 109,918 pieces. In Japan's CD market, it is a great grade actually.

(NEXT LEVEL Tour)

(NEXT LEVEL Tour)

(NEXT LEVEL Tour)

(NEXT LEVEL Tour)

Ayu has debuted for 11 years, but her fascination does not decline at all. She is still the top 2 female singer in Japanese's mind (The top one is Namie Amuro). However, her sales volume is continually going down. Some fans said it is because that there are too many popular male groups to compete with Ayu. For me, regardless of the sales volume, loving her music and voice is the most important thing.

Next, let me sow you the album and single top 5 ranking of last week (10/26 2009)

>> B'z become the top one in last week as soon as the new single released.

>> YUI is still the queen of romantic songs. The sales volume is gorgeous.

>> The album, ayaka's History 2006-2009, is really great!! What a pity that she will retire from her singing buisness career.

>> It's not a great sales volume for M-F10 -10th Anniversary Best.

(The two pics are made by Eiger, and the data are from Oricon Style)