it's hard to say how well (or bad ?) BEST ~third universe~ & 8AL "UNIVERSE" will fare next week since I think this's the 1st time I see a best + original album being bunched up together to be sold

let's see how things goes in time to come

Yes II would be shock,too.I mean it's a BESTalbum and I hope the last two single sales dont't show what Kumi's sales will be like fpr the album:-(

Can We Go Back was a limited pre-album single so it was okay,BUT Alive/Physical thing sales were ......ugly!

Ninki is out...
oh already posted LoL

Yeah it's ok i think!
I didn't expect that much, BUT just let see how it sells!
Cause you don't know japanes people these days!

me too

it was unfortunate that Alive / Physical thing's sales were really low even though it went #1

I wonder what went wrong ? covers ? songs ? PVs ?

but heck it , it was #1 overall so :shrug

i love her omg. my fav member

and here's another pic

http://i45.tinypic.com/214xj84.jpg

This wait is killing me, haha.

@Karen: i think the problem with this single was that Kuu's main fanbase problaby can't appreciate a song like Alive!

aw :(

that's a pity . Alive's quite under-rated if you ask me

Let's pray that the fans who don't buy her singles, will end up by the album

That's so true, BUT TABOO was released in the middle of the crisis and nothing sold like crazy and it was acceptable and another #1=)

I will for sure :laugh

oh yeah I forgot about the Global Financial Crisis D:

I guess if the GFC didn't happen , TABOO's sales would have been much higher/better

I bet on both, too=)

next week I think we will all be very satisfied with the album finally *-* and the sales^^

BUT Kuu's album sales are mostly pretty good compared to her single sales!
She never was THAT BIG single seller with over 100.000 for every single!
BUT her albums does great on charts!

I really don't know how to predict her sales... or anyone's sales, cause Japan is pretty unpredictable right now (unless you're a boyband).
But I do hope the best for sure and even if the sales aren't great, I won't bother that much if I like the album. :laugh
Sales aren't everything, even her staff told her that.
And Gubsi, you're absolutely right, she never was a single seller, but a good album seller in general.

Yes that's right and I'm glad Kuuchan sees it,too nowadays.
I like when she said that a good song is better than a song that she does not love and sell extremely good!
Even Ai no Uta started slow in sales and it became a super hit =)

Good pics of Oricon Style:



Thanks to alterna @ JPM

:heart

I love those pics. She looks hot. *___*