150k is reachable...
hope for 160-175k

RT

oh thats great! im loving the sales!! thanks

I think 150K is good for the lifetime... I hope it can get another 20k anyways!

this week sales are good.. hope it will stay around 5,000 copies for a few more weeks. i think 140,000 is definitely possible

Party Queen doesn't appear at top 30# yesterday.:(

out of top 30 today =\

4th Day
Position: #23

Back in the top 30. :)

great!

At this point, as long as she's in the top 30, I'm happy.

5th Day
Position: #25

coolness! thanks for the update!

I'm really pleased with how well this album is holding up considering how things looked at the release. :)

Party Queen is up to #24 today :D

i was wondering how next album sales would be like....

Party Queen is up to #15 today
soo good!!

That's good!

real nice, do u guys think it would be possible to outsell JAPONESQUE?

^Even if it does, it won't be for much... I believe both albums will end selling +- around the same...

How much did JAPONESQUE sell till now?

Well, so far
JAPONESQUE - 148,187
Party Queen - 124,305

All in all, I think Party Queen did better than JAPONESQUE given everything surrounding the two. JAPONESQUE had singles, party queen didn't.
tie ins and what not, plus I think in the long run, party queen will out sell JAPONESQUE.

Both albums are amazing, but both have poor promotion.
Koda didn't promote the album for her pregnancy and ayu only promote the album in local shows and some magazines.
To be honest, i think ayu will sell less than Kuu this time ToT

Even without the singles, I think PQ sold more over a shorter period of time?

Like Japonesque sales dipped to the lowest plateau before ayu's did. PQ sold more per day/week before plateauing out to normal.

or so it seemed...

Well comparing their chart run

------Ayu-------Kuu
W1 97,691 93,835
W2 18,101 24,813
W3 8,513 11,158
W4 5,618 5,521


It's very hard to say but Ayu has her arena tour to promote the album so who knows.

^^ i think the first two weeks of JAPONESQUE were better, but after that I think Party Queen is doing better... or it seems... I mean its only been out for what, five weeks now and it has almost caught up to Koda's album, which was out 3 months before Party Queen...
so in the long run I think it will out sell, yes.

Well thats pretty normal since most sales come from the first few weeks. It'll be close. We'll have to wait and see.

By her 5th week, Koda had sold 135k... So, she still did better than Ayu...

I woould tend to think that Ayumi has done better firgureing in the lack of promotion and no singles.
Plus in the long run I think ayumi has better staying power than koda kumi.

so far is still sell lower than JAPONESQUE..

you can feel however you like...but in this thread, sales are sales, no? lol ;)

Anyways, I didn't think Ayu had still sold less by her 5th week.

need TV performances urgently to be out sell PLS,,,,,

pretty different from the western artists, the tours in japan barely rise albums sales, so i doubt the arena tour will rise PQ sales...

Arena tours don't really promote the album as the majority of people who attend the tours have either bought it, downloaded it or had never intended to purchase it.

I think that FIVE pretty much displayed what Ayu can do with a solid tie-in and if PQ had better promo I'm sure it would've outsold JAPONESQUE so far even when you consider all the things that album had, but as Emiko said, sales are sales, and Ku is leading the way atm, though I am hoping that'll change not that it matters much.

They have special promotions for people who buy the album though, so they are trying to sell copies at the tour stops.

^

does oricon count that sales?

^Only 1/3....

But Ayu/Avex gets the money anyway :P

Basically, if they sell 100 copies, only about 30 of them count towards Oricon.

There's a maximum of 1000 copies, I think.

I don't think Party Queen can outsell JAPONESQUE..
The difference is quite large...

So if we were to assume they sold out all copies on every tour stop it would help boost up the album by 8,400. Not huge I guess but it is something.

5th Week
Position: #27
Official Sales: 3,352
Official Total Sales: 133,275

6th Week
1st Day Position: #14

wow..#14!? still really good

Thanks! Great job :)

Sales is still lower than koda 5th week

thanks! thats great! =D still far from 150k tho... dont rly think its possible

^It's not like the album is going to stop charting tomorrow, u know? Japonesque only got close to 150k after 3 months... (and it is still charting, isn't it?)

^ Well JAPONESQUE is selling less than 1k now per week and the total so far about 148k
Which i guess it will stop at 155k maximum

if ayu keeps selling less than kuu every week , i guess she may or she may not reach 150k , Keep in mind the JAPONESQUE ahead with 6k

Party queen is 17k away , and by this week she'll start selling 2k and less by time , But I'm still hoping the she could do it

I'm afraid because once Party Queen reaches 140k she'll be selling 1k and less

so let's just hope for Party queen to reach 150k :D

I don't really care if JAPONESQUE sells better than Party Queen or vice-versa, because neither of them are selling incredibly well. It will be really close either way. I love both albums so I don't feel that sales totals say anything about the quality of the albums.

I think the first week and last week were better for Party Queen compared to Kuu... only time will tell of course.

This...is still a far cry from what she's capable of...

sheesh

Stay optimistic, I guess.

Out of top 30 today due to new releases

1st week she had an extra day - but still, Ayu usually has higher first week sales. Other than that, they've been pretty much the same the past few weeks so I'm sure she can still manage 150k area in the long run. JAPONESQUE is in its 13th week and just crossed 149k.

If anyone wants to compare:

JAPONESQUE | Party Queen

1st week = 93,835 | 97,691
2nd week = 24,813 | 18,101
3rd week = 11,158 | 8,513
4th week = 5,521 | 5,618
5th week = 3,648 | 3,352
6th week = 2,554 | ?

Both albums have dropped a lot faster every week than previous releases.. but I guess that's to be expected. I just hope for longevity for both

Well... she probably lost some Oricon numbers because of all that events... To sit near to Ayu on those events u needed to buy a copy :P

hopin she'll get back into top 30 tmw..

i see her doing good for the next copy weeks... i would be happy if she could stay in the 1000's for the next month r so!

thatd be great!

anyone know how she's charting ooverseas like in Taiwan chart or in hong kong chart?

highest position in taiwan's g-music j-pop/k-pop chart was #2 below big bang and same for hong kong hmv j-pop/k-pop chart

out of top 30 today =\

sadness!
i hope it goes back up!

#33 today

Wow, so all in all, Party Queen really isn't doing THAT badly. Awesome

Im sure the tour these days will still push it up :)

^Yeah, that's probable, and something to look forward to. :)

i hope it charts at least for 10 weeks

Man, i must of been dreaming.. I thought it said 14 today... ohwell.. lol

we all hope something rise up the sales

5th Day
Position: #36

Thanks. They put top 50 in 2ch?

Based on the data differences of sales from what Avex reports and what the Oricon reports, is it possible that Party Queen has already well passed the 150,000 mark along with Kuu's albums?

Why is there such a difference between what the Oricon says and Avex and why does it affect the RIAJ certifications?

Why shouldn't it count towards the total? I don't understand the numbers.

I get it from another source.

Kuu is signed to an Avex Records Group label so her sales would be higher as well than what Oricon reports. I'm pretty sure those Avex numbers are shipments. A record label often reports a shipped figure to the media and say thats how much its sold.

Avex counts the copies they sell to the stores.
RIAJ certificates how much copies were sold to stores.
Oricon counts the number of copies people bought on those stores.

Avex will always have larger numbers than Oricon unless the album is totally sold out and no more copies are made.

So, if there were produced 150,000 copies, and the public buy 90,000 of those, Avex will anounce it sold 100,000, while Oricon will count 90,000 and RIAJ will certificate gold (100,000 - 250,000) copies, as more than 100k copies were shipped, but less than enough to certificate it platinum (250k).

But Oricon can't count 100% of copies sold to the public, as they can't keep track on every small store that sells albums in Japan, and they only count 1/3 of total sales from events and concerts, as there's no way of making sure the label is lying about sales (Oricon is just a magazine, it's not like they have power to force any label to tell them the right numbers and check it on the label's stock).

So, considering concert and event sales, as events were a big part of promotion on this era, I wouldn't be surprised if Ayu actual weekly sales are higher than Koda's, considering the gap between their sales are minimal... But we will never know it for sure, so, I don't think anybody should really worry about it... In the end of the day, more important than having big Oricon numbers, is the money the album sales make... So, even if a worst "official" position, only Avex knows how well the albums are doing^^

@KuuXAyu-fan
@Andrenekoi

Oh, OK. That makes sense.

Thanks.

no update today?=D

She was 34 for the 6th and 7th day. :)

thanks a lot!!!

go ayumi!

hoping for a 2k week!

Weekly sales:
#43 2,532　浜崎あゆみ

Total Sales So Far: 135,807

I think 135k is good for this album :) I'm happy with that number for sure, but still, hope it keeps on selling a bit more!

Thanks for the update!

Party Queen is 26#
back to the top 30 for Monday:)

here it says for sunday, i guess there some position missin there.. correct me if im wrong, cuz thats me whos updating this page.. =D



http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Party_...hart_Positions

It's been a while since I've been here and her sales aren't that bad. I remember when it used to be a big deal when she had under 100k.

Your off by a day. It should say 34 for Sat and Sunday and 26 for Monday. :)

^

ty, ive already corrected my mistakes =D

thanks for the updates!

This may be late...

1st week sales:
Party Queen (CD+DVD2) = 49,375
Party Queen (CD+DVD) = 21,189
Party Queen (CD Only) = 10,466

2nd week sales:
Party Queen (CD+DVD2) = 8,962
Party Queen (CD+DVD) = 6,730
Party Queen (CD Only) = 2,409

Out of top 20 on the 3rd week

interesting, you got it broken down.
cool

What about the limited box set?

Whoa
A lot of people leaned toward the CD/2DVD despite being more expensive.
Then again, Japan IS the country where games can cost $100~ at launch.

Well it's charting well but I still think it's sales are accumulating pretty slowly.

I think the limited box set would be counted as the 2 DVD version.
the onlyt difference is the extra dvd (which was sold separably) and the goodies.

thanks for the info!

I'm still waiting for 150k and I think PQ can do it!
Maybe in yearly chart XDD OK! but PQ CAN!
(??)

idk if 150 is rly possible =\ i rly wish it was tho...

^ have faith!
I think it can!

*fingers crossed* ;)

so out of top 50?

^ Is it really?
Come on, Ayu. At least 150k and we're good.

for this week seems so =\...