I want Fight Together as a single release I so love the One Piece Opening...

Well, it's not really a "BEST" album. None of the songs were hits really and very few of them were even singles.

*1 15,952 安室奈美恵 Checkmate!
*2 11,428 东方神起 ウェ(キープ・ユア・ヘッド・ダウン)日本ライセンス(韩国语)盘
*3 *6,246 徳永英明 VOCALIST & BALLADE BEST

Week 2: 13,790 + 15,952
= 282,742
To be very honest, when i saw 'checkmate!' ninki last week with only 150.00, i was so disappointed & worry about her actual sale, because Love Songs/RnRC had a better ninki and they sold... just in a okay level i guess...
but now i feel so proud of her <3 so next time i just need to believe in her not that ninki xD

O.o eeeesh

the first two albums that poped into my mind when you said that were utada's scv1 and ayu's a best, and they happen to be some of the highest selling best albums in history. lol

lol I know there are BEST Alb that sold alot, but Zeke said "BEST albums always are a hit in Japan, lol." And.. clearly that there are some so called BEST alb but didn't sell well right?

If you're competent enough to correct someone then you should be able to understand what they were trying to say in the first place. It is obvious that not all 'Best/Compilation' albums sell well. C'mon now, that's a given. But in regard to very popular mainstream artists, "chances" are they do. I think that was the point that was trying to be made here.

hey hey, take it easy my friend @.@ I was just comment in very normal way , nothing so serious about it @@. n i didn't think any about competent.... @@ gosh, maybe u r alittle too sensitive
WOW. maybe next time i should add emoticon to make it look less serious, I swear my reply to Zeke was actually like this(in my head at the time I wrote)

My apologies then. :yes It's just whenever you post comments indented to correct someone else's in the Namie threads (or other threads), they usually come off as a bit rude and serious. :yes Now I am aware that your intentions are meant to be comical and helpful. :yes And no, I'm not a very sensitive person. lol! ;)

:headache well i'm so sorry for all that "rude & serious" attitude in my comment ><:( Next time i'll use alot of emoticon/smilies then...:o
Back to the topic, so do u think when will Namie will put out another studio album Y_Y?

^I really hope Namie will :yes

i thought namie would release a new studio album this year, but then Checkmate! got announced. :laugh so i'm not sure. maybe at the end of this year? or early 2012. :P

any news about new single "Fight Together" release date?

^ I was thinking the same. She was trending toward releasing a studio album every two years so 2011 would've been the year for a new one. I'm not complaining because I actually really like Checkmate. I'm also thinking 2012 could possibly be the year for a new album. Other than that, I'm still expecting some more new material this year. Another thing Namie has been doing lately is releasing one single a year. Although we've gotten Checkmate and Fight Together we still haven't seen a single. I want her to maintain her ranking as a female artist with the highest consecutive years of a top 10 hit.

It actually wouldn't be a big surprise if she didn't release a single for fight together, now that I think about it. ugh

the 3 a-side single is just a rumor, there is not official info yet about a single.

if the artist is popular, the sales are amazing.Obviously Namie is one of the best female artists in Japan, and her sales are really good. Not every BEST released by some artist sell well, Example: alan and her Japan Premium Best, the sales of the best are lower than her 2 studio albums. :innocent

So congratz to Namie !! :yes

Yeah, we haven't heard anything else about that rumor so I'm gonna go ahead and say that it was fake. Still, it was nice to hope.

I'm kind of sad too that the triple A side single isn't going to happen, but at the same time I'm a bit happy cause of the song titles. power zero evolution?

I really wanted that single -.-

Like a slap to people who complained about the song tittles.
Only I can dream.


I really wanted her own single by herself.