It's not really all that important what ranking it is, we've been through this. It's the sales number in the end that's important. She shouldn't have any problems with hitting a million, and doing so is still a strong number.

Ken Hirai's 'Hitomi no tojite', one of this year's top selling singles only peaked at No.2

Nope, CDJapan sales COUNT!

Yes they do. Oricon actually has a separate section which charts online sales. If they bothered to do that then why wouldn't they include it in their general chart? :)

and guys, christmas is a GREAT time to release an album...she (or rather avex) didn't pick a bad time at all, it's just that every record company knows that's when records sell and therefore they all choose to release at this particular period.

Anywho, Kinki kid's single collection has dropped to 3rd in the daily rankings, so Ayu can keep the no.2 spot for quite some weeks to come.

thanks for the info

are you sure online sales are counted? i doubt this

awesome! she should hit a million soon. =]

3rd place isn't that bad. a lot of albums came out. Kinki Kids, Orange Range, etc. so of course there's competition.

Very good numbers! But sales is not the most important thing in the world, come on o.o

i'm not sure about if this is true or not..but i hear that
HMV or other big names company don't count towards sales...
if they do...the numbers woulda be bigger then that awhole lot..