actually STTS did very well in Taiwan and Hk too..hehe
Good job AYAKA

AYAKA latest sales

77　67　**2,198　1,170,059　90　絢香 「First Message」
*5　*3　*29,303　*,502,730　*4　絢香 「Sing to the Sky」

i dont want EXILE catchy BEST outsell First message
47　52　**3,670　1,167,843　17　EXILE 「EXILE CATCHY BEST」
hopefully they wont but probably YES

you got the part right in that STTS's doing very well in Taiwan , Ryo

I was watching MTV Mandarin just now where every weekend they have this J & K Pop Chart that's aired on 6-7pm .

STTS's currently no.3 in the Top 5 Japanese/Korean albums in Taiwan & it went up somemore

1st was Super Junior Happy

EDIT -

*4 *4 *4 *9 *7 *6＼*7　絢香 「Sing to the Sky｣

^ I havent got it :cry

ayaka x Kobukuro - Anata to ap bank festival 08 perf preview
credit : glacial@JPM

^ yep. that's trully

I finally got my copy of STTS today <3 Awesome.

yay!

WINDING ROAD was my favorite song on Sing to the Sky, and Anata to sounds really good as well!

I'm really anticipating it!

I love WINDING ROAD the 1st time I heard it . It's nice that they're doing a take 2 on their colloboration :D

somemore I miss some Kobukuro & it's about time they come back !

nice :hi5

& yes the pics inside the sleeves , she's actually very pretty in there

I hope STTS is one of the Top 10 best selling albums this year. I'm so sad I missed out on the CD+DVD limited edition.

not sure whether if that's possible since there're many other albums that will be hitting the stores real soon

top20 maybe

Well...if she hits past 1 million before the end of the year maybe she'll have the possibility of top 10...but stupid Avex and there 50 million releases...Namie's whom I don't mind, but Ayumi is like :thud...we're all broke now cause of her 20 releases...overexaggeration...and Exile's 50 best albums, Koda's rushed tour release along with her single and album previously, I really wish Ami Suzuki had this much attention.

lol dude I know what you mean

but judging from the chart performance of STTS so far , it's still lingering in the top 10 a month after it was released .

If sales continue to be steady then I'm sure in due time , STTS can do really well year end .

ayaka has already overtaken YUI , female solo albums wise . I wouldn't be surprised if STTS can overtake GUILTY soon .

Not sure for Kingdom though but anything's possible

I think she deserves a lot of the limelight, she's one of my top 5 artists now, and she's really in top 3, so I'm crossing my fingers for her to get AMAZING sales for her Soph. album that REALLY DESERVES IT, IMHO I think it is 20x better than Guilty/Kingdom together!

oh yeah absolutely . I love ayaka & been following her since her debut single & I like that she stayed true to herself despite the success that she has gained since FM .

Personally to me , the non singles on STTS weren't as strong as FM but I can definitely tell she has grown musically since FM & of course the singles on STTS are <3

how about you ?

For some particular reason, I can't seem to find myself to compare FM and STTS. It seem almost IMPOSSIBLE, because they're both such amazing albums, from an amazing artist. I do agree she seems to have grown musically, the songs on STTS seem so much more intense and meaningful imo than that of FM.

Not to say that FM doesn't have that same effect, it's just STTS's songs lyrically are more complex, and that's why I love that album. I dedicated Konya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete to my uncle before he died...actually it was the day before he died that I said I would listen to that song and no matter what I would think of him.

I watched the Budokan live last night and i really like the stage layout and how the band members are spread around various locations of the stage!

that's true , it's a bit not fair to compare both albums as musically & lyrically , they're different .

& I'm sorry with regards to your late uncle , I hope he will rest in peace

ahh lucky you Travis !

btw your copy of STTS , does it come with 1 or 2 bonus tracks ?

Cos the CD only ver that I bought from HMV Heeren , only has WINDING ROAD & the Eng version of I believe is not included :weep

^Thanks Karen, I really wish I had money to order STTS, I hate not supporting artists I LOVE!:(

Thanks! Hehehe.

My copy came with both WINDING ROAD and I believe <English version>...