Yaaay! Go Ayu! This proves that she's the best.
>;] -dances-

Well we'll see who sold the most when they give out that Oricon award

congrats to ayumi ^^

I dont get why most people say this, because she released TWO albums that snuck their way to the top 5, each mirroring about 700,000. Add the two up, and you have about 100,000 on Mr. Children. Plus another ~250,000 singles, it pretty much adds up.

She was most definitely NOT the best-seller of the year...the Chinese need to check their sources O.o
I could've sworn that was Utada or Koda Kumi.

I think Ayumi sounds right, to be honest. Utada is only based on Flavor of Life and Beautiful World if anything. And since those are singles, it really doesn't add up.

Plus, I don't think Koda sold well this past year. Last year, sure she killed, but not this past year. May be next year with KINGDOM (which sounds very promising).

True true :yes
But I still don't think it was Ayu :no
Her sales were pretty low this year...especially 'Talkin' 2 Myself'...that sold ever lower than her 'LOVE -since 1999-' which had the lowest sales yet (of Ayu's that is).

Well, as I said, A BEST 2 was pretty phenominal (despite the fact it was seperated, but then again, she had TONS of songs), and sold more then Mr. Children's HOME when combined.

And the lowest sales would be WHATEVER in a while, may be even Bold & Delicious/Pride even. :)

And as somebody said earlier A BEST 2 was pretty expensive lol.


$110 AUD for both if i remember clearly from yesAsia XD!

Well it's not like Mr. Children only released HOME this year....they released 2x 300k+ singles as well....

Mr. Children had the highest in terms of number of copies sold this year. As for sales in terms of yen, I think it's going to be close between Kuu and Ayu.

That's true, but aren't his singles cheaper that Ayumi's? I don't know... I though Avex artists in general ve the most expensive singles on the market now, so they usually end up making the most profit per unit...

queen of jpop is comeback..yesss..
i hope that news is real..

kuu sold cds more than ayu,but ayu rank 1??
i'm not sure

Congrats to AYU!!!

I think I should've reworded my last sentence differently. "As for sales in terms of yen, I think the #1, 2 spot is going to be close between Kuu and Ayu." :)

Yeah, she's still got it.

I wonder how all the Koda Kumi fans who are like, "OMG KUU IS TOTES THE NEW EMPRESS MOVE OVER HAMASAKI" are feeling XD

yay Ayu! w00t!

i'm more than happy if shes no.1 o no.2 :) it just goes to show that after 10 years shes still doing great!!!!!!

yay go ayu =)! I think ayumi will kill 2008 lol its all building up >=D! A Best 2 being most profitable, uber successful tour, glitter pv ranked 1, topped the download mv charts X_X!!!! lol I think she's going to do well next year! All this attention must help her sales in some way lol =O!

When are the official ORICON year-end charts out?

that is what i want to know..hehhe