then its just a matter of asking wut kind of fans. there could be newbie fans who mite think this as a best album, or there could be long-time fans that dont think its a 'real' best album. this could happen to ayu as well. some newbie fans mite think (m)u is really good and rate it 10/10 while some of her long-time fans may think (m)u isnt up to the 'ayu standard' etc. etc.
but i can tell u that many ppl at JPM DONT think its a 'real' best album

And today in this UN Gathering we have andre2907 representing Japan!~11 >.> speak for yourself.. you can't speak for an entire country and how they would spend their money in a CD store >.> I mean, have you been to every single CD store in Japan at the exact same time when a BEST album and a single were released at the same time? o__O

actually thats were i got that it was a BEST album about 1 month ago.. hey i went along with it cause no one seem to bother saying it wasn't a "BEST Album" but i guess you rite it could had been some newbies

how do u no that they don't buy more than 1 cd at a time?

and also, i still dont see how u can justify that koda kumi's best album affected ayu's 'bad' single sales. its not like on march 8th, ppl woke up and didnt know that an ayu single and a ku album were gonna be released on the same day. this announcement was made weeks in advance. ok, lets say ppl were on the poor side. dont u think ppl would have just saved up in order to buy both cds?
ayu's "bad" single sales could be just simply be connected that the single wasnt good enough for the japanese ppl compared to her works in 2004 or 2005 and not because 'koda kumi's album was released on the same day'

u mite as well say that 'Bold & Delicious/Pride' sold so low on its 1st week cos it was released on the same day as B'z BEST album.

i think ayu bad single sales have to do more with how bad B&D did ..

I really think we need to get away from the Koda/Ayumi issue. We won't really know why Startin' sold that amount and not hugher unless we lived in Japan and observed sales every minute of the day.

The things is: it's a FACT japanese people are compulsive shopper and spend lots of money every store they go, incluiding CD stores. I don't know every single japanese to know how much they buy when they go out, but there are LOTS of articles and researches about this, so I advice you to search for them. Or go to a Tsutaya in Japan and see how many items are they carrying.

And to answer your question, yes I've been to every single CD store in Japan at the exact same time when a BEST album and a single were released at the same time, thanks for asking :rolleyes

I just noticed TO BE sold so much better in total. o__o It beat Fairyland and Heaven but debutted a lot less too. Hopefully Startin would be able to do that.

actually HEAVEN has higher sales than TO BE. HEAVEN has 327k, TO BE if i remember correctly, 325k

How can something not be a BEST album if you call it best? You don't just call something Best... Maybe if it was your name or something rofl o.o

I'm not suprised that Koda sold heaps for this album. Her First things album is STILL on the charts! o.o

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Why is it unfair? Is only Ayu allowed to have big sales?

Yes. She is only allowed big sales.

While we are busy arguing about Ayu's and Kumi's sales, Avex must laughing all the way to the bank seeing that they've had 3 (including LOVE COOK) of the year's biggest selling albums and many more best selling singles already.

Just a random thought.

^ Thats a god random thought. Avex is already king of Japan now.. Other than Ayu/Ai/kumi, the only ones that seem to sell any are WaT/B'z/Orange Range and that something heimlicher?

Yep. Add Utada too.

That's so blahness. xD

Avex are the masters of marketing :]

SHE NEEDS A HIT SONG! THAT IS WHAT SHE NEEDS MOST!

her rankings are really impressive.... GO AYU!!

haha, certainly :D

^Depends on what type of peaks you're talking about though.

WaT don't sell that well, they're just really popular. And Orange Range don't sell anymore. And AVEX isn't the king of Japan, Toshiba EMI Japan, for example, is bigger. Plus, there are LOTS of other japanese artists who sells a lot, lot more than Utada (right now); WaT or Orange Range..