Fairyland 4th Week Sales
 

down to 18659

1st week = 172.221
2nd week = 62.223
3rd week = 35.043
4th week = 18.659

total sales of 288.146

needs around 12.000 to reach 300 K ~~
this is pretty bad compared to STEP you / is this LOVE.

well, it will sell 300,000 copies yes, but really not so surprising to us. =(

thanks for the info.

I'm sure it'll reach 300'000 next month.. 12000 copies isnt that much, since only now Asian fans are getting the CD..

It's not bad considering the single is not as good as the 2004 singles :P

i wish she performed alterna ... that will prolly increse the sales ~

The single was excellent, however, just like jasjasss said, I also wish she performed Alterna.. That song was the ultimate winner in the Fairyland single

the sales should be better..with the gmmick of fairyland being the most epensive video ever!! i am slightly disappointed by the sales

but oricon has never counted the out japan sales in the ranking.

The way I see it, the only reason fairyland did so 'bad' was because of all the releases that came after;;

TMR, Orange Range, B'z..etc. We can't really blame it on crappy advertising/overadvertising or anything, it's probably just because of many choices for singles, and as new ones pop out, Ayu's fairyland is pushed back a little more.. I guess STEP you was released during a drought in releases? :\ Perhaps in time, fairyland will get to the sales of STEP you~ I have faith..

>3

^^ yeahh
true ...
this month has been like a super relase j-pop months ..
so many new singles by well known singers are being released this month !!
luckily ayu claimed the no 1 spot already .. phew ~

Pretty much true. I still hoped her sales would be better than STEP you.

288.146 is "bad" but I think it's normal because the single was available in august (and we know the song since july) and also the next single is coming next mounth...

I say she'll reach 300,000 copies around the 6th week or something like that.

The sales aren't that bad, but I thought it would do much better than "STEP you".

Today, she's #11 on the daily Oricon chart.

alterna should have been promoted more, that would probably increase the sales

Though I originally hoped for more, these sales aren't bad.

I can't understand why its not doing as well as I thought it wouldda =\

totally agreed. alterna is such a strong based song compare to fairyland. I wish avex would let her perform it instead of hiding it from the world.

wow... yeah It will sure break 300 K but I think the reason fairyland can't go well is because theres B'z TMR n others..... it is a draw... he he he.... but I dont expect much for this single really... so its good ^^

THis sucks. Period.

I think that Heaven will destroy everything

Well, at this rate, I'm sure it will break 300,000, but the quick slips in sales is somewhat worrisome. But it's true that many other "good" singles came out then as well. Makes me wonder what the sales for HEAVEN will be, especially when Hikki's single comes out.

i'm sure it will pass 300,000. maybe in a couple weeks. :]

There's quite bad compare to STEP you/ is this LOVE? but I'm hope the sales will increase....

the result of over-advertisment...

Well, fairyland is bouncing back up on Oricon, top ten! :] She's #9 I believe. Really good after dropping to like, 14 and bouncing up again.

Good luck Ayu. :]

Zeo

IMO, sales don't really seem all that bad... :|

knew it.. thats why HEAVEN isnt as heavily promoted now!

I think they made the right choice not promoting alterna.
The song is about Ayu herself, now who would want to listen to Ayu talking about how she's tired of tabloids? Unless it's fans, no one would care. 'fairyland' is much easier to relate to. It's happy and genki and radio-friendly.

Hey, Come on, if you are abashed
Watch me at a distance
Whether or not I may do something
I'm talked about behind my back
I live in my skin

There were
Only a few things
Truly important and necessary
And the rest were mainly decorations

They might have been
Like the armor
To protect myself from everything

Let me say something more
It was not comfort
But the sense of loss
That the unnecessary things brought to me

Don't misunderstand
That I've reached the goal
Things have just begun at last

I have no wild ambition
Don't take it too seriously
In short
I only want what I want
That's what I say

Even if it's fate
I'll change that
Because I've fully seen
Fearful things

Hey, Come on, if you are abashed
Watch me at a distance
Whether or not I may do something
It makes no difference
I live in my skin

This song is really about herself? But I think everyone can relate to these words.. I think Alterna and Fairyland should have been promoted equally. Instead, Avex did not do a single thing to promote Alterna, I havent even seen a poster... (I doubt there's one..) Alterna had the ability to attract another set of audience.. Who expected Ayumi to make something so rock, almost metal, a little pop, yet so easy on the ears, just like teenage music nowadays, only much nicer and sophisticated...

Hmm I don't know about you but when I read the lyrics I just think this is Ayu's message to people who critisize her and talks about her "behind her back". A song about herself.

Whatever the case, knowing Japanese people's love for happy songs it probably won't work to promote alterna. Some people might think the single is some angsty (spl?) song and wouldn't buy it because of that. You have to realize promoting 'alterna' means less promotion for 'fairyland'. Rather than a 50-50 Avex probably decided to go for 100% fairyland in order to generate maxim sales from Ayu's target audience.

oh well .. i dont think ayu will break 300k ...
coz she is not even in the daily chart any more ~

~ :grumpy blocks ears, refuses to accept the truth :grumpy ~
Yeah, I understand.. Alterna is just too angsty to be commercial..

well alterna is a CM song for panasonic tho....n yea..with the rush of new releases this week, sadly, shes out of the top 20 today

Although Koda Kumi and B'z managed to still stay on the Top 20 Daily Oricon Chart, Ayumi Hamasaki is now officially off the Top 20. I'm not sure if she'll ever be able to climb back. It's gonna be hard though...

this is sad ... i thought this single is going to sell well ..
but not really ~

Ayu managed to bounce back at the #17 position today! I hope she'll keep on jumping back up!

I think it's because of the HEAVEN video.

she's number 10 this week!!
http://www.oricon.co.jp/ranking/

^ She was #10 last week you mean :rolleyes We'll get the weekly number tomorrow. It will be around #18~.

oh, sorry... 18 is not that good...