You're welcome! :D

It really does depend on the record company though. I referred to the American industry model because it's the most familiar one to me. (My dad works part time as a radio station announcer, and he is friends with a few recording artists at major and indie labels here in the US.) I honestly haven't seen many articles breaking down how Japanese record labels distribute profits, but if they're anything like American and European labels, then the profit methods will likely vary greatly. The salaried/non-royalty method makes sense because of Japan's smaller market size, but it's very difficult to determine exactly how the system works without information from insiders.

Aaaaaanyway, I'm happy about "L's" sales. For some reason, I think it'll end up having better chart longevity than "crossroad" once more people realize that is it Ayumi's big milestone single. I'm probably completely wrong though lol. :laugh

thats very true. While kpop is a very close-knitted music industry, i cant say likewise for jpop. Hence, in jpop, i manage to concentrate of a few i LOVE. Right now, im on a AYu and Kumi high hahaha...Ayu because of her latest singleS and kuu because of her concerts. I HOPE WE WILL KNOW MORE OF 7DAYS FINAL!

i agree lol!...yes the #1 isnt that impt thereafter but if u can do it, why not just go ahead. Isnt that like a life lesson? If u can, just go for it.

4th Day
Position: #1
Sales: 4,652
Total Sales: 61,822

At least is better than MOON/blossom...

^^ it's only 4k less than 'crossroad'. it's doing awesome.

Yes :P Hopefully it will have a boost on weekend :).

yes!!!
Another #1!!!

Im hoping that the 7 Days tour will boost the single sales :)

The sales are just OK, but even if they could be much better than they are, the single is just great xD The end of Sweet reason's PV, the entire PV of Virgin road and the amazing Last Angel :P

yep, the sales are OK, but I was expecting better sales than crossroad, cuz L is the main single of the 50th Single Project...

but the 4th day sales are friday's sales right?
tomorrow's sales should go up due to the concert.

@Chibinina4, I see. I found the article where I had gotten my information from.
Quoted from
http://neojaponisme.com/2010/04/05/t...stem-part-one/
http://neojaponisme.com/2010/06/29/t...stem-part-two/

Funny how crossroad is doing slightly better despite L being her 50th single. :P

Well, no matter what, it's impossible for either SID or flumpool to break Ayu's streak...congratulations Ayu!!!

I love, love, love it! 4 consecutive days on no.1 spot!!! I hope tomorrow it will stay on the same track!

so, how's competition going? is anyone's total sales close to hers at all?

Anyone know who is the next highest consecutively #1 Single holder and how much is the number he/her/they holding?

^Well, the record Ayu is breaking now is the consecutive singles for solo artist. The highest above Ayu is Mr. Children with 29. The B'z have the record for most #1 singles overall which I believe is 43.

Solo artist and female artist as well... But I'm not sure if she can even reach that, because that would be around her 70th-75th single in order to break B'z, and along with Mr. Children, they're still active, ready whenever they want, although not much action for those two bands have been seen lately...

I'm sure she has a chance to beat Mr. Children if she continued to release like mad. Good she's doing well!

5th Day
Position: #1
Sales: 4,024
Total Sales: 65,846

It's catching up with crossroad. ^^

Yay!!!Hope it ends up selling better than crossroad

YAY..it maintained really well!!

Hope that she can sell 4k tomorrow ^^!

glad to see she is holding steady! on another note, i ordered another copy of L, crossroad and M/b. :p

Yeah, if it doesn't sell about 4k its week can end selling less than MOON... I REALLY don't know why L is not doin' such a great chart as crossroad, should be the opposite...

still 4000 k less than crossroad

I'm pretty sure crossroad is selling a tad better due to her cover of SEVEN DAYS WAR.

I guess it's safe to say the record is broken now...WOW this is so exciting!

yeah i was thinking that too. also crossroad was promoted on TV, and unfortunately none of the songs from "L" were.

Well for 5th day sales, L is doing pretty well,
if she can sell 4k tomorrow again then i think it can
catch up to Crossroad
heres hoping ;p

I would think so too, awkwardly enough... But I think it's also strongly because of this:

And that's very sad. The PVs for L were better than crossroad's, and the single has Last angel on it!! :(

So the record is broken, right? Why am I not hearing more about it?

It's not officially broken...the week isn't up yet.

It's almost, but we still have yet to receive the word from Oricon...

^Îsn't official yet, but it's obvious, ayu will get the No.1 again

1 1 → 浜崎あゆみ(L) 4024 65846
2 2 → シド 2414 33172
3 3 → flumpool 3196 31937

SID needs sell like 30k tomorrow to be the No.1 weekly

yeah, we can already say that ayu broke the record!!

R-R-R-R-ECORD BREAKER

Ayu is too awesome to stop! But I'm not gonna lie, I wish this single was selling better. I was hoping for something like 120k all up. I totally think it deserves it.

I agree.

But at least Ayu is a record breaker!!!!

That's great that Ayu has done it (breaking the record for the most consecutive #1 singles of any soloist/female artist), but the sales seem to be the LOWEST we've ever seen for an Ayu #1 single...maybe the tour sales "handicap"? And digital sales factor? And it's set a week after "crossroad"?

^There is still one more day to be counted into weekly sales. I think it will be at least 69K in the end :P.

Actually it will do better than MOON/blossom's 1st week so it's not the lowest for ayu. =P

Oh, maybe it's because we still need another day's sales to form the weekly sales, plus a bit more...

Killer Instinct feelings xD

^LMAO That's EXACTLY what I was thinking! :roflmao

I wish it would sell better but in this particular situation I really think the focus is mainly on getting that number one. If they wanted it to sell well they might have needed to do things a bit diffrently.

Anyway I'm quite happy she's done this. So when its over it doesn't have to be a major focal point. :)

next target breaking Mr.Children record!!! hahaha...OMG!!! do we need to start over again?
B'z record is impossible to break, but Mr.Children record seems very possible

We can finally chill about her records........

...until she gets to her 100000000th single. That's going to be huge.

ah Ayu, it's been a long way. :heart

Well L's first week is few hunders above MOON/blossom's now hehe~
Was a good guess =P

6th Day
Position: #2
Sales: 4,122
Total Sales: 69,968

Ir's No. 2 today???? Who made No. 1?

^ Oricon still hasn't updated as far as I know.

Oh great... I wonder who made it on #1

I guess... flumpool?
But it's great that Sunday's sales is constant :D

Yep flumpool's #1...
It doesn't matter though since ayu got the #1.
I'm waiting for the official message to celebrate :D

Let's celebrate now for ayu... :cry... Finally she becomes the one!!!

Wow the sales are extremely consistent..TMR'S THE DAY! woots.

i agree, she got the # 1 so don't care if she's #2 now, she reached a greta result imo

definitely #1!!

go ayu go!! beat seiko GO!! :D :D

She'll get #1 on weekly for sure.
What a record breaker for Ayu :)

Yes :cry Like finally after all these years...

Still need official confirmation...

Oh... last time when she beat Seiko record for female with the most no. 1 singles (Startin'/Born To Be... rite?), avex made a special flash statement on the official website. So this time will they make another special flash? :D

It could be possible...

i am sure avex will make it big XD
can't wait for avex to make the announcement!

Wee! The sales will be better than MOON, and may be close to crossroad this week, if they hold this way it might even surpase crossroad. But the most important is that se breaks the record, now she could release a limited edition or something like that xDD

yeh!! i'm hopping for that too!!

GoodJob Ayu!! :D
she has the record now! :)
hope someone updates this on wikipedia :P
Congratz X 1000000 to ayu its a great accomplishment
<3

congrats to ayuu!!!!

We should get the weekly results later on tonight, right? Or early tomorrow morning? :P

omg congrats to ayu, i'm so happy for her! here's to many more #1's!

It's been a long road....gongrats for ayu!!

my guess is early tomorrow
:P

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/80699/

Article about breaking the record, 71k sold.

Yay! I'm positive Ayu must feel like all her hard work has paid off.

1st Week
Position: #1
Estimated Total Sales: 69,968
Official Sales: 70,500~71,500

So the sales should be a bit higher than MOON/blossom's according to the estimation, hopefully!

Achivements gained with 50th Single L:
-25 Consecutive #1 singles breaking the 22 years kept record of seiko matsuda, ayu is the solo & female artist with most consecutive #1 singles and 3rd overall after B'z & Mr.Children.
-Solo & Female artist with most #1 Singles, 37 singles.
-Artist with most top 10 singles.

Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/80699/

Thank you Neil!!

I'm so happy for ayu's record breaking!! She is truely my best and I'm really proud of her & her hard work :heart
Congratulations ayu!

Both refer to solo acts rite?

No, both are overall.

^ She's not the overall artist with the most #1's. I *think* she's second to B'z.

Oh? Oricon had to mention the others above -_- blah.
Who are above her? (and it's 37 #1 singles)

B'z, I think, has a streak that is longer than the number of singles Ayu has gone #1...

But, anyways, congratulations!!! Now we can put the worry into bed and relax for the next month or two as the closing stages of the RnRC tour series continue...

Wow, I knew she could do it!!! :colorjump Great for Ayu!!! ^O^

Yeah, B'z should have more no. 1 singles than ayu. At least B'z do. Their no. 1 streak is like 43 at this moment.

Yeah, but 100% ayu has most top 10 singles "record".
I remember oricon made a list and she was above B'z and SMAP which are tie for the 2nd place.

Congratulations to Ayu! I'm so glad this is official so maybe it won't matter as much to some fans lol.

I dunno about that one, but probly she does have more top 10s than B'z. She has 50 singles, and B'z have less than that :P.

Congratulations Ayu!!!!

YAY AYU!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats!!!!:colorjump

Yay I'm so happy for Ayu!!
I feel like I can relax too :laugh

:vbhappy

And I repeat: R-R-R-R-R-R-RECORD BREAKER.

Congrats Ayuuu! knew she cud do it! :)

it's so awesome that she did it with her 50th single too, what a way to celebrate! :D

Okay, just updated the Ayu Wikipedia page as well as the "L" single to reflect this. If any improvements are necessary, maybe you can help!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_(EP)

congrads, that's a great thing ^^

Finally it's official!
Congrats Ayu!!! :D

Congrats Ayu!! I am glad she finally beat Matsuda Seiko record!! Took her 8 years to beat this record.

YESSS!!!
Congratulations ayu!!!

The battle is finally over d(>.<)b

she won this 7 days of war :D
yaaay ayu!! :clapclap

Congrats Ayu~~~

YAY!!! CONGRATS AYU!!!
we can relax for a little while, maybe she will release another single for winter, we don't know...maybe next year she will release another single...
next target is Mr. Children