Alizee in JAPAN

[Icarion]

Does anyone know the popularity of Alizee in Japan and of any Japan based web sites for Alizee? Thanks

[Rocket]

First Icarion, welcome to the site. Both of Alizee's albums went #1 in Japan. Can't say for sure if she is still just as popular. As far as any Japaneese website, sorry, I don't know of any. Perhaps one of the other members knows the answer. Take it away RMJ. lol

[Twitch]

She must have been popular enough as she decided to go to Asia to promote her second album, traditionally French artists usually try to break into the French markets in North America before Asia, but she went there and released special versions of her albums for the Asian markets. Here is her official Japanese page, but it is 3 years old. It was just never taken down like her official page. http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/alizee/

[WyomingGrizFan]

Had this included on a different thread. I think it may be a Chinese search station, maybe out of Hong Kong, but it does have videos of different artists from the Far East as well as International. Alizee has a number of videos on it including some of her commercials that she participated in while over in Japan.

http://search.ouou.com/search/video/Alizee/1

[Icarion]

Is Alizee popular in Japan? I am considering starting a site based in Japan like this one. Can anyone fill me in? Thanks!:)

[Icarion]

Wow thanks all!

[brad]

she was popular there at one point .. not sure if she still is.

http://moi-alizee.us/play/?v=38

there was also a recent video where a girl interviewed people on the street in japan, showing a picture and asking people if they knew who the girl was in the picture. No one knew who she was :(

[CFHollister]

I have a friend who if living in Japan right now and has been for the past year. I've asked him about her popularity there and he has never seen or heard her mentioned.

[RMJ]

Popular ? Yes. Mainstream ? No.

There's propably still certain amount of people who likes her but finding one is almost impossible. And there can be lots of them. It's just that you know where to look, just like for everything else in Japan. It can be very local phenomena, or certain type of people, and so on...


(all that in past tense.. current situation is unknown since no-one has come to tell it)

[espire]

I doubt she's very big in Japan. Popular culture in general changes extremely quickly, so people who knew her then likely forgot.

[Ioku]

I have a few friends from Japan and one of them likes her and listens to her.

[Icarion]

Does anyone know the popularity of Alizee in Japan and of any Japan based web sites for Alizee? Thanks
Not ready but...will be

http://www.alizee.jp

[Jake04]

As I was watching Alizee's video in Japan, I couldn't help but wonder whether her team BLEW IT in Japan. I know she was popular there at one point. But, I believe she would have been BIGGER there had her team made the proper investment and prepared her thoroughly. She could have made millions of dollars there in endorsements alone. I know she endorsed Elise there, but that was not enough.

I mean, if Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian - all of whom have ZERO talent - could earn millions of dollars there in endorsements, why couldn't she?

I couldn't find any other video of Alizee in Japan except for the one on her En Concert DVD. And, based on the short clip of her performing JEAM on a variety show, I could tell that she was unprepared. I mean, she was just standing there and not even doing her patented dance which made her popular around the world. Japan was the SECOND BIGGEST market at the time. They should have made the investment, like bringing her band and dancers there for a full performance. Her ML and JEAM would have been BIGGER there. It would have been worth their investment.

I wouldn't blame it on Alizee. She was still young at the time. She looked very intimidated there. Japanese culture is waaaaay different than France's or even Europe's. I know, because I had the opportunity to live in both places for six years.

I truly believe that it was a LOST GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY for Alizee! Like I said, she could've earned millions of dollars there on her music and endorsements. Money that could have given her some financial freedom and which she could have used to produce more and better music.

Life is really not fair! You have these skanks earning money there while our Alizee does not. Let's see: Kardashian had a sex tape of herself and her boyfriend released to the public. Then, you have Lohan who just got out of jail and Hilton who is about to go back there. I mean come on! 10% of Alizee's talent is still more than these people combined! It really pisses me off! :mad::mad::mad:

Speaking of lost opportunity: I couldn't believe I missed her on two occasions! :mad: Like I said, I lived in both places for six years. I was in the military and was stationed in Italy from 1998-2001 and Japan from 2002 - 2005. Had I've known her at the time, I would have gone to one of her shows or concert to meet her. I've visited Paris and Tokyo while there.

I guess, my next best chance would be to go to Mexico. Oh well, I better renew my passport now just in case. :D