Flossin' is slang for showing off and such. If it's thought of that way it makes more sense. :)

WOw I only just heard her new song 'Come Back to Me'! Is that her upcoming American single? When's her album to be released (yes I'm slow)?
It's pretty darn good! I gotta say I like her 'American' music style better than Boa's -though I'll root for both since they're both Asians.

ok that totally make sense, thanks so much!
:thud 8 years in the US..slang just goes over my head

Welcome. I kinda know how you feel. People will talk and use slang and sometimes I'll say "Wait, what?" and then have to explain it to me. When I think about it American slang doesn't really make sense and I constantly wonder why certain slang words mean certain things. lol

Edited to add....

Didn't someone bring up Ten and Sen a couple pages back?

I noticed they are listed as In stock on Amazon.co.jp. So....yeah.

yes I did post that Amazon link when I brought it up, a couple of pages back indeed ;) Amazon.co.jp even has a double-deal, but it doesn't save that much.

but I prefer buying from an English website, such as Amazon.com/co.uk or something, or plain CDJapan, but it's sold out there.

flossin'? i've NEVER heard that term before. :laugh

Anyway, for who's interested.

This Is The One (Japan)
1st week
Position: #3
Sales: 77,832

2nd week's first day
Position: #2
Sales: 9,605

^That's bad for her 2nd day, but I have a feeling it'll pick up, it's a really good album!

In Japan, you rarely see the sales of old releases rise :) You can only hope that the album will have consistent sales and that it won't drop too much.

Oh so they did count it on this Wednesday! Not bad.

How'd you get that. I check the Oricon website but I see they haven't updated. Who's at #1?

火 水 木 金 土 日　 月
*2 *2 *2 *2 *1 *1→*1　レミオロメン 「レミオベスト」 12,935
-- -- -- *1 *2 *2→*2　Utada 「This Is The One」 *9,605
*1 *1 *1 *3 *3 *3→*3　RADWIMPS 「アルトコロニーの定理」 *8,249

from jpopmusic's oricon thread (sometimes they get it from livedoor or another oricon source before oricon updates it).

We will be able to see it as soon as oricon will update.
Is it wierd that hikki didn't get #1 today? =P

Yeah but this album is obviously an exception, since promotion hasn't even started yet. This is not a Japanese album, and therefor doesn't follow the normal strategy: Single - Single - (Single) - Lots of promotion - Album release.

This one will be: Album release - lots of promotion - single (-single)

(I don't consider Come Back To Me a single, more like an album preview lol)

Thanks cuz I was checking the Oricon website like crazy.

You're saying that as if you know what the plan on doing with the album. Maybe they are doing what every other American artist does. Release the album in a different country and just see how well it sells.

Does she always get #1? I never follow her sales...

U noe...something about the lyrics makes me feel really weird about the song haahha...sry..i think its just me...

but i mean, singing FYI
We're goona ooooh oooooh ooooh oooooh...LOl the feeling is so wrong hahah

Yeah Celaphorce omg I can't believe you didn't know that yet with all your time here at AHS and with all the artists you listen to! GOSH!

I'm currently boggled. :thud

anyway @Kolongi: well I think it's more WE HOPE she's going to promote :laugh She does have mags coming out with interviews and stuff...If she doesn't plan to do anything else...maybe that'll be enough?

And if the album does okay in the states, and she gets some recognition...then I think that would definitely help sales in Japan as well.

As everyone has said, this is not a typical Japanese release.

Oh well, let's see what happens.

Uhm even though it's not a Japanese album, the Japanese market simply works that way~ the promotion in the future will only help it sell steadily it most likely won't sky rocket all of sudden especially cuz it's not a Japanese album + keep in mind that the next 2 weeks are full of Japanese releases, people have other things to buy that will actually have real promotion :)

Was "Comeback to me" released at all in Japan before the album's release? Like on Radio or TV?