It's all love 4th week sales

2,991

Total sales: 92,861

7,139 copies til 100k.

Credits to Sasha_fierce @ JPM.

That's so nice, almost 100+!
I hoped for it, but I never expected It's all Love! to sell that well. :yes

oh wow that's great & yes like yourself I'm surprised that it has done/sold even much better than stay with me & it has outsold TABOO already whee

I didn't either, I'm glad to see we were wrong :yes

Even if I don't like the song, I think it's great for Kuu and even better for misono :)

hopefully this will mean that misono's solo career will turn around for the better

you look at past artistes whom colloborated with Koda in which their career skyrocketed even further

EXILE & TOHOSHINKI anyone ?

kuu's best are usually epic and unnecessary :D I'd totally want one... I haven't buy her albums since Black Cherry and I'd like to have so many a songs!

but, I have a question... did anybody here bought koda's candy? because I've just ordered two packs and I'm wondering if I won't regret it :D

EXILE was already popular though, so I don't think that counts.

if it's the grape kind, it's really good. but there isn't much in the packs, maybe 5 pieces

thank you!
I hope I get grape since it has the nicest case xDD well, I'd also like the candy :D

:laugh for a moment I thought she was talking about the single...

I was like "well it only has one song..." lol

:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao

I didn't even notice!! and I love this song!
sorry for confusing you ^^

+1 mine. I've finally ordered CD+DVD of It's all Love! today (with ETERNITY 8, sweetbox Sweet Reggae Mix & sweetbox Ultimate Video Collection).

Damn. I'm really looking forward to new singles project. I do not want Ku''s version of COMPLETE BEST ~ALL SINGLES~.:no
Also her voice didn' changed that much as Ayu's voice so re-recording old songs would be stupid. IMO

If only Avex thought so before they released Best ~first things~, BEST ~second session~, BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~, and Out Works & Collaboration Best. :P

I, for one, don't really care what Kuu does for her 10th anniversary as long as she does *something*. I'd hate it if Avex ignored her anniversary like how they constantly ignore Namie's.

I would think for them to "ignore" Namie's anniversary, it would have to be at her request, she's been around a lot longer than Kumi and had a lot more anniversaries. =/

Well namie's management is Vision Factory, perhaps they didn't plan to do anything special for her 10th anniversary...

kuu's management and label is Rythme Zone (avex) so it's different.

Kuu has canday?!

The song Candy feat. Mr.Blistah (which was a single). XD

oh really ? oops my bad

I frankly don't mind a Kuu COMPLETE singles compilation next year as she has a valid reason for releasing it should it go according to plan

+ also will be swell if her old stuff are remastered & etc

ohh..they weren't talking about actual candy?

yes, we were :)

haha.. good luck!

Sooo..Kuu does have candy?!?! :D

if so, where can I buy some?

they did have it up for sell on yesasia but i can't find it :(

are you guys talking about candy in the form of her tour merch ?

I was a bit ??? with all this candy talk :laugh

yes.. she has candy tins with every tour. i remember for black cherry she had those cookies :roflmao

:roflmao yum I LOVE cookies :luv2

so this time round , any food inspired like tour merch for her TRICK tour ?

:laugh

Aww..they sold it at YesAsia?!

...*sigh* I want Kuu canday.

maybe cotton candy or funnel cakes to go with the clown theme?

omg i would buy tons if it was cotton candy :yes

it's just the little candy gummys this year

Oh I see. I was always thought Rythme Zone was just a sub label of Avex.

omg koda kumi has the best tour crap.

Shot glasses, toothbrush sets, opera glasses, food.

wth. Why can't the other avex artists get with the picture lol

I totally have my eyes on that toothbrush set.

It seems each Avex artist has something the others don't. That's how we individuate them I suppose.

do they?

do you have any examples? who gets to have what?

you think they choose on their own?

Well it's pretty much based on public opinion. Nothing concrete or anything deliberate.

Like you think Kumi has the better tour goods.

Namie may have the better musical direction lately.

Ayu may have the better concerts.

etc etc.


Like even with concerts alone: Kumi has the better stage props, Namie has the better dance moves and endurance, Ayu has better stage presence and so on. They each have something the other lacks but being a fan of all three (or more Avex artists) you get a collective whole of great jpop. And like I said, it's based on opinion only.

Oh :laugh

I thought you meant that like...each artist has different tour goods than the others like...specific things..

for instance, kuu has candy while the others don't, ayu has whatever, ami has blah blah etc. lol

I am just misunderstanding everyone today lol

in my opinion, just from the descriptions of the tours, kumi's is the best. i'm not sure about best fiction tour, and the next level tour really hasn't caught my attention (though i really want to see it.)

i just hope i don't end up disappointed :(

we'll see when the DVDs come out :D
BEST FICTION seems like it'll be the hottest out of the three imo

I wish that Kuu and misono will reach that 100,000 mark. That would so nice for them both. :) Of course over 90,000 copies is also good though. Maybe Kuu's popularity is rising again? That would be nice. <3

I really want to see all three concerts. I haven't lots of pictures of Namie's tour but I have heard that it's gonna be amazing. Ayu's tour has definitely caught my attention and so has Kuu's tour. I've decided that I will watch all three of them because I'm a fan of them. Even though I think that Ayu's voice isn't so good in lives nowadays I still like her concerts. And NEXT LEVEL looks interesting.

Rythme Zone is a sub label of avex XD
Vision Factory isn't. ^^

ew cotton candy is groce and disgusting i think you have bad taste

Oh it's okay, I could see how you would have thought that. But I'm sure you're right, I just don't have any solid proof of it ^^;

Oh I see lol Thanks.

As far as tours go, I've only seen pics of Namie's and Ayu's but only a few of Kuu's so I can't even remember what it looks like! All the more excitement for when I get the DVD.

the tour ends mid-June. Kingdom tour ended June 1st and the DVD was released late september, so TRICK tour DVD should be out some time in early-mid October if it takes them the same amount of time to get it out.

yeah I think my friend said the last date was June 13th?

He was bummed that he wouldn't be in Japan by that time.

you're a fan of girls aloud so i think you have bad taste also :yes


anyway the dvd is going to take forever to get here omg :weep i'm so much more excited about this when i was for kingdom since the review posts.. i think i'm going to actually order the dvd this time

Awwwwwwwww :weep

:laugh

can anyone confirm if in 'NO TRICKS' she does say "booty jumpin' like a toad"? i remember reading that on a lyrics site but don't have that album to see the official lyrics

^Yup, that's what the lyrics in the booklet say.

To be exact:
Words by Kumi Koda / Daisuke "D.I" Imai

I have BEST FT on hand & here's the chorus for NO TRICKS :

Bounce with me bounce no tricks around me
I like your freaky style so let's get up on me
Booty jumpin' like a toad . Do me like you just want it
Let me see your sexy body bring it on

so :yes

-_-'''

thanks guys! that's what i thought lol. those are some deep lyrics right there..

Kuu's abselutely one of my favorite artist. <3 Actually, nowadays I can't say who's better, Kuu or Ayu. I think they're both my number one singers, but anyways...

I'm so excited about TRICK tour! TRICK is soo good album, I think it's y second favorite album, because Kingdos is the best. Kingom tour was amazing too, I watched all the performances at YouTube. My favorite performance was absolutely Under. Oh, and TRICK tour's setlist seems very interesting, it has so many amazing songs.

i always hear booti jumpie like a toe :shrug

http://www.j-wave.co.jp/blog/ohmyrad...s/081125_1.jpg

http://www.j-wave.co.jp/blog/ohmyrad...s/090310_5.jpg

kuu is so cute

who are the other ones in those pics ?

wow did kuu get fashion tips from ayu?? she's looking so stylish! i love that coat

i'm not sure who the first woman is, but the second one is the female part of the duo mihimaru GT.

:roflmao

She does look cute :yes

aww she's ADORABLE! My friend thinks Kuu is better than Ayu after watching TABOO... XD

there's just too much details going on in the 1st pic

she looks great in the 2nd one though

she looks great in those pics, especially the first :yes

she looks great in these 2 pics :yes

it sure beats that PJ outfit anytime of the day that she wore on her TRICK tour :roflmao

you really don't like that outfit uh? :laugh

I find it cute but a bit weird for a tour LOL

not really , I find it cute yes but it's a bit funny to wear that as a tour costume

heck it should only be wore at home

^ But it's not really pajamas though XD it's jersey top n bottoms

my goodness how rude! :weep :trout

i also want this tour on dvd omg kuu is gonna be MAKIN' MY MONEY OUT TO CASH!! (do u c wot i did there?!??!1)

:no

I wonder if she hired a stylist....?

Koda Kumi +......MCDONALDS????? 0_o Anyone else think this is weird?

http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/quarter-p.../campaign.html

Imagine if she were to release a single for them.

^0_o why would she have too? They could just use JUICY...its perfect! Im JUICY! WHOA! LAWL! I predict a trend of people in Japan getting fat if that happens...

it is weird (O_o)
at least it's not for the big mouth contest...XD



oh my god...XD
after diet coke...''BIG MAC PLEASE!''

XD

oh really ? ok I must have seen it wrongly

:roflmao :roflmao

Koda should write a jingle for McDonalds , just like what Justin Timberlake did for them a few years ago

I'm lovin' it lmao

no the pictures i posted were from her radio show.. she picks her own outfits to wear there because it's not an event. just a casual thing.

the outfits you see her wear to events/performances/whatever are picked out by her stylist.

so i guess you guys are saying kuu is a fashionable person :yes

So Namie promotes Coke and Kuu promotes Micky D? That's so odd.

JUICY Re-Release
1.) JUICY (McDonalds Ver.)
2.) JUICY (Original Ver.)
3.) JUICY (Even Dirtier Ver.) feat. Namie Amuro
4.) JUICY (McDonalds Ver. / Karaoke)
5.) JUICY (Original Ver. / Karaoke)
DVD
1.) JUICY (McDonalds Ver. PV)
2.) JUICY (as seen in McDonalds CM)
3.) JUICY (Dance Ver.)
4.) Making of JUICY (McDonalds Ver. PV)

I would totally buy that if it were real.

I would too...although any kuu/namie collab is just :no in my book lol

it makes sense ok.. trick = clown/magician theme

ronald mcdonald = a clown

:yes

Lol I would like to see
1.) JUICY (McDonalds Ver. PV)
She'll be doing all the same JUICY dances, BUT in McDonald. XD
And McDonald version of the song would have Wonderland or Koi no Tsubomi arrangement. :D

oh yeah you made a good point & connection in there :yes

oh i see~ the clown makes sense, but it's weird....to see a pic of kuu and CLUB QUARTER POUNDER in bold beside it :roflmao

Here she is promoting her newest endorsement deal with Wienerschnitzel:



LOL! JK JK JK!

credit: ayucement @ ayuchina

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...TRICKPAPER.jpg

:roflmao he made it himself!

LMFAO!!
That picture is hilarious with that comment! Lol.

And beautiful design on the artwork!

o_O

her face doesn't look the real Koda -_-'''

other than that pretty good job

that style is really good but the face.. :roflmao

god I'm just waiting for the X rated photoshop with that one lol

someone mention that it looks like a frog :laugh

how rude at least he tried.. i'd like to see them do better

!_! it doesn't have a nose XD

i agree, how mean! :no

btw i made the next thread so that when this one hits 500 we can seek shelter there:

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...55#post1924855

that drawing is OK - but her eyes look like ayu's from the A BEST 2 covers. i don't like it!!

Yeah and instead of a bottle she used a milkshake!!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...UICYxMacDo.jpg



I think they used Kuu's next single for the CM!
BUT let's wait i think they announced the single in the next 1-2 weeks!