heh i like utada hikaru better^^;;; i luv all her songs... i listen to all her songs the most...even tho ayumi hamasaki won a gold trophy for the best singer in MTV JAPAN~~ but still...hehe utada hikaru is better^^;;

Hikki's voice is better than Ayu's but Ayu's song appeal to me more. She ventures into a lot of genres that I like so yeah I choose Ayu. And her MVs are always so interesting with their lil short stories. Lolx...

Ayumi get my vote for looks, but if we're going for voice, hikki get's every single vote i can possibly give.(which is one)

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

def utada

I love almost all of Utada's songs, and I only like 1 of Ayumi's song. But then again, Utada has some really WILD music videos, and I've never seen an Ayumi one.. so.. dunno... lol. Hikki's my favorite though =)

I've never heard any songs by either of them. Isn't that so sad?

I dunno any Japanese singers, but I've heard of Ayumi, so I guess I'll go with her =\

utadas voice and song is better but ayumis beauty is magnificient

I like both actually. But I picked Utada because she sings my favorite song.

I'll give hamasaki a sympathy vote because she's been through tougher times than Utada Hikaru who's had a wealthy background

yeah i like utada better cuz she sings one of my favorite songs...simple and clean is the way that you making me feel tonight....

utada hikaru!! awesome songs..

esp. first love... it never gets old~

utada is my favorite. "First love"

utada's my favorite too. i like the song hikari...that's what it's called, right?

yup yup "first love" i love da piano version too keke

the piano version's awesome! i listen to it every once in a while

Yeah! Hikari! Its cool especially on piano...

really? i've never heard it on the piano, i'll have to listen to it sometime.

HIIKKIII !!

Same here, My parents listen to her too, which is weird.

Wow who are these people? Are they popular asian singers?

I like Utada Hikaru

I like utada better

if i had to choose, i'd go with utada. :)

i only had heard of Utada Hikaru...so i guess her

I cant understand them, but I like utada hikaru the most.

I'm gonna break it down like this.

Utada's Exodus CD was weird. I give it a 7.5/10. Her songs were completely weird but her good lyricism (excluding Easy Breezy: "You're easy breezy and I'm Japaneezy.") gave Utada's American debut Exodus a 7.5. Only good songs were Exodus 04', About Me, Animato, Easy Breezy (excluding that one verse I just mentioned), and Kremlin Dusk.

Ayumi Hamasaki is just great. Interesting fact for those who didn't notice: Ayumi Hamasaki is one of Japan's singers who don't put English in their singing. I like that attitude. I usually don't like hearing Asian singers try attempting to put English in their songs unless they're good at singing English (ex: Crystal Kay), therefore Ayumi Hamasaki is better than Utada. Current favorite Ayumi song: Moments.

they are both good artist
i like both
but i tend to like Utada Hikaru more!

they're both good but i've heard more of ayumi's stuff though so yeah.

I like Hikki better I suppose. Only for her Japanese albums. Her english debut bothered me. I don't know why. Ayumi is great too, but she has that generic high pitched voice that alot of other asian singers have. Utada has a smokey type quality to her voice. First Love is my fav album.

I don't like Ayumi's voice in some of her songs. And I do agree with azn_r4pf4n, Utada's English Album is weird. No, to me, it really sucks. But i dont know, I actually like them both. Ayumi's trance tracks are awesome and Utada's love songs are just amazing (ex: First Love). But I buy Utada's CD's more than Ayumi's, since I'm a little picky on Ayu's cd's. I'm planning on buying some trance tracks from her, though.

Wow Utada Hikaru has the most vote counts...
I forgot that I made this topic lol...
I was gona be like is someone copying my username again? lol...
Anyways I guess I never voted yet. So I did now... I like
Ayumi Hamasaki these days... Just her songs. But I still love
Utada Hikaru, she's sucha cool person even though i didn't meet
her in real-life. But she can even speak English! It's kinda cool
of how she become a Japanese singer. Sucha an interesting
story from her music background.

who1???!?!?!?!?!?

Utada's pretty smart. Doesn't she go to Columbia University? She gets my pick.

ya, i heard from mtv that she dropped out. LOLZ!

same here lol

Ayumi Hamasaki is the better one. I liked Evolution.. For all you Naruto lovers out there, there is a AMV with that song and Rock Lee as its theme. Back on topic..

prolly utada. her voice is so much better than ayu's. they're both good tho. =]

listening to :

inspire - ayumi hamasaki

ayumi is actually one of the only japanese singers i deeply revere. im not much of a fan of the japanese female accent when i hear jpop, but ayumi's handwritten songs and refraining in putting english in her songs makes ayumi pretty great. reminds me of a game when i hear inspire.



hmmm, ya, her voice is like between average and very good in my opinion. i recommend crystal kay though. hmm, i should start a topic about her sometime.

i dont really listen to japanese music that much.. but i do like that song Do As Infinity has thats on Inyuasha..i think thats their name.. but i do like to listen to japanese music..even thou i dun understand it..same goes for indian songs..i love chutney

I love Utada's voice..Ayumi is alright. I guess I know more of Utada's though. I haven't heard much of Ayumi.

Yeah.. Utada Hikaru is awesome!!

I like Utada a bit better than Ayumi~ Don't really like her voice.......too.....sqeaky. Some of Ayumi's MV's are weird...........I think there was this one where the whole clip was her washing the dishes or something........

Shortiiex , thats weird cause i've only heard of ayumi Hamasaki so i choose her

ayumi!

I only understand a bit of what they say, but i like ayumi better. They are both great, utada sings lotsa anime stuff. I also think ayumi looks better (^.^)

i dont really like jap music. yes, i am weird.
i used to have some of utada's CDs though.