Hikaru and canada

I noticed Hikaru has started to officially sale her stuff in Canada and not the USA thoughts on this?

Oh??

And when did this start?

Hikki! Come back to us!!!

Well, she must have a small fan-base in Canada. Canada's important.

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Seriously though. What's she sellin' in Canada?

this started this year

What all is sold in Canada of Hikki's?

She began to sell canadian printed albums, which were considerably cheaper than the Japanese and other Asian countries. It started around the time of ULTRA BLUE, and that was how I was able to pick up my first album by her.

And we Americans are left in the dark?
I mean, I'm super happy Canadians are able to enjoy her, but this should be done in America, at least for ULTRA BLUE. Really. I don't see the reasoning here.

I do
every time she releases a aklbum in usa it doesn't go well

Well, that only happened once...

Did exodus do well in Canada?

hmm no but she is huge in canada now

I wonder why the turn of events...

I think it's due to two main things:

1. The "Utada" persona was created for the American audience, so it would be strange to sell "Utada Hikaru" albums in the market she changed her name (although not much) for.

2. The United States is more resistant to foreign artists (save a few British and American ones). When was the last time you turned on MTV and saw someone singing in a foreign language (besides reggaeton)? When I went to canada for a week (pre-Ultra Blue), I turned on Much Music (their version of MTV) and saw tons of foreign artists singing in multiple languages. It's this overwhelming feeling that a majority of Americans have that "America is the best and English is the best language ever!!!!". Personally, I thinks it's a shame that we don't sell more foreign music.

sorry, kinda went on a rant there....

but yeah, if she's selling albums in Canada, she should sell her stuff here too.

They started selling her "Heart Station" in Barnes and Nobles.

kindblue wrote:

They started selling her "Heart Station" in Barnes and Nobles.

In Canada??

If I could go to Barnes and Noble... and then get Heart Station, I would.

I agree with the above post, too. My whole family has that feeling that "America is the best, English is the best" besides Italian. I would like to explore Canada now.

Gosh, for a "Melting Pot Country", we're really ethnocentric

DaAmainator wrote:

kindblue wrote:

They started selling her "Heart Station" in Barnes and Nobles.

In Canada??

If I could go to Barnes and Noble... and then get Heart Station, I would.

I agree with the above post, too. My whole family has that feeling that "America is the best, English is the best" besides Italian. I would like to explore Canada now.

Gosh, for a "Melting Pot Country", we're really ethnocentric

Actually, they are selling Canadian versions of HEART STATION in the USA.

Sanosuke wrote:

DaAmainator wrote:

kindblue wrote:

They started selling her "Heart Station" in Barnes and Nobles.

In Canada??

If I could go to Barnes and Noble... and then get Heart Station, I would.

I agree with the above post, too. My whole family has that feeling that "America is the best, English is the best" besides Italian. I would like to explore Canada now.

Gosh, for a "Melting Pot Country", we're really ethnocentric

Actually, they are selling Canadian versions of HEART STATION in the USA.

That's odd!! I'll have to go buy one. Wouldn't it be easier just to make a US version and sell it here?

Sanosuke wrote:

Actually, they are selling Canadian versions of HEART STATION in the USA.

AH!!!!
MUST....GO.....BUY.....NOW.....

So does that mean Canada's more multi-cultural than the states?

To a certain extent yes we embrace it more
in our language arts classes the Usa is described as being a "melting pot" where as
we(Canada) are described as "Cultural mosaic"

It's really complicated why they don't sell a lot of niche albums in the US. Not just Japanese albums but English language albums that get released in every other country don't get released in the US, or if they were released with a major label in other countries they'll be released by an independent one in the US, or there'll be a really long delay.

I'm sure if Capitol Records in the US just released Heart Station in New York City, Southern California and Hawaii it would far outsell the Canadian sales but that's not how releases work. They'd have to release it nation wide and I guess they think that it's more trouble than it's worth because specialty stores would carry the imports in the main cities anyway.

I think that's what makes Canada different to the US, but I don't know what makes Canada different to Australia and to a lesser extent the UK and some other western European countries.

Id be careful withe statements such as thay as somone from Canada I know a lot more then you about it

Hikkifan34 wrote:

Id be careful withe statements such as thay as somone from Canada I know a lot more then you about it

What part of what I said was no good?

Hikkifan34, please don't start any trouble.

Hikkifan34 wrote:

Id be careful withe statements such as thay as somone from Canada I know a lot more then you about it

The big RH was agreein' with ya there, HikkiFan. Don't be fussy.

Sorry Rh mis read

lol, i live in BC and picked up my canadian version of heart station at richmond centre HMV