Well, casual fans who like the summer songs but never really purchased the CDs may buy it as well. It's a mega-summer-hit collection and the tracklist is really well thought out imo.

I find that it's selling a lot more than I thought it would.

Look at last week's top 5!

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but Ayu's No. 4 for singles (You& Me), and No. 1 for albums on Japanese iTunes. =)

46,456　SMAP
17,841　浜崎あゆみ
*5,595　Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas

as usual ayu drop almost 50% from her 1st day sales...
steady please....

Thank you. Brings the sales to 49,644.

Go ayumi!!
do bad about the drop!

SMAP halfed their sales too right? So it's not that bad...
I hope it hangs in there through the summer.

I think overall it's wouldn't oversell PQ

Doesn't have as long a shelf life as PQ so I don't think it will be dramatically higher in any case.

Pls let sales to be more steady for the next few days!!

she needs to do a few more lives for You and Me

That's an unfortunate drop in sales.

Is it safe to say it will cross the 100k mark?
Don't want to think about tomorrow figures. Hope it passes the 10k mark :(

All "The best summer" were sold (sold out).
According to fans on twitter

It's selling more than what avex thought or just general shipping issues?

i think more of that avex wasnt expecting a lot?
I mean, there has been no news about a shipping problem.
I guess avex didnt want to waist money on something that might not sell well.

Why Avex think it's only wasting money?

Honestly, it's my opinion that Avex is desperately trying to change they way things sell, so that they have more longevity instead of just, everything in one day, and then nothing...

And I think they're really experimenting a lot with Ayu...but idk.

I thought the sales were quite good.

i could see that happening... but why?

For taxes? to spread out their income throughout the year instead knowing everything is going to be up front?

I wonder what they plan to achieve by spreading out releases??

Really, really wish You & Me had been released as a single, I'm sure it would've gone down really well.
Still, better first day sales than I expected.