yoursonnetmylove wrote:
Charice?

barried wrote:
Yes Michelle Branch is Eurasian by ethnicity.

I still don't get what "Asian" really means in the title. Asian by ethnicity, Asian based, or Asian born artist? If the later one is used, then Utada will never be the "Asian Breakthrough" in USA, because she was born in USA

Jiremi wrote:
Unfortunately I believe America does not take Asian artists seriously. If you've ever noticed, in America, we only have Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic artists. For some reason, these are the only people we listen to. Why is that?

To be honest, it's the population's fault. America (the people) aren't all culturally diverse, therefore they do not recognize that other ethnicities are just as equal as theirs.

Music should no know color (ethnicity) but unfortunately, it does in America.


P.s.
This is just how I feel, so please no hate replies.

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Ultra_Red wrote:
If it isn't Utada then I don't want to know becasue nobody else deserves to be the first breakthrough other from Utada in my book.
She was born in America, speaks the language fluently and writes all her own music unlike the One Hit Wonder Girls.
not to mention she has 100X better voice then all 4 combined and her songs are better then anything that those 4 girls team of producers and songwriters can ever dream up.

If you're going to insult the Wonder Girls, please make note that there are 5 members, FIVE. And, last time I checked, "Nobody" hit #79 on the billboard charts.

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Ultra_Red wrote:
If it isn't Utada then I don't want to know becasue nobody else deserves to be the first breakthrough other from Utada in my book.
She was born in America, speaks the language fluently and writes all her own music unlike the One Hit Wonder Girls.
not to mention she has 100X better voice then all 4 combined and her songs are better then anything that those 4 girls team of producers and songwriters can ever dream up.

If you're going to insult the Wonder Girls, please make note that there are 5 members, FIVE. And, last time I checked, "Nobody" hit #79 on the billboard charts.

Don' care if there have 50 members they are still a poor man's korean spice girls that have very little talent and are all style over substance, don't we have enough of that here in the US?
Also they have very little chance of breaking through in the states even if they are trying to ride the coattails of another woefully overrated and talentless band like the Jonas Brothers.

Nobody cares that there song got to #79.
Big deal.
Utada was in iTunes Top 10 albums for a week and her song Come back to ME featured on MTV and VH1, I think those are bigger achievements then having your song peak at 79 for one week on the billboard charts.
pffft.

Utada >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wonderbout Girls

P.S: This is an Utada forum so all other artists are fair game to make fun of and insult don't take it personally.

Alex0821 wrote:
Calling America "not culturally diverse" is not an opinion, it is actually a lie - you honestly think Japan is less homogenized than America?????? If you add up all of the minorities in the US, their population is almost as large as that of the majority (caucasian). The same is NOT true for most Asian nations. We're not dealing with opinions here, we are dealing with facts, and you are lying when you say American is not culturally diverse.

On another note, an entire generation of girls growing up in the 90's were DEFINED by the Spice Girls. The Wonder Girls are NOT an "upgrade" from that - your entire argument is, once again, based on a lie. Stop lying.

Frankly, I don't like the Wonder Girls. I think they all sound like sheep. In fact, I think Utada is the only Japanese singer I've heard (including Ayumi and BoA) who doesn't sound screechy. That's why Utada is the only Japanese singer I like: she's the only one who sounds remotely pleasant.