Since Free & Easy all of her singles were #1 weekly.
Actually all of her releases excluding DVDs, remix albums, A BEST 2 -BLACK- (because of WHITE) and GUILTY were #1 weekly since then.

ˆMeaning her singles and studio albums? lol. =p

60k already, yay!!!
crossroad is doing great, but i hope higher sales for L

60k in 3 days? GO AYU! ^^

Well yeah, without GUILTY and all the compilations without A BEST 2 -BLACK- :P

In some hours we'll know the sales for the 4th day :P I think she'll be close to 70k

Wow 60k copies in just 3 days. Awesome :D good job Ayu!

it's doing better than moon blossom, but a bit lower than you were ballad, so i think it's quite well :yes
+it's no.1 so yeey :D

This one. =DONE=

and now.. i hope that she will get #1 weekly~~:luv2:yes

Well, now looking back, releasing Daybreak wasn't a good choice. However, back then no one cared for her streak because it wasn't that big at all (from M --> A song is born). Plus it was her trend to release album cut back then.

^lOL yea..i just realized the streak was based on weeklys so i deleted my post. my mistake. Yes, it wasnt very long indeed so I guess it was no biggie..

4th Day
Position: #2
Sales: 5,231
Total Sales: 65,888

kuu's 4th day: 10,522
total: 49,018

S/S 4 days: 63,762
MOON/blossom 4 days: 59,186

Still outselling S/S! :D

wooo kuu is doing good!!

so that means she's first on the 4th day??


thanks for the update

Yep, she had a certain jump. xD

Np. ^^

wow... what's happening to kuu's sales today? It looks unusual (sorta like MW's super boost on first week's Sunday).

maybe promotion for her yesterday worked or it's the additinal fanclub version. =P

surprisingly kuu had a big jump on fri sales as usually the numbers are quite low, anyway kuu might get no 1 if she can constantly get another 15k +++ for the last 2 days... so it is still safe for ayu to get that no 1

Yeap that's what I thought as well. Friday sales are usually the lowest of the week. I'm really surprised by the sudden jump.

Let's see tomorrow's sales.

btw, did kuu have any special promotion yesterday?

Yes, even if kuu sell 10,000 for another 2 days ayu's #1 is secured (unless if kuu will have even bigger jumps :P).

I just know about TV performance, maybe they aired her shampoo CM like crazy yesterday :P

Maybe because of the beautiful TV live she did of suki de?? xD It was pretty good!!

Rite now the difference is about 15000, so it's not bad. I would love to see tomorrow's sales tho because it will show whether Friday sales was a miracle, or suku de has a hidden momentum. I hope it's just a miracle :P.

A tv perfomance alone? I don't think so, unless if for a really odd reason it had a huge rating or something. :P

But yeah TV performances don't usually boost sales no matter how good they are.

^True... Then I wouldn't know xD



I wonder if this is going to make ayu's overzealous fans in Japan to buy crossroad like crazy tomorrow?? :P

Scares....avex please do something...

Probably just the fanclub mu-mo version's sales of kuu's single were added to today's sales.
If so then her sales should be normal tomorrow.

avex is "smart" but Ayu will be #1 for sure!

^Probably not. Someone on JPM said that the increase in sales might be because the mu-mo editions shipped now, and I think that sounds plausible.

woww congrats to Kuu!!
the 4th day sales is totally a BIG JUMP!
woww...surprisinggg!

hwaiting Ayu! Kuu!

the no 1 streak....
Does 1st day or 1st week count for that?

I think Ayu´s sales might go up again abit next week, I guess many ppl want to buy the 2 singles together. I also did both in one order from TA Shop.

IIRC, she was #2 for a few days during Sunrise.

don't worry guys, ayu already secured her #1 streak
maybe fans are preparing for L :)

On another note, ayu had a really small drop today! That's awesome. =D

I think it's not about the position she is rite now. Rather, it's about kuu's sudden magical boost. From what I remember, when she got no. 2 for s/s or M/b, the daily difference between her sales and no. 1 single wasn't that big.

Again, the special version of suki dex3 may be the reason for kuu's boost. Hopefully her momentum will not continue tomorrow. :)

The drop isn't so bad and I think Ayu will get no. 1 weekly anyways so there's nothing to worry about. :D

heres praying kuu doesnt beat ayu
but ayu's drop was only 1,000 which is really good!

exactly, if Kuu's sales keep up and Ayu is threaten, Avex will do something for Ayu like MW so her sales will up and benefit for Avex

Love kuu too but ayu's gotta win this battle! Guess I'll be buying the single this week after all :P by the way, what do you mean "like MW"? What did avex do to boost its sales and what was the situation in general?

No ! i don't want to see Ayu at#2 ! hope she can clim back to #1 tomorrow !~~!

I still can't believe that.. ayu need an increase like that!! I'm really hopping ayu sales climb up tomorrow or on the next days..

Wasn't Ayu also #2 during most of the week when Mirrorcle World was released? Thanks to huuuuuge first day sales, she was able to keep the streak then! Like some people said, Kuu being #1 for one day was probably due to the new version released by mu-mo. I'm sure everything will be fine with Ayu keeping the streak :)

sales usually increase on weeken, so im thinking she will have a boost.

From what I've understood, the situation with MW was that a boy band (Shuchishin) took people by surprise when they threatened to get #1 weekly instead of Ayu. During that weekend avex started promoting the single with offering special posters or something with the CD to rise sales. In the end, MW managed to scrape up enough sales to surpass Shuchishin, but it was a close call.
The whole debacle can be read in the old Oricon threads for MW. Most specifically this one: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72515
(yes, I actually go back to read through old threads to learn the details about all these big Ayu-debacles)
(Ooh, AHS is crashing. Something interesting going on?)
EDIT: L-leak is out! :D Downloading...

kuu perform on the tv...i think that affecting the sales a little bit...
i hope ayu weekend sales will be stronger...

If you look at MW's first weeks selling figures you see that they go really high the last two days. And that was thanks to the concerts (AT08) Ayu had that weekend too.

But Ayu not beeing on the a-nation broadcast. What did her promotion staff think of? Didn't they think of the fact that it might boost up her sales figures since both blossom and crossroad appear... Big fail...

Ooh, if the 5th and 6th day sell about 5k, it could get to 75k! :D

oh, my! Why didn't avex make something special for Ayu's release at mu-mo ?? =(

It's probably in purpose to take advantage on both releases.

ayumisrael, I see. May be we can expect sort of "surprise" in coming days.

Avex is not going to make anything against Koda, she is giving them money too ~~'

I don't think avex needs to do something, Ayu will win.

I don't know how people could not agree that the whole thing is a disorganized mess. I don't know what Avex, she or whoever is thinking but I wouldn't be suprised if Shimomura starts writing all of her music soon.

It's hard to believe she did it for marketing, considering a-nation dvds sells +- 15k each...

They most likelly didn't had the time to finish it, and people over here are really overreaction... as if anyone besides people who already are Ayu fans and already is going to buy the singles ir caring about her part of A-Nation...

The TV performances Kuu made recently is making us really nervous, but Ayu's going to be on CDTV next week, so when Ayu gets #1 for this, only if she can hang on into it (unless there's a hard charge by Kuu), she's going to get her 25th consecutive #1 single; that's why don't get too excited because Ayu vs. Kuu might be the worst thing we might see since Ayu vs. Hikki back some nine/ten years ago...

But if it's just only mu-mo version that got counted late, we're safe. Don't know how things will happen when the next numbers come out in about twelve/thirteen hours or so...

You people worry too much. It's kinda irritating.

I sincerely doubt that Ayu won't get #1 weekly.

She might be #2 or 3 for a few days, but that's normal.

Kuu's sales will drop tomorrow. As everyone's do.

In any case, I think it's very plausible that if it comes down for Avex to choose, they will choose Ayu.

There really is no need to worry guys. Besides, this is a great thing for both Ayu and Koda. Be happy!

I am happy ^_^

Thanks for the link! I was also wondering what everyone was talking about. Actually, as I was reading the thread, I started to feel nervous and excited for Mirrorcle World! XD It's like watching a movie you already know the ending to, but you can't help but feel nervous about anyway.

I feel like there's no way Ayu could lose this week, if she was able to win back then. There's already such a gap between Ayu and Kuu, and all of Ayu's hardcore fans are watching the charts to make sure she can get her streak for L.

Haha, it is a little fun to get worked up or watch other people get worked up, though. XD It makes it kind of exciting! I can't wait to watch the charts for L!!

By the way, do singles bought from YesAsia and shipped to NA count? And do they count on the first day (like preorders)?

Ah number 2~ well let's hope her sales will be fine. Genereally however I'm happy they didn't drop much.
Lovely

Oh and kuu? Everyone worries so...I think we should wait until tomorrow to see if its actually a trend and then one should really be worried :)

I randomly checked the MW sales thread and saw how we struggled. This post reminded me how frightening I was:

That was in page 10. You can see that MW's 6 days sales was barely above SCS's 5 days sales (MW was released a day ahead, on april 8th). If MW released on normal date (April 9th, Wednesday), she would have lose the race and her streak. I was so thankful for avex's super promotion at the concert and the hardcore fans' willingness to support ayu. If they didn't do anything at all, MW would not get almost 30K copies on the last day of the battle.

Okay back to reality. Like what StrawbariSnowAyumi said, unless suki dex3 sales is actually a trend (i.e., selling another 10K tomorrow), I think there's nothing to worry about... (yeah.. I shouldn't worry myself :P)

WOW for kuu! *will go to her thread to congratulate her*

but Ayu's aint too bad. I hope she can climb back up...whats the gap now?..if Kuu sustains this...then x.x

Even if Kuu and Ayu were to sustain their current sales Kuu still wouldn't win. Tomorrow sales will probably go back to normal and Ayu will selll 5-6k and Kuu will sell the same.

^That's what I've been saying. It's not like Kuu's sales will keep rising and Ayu will just stop selling period. XD Kuu's sales will probably be normal tomorrow and both of their daily numbers will keep dropping (or hopefully remain steady) and their total sales will keep rising. Nothing to fuss over, yet. :P

Is the half-day sales out yet?

2ch seem to have problems or something, I can't get it so I can't even check.

We might need to wait for the oricon update today if it continues. =P

5th day
Rank: #1
Today's sales: 3 588
Total: 69 476

The drop is quite big today... but glad she regains no. 1 :).

at least tomorrow the sales will be 70K ++ ^^
crossroad doing so well in oricon chart!

Thanks!

5th Day
Position: #1
Sales: 3,588
Total Sales: 69,476

So kuu's #4 today... It was indeed the fanclub version yesterday. =P

So ayu's #1 weekly is secured...
Just 1 more day to go!

Oh..there was a fan club version released??? I see.

Anyway, I'm happy for ayu..I actually find it stable though..its usually the pattern right?

yeah... keep on ayu~~ Keep on the spirit for the next 7 days. We wanna see you breaking seiko's record and becoming the female artist with the longest no. 1 streak :D.

The drop is kinda big, but it's still good. How do these sales hold up to Sunrise/Sunset and MOON/blossom?

Also, I think it's pretty fun to see what a special mu-mo edition can do to your sales XD

YEAH!!! Let's go Ayu!!!

yeah with some red ribbon :thud

The drop is hughe, but still great sales

I believed that today she'd reach 70k, but tomorrow is sure she'll do it! The goal for the first week is 75k :P

Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ 5th Day

Position: #2
Sales: 5,606
Total Sales: 69,368

MOON/blossom 5th Day

Position: #1
Sales: 6,034
Total Sales: 65,220

crossroad 5th Day

Position: #1
Sales: 3,588
Total Sales: 69,476

Most chances crossroad's first week will be between S/S' & MOON/blossom's, around 72,000-73,000.

I wonder why crossroad had such a huge drop? It's unusual for weekend sales. Unfortunately I don't see it hitting 75k first week anymore.

I think MOON and crossroad might see increases when L comes out since people might get all three at once?

I don´t think that japanese people see those singles as a trilogy...

Not because of that, maybe because there are alternate version from MOON/blossom in crossroad, crossroad has blossom PV, and L got alternate versions from crossroad.
Not necessarily a triloy. Though yeah I don't think that it should incease it unfortunately... it could be awesome though!

I think it has a lack of trilogy feeling, but somehow it has something about trilogies like u said, but I also don't think that those would increase sales like it was a real trilogy as vogue-SEASON-Fly high (don't remember the correct order)...

It's vogue-Far away-SEASONS. Fly high has nothing to do with this trilogy and it was released before vogue. :D But you are right about these three singles lacking the trilogy feeling. I don't even feel like these songs are some kind of a stories. How stupid. It should have been thought through more lol.

^

ayu should have done something stronger and more visible to link the singles...

Woohooo!! Go, Ayu!!

Well at least she's back at #1! :D

She will for sure get number one week this week~

i still wish MOON could have has an ending LOL
unexplained flashbacks ftl

lol poor kumi. i was like "wtf where is she?" when i checked oricon. ayu fans have nothing to worry about~ #1 is pretty secure.

^

yeah hahaa, I was also like that "wtf, where is koda??" hahaha and when I saw her at #4 I was just like lolING

Now koda needs like 18k to get the No.1 , i'm so happy for ayu

LOL

Ayu's position isn't surprising but wtf happened with Kuu? Oh well, at this point both of their weekly positions are locked in anyway. Another #1 for Ayu and #2 for Kuu. Both of you did well ladies. :D

I don't think it even was meant to be a trilogy, it was pretty much just Avex hyping up these singles to make them seem connected to the "record breaker" to increase sales. This whole thing was quite messy from the beginning, I think the fans are pretty much the only ones aware of the "The Road to the 50th Single Project" or the supposed significance of the 7 Days Tour Final. I hope the next time they decide to announce a singles project, it's not on "spur of the moment" thing... an actual "project" with an interesting unifying theme and set release schedule rather than a money grabbing rush job. :P

tbh I dun see any trilogy meaning to these singles (if they are supposed to be). It looks more likely a way to celebrate her 50th single + a big chance to break another record. It seems a bit messy, but I believe this has been planned since ayu went to England to record materials for R'n'RC. Thinking about that, I'm actually quite surprised the things are a bit unorganized when the team had like.. 3 months ahead to do the stuff. We can use her previous trilogy (vogue-Far away-SEASON) and kuu's 12 single project to compare with. avex can easily handle this. Yet it's not as professional as usual. I can see that they want to make ayu successful this time (e.g., using old composers, make TK composed for ayu, and even asked Noriyuki Makihara to compose for her.

I dunno anymore... :P

^It's true, i can't feel the conection, the three are great singles, but for a project is so weak.
But well, i'm happy because we can get the 3 singles in this year.

She gave us three great singles in the span of two months (and a week or two). What more can you really ask for?

How come it's Avex to blame if Ayu has creative control of whatever she does? If the singles aren't a triology, it's Ayu's "fault"

if they couldn't delivery the stuff as they promised,i rather they just say/announce that it is a normal release instead of 3 consecutive single release project.what for if you announce something,but badly execute it.its not that we ask for the so-called project.its them who said its a 3 single release project thingy.but end up,its just like her normal releases. :(

but.. they never even said there was going to be a connection between the singles right?
i thought it was just announced as 48th 49th 50th in a short amount of time. it doesn't mean they have to be ~connected~. idgaf about that, i just want good new music to listen to and she delivered that and more with these singles so i'm very pleased.