HEART STATION's Ninki is 352.70!!! Yay. For comparison, Koda Kumi's "Kingdom" had a NINKI of 327.90 and debuted with 421,302. That means Hikki should get at least 450k+ for the first week! Awesome :D

NINKI isn't predicting sales though so it's not really related XD.
I'm glad that hikki will have a #1 yay!

It doesn't predict sales directly, but it does predict popularity. Albums with similar NINKIs often have similar first weeks. So if Kingdom has a little lower NINKI than HEART STATION, HS will probably do better in its first week :luv2 I'm hoping for 475k. I'm sure it'll do better in the long run than Kingdom, though, since that album stopped being promoted less than a week into its release.

Ooooh, nice NINKI results. I hoping for 500K+ her first week. I want Hikki to keep her record.

Score I was right on with my NINKI prediction!!! What's the second position NINKI? Surely Hikki's got the number one but just for curiosity sake.

I'm so excited for HEART STATION!!!!

Previews of CD DATA scans

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ddata001-1.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ddata006-1.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ddata008-1.jpg

credits to hikkistation!

CD DATA Scans

credits to La La!

OMG, she looks GREAT and ADORABLE! Hikki is looking great!! Hopefully there will be some more pics like this in the HEART STATION booklet.

Those images of her are abosolutely GORGEOUS! DO-YO-THANG-HIKKI! *snap snap snap*

she looks BEAUTIFULL!!! the first photo is amaizing!!! :D

So maybe someone on hikaru.sc has HEART STATION leak and is working on it as we speak. I don't know if it's true or not but maybe a leak will be spreading within the next couple hours.

If you're gonna listen to it (which is not me) then get pumped!

^ I hope it's not true. I'm tired of the leaks that's been happening lately. What ever happened to people going on a wim with their fave artists? Besides, it's not like it's much to leak anyway. At the most theire getting 4 new songs. I'm not hyped at all about dlding her album. I'm with you Amai! :hi5

100 % agree Luv! Not much new stuff would be coming...

(1) Celebrate (2) Gentle Beast Interlude (3) Niji-iro Bus (4) Prisoner of Love (5) Take 5.
I mean 5 tracks (4 with 1 interlude) is not that much so I'm sure that we can wait until a couple more days until the album is released. Besides if they end up being the best tracks on the album then won't they sound even better when you're listening to the album (after the leak of course).

BTW Luv, that is an awesome set - especially the avatar :)

And on a selfish note, I really want Hikki to pass that million mark (And people say downloads don't affect that much but hey, you never know...)

^Exactly! :yes I'll be ordering HS in a couple of weeks. I can hold out til then....I'm a strong willed person. lol I wan to hear Celebrate...but listening it on album would such a pleasent experience especially for me since this will be my very first Hikki album. (:shimmy) Omg! Now I'm superhyped about the album. Woot! HEART STATION COMES OUT IN 4 DAYS! Omg! I really hope she sells over 500k her first week. I don't want another one of my fave artists losing their record. DD:

Yes, I NEED a million selling album from one of my fab 4 artists (but Namie won't be releasing an album this year so that leaves 3). Unfortunately Ayu won't be doing that and Kumi's looks in the distance so come on Hikki, you deserve this! You rocked those single tracks and I bet album tracks will be just as good (or better).

And I'm also most looking foward to "Celebrate." With any luck, mine will be here on the 24th!

:weep Only if I had my debit card. Ugh, god! I can't wait to get it. Spring Break needs to hurry up! :wtf [That's the only time I'll be able to order my debit card and order Hikki's album. I prolly won't get the album tile the secong week of April. DD: I'll be okay though. I'm addicted more to Hikki's older music and that'll keep me satisfied until I get the album. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PHOTOBOOKLET! Gosh, Hikki is going to look so cute and sexy and laid-back. *screams and goes fangirl* I NEED MY DEBIT CARD, DAMMIT! I AM SO READY TO ORDER MY J-POP AND K-RAP STUFF! I THINK I'M ABOUT TO LOSE IT ALL!

Yeah, I can't wait for HEART STATION. Waiting for PLAY was sooo hard. GUILTY was mega hard and Kingdom was TORTURE. This album though has been pretty easy to wait for. Weird? But I bet I'll be impressed with it cause it's Hikki. Exodus and Ultra Blue are two of my fav albums of ALL TIME (within the top 10) and each other album has its gems (even Precious) so older works can definitely pre-occupy you! Hang in there Luv!

^L O L! I thought no one on here liked Precious. XD Although the background singers were taking over Hikki's songs, it was good album.

Hey, Amai? Would you mind using one of my new Hikki sets that I made earlier?! I made it knowing full well that I won't be using it. I really it...although I might re-do it. HS desevers some attention around here. So why not promote it through our siggys. It's a set of Kuma and Utada. What do ya say?

Oh yeah, Precious has its gems as well like "Ticket 4 Two" -> so relaxing and enjoyable!! :)

Sure Luv! I would love to use your sig but I've never used a sig before so I don't the mechanics of it...:innocent So if you're willing to help then I would love to use it!

^ I luv How ya Doin' [both versions] and Lullaby! They are so catchy. lol I spent all last weekend listening to How Ya Doin'. :laugh

Oh, Thankies! I'll PM the set and instructions how to use you siggy/ava. lol

How Ya Doin' was good and when I heard the rap version, I was like WHO IS THIS?!! OMG, hilarious! I also like "Promise" - so pretty!

^I know! :laugh The rapper that was rapping rapped okay tho. :lmfao Yay! I liked Precious too.

Oh, i failed to tell you this: If you want to center the picture, all you have to do is highlight the url and click on the center button. I hope i'm not confusing you.

Oh. Somebody told me that was Hikki!!!! And I was like, that didn't sound like her at all!

Oh my god, I love those pics! Hikki looks great!

Those pix are so cute! Wow, why weren't some of those pictures the album cover? :laugh I definitely am thinking like a 475k opening week and 1 million total. That would be awesome.

^ I know the cover would have looked better with those pics ^^

Where the hell is HAATO SUTEICHON? I NEED TO HEAR 'FIGHT THE BLUES' IN HQ RIGHT NOW!! I'm really excited for the album. If it is crap, I'll kill someone in this thread.

NEW PIC credits U-BLOG
http://www.utada-online.net/images/PIA/pia000.jpg

I love her magazine shoots lately, yet she chooses to put a not-so-nice picture on the album.

WTF is her eye? :laugh

^ Hikki has such a doll face 0w0 I remember when she posted in her blog about how good her skin is ahaha.

Her hair is so old now though @__@

Man... how much longer....

I envy her hair. It is so good. But she needs to get a longer hair again. She looks stunning with it.

I'm so-so with the short hair, sometimes it looks cool, but other times it's like meh.

Yeah, she has had her hair short for too long!! Time for something new Hikki ^^

my HEART STATION album is in SHIPPING PROCESS!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYY

^ I'm jealous now! :weep I haven't even ordered it yet. :cry I NEED TO GET MY MOOOOOOOOONEY!

We should make programs, Shanny, then we'll get money. :laugh I NEED HAATO-SU-TE-ICHON NOOOOOOOW! :weep

Yay! The mag scans are pretty :)

MINE TOO

YAYAYAYAY*

So a couple of people already have the album...and I really want to know who it is :laugh
It'll probably be leaked by the end of today or tomorrow. I know there are some people who don't like leaks but it's different for me :( It's SUPER hard to buy J-pop albums/single for me so I always look forward to leaks. I just don't have the money for it. I can't miss out on my fav artist in the world :yes
But I do wish I could support her as much as you other guys do <3

I know what you mean. I always end up buying them eventually, but I can never get them when they first come out, so I download the leaks.

^ Exactly :D I eventually buy them but usually that's like...1 year later :laugh


BUT! The scans are just....ADORABLE!
I really like the ones with her and Kuma! :yes
Soooo kawaii!!!

Ugh, I wish mine was shipping! Damn YesAsia.

^ I hope the CDs I'm going to order from there won't take forever to ship to me. DD: Why is YA taking so long shipping yall stuff?

I have no idea! It's kind of annoying to be honest. All the CD Japan people have like "my stuff just shipped!" and I'm like "...mine should be anyday now..."

How many days on average does it take for them to ship? DD: I have like 8 cds that I'm ordering from there. Should I buy it all at once or do it separately?

Well I use yesasia for pre-orders mainly so they ship the Tuesday of the week it's released.

And for the 8 CDs, are they pre-order or have already been released. I think it depends on that cause if one's gonna take a while, you might wanna have it shipped seperately.

Off-topic: by the way Luv, the link for the set isn't working for me :(

Yay, Rolling Stone gave HS 5/5 stars! Awesome:

^Hell yea! HS is definitely worth buying then. I'm buying the North American version...if it's cheaper than the Korean version. :lech


They have already been released except on of them. I'm buying 4 of Epik High's CDs, BoA's THE FACE CD+2DVD, Leah's Destiny Line CD+DVD, Misono's Never+land CD+DVD (I'm thinking about buying this one), Sowelu's Naked CD+DVD (it hasn't been released yet, but i'm waiting on the Korean or HK version < Which ever is cheaper!

So do I need to buy them separately or all together?

btw, I PMed you. lol Did it work yet?

Slight Off Topic
Do any of you guys know where I can download a program that creates sets? I have Photoshop but I'm getting tired of it already, I want something different to do sets with. I really want to make a Hikki set using her new photo shoots :D

The program I use isn't all that great but it makes my siggys look HAWT. ;) lol It's called Nova Photo Explosion SE. I was going to use Photoshop as well but I didn't know how to use photoshop and the tutorials weren't exactly helpful. So i decided to remove PS off my computer and use Nova instead. That's what I have been using all this time to make my sets.

I made a Kuma/Hikki set and I liked it but I need to do it over. lol I'm sorry but I'm so proud of Hikki set that I'm using now. :heart lol I hadn't be this happy for my sets since I made my Deep River sets.

^ :laugh Yes, but the set you're using now is simply beautiful <3 Nice job Luv :yes
And thanks for the info! Do you have a direct link to download the program?

Thankies. lol You're set is beautiful as well. How did you get it to flash like that? :cry

Site: www.novadevelopment.com/downloads

I just wanna say that it doesn't do all that wonderful stuf like PS or at least I don't think it does. Try it out and see if it can though. lol

^ :D
Thankies! Erm...I use a site called Mytheme! It's pretty good if you want to create sets that flash and such.
~~> http://lunapic.com/editor/
No downloading involved, you can just use it from there :laugh
It's pretty hard to find out how to use it at first but eventually you'll get the hang of it. :yes


LOL I'll tell you know.....that program you gave me can probably create solid sets wayyy better than PS, sadly. But I'll try and work my way around it. Thanks Luv :shughug

my copy is in shipping process, yay <3

Mine still isn't, I pre-ordered from YA :( But it was a month ago or so, I remember reading somewhere that it would ship in the 21st. Meh, I hope I don't have problems with ordering a CD from Asia, many people from my country got their stuff apprehended at customs, and had to pay almost the double of the item's price... I hope it doesn't happen with my very first Jpop CD! :headache

thanks for showing me this site ^^ I made my new sig out of it, it only took my a few seconds. It might not be the best, but I was getting sooo tired of my last one :P

HEART STATION FRONT AND OBI STRIP PICS:

http://img279.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/u...imgp5963-1.jpg

http://img279.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/u...imgp5964-1.jpg

Credits to U.Blog!


THANK YOU! :shughug hehehe I go to that site later today. I hope Nova works out for you. It's mainly good for blending as well. I use the "clone" option the most when I make my sets.

^Man I wish I had some money right about now... I need a job lol. there are so many CDs I wanna buy,but cant becuase i'm broke lol.

^I know what you mean! :weep I wanna buy Hikki's album on Wednesday! >.<; Well...I do have 30 dollars on me right now :laugh I'll just try and ask my dad for 10 more dollars and then go and buy it :yes I hope it works out! I wanna buy Ayu's new single too :no
No problem! I hope a lot of people benefit from using it :yes It really is a cool site.
&I think your new set is cool! :D The mirror effect is cool^^

@Luv
No problem! n.n

!!!! ALBUM ALERT!!!!!!!!!! O.O;

I'm waiting for the HK version, wahoo go me! I'm a cheapskate!

^How much is the HK version. I know that the Korean version is $17.99 USD. Still kinda high but it beats the japanese version.

I dunno what the HK version will cost or if there's going to be one, but Ultra Blue Taiwan version cost $15.99.

I dunno how much that i worth though, because I don't use dollars. Is $15.99 cheap?

^ it's about the same price as a standard US-released CD.

My order is also in the shipping process! Haha, I'm so excited. ><

I'm really glad the whole album hasn't leaked yet. I feel like we got HEART STATION and Stay Gold TOO early, so I'm guessing this is the way to make up for it. =)

I'm really loving these new simple photo shoots of Utada, nice and pretty casual. You know, I don't think we ever saw a picture of Hikki in a polo t-shirt. XD; [/random rant]

I know Namie Amuro is singing about Twiggy in her new song, but I think Hikki looks so much more like her in this! So cute! I love the Twiggy look:
http://i30.tinypic.com/plo4g.jpg

OMG! Yes, I think you're right. Even she may have wore them, I think this is the first time Hikki has worn the multi-colored Nike shoes. I LUV HOW SHE PUT THOSE SHOES WITH HER OUTFIT. I T CAME OUT LOOKING PERFECT. I usely hate the multi-colored Nike shoes because they are so ugly but Hikki made them look deliciously HAWT! :laugh She, in a way, looked like a girly Hip-hop artist. :lmfao

@Mondo: I never knew that Namie was singing about Twiggy. DD: Hmm....looking at that Hikki pic and a Namie pic from the NL PV, I think Namie resembles Twiggy the most. I guess its because of the hairstyle Namie had in the PV. I really can't say who Hikki looks like though.

I'm also glad it hasn't leaked. For me, Kiss & Cry was released WAY too early. It was ridiculous and the preview for Stay Gold was way too early too.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2ljgrqx.jpg I think the hair, outfit and the whole photoshoot is so Twiggy-inspired. I love mod style, it's so cute ;D

I still despise YesAsia. :eviltongu

Ooooooooooooh, OKAY! I see I see! Yea, Hikki's photoshop does seem Twiggy-inspired. NOW, I really luv th photoshoot.

@Amai: EXACTLY! I was reading around on a "certain" forum and that were saying the when leaks were coming and th e album is gonna suck if "they" don't get the leaks and all this and that.

I just don't understand. I mean, more than half of the album has already been released to the public. You mean to tell me you can't wait for the album, which is released in a few days, to be released. Gimme a break. I wish the album wouldn't leak at all. It'll actually make people go buy the album. :rolleyes

May I ask who Twiggy is? I think I'm missing something. XD

^She use to be a BIG-TIME popular model in the 60s and 70s. She popularized great fashions and the like.

Ah I see. Thanks for clearing my queries up! *googles* :)

She's a Pom XD;; British and whatnot.
She Judged on Americas Next Top Model for a few seasons, she was the really pretty older lady with the Blonde Hair.

^ Didn't she get kicked off the show because she was too mean? :shrug

^ Your thinking Janice Dickenson XD

Do you guys remember the drama for the leak of Kingdom? Now the same thing is happening. HEART STATION leaked yesterday in Utada.cn Forums and today it was uploaded in Copycat.

Yay, I'm so happy for know that the album I'm waiting for, already leaked and I don't have how to dl it. :rolleyes

^ Wha?! It leaked already? Gr :curse
Please someone upload it for us if you find out a way to download it! :weep
Ah! :laugh
Yes, her! Thanks for clarifying that :thud

Great the album leaked! [sarcasm in case nobody noticed]. At the very least, if it had to leak, I was hoping it would "leak" on Tuesday or something...

It's really hard to control this sort of thing but it still makes me really mad.

Also, I LOVE the set Luv!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


It's leaked already! :weep

again copycat has gotten it first? oh no, here we go again. i am NOT staying up till 4 AM for a download link to be posted, that's for sure, lol.

Leechers unite! XDD

Oh my... Temptations! Temptations! Temptations are EVERYWHERE!!!! LOL

Well that's a disappointment. D: Oh well. Have fun listening to the new songs, I guess. XD

No!! Hypothetically if the album does leak and people start talking about it, I might have to stay out of this thread a while since I don't wanna start getting pre-conceived ideas about the new tracks :(

Me too....XD

I hate the internet! :weep Hikki's album is gonna be destroyed by hungry leechers. :weep

@Amai: Thank you! :shughug If you want me to remake that set over or make a set for you, let me know. lol

@Beauty: :roflmao

GOD SAID: LET THE ALBUM LEAKKKK!!!!

I hate these ****ed selfish people who don't want to share the album with us, poor mortals. :weep I won't wait for the download link too. I hope it won't be the same disappointment I had with Kingdom.

CLOUUUUUUUUDDDDDD! I DON'T WANT IT TO LEAK! IT'S JUST NOT RIIIIIIGHT! :weep

OMG "Prisoner of Love" is GREAT!



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just kiddin....

i really hope it's great...

besides,the fact thet HS leaked?
awww.... it's very dissapointing...

OMG! I totally thought you were serious for a moment there. :laugh *is gullible* I wish I could stop the leak. People are so weak these days. :grumpy

Yeah I believed too! [so gullible] and I'm with you Luv, I wish I could stop the leaks as well. It's a couple more days and I bet it'll be worth it.

I doubt it...it almost never gets leaked that early. I wish though. And sometimes I wonder if those people who say they have it are lying O.o....LOL
But anyways, the anticipaton for this album is killing me :dead2
This is almost as bad as when Ayu's 'GUILTY' was getting ready to be released! xD

And to Luv, why stop leaks? They rock! I love ruining surprises :D

Well I just realized that the new Sagikake is coming on the 19th!

I LOVED Hikki when she was on it for Ultra Blue.

BUT! Sometimes they do :D
Also, here's proof that someone has it already:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2...stationcy9.jpg

^ COME TO MEEEEEEE! <3

I REALLY WANNA HEAR IT ALREADY!!!!!!!

^ :laugh
Yes yes! Come to us!

By the way, I ADORE your set :luv2