Wow... this is not like it used to be. i thought love songs would sell more...

Just out of curiosity. What made you think it would sell more? After Duty, none of Ayu's albums sold better than the previous one. This album also had no actual hits prior to it :)

I'm guessing it will be at around 246k by now, verrrrry nice

Yay she went up again :)

It doesn't hurt to hope!

Love Song is #2 best selling album 2011 so far

*1 297,729 14,246 BUMP OF CHICKEN
*2 239,279 22,300 浜崎あゆみ
*3 173,279 39,612 いきものがかり 累计1,080,035
*4 129,394 13,094 Mr.Children 累计726,606
*5 106,499 *9,473 マイケル・ジャクソン
*6 *95,621 14,040 少女时代
*7 *79,453 20,703 ノースリーブス
*8 *78,215 15,587 KARA 累计244,400
*9 *76,502 *3,577 Sound Horizon
10 *70,043 *7,728 宇多田ヒカル 累计404,391
11 *68,921 12,081 福山雅治 累计613,181
12 *58,560 *8,739 DJ KAORI'S JMIX
13 *38,830 *4,069 MR.BIG
14 *33,546 *5,308 mothy 悪ノP feat.镜音リン,镜音レン
15 *29,765 *3,524 DREAMS COME TRUE 累计144,445
16 *28,502 *7,334 岚（仆） 累计1,081,566
17 *28,307 *5,152 ブラック・アイド・ピーズ 累计65,057
18 *27,397 *6,122 レディー・ガガ（TM） 累计492,329
19 *26,772 *4,235 INFINITY 16 累计43,681
20 *25,59l *8,837 AKB48（神） 累计466,919
21 *24,646 *7,446 西野カナ 累计670,063
22 *24,338 *2,646 伊藤由奈 累计45,000
23 *23,933 *4,284 ボン・ジョヴィ 累计171,969
24 *23,110 *7,129 バーレスク・オリジナル・モーション・ピクチャー 累计25,998
25 *21,649 *4,493 レディー・ガガ（TR） 累计196,902
26 *21,145 21,145 ゴールデンボンバー
27 *21,057 *3,995 JUJU 累计444,287
28 *20,729 *3,734 BLEACH BERRY BEST 累计56,150

We're 15 days into the new year... I doubt she'll be in the top 10, or perhaps even 20 in December. =P

But good for now haha!

But we're just getting started in 2011... Quite a surprise there! Not sure how it goes if Ayu releases another album before end of 2011, plus AKB48, maybe Arashi, etc...

thats cool :)

Ugh, it looks like #3 or #4, though being 2010 releases, might still surpass Love Songs 2011 sales...#3 very likely, for #4 I don't know their drops

2 in 2011 by now is a good result...I am satisfied

Not really. The album is gonna end up out of top 20 when the year ends for sure.

5th Day
Position: #5

great!!!!! thanks ayumisrael!!

awsome!! :) it just keeps crawling up this week :)

This is the truth.......
But I still hope it will get into 300k:no

Haha I do think k-pop has a more successful formula and appealing packaging to it than j-pop even if the substance is lacking. Their stuff is catchy whereas Japanese pop can often be too eclectic or different from what's mainstream in other countries yet mundane to Japanese listeners.

Ayu used to be THE mainstream without having common-sounding music which was an impressive feat not achieved by many. Now, she still deviates from most other artists but it's because her stuff isn't mainstream enough anymore that she can't sell like she used to along with the fact that she's been around for sooo long and released so much that people start to lose track of what she's doing.

Anyway, Love songs is an awesome album and will hopefully attract the attention it deserves!

6th Day
Position: #5

^ Nice!

See, I wish more people would focus on this than on the overall sale figures. She's popular -- maybe not MASSIVELY like she used to be, but that's not a bad thing. There's still interest in her and her work, and as long as there's a demand (or a response to the things she does) she's going to do well.

The position is the least important thing, there are albums that sell 20k and get #1 :)