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I would be so overwhelmed if a big table of Namie Amuro stuff was sitting in front of me. I would pick up that live DVD of Genius 2000.:yes |
I think it's a crime to shorten NEVER END
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@ EndOfTheWorld - haha not really , I will go ballistic over the gachagacha as it's very easy to spend so much $ on them :dead2
I know that feeling all too well as I used to do that before at the concert venue & I was very tempted to spend more than the norm but luckily my friends stopped me xD You just need to keep putting 500 Yen coins into the gachagacha machine non stop which can make you lose your mind , LOL namie amuro x Docomo 1992 x 2000 x 2010 x 2017 Spoiler:
https://twitter.com/NamieAmuroMusic/...73955844833286 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOKjpZ2UMAATxJi.jpg https://twitter.com/TOWER_Sale/statu...84634295353344 That would make a great display if I have a big house with a big garden , LOL |
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Main Finally promo shot with colours
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https://twitter.com/NamieAmuroMusic/...12356198465536 安室奈美恵 MUSIC VIDEO HISTORY Part 2 http://jpfiles.eu/2017/11/09/%e5%ae%...history-part2/ PVs aired in part 2 Spoiler:
安室奈美恵 MUSIC VIDEO HISTORY Part 3 http://jpfiles.eu/2017/11/09/%e5%ae%...history-part3/ PVs aired in part 3 Spoiler:
Wonder why UNUSUAL PV wasn't aired in part 2 o_O |
About some of you who are complaining the self reincarnated songs aren't better then the original ones: was ever the intention? I don't think so. This happens a lot when singers sing their own songs after a long time in New recordings/new mixes: people complaining that the original is still better. Relax, the original os still there, guys. If you didn't like, just don't listen to it *shrugs* (although I prefer this versions of new look, Dr. and break it hauehau) I really liked most of the new versions, even if they aren't as good to me as the originals, I'm happy we have these in new versions - ie rock steady and what a feeling
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^no one said thats the problem. i always stated I will probably stick to the original. The sad think is however, that the mastering is shit and she sounds bored in some songs. There just could have been more - they don't have to be better, but on the same level at least. Makeing sthe song worse (W ME W ME) should not be the desire.
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This promo is amazing!! I was in Tokyo when Break it was released and I already thought all this promotion was awesome but now!!! I just want to be in Tokyo to see all of this and buy Namie's stuff!
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http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5422291607?pn=19 Total 2 day sales - 681,389 Finally 2 day sales has suppressed Best Fiction 1st week sales (681,000) |
^ wow! amazing!!
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I really love 'In Two' and 'Do It For Love'. The beat is so sick.
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Amazing sales!! Praying for the first week sales to cross the million mark
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Namie Amuro, “The Madonna of Japan,” Is Retiring, But Her Style Influence Lives On
https://www.vogue.com/article/namie-...hion-week-muse |
Amazing! I can't see any reason it won't sell a million by the end of the week. Once the Saturday and Sunday sales bump comes in, she's totally going to. Only a little more than 300,000 copies left to go!
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http://www.billboard-japan.com/sp/d_news/detail/57270/2
Is Billboard saying her first day sales was actually 641,712? They're using SoundScan data, which I guess includes sales that Oricon ignores? |
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Is she already #1 on Oricon Yearly?
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Her album isn't available digitally yet though. So I think those are actually her pure physical sales. The other albums in that Top 5 only had a minor 1-2k difference than what Oricon reported for yesterday. But for Namie, that's a massive 200k that Oricon didn't count... :irked But idk how SoundScan works so I'm not exactly sure why there's such a discrepancy between it and Oricon. |
Outside 7/11
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOLwK_HUIAAWmPM.jpg:small https://twitter.com/0920rion0331/sta...68556844806144 From latest Dec issue of FRAU magazine https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOLSuPKUIAAuo22.jpg:small https://twitter.com/BK_Finally/statu...36179233849344 :love Also I read on Twitter that some users commented that the mohawk like hairstyle Namie had in In Two PV is quite similar to the 1 she had in the Do Me More PV , lol |
she kind of uses that hairstyle very often
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Does anyone else feel as if the album title actually says "FINALLY I can quit this shit"? :laugh
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It does not relate to the Finally lyrics...so no |
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You can read it like that. I love the sales! I'm just sad she needed a big retirement annoucement to achieve them. |
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^you never know. There is no normal best of released by her. It could have been huge. Not as huge obviously but i kinda think BEST FICTION already showed what she could be capable of. That vogue article on the page before illustrates that very well.
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Yeah but Best Fiction was like... what, almost 10 years ago? Artists were selling better then obviously. I don't think it's sad that she managed these numbers because of her retirement. It means that people care.
I wonder if Ayu would manage the same hype though. |
I think an All Time Best album by Ayu would sell like 30k in the first day.:( Namie has had 1 monster hit this decade (Love story) and many other hits like Hero, Mint, TSUKI, and so on; while Ayu's biggest hit this decade is progress, which was certified platinum.
By the way, people were telling this album price was cheap for containing 50+tracks? I think that was a very smart move. |
Yeah, Love Story was her last single that sold 100k+ :)
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Oh, ok xD
btw, the only new songs that I like are Showtime and Finally. The others are really meh. But I'm really enjoying the new recordings of her old songs, especially Disc 1 and Dr! |
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Price comparison against Finally & KinKi Kids's upcoming 20th anniversary best album The BEST (with all songs remastered) Finally 3 CDs - 3,780 Yen 3 CDs + DVD - 4,644 Yen 3 CDs + Blu-ray - 5,184 Yen The BEST 3 CDs - 4,860 Yen 3 CDs + DVD - 7,452 Yen 3 CDs + Blu-ray - 7,992 Yen So yes the price differences between both best albums is quite substantial Also as what Corvina said , it's a bittersweet feeling that while it's great that Finally has sold so well in just 2 days , this has to happen in line with Namie's retirement announcement It's the same thing when SMAP announced they were disbanding last year & when they released SMAP 25 YEARS last Dec , it sold extremely well . It's still charting on Oricon btw The fact that both SMAP 25 YEARS & Finally releases have a 25 number connection , it's a bit ironic ? Btw I'm converting all 12 PVs included in Finally's Blu-ray disc from .m2ts to .mp4 and ok Christmas Wish PV ain't so bad after watching it in much higher quality .mp4 mode , I'm just annoyed the VR version is way nicer & more festive driven :x |
Yeah, SMAP is another example.
They also had to retire to achieve such numbers. It's just so sad for the Japanese market. |
^hu? I actually don't see whats your problem here exactly. Its quite natural for someone to sell so much because there are so many factors coming together in such an album. The market shifts...but Japanese physical sales still work quite well compared to the Korean physical sales. I guess everything is alright.
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I think she ment it's sad you have to announce you're retiring to get people to buy your stuff once again and while you were constantly putting out new things people just didn't bother. It's not sad the retiring bests sold well, but only them.
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^yeah, I got that and it is just not true. Namie was amongst the best selling female solo acts these last few years. Not only physically but also digitally.
That this album was going to have sales beyond the usual level was quite clear. If it was an original album it would probably be around 200 - 300 k and that would have been awesome. |
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It wasn't about Namie not being the best selling female solo the last years. It was a comment about the music market in general. 200-300 would be good for solos nowadays, yes. But that's exactly the point. The market is not interested in more, even for popular artists. To achieve more, there has to happen something extraordinary like a retirement. And that's really sad for the market. Cause at the same time the huge physical selling power we still had about 10 years ago just didn't shift to digital sales. Digital sales aren't that high in numbers as well. It got lost somehow. |
to sell more something major has to occur, but not for an artist whos been slaying the charts since best fiction which was when?? 2008. come on now.
wasnt namie's last hit HERO?? |
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1. Namie Amuro – Hero 2. Namie Amuro – CAN YOU CELEBRATE? 3. Namie Amuro – Love Story 4. Mr.Children – HANABI 5. AAA – LIFE 6. Masaharu Fukuyama – Seiiki 7. DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi – Uchiage Hanabi 8. Nogizaka46 – Itsuka Dekiru Kara Kyou Dekiru 9. Namie Amuro – Don’t wanna cry 10. Utada Hikaru – Forevermore |
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They've obviously been planning and working on this for a while. You can't just re-record/re-arrange 39 songs in like 2 or 3 months with whatever else she has going on.
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Last year in Japan, the song was played everywhere even when Olympic games were finished. |
It's crazy how her sales took a -100k nosedive after Love Story. I think she did too much gay/drag queen music and it turned off the general public.
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I posted an essential Namie Amuro playlist some time ago containing all her signature songs:
1. TRY ME 2. Body Feels EXIT 3. SWEET 19 BLUES 4. CAN YOU CELEBRATE? 5. RESPECT THE POWER OF LOVE 6. NEVER END (7. uh Uh...) 8. SO CRAZY 9. GIRL TALK 10. Baby Don't Cry 11. NEW LOOK (12. WILD) 13. Love Story 14. Contrail 15. TSUKI (16. Golden Touch) 17. Hero 18. Mint 19. Finally Quote:
I actually don't know why I argue with you on that - I just don't think it is as bad as you make it to be. And moreover I think it is a great feat to achieve such an high number....regardless on the factors that surround it. _genic sold very well despite not having any single and her tours that got longer and longer reflect her popularity way more than her physical sales. Same goes for other acts like Kumi for example. |
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I didn't even bring AKB into account. Yes, most people are downloading illegal (which is probably the reason the selling power got lost, I hinted at that exactly) and not interested in buying the stuff, even for the popular artists. They just seem to do that for special occasions. And that's very sad for the market. Cause just think further, what will happen. I never denied Namie isn't still famous and selling exceptional well. |
^I got it. damn. i got two master degrees. believe me, i got it. I know you didn't bring it into account, but you have to measure it on something. if you don't wanna compare - fine. Than your point is that the music market is not existent in japan anymore or what? Yes, the sales aren't as high anymore but my point it is that they will never be and you probably have to stop to compare it to the past. It is not like all music will suddenly be gone. I don't see why you feel sad for a music market that still shifts so much music.
And I say it again. She had a fucking sold out tour with 88 dates and you call that: "oh, the general public lost all interest" - yeah, right... but oh well, believe in what you wanna believe. I'm happy as long as I get new music from my fav artist every now and then. |
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Well, and I didn't say the public lost all interest in Namie. Never did. Or in music. Just in how the maket currently works. For sales! Not tours or popularity And what's best to compare than the own progression of a market? Why are the charts e.g. just partly a sign of what is popular e.g. (see AKB)? Nobody can say, how it's going to be in the future. But it's interesting to note, how it is changing. Important to observe. And for me personally it's sad, how it is right now. I don't understand, why you're so mad about it. You clearly just feel different about it. I just don't want you to lay words in my mouth I never said. |
It's interesting to note that Japan still guards their music like crazy, and not just music, the same applies to dramas/anime etc. I mean, why is it still almost impossible to find full music videos of Jpop on Youtube? They still sell music videos while Korea stopped doing that. Korea shifted its focus to YT so their music videos have 100k million views and more. And their music is still more popular.
I think that reflects Japan's general view on copyright issue and how closed their country is. Not sure if it is a good thing though. Music is not selling as it used to. |
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But I'm also not sure, how this is going. |
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I’m sorry what?? Hero, mint and fighter did ok. How did people not buy her stuff, I don’t get it. I could get it if this were kumi or ayu but namie Nah. |
oh I did some textless versions of the phone wallpapers! it was so easy that they were almost asking for it :laugh
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Please, don't understand that as a way of diminishing Namie's achievement. She deserves all the success and sales in the world, but what we're trying to say is that it's sad these extraordinary sales only happen under extraordinary circumstances. Namie deserves to sell one million copies always. :yes |
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I had to drag my ass up from the grave to post on here after 3 years.
Anyway I see both sides of this recent argument, but I also want to add - as a friendly reminder - that the current discussion is accounting for physical units only. Namie is still selling like crazy digitally so for all we know she’s shifted over 2 million in digital downloads by now. It’s just impossible to tell because Oricon/Japanese markets don’t really report on that. I mean from what I remember (off the top of my head so I could be wrong) - didn’t Utada’s flavor of life single sell somewhat okay physically but it hit like 7.8 million in digital sales? It’s just that a lot of people don’t want to wait for a physical CD to ship. I am one of those people. I purchased Fantome from ITunes. |
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I wonder what products what they use in her hair to make it look so good even though it's so freaking long. O.O I'd buy it. I'd buy all of it.
Btw - I love the picture for 2010 flashback for docomo. That was my favorite styling of hers. |
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I still don't understand the argument. I don't know how it is sad that albums don't sell 1 million units anymore. It's just how it is.
In the past, there wasn't illegal downloading, streaming platforms, digital music... Maybe they don't sell 500k in physical CDs anymore, but I'm sure her music reach a lot more people now than ten years ago. It's not sad. |
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Daaaang they did such an awesome job with those docomo promo pics! I seriously thought that 1st picture really was of Namie back in 1992. The makeup and style are so on point! They really take me back.
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SMAP "retired" as a boyband, they disbanded. @Not Fade away Utada's Flavour of Life sold much digitally - ten years ago A song rarely goes million digitally nowadays and just a bunch double platinum. And the highest album is around 150k digitally (Mr.Children's Best). That's all the official info from WITHIN the Japanese market. Of course there is also sales overseas, that isn't counted. But I somehow think, if the numbers were that high overseas, the market surely would want to count them. |
I have nothing but praise for her final album. I'm loving the first disc so much! I've tried to listen to her 90's in the past, but couldn't get into it because of her unstable and pitchy voice. Upon listening to her live renditions in the 2012 Dome Tour and Okinawa concert, I was thoroughly surprised at how good the songs were with her current voice: therefore, I am SO glad she resang her classics. The album didn't just give me 6 new songs, it gave me a whole disc of revamped classics to obsess about!
On another note, I got teary and sentimental when CYC started playing. Ballada's version was good, but I found Hakase's violin part too distracting. Finally's version is just, precious. Ugh, Finally the song is just beautiful. I love listening to her soft, tender voice in the beginning transitioning to her usual strong vocals and then suitably ending "finally I can stop dreaming" in the same soft voice. It's just so genuine and rare from her. :'( Lastly, I'm going to miss Namie's music and also her beauty. I admit that I'm drawn to her youthful photogenic face, good taste in fashion, and sexy dance moves. I know that some of you find her Finally PV is boring and lazy, but I think it's so beautifully minimalistic and I don't think I will ever get bored of admiring Namie's face (be it the dead look or not :laugh). |
When is she announcing her tour dates omg...COME ON NAMIE!!!
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Sorry if there's already been an announcement that I missed, but are we expecting another new album by the end of her career?
I'm not a hardcore fan but I overplayed P<F, FEEL and _genic, and I'd love a few new songs by her before it's over! |
Finally
1st day sales - 459,094 2nd day sales - 222,295 3rd day sales - 126,753 Total 3 day sales - 808,142 http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5424661965?pn=9 |
^^we don't know...but we expect none
^great, i expected a bit less Is someone good at making albums with a flow? i want all the singles/b-sides/new tracks since TSUKI in one album. i know its a hard take since there are 22 songs, but I came up with: 01. Showtime 02. MINT 03. Neonlight Lipstick 04. Ballerina 05. In two 06. Black make Up 07. Fighter 08. Hero 09. Just You and I 10. BRIGHTER DAY 11. Red Carpet 12. chit Chat 13. Strike a Pose 14. SWEET KISSES 15. Show me What you've got 16. Do it for Love 17. How do you feel now? 18. Dear diary 19. Still lovin you 20. Hope 21. TSUKI 22. Finally Though I feel like Mint would be a better opener. |
Namie most often did better in sales than any other artists even way before her retirement announcement. Are people really mad that she almost achieved 1 million sales in a few days? As fans I think we should be happy that she’s doing well.
People always like to diminish artists achievements, it’s always something with you people. |
Wow, impressing numbers
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Glad to see how well she's doing. I was going to ask if Oricon includes digital numbers as well, but then realized the album isn't even out digitally yet.
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It's like a song by a Brazilian singer that says "don't wait for me to be gone / to realize how much you love me". The point is "we should love our artists, whether they're active and alive and well or not", the point IS NOT "she had to retire to get great numbers". I really can't believe you guys are thinking Corvina is coming for namie's wig, seriously. |
Namie herself is fantastic, and she has really good and smart management / marketing team as well. The fact that the digital versions are not available may have a correlation with extraordinary high physical sales. ( now compare this strategy with Made in Japan, which was availble for streaming a month before physical release lol)
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Haha, thank you, gustavopc (and also oaristos btw).
Imo what I wanted to say was pretty clear. I mean, really, I wasn't diminishing anybody, on the contrary. If all , I'm mad about people buying Namie's last album now in masses, but what about before? The numbers clearly show, she was damn popular before, so why are people just buying now? (exaggerating now of course, to make the point, don't take my words literally!) Gonna repeat myself, it says a lot about the state of the market and to me, looking at all of the statistics and numbers of physical and digital sales, it still is kind of a bummer, where all the selling power went in the last ten years. |
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I really think everybody understood what Corvina said, it's just that not everyone agreed with her opinion. My only problem with the original post is when she said that "selling a lot only on special occasions is a sad thing" (for the industry or the artist, whatever).
Imo, it isn't sad or bad. I think it's normal and that's the way the industry is right now. I don't think the industry was better in the past just because of those huge numbers of sales. The industry is much better now, if not for the labels but for the fans. Music is much more democratic and easier to approach. In a world where I can buy only the songs I like (or even download illegally) why would we still have a need for huge sales? Why does it matter? Utada herself said she doesn't care if her fans reach her music ilegally, as long as they listen to what she created. I think that's how as an artist you'd feel. Of course people need to support you, but being in touch with your art isn't just as important? |
Hm, the thing is with the Japanese market, that it more looks like stuff is harder to get than before. Not more approachable. Which is one reason why I feel it's sad.
There's more, but this is probably not the right place to discuss after all. |
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Again, this is JUST NOT TRUE. Yeah, he was a public joke because well he did a looot of crazy things, but he was still known by the title King of Pop and everyone who did music gave him credit. You are simplifying a lot here...just like some others. edit: Corvina, I thought you started listening to J-Pop way before I started. Stuff was so hard to get, new artist so hard to find in 2005. It became soo much easier and there is not a single song regardless of how old or new, I can´t find. Again, I think it is weird how you see things and I do think you putting much too much nostalgia into it, but if you feel like that, its okay. Its not a personal attack, I just disagree. The market has become much better and the quality of the music too. |
I myself don't think Corvina was trying to put down Namie either cos I know that's not her character
When English is not your 1st language , sometimes what you write online , others might misunderstood that what you wanted to say ain't negative but based on what you wrote , others might perceive it otherwise Years ago back when ayaka announced her sudden departure from the music business due to health problems (as at that time there was no telling if she would be back or not) , ayaka's History 2006 - 2009 also sold a lot so it's not just Namie And yeah so what Namie doesn't write & compose her own music ? She made up these 2 aspects with other things , like being business savy I do think that if Namie wasn't a singer , she would do well in marketing as the way she has marketed/promoted her releases over the last few years has worked really well in her favour And I also feel that for those who casually supports/listens to Namie & never buy bother any of her releases until Finally (and now ALARM) , you have the last 25 years to discover her music & now with this , isn't it a bit ironic ? |
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Well, my original statement were just 2 sentences.
I've never intented to say more, lol. |
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New thread: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...63#post3255563 |
docomo CM
I'm OBSESSED with this CM, the 90s scene is ON POINT o__o Namielease make a 90s00s10s single with docomo like the 60s70s80s was a collab with Vidal Sasson |
^ we already have a new thread, plz transfer your comment there: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...=123860&page=9
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