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Yeah perfectly said =)

What were JUJUs first day sales? These are second day sales for JUJU right? I believe JUJUs were released a day prior.

No, those are her first day sales.

Pfff... Ayumi's sales are low... FIVE sold 50,000+ the 1st day...
Year by year, her sales drop more and more...

Anyway, to be honest I was afraid of BENI due to the long chart run of her previous cover album. It was selling mildly to low every week but had (and maybe still has) a very good longevity and chart run. I thought that people that steadily bought 200,000 copies would all together buy the follow-up cover album within the 1st weeks... Hmmm...

Sometimes people shouldn't think much.

Since it's her Anniversary Release I would like to see some Avex magic. haha

I THINK we should cross our fingers and THINK positively for this chart run! ^_^
Hope for equal sales tomorrow.

There's always hope, tho maybe not this time. But let's think positive.

This is completely irrelevant to what you said, but when the page loaded, I saw your sig and avatar and I JUMPED IN FEAR XD
I was like 'WHAT IS THA OMG?!' Then I realized it was ASB Ayu... :p
It was just looking at me so weirdly, those pics.

On topic: I think Ayu will do just fine.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...s/vjbhfgtr.gif

^ I have no idea...
I know Im pretty tired of all them, but because they are all over the place the entire year... it makes it so their so no variety in the top 10 and I just cant stand that...

Cause they're any less of musicians than Ayu :rolleyes


I totally forgot about Arashi too which...bleh. Anyways. I'm hoping for a good run for her and for my Beni <3

Oh, I see...
I think they have the makeings of talent... but you lose some stuff when you are in a group that is not really about the talent, but about the novelty.
I have heard some of those girls sing and they are good... the same with some of the Johnny's.

In saying that, she has had some moments of gold with sales in her sales decline, for example FIVE, without any significant promotion. And pretty much all of her sales are coming off the back of small-scale promotion and her reputation, musical output and/or dedicated fanbase only, which is pretty impressive in itself.

LOVE is a pretty strong release, with her typical Ayu sound throughout which the Japanese love. Don't count out some sales magic yet.

I dont know... her reign really isnt over until this year... (unless she claims a number 1 this month or next)
She has still had the number 1 spot up to until this year... (manipulation by avex or not)
she hasn't been the biggest seller for some time, but that's a different story.

imo I did LOVE did better than expected on the 1st day . It's already known early that it would be facing competition from JUJU's 2 best albums & also from BENI's COVERS 2

Besides , ayumi already made it clear that this release of 5 back to back monthly releases are not done to get #1's but rather it's to thank every single fan of her for supporting her during all this time

With regards to ARASHI , in recent times their album selling power has strengthen a great deal . Wouldn't surprise me if Popcorn will hover in the top 5 in the 2nd week

well, with the 30K ahead of everyone else, they may even get the number 1 spot.

mmm I guess so as they already have sold 30,303 at this point in the 2nd week

I already said before that their selling power for their albums have been strengthen significantly over the years

Even their 1st best album All the BEST! 1999~2009 is still charting in the top 100 at this point in time (#69 to be exact) & it was put out 3 years ago damn :thud

They're only like 8k-ish above everyone else. Their weekly total right now is 30k while JUJU and Ayu's is mid-20k~.

It's been a while, but seeing her debut not at #1 anymore...hurts.

Edit: totally irrelevant and everything, but this post promoted me into being a NEVER EVER initiate while NEVER EVER was playing on my iTunes. This must be a sign.