Because if it's not #1 or at least #2 most of the times it means that it will barely be certificated gold if at all.
It might pick up though.
Lick me was #1 for a week and it got a gold certificate 2 months after the chaku uta full release. And that's all for it.

UHQ Alive / Physical thing Covers... ;)

CD+DVD:



CD Only:



Credit: News2U

omg thanks so much, they are seriously stunning. D:

Honestly...I'm kinda tired with the Japanese industry rankings, and the way stuff sells there.

I don't really mind if it didn't chart at all, considering there are some artists who I love, and they never chart. I think it's funny how the industry can't even have 5 releases in a week that all sell what is considered to be well, but whatever.

With kuu it's kinda like...even if she sells badly for her, we're still gonna get all kinds of goodies :yes

woah Luv! Thank you! They're gorgeous :heart I wonder who made those earrings.

OMG.. totally agree with you..
the sales aren't important after all, imo
it depends on the taste of people..

thanks luver for the UHQ covers :luv2 , you're so cute <3

CD+DVD looks a lot better in HQ and big :yes

Wow they look even more amazing, I love the gold accessories

For singles, Kuu has always had decent sales (except for her pre-ero kakkoii ones), never amazing ones. The most sales she got for them were in 2006, before & after that, they were decent so I'm still proud that she's managed to keep quite steady. She doesn't need #1 streaks, never had them before, doesn't need them now :shrug She just needs to keep on releasing good music.

cherrim your avatar is gorgeous <3

i don't mind her sales.. she manages to sale more than i expect of her, though. as long as i continue to get music i'm happy

emiko, your avatar is HOT :luv2
Kuu looks sexy with the cig in her mouth :love

woot , saw Physical thing's PV earlier on my laptop

DAMNNNN , ero kawaii Koda is back :laugh & I never seen her in red coloured hair before & she actually looks good in that red wig

I like her black outfit & she's just a BAD BAD BAD GIRL in the PV basically lmao

oh dear at this rate , she's not making friends anytime soon with the censorship board here :innocent but I don't care xD

emiko, I :heart your icon!

Thanks for the UHQ covers!!! Omg she's a goddess of the desert~ :luv2

And yeah... in Japan, it seems like a lot of "zomg 283190289382 #1 streaks" or "zomg broke 1mil!!!" has a lot of importance, but when the artist you support doesn't have all these... it just feels so hard to find more about him/her/them lol.

Alive / Physical thing Recochoku Charts 9.03〜9.04

Chaku-Uta:
Alive 3↑4
Incoming Movie Clip:
Alive 1←1
RBT
Alive 35↑37

Other Chart Entries

Chaku-Uta:
Lick me 78↓72
Chaku-Uta Full:
Lick me 99↓76
Video Clip:
Lick me 33↓28
Moon Crying 36↑44
Butterfly 39↑88
It's all Love! 80↑84
BUT 82↓64
you 90↓73
Incoming Movie Clip:
Lick me 14↓12
ECSTASY 92↓51
anytime 93

So I guess the PVs are out, otherwise, what else would Kumi fans have ten pages to talk about lol! xD;

:laugh

yeah both PVs are officially out which explains why the thread has moved so fast @_@

I just saw Physical Thing... It looks like that one Gaga video except Kumi killed everyone at the party, ate and drank all their stuff and then celebrated with a sexy dance LOL. I like it more than ECSTASY (song and PV) even though it's still not that great (the PV).

Is it just me, or can you see a towel that Kuu is sitting on in the HQ CD+DVD cover? I swear it's a towel. I can even make out the ribbing pattern that's always on the ends of towels.

^Placing your bare butt on a pile of rocks for a photo shoot can't exactly feel good...wow you have a good eye noticing something like that

^ Very well could be! I could imagine she wouldn't want her bare booty on a load of rocks... They could have shopped it out though right?

She should have just endured the pain!!! Just kidding of course! It DOES look like a towel now that I really look at it/can see it. I just assumed it was like... a sandy shadow thing.... :laugh

Wow, you have a really good eye! I didn't notice that!