^ Same :( I was hoping for an October release gosh! ><

Just random news from U.BLOG;)

Four more months to sell a little less than 20,000 units of HEART STATION and hit the million-sales mark. That's around 5,000 albums per month. I'm getting a little worried.

omg..did anyone else know this? I never knew her mom was -THAT- popular :thud:thud:thud:thud

woah...i did not know that either!! guess hikki have huge feets to fill then! ;)

Hey, why worry? She's a great, talented and sucessful artist who manages to sell almost a million copies of her latest album, something impressive considering how album sales in Japan have been going down lately and that she's not the trendy boy-band or one-hit wonder around.

So, the album was great for me, I particulary LOVE it as a whole, and I hope that she actually hits the million mark this time, but I won't be sad or mad if not, i mean, is hard to sell a million albums nowadays, just look at Ayu's recent releases.

She has the best selling album/digital single in Japan. So she already has filled her shoes...to the max. :) Her and her mother are prolly the only daughter-mother team to dominate the charts and break records. Those Utadas! They have something that everyone loved or should love. And that's music. I only hope that one day I'll be able to listen to her mother's music.

lol those utadas :laugh

lol~ those utadas does sound really funny~ i'm already very proud of hikki!! her parents must be really proud..i would hope so

Wow, Hikki and her mom are like the biggest mother-daughter musical duo of all time it seems like.

I also definitely think she'll hit the million mark :yes 20k to go and she's still doing about 1.5k a week. Awesome.

I've been wanting the UK version of Exodus for a while now, anyone knows where to get it?

It's weird, because I bought Exodus in Amsterdam, and they didn't have UK version but American version! That's weird right >__> Also, it's not even on ebay!

I really want it though, I think the UK cover looks way better, so I really wanna see the booklet too. And there are 2 bonus tracks of You Make Me Want To Be A Man, which is one of my favorite Exodus songs.

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I just hope it's not that expensive.. I don't wanna pay a lot for an album I practically already own xD

I don't understand why everyone's "worried." Just because it doesn't hit 1 million doesn't make this album a failure. Not only has it sold more than UB, it's also got really good staying power on the charts, and has many high quality songs. Hikki doesn't have to sell 1 million <3

yea but still, it's kinda aggravating to know that it only has a bit more to reach a million, and to just see it stay still on the charts is just depressing, lol. that's how i see it.

^It's just that some people really put emphasis on sales, and some don't.

Utada is one of the major artists of all time in Japan. There is absolutely no way that, even if she does lose popularity there, she will be forgotten or anything like that.

Besides, she's gaining new ground here in the states. This is a very exciting time for Jpop all around I think.

But, why is that specific number, 1 million, so important? Her sales are amazing as it is! :luv2

Because reaching a million is a rare feat for an artist these days, and if anyone deserves it, Utada Hikaru does. Obviously, HEART STATION still kicks butt regardless of its sales, but we'd still like to see it hit a million nonetheless. Besides, million-sales albums are something of Utada's trademark (ULTRA BLUE aside).