Talk:MIRIAM/@comment-24636659-20180808234101/@comment-53539-20180809072111

Yes, the second sentence just notes how Lola sees more usage in Japan. Lola tends to be a lot more useful overall due to how tone changes are much more easier with her and you can actually hear Lola's voice changing. Overall, Miriaim is still considered the most popular despite Lola's more heavier usage in Japan because Miriam's sales are better.

Miriam's main problem was initially unlike Leon and Lola she had two problems; she was only sold in Europe and Japan, plus in Europe Cantor was released at the same time as her. Leon and Lola had no competition at all and were available in America as well, though had rubbish sales in America.

Not quite sure if she counts as an Avanna, Avanna had less then 100 DeviantArt arts for example on DA back in the day. Oliver had over 1,000. It was a real kicker that Avanna had done well when she finally got no.1 for this reason, because barely any Vocaloid fan noticed her. IT wasn't just in terms of art, but songs, on youtube she barely reached 30 and again, Oliver was seeing much more heavy usage.

Avanna is unique in that she is the best example we have of a Dark Horse in Vocaloid, a Vocaloid that is selling exceptionally well but at the time was completely under the radar. Sonika, Tonio and Prima had also done well... But over their lifetime. Not within a year. Sadly none of the V1's ever sold enough to be counted on Zero0G's website popularity charts, but this is likely due to how they were dated, etc. Saying that, none of the V1s were ever expected to sell post-V2 and Kaito's the only one to do as well as a V2 overall. I mentioned this in response to someone saying in Meiko's comment section how unpopular she was (which is laughable as a member of the Big 8).