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Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
At least Utada could do 10 dates. There is no demand for Ayu anywhere but Japan, and maybe Taiwan. Sorry, that's not enough to be global. Utada can actually hold fan meet in the US, Ayu could never.
Ayu has China, so that's why she has high Youku stats, but Ayu has a youtube chanel which pales in comparison to Utada. Yes Ayu has higher sales b/c she has 9686986986869 releases and even then export sales are close. Utada's influence goes further than that. Almost every video game fan knows Simple and Clean/Sancutuary.
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Utada flopped in America. Exodus has done 55k lifetime
You're acting like she's hit it big when they were just as big in the Western world yet Ayu was considerably bigger in the Eastern world.
The most populated country? And her Youku stats are bigger than Hikaru's Youtube stats
On top of that, her Youtube stats aren't bad. She has a preview that's been viewed almost 6M times
And every anime fan knows "Dearest." Your point? Ayu has sold more globally, has more streams globally, has a higher career tour gross, has earned more, etc. Hikaru is not a more "global artist."