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TITANIC 2nd April 2008 03:45 PM

[CHARTS + SALES] GUILTY - ORICON STYLE Thread 5
 
okay i'll start the 5th thread :D

latest sales

1+2 week
position : #2
sales : 432,113 

3rd week
position : #2
sales : 72,027

4th week
Position: #7
Sales: 24,715


5th Week:

Position: #19
Sales: 12,340

6th Week:

Position: #23
Sales: 8,826

7th Week:

Position: #40
Sales: 4,371

8th Week:

Position: #43
Sales: 3,392

9th Week:

Position: #79
Sales: 2,004

10th Week:

Position: #91
Sales: 1,886

11th Week:

Position: #134
Sales: 1,371

12th week :
position : #145
sales : 1,245

13th week :
position : #188
sales : 1,024

14th week :
position : # 262
sales : 800

15th week :
Position :
sales : 755

16th week :
position :
sales : 800

17th week :
position : #242 
sales : 619 
Total sales : 568,288

kotora 2nd April 2008 04:02 PM

thx

miroro 2nd April 2008 04:07 PM

thanks ^^

Melrose 2nd April 2008 04:15 PM

Not bad. ^_^

Lanz16 2nd April 2008 04:36 PM

Thanks a lot! ^^,

BoBo 2nd April 2008 06:07 PM

10x for this thread :)

hayasaki 3rd April 2008 07:59 AM

thank you.. =)

tinka69 3rd April 2008 08:39 AM

^-^

Yoake 3rd April 2008 09:21 AM

thanks for this new thread riozz!
It's not bad. GUILTY is a very great album

andrepaul 4th April 2008 03:10 PM

Position.
Quote:

#262 #188 ***,800 *,566,114 *14 浜崎あゆみ 「GUILTY」

freedreamer 4th April 2008 03:22 PM

i hope the tour or whatever can help even a bit more

TITANIC 4th April 2008 04:29 PM

so 14th week position is 262. thanks for the update

somethinglost 5th April 2008 04:13 AM

Argh, I really hope GUILTY gets a second wind and hits 600K (however that seems unlikely). ;/

Lanz16 7th April 2008 12:35 PM

Is there any updates to the GUILTY album chart?
Anyone? [:|

[taskin.ayu] 7th April 2008 12:53 PM

I don't think there will be a big rise with the tour starting. People seem more interested in getting Mirrorcle World. xD

ayumisrael 7th April 2008 12:53 PM

Well the weekly sales will be only in 2 says so XD

rusuke 7th April 2008 01:08 PM

Not bad for Ayu!!!!

BTW: I'm having one this coming May!! yahooo!!!!

cttncandy 7th April 2008 01:44 PM

Not bad at all :)

CHAS_AYU 7th April 2008 06:00 PM

The sales in good.

marekcarey 7th April 2008 06:04 PM

lets hope thanx to new single it will be again increasing:))

fanmail 7th April 2008 08:21 PM

I hope the tour brings an increase in sales... you never know, some fans might pick it up again or something :P

Jwiz 8th April 2008 10:43 AM

^ Most likely it will; since the tour will feature many songs from GUILTY.

Kouichi 10th April 2008 06:06 PM

*,566,869 ***,755 GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

ayumisrael 10th April 2008 06:11 PM

WOW it dropped only in 45 copies since last week! That a first since some years that ayu had such a small drop!
+ It officially entered the 100,000 range of Secret album which means GUILTY does really good.
Thank you!

apple-pi 10th April 2008 06:25 PM

Hey, it's pretty steady! GUILTY has nice sales!

AyuGAME 11th April 2008 01:49 AM

755 copies for this week
that's a small drap and YAY for that...

TITANIC 11th April 2008 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouichi (Post 1413066)
*,566,869 ***,755 GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

thank you.i'll edit my 1st post

Lanz16 11th April 2008 03:42 PM

^She reached the "Secret"'s 100000k- sales!

freedreamer 11th April 2008 03:49 PM

^wad does that mean?

Lanz16 11th April 2008 04:00 PM

^ The Secret's final sales is 666,396 and GUILTY's sales today is 566,869.
I mean that Secret final sales is 100k less than GUILTY's.

Deneb 12th April 2008 08:13 AM

IT'S GONNA BEAT SECRET!!111!! HORRAY!

njanjayrp 12th April 2008 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deneb (Post 1415338)
IT'S GONNA BEAT SECRET!!111!! HORRAY!

highly unlikely :P

TITANIC 12th April 2008 12:51 PM

beat secret? i think it's impossible

TITANIC 18th April 2008 10:55 AM

any update please?

Kouichi 19th April 2008 03:05 AM

*,567,669 ***,800 GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

cttncandy 19th April 2008 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouichi (Post 1426579)
*,567,669 ***,800 GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

Nice increase :D

ayu-marco 19th April 2008 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouichi (Post 1426579)
*,567,669 ***,800 GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

its weekly sale is same as last 2 weeks

TITANIC 19th April 2008 12:36 PM

yes.. great increase.

this is 1st time for GUILTY that sold higher than previous week

Lanz16 19th April 2008 03:02 PM

Nice increase of sales!

TITANIC 19th April 2008 03:07 PM

maybe because MW realese

njanjayrp 19th April 2008 05:08 PM

Nice ^^ It will pass 670 k in a few weeks :D

Catzi 19th April 2008 05:24 PM

Very nice.

TITANIC 25th April 2008 03:11 PM

#242 185 ***,619 *,568,288 *17 浜崎あゆみ 「GUILTY」
credit : ayumisrael

TITANIC 25th April 2008 03:16 PM

1+2 week
position : #2
sales : 432,113 

3rd week
position : #2
sales : 72,027

4th week
Position: #7
Sales: 24,715


5th Week:

Position: #19
Sales: 12,340

6th Week:

Position: #23
Sales: 8,826

7th Week:

Position: #40
Sales: 4,371

8th Week:

Position: #43
Sales: 3,392

9th Week:

Position: #79
Sales: 2,004

10th Week:

Position: #91
Sales: 1,886

11th Week:

Position: #134
Sales: 1,371

12th week :
position : #145
sales : 1,245

13th week :
position : #188
sales : 1,024

14th week :
position : # 262
sales : 800

15th week :
Position :
sales : 755

16th week :
position :
sales : 800

17th week :
position : #242 
sales : 619 
Total sales : 568,288

1 week again so GUILTY's run chart will same with secret because secret in top 300 only 18 weeks

ayumisrael 25th April 2008 03:44 PM

Didn't Secret chart 19 weeks?
Thanks for the credit XD

Jwiz 25th April 2008 08:31 PM

It's getting lower and lower =( I hope GUILTY's sales will increase and its total sales can hit 600k by the end of 2008.

Thanks alot rio, for the credits and informations.

TITANIC 26th April 2008 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 1436425)
Didn't Secret chart 19 weeks?
Thanks for the credit XD

and thanks for the sales info:D
i read from wiki 18 weeks on chart

tourniquet 1st May 2008 01:45 AM

*8 *,568,288 ***,*** GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

GUILTY obviously didn't chart in the top 300 this week. so memorize this number well since it'll never change again. ever. :0

apple-pi 1st May 2008 03:06 AM

Oh well... no 600k I guess~
But 568k is pretty good :yes

~now I can focus my prayers on MW's 200k mwahaha~
XD

SolarAngel 1st May 2008 05:37 AM

Double platinum in Japan alone. That's commendable.

ayumisrael 1st May 2008 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tourniquet (Post 1444214)
*8 *,568,288 ***,*** GUILTY / 浜崎あゆみ 08/01/01

GUILTY obviously didn't chart in the top 300 this week. so memorize this number well since it'll never change again. ever. :0

Awesome sales :yes

TITANIC 1st May 2008 01:04 PM

:( huhuhu so sad it wont chart again. but i hope there is a miracle send GUILTY to 570K copies sold

TITANIC 27th May 2008 03:21 PM

*1 680,162 EXILE 『EXILE CATCHY BEST』
*2 670,478 EXILE 『EXILE LOVE』
*3 480,081 宇多田ヒカル 『HEART STATION』
*4 432.113 浜崎あゆみ 『GUILTY』(2週合算)

*5 421,302 倖田來未 『Kingdom』

not bad..hahha

Lanz16 27th May 2008 03:27 PM

^ is it from ORICON charts ranking?

TITANIC 27th May 2008 03:31 PM

^ yah.. highest sales first week

tourniquet 27th May 2008 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanz16 (Post 1479659)
^ is it from ORICON charts ranking?

it is the two weeks total from the beginning of the year from oricon.

Lanz16 27th May 2008 03:41 PM

^ Very nice!
Thanks guys. :)

SolarAngel 28th May 2008 03:23 AM

I remember seeing for A Best 2 when it began charting again at year end, they accumulated from the point where it stopped charting. So does that mean beyond top 300, they stop adding the figures? If that is so, then 568,288 may be the final number.

Lanz16 28th May 2008 08:26 AM

^Im afraid so, GUILTY reached its finale sales. :(

TITANIC 28th May 2008 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolarAngel (Post 1480393)
I remember seeing for A Best 2 when it began charting again at year end, they accumulated from the point where it stopped charting. So does that mean beyond top 300, they stop adding the figures? If that is so, then 568,288 may be the final number.

like secret, when it's stop charting then that's final number.. i think GUILTY too

aqua_crystal 4th June 2008 11:09 AM

Okay.... another multi-platinum release for Ayu

Minttulatte 4th June 2008 06:44 PM

Too bad GUILTY didn't sell more than Secret, because it's obviously better than Secret, which I don't like all that much. :/ But anyways, over 500,000 copies is awesome for Ayu.

CookieAyuMix 4th June 2008 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powwo (Post 1489965)
Too bad GUILTY didn't sell more than Secret, because it's obviously better than Secret, which I don't like all that much. :/ But anyways, over 500,000 copies is awesome for Ayu.

I liked Secret a lot more than GUILTY, I don't know know I just never really got into GUILTY :no it just wasn't that solid of an album in my opinion.

Melon Panda 4th June 2008 11:55 PM

GUILTY was a rock-oriented album, and that chased off quite a few buyers. I think it was a great album, but I have to admit that I was also a bit put-off by it at first.

ayuayu798 5th June 2008 12:12 AM

^ I agree but I liked guilty because I like her rock songs :P

greggerz189 5th June 2008 05:14 AM

^same here!

Lee_Hamasaki 5th June 2008 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powwo (Post 1489965)
Too bad GUILTY didn't sell more than Secret, because it's obviously better than Secret, which I don't like all that much. :/ But anyways, over 500,000 copies is awesome for Ayu.

ahahah?

secret is really better than guilty

ayu-marco 5th June 2008 02:17 PM

Secret is a pop album
GUILTY is a rock album

Kouichi 6th June 2008 05:23 AM

Agree with CookieAyuMix. I like Secret SOOO MUCH

SolarAngel 6th June 2008 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayu-marco (Post 1490964)
Secret is a pop album
GUILTY is a rock album

Actually i think secret is very rock for ayu already. Starting with until that day, startin' and just 1 love and made me go "woah this is really rock (for ayu)" then came kiss o' kill before the end.

ayu-marco 6th June 2008 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolarAngel (Post 1492471)
Actually i think secret is very rock for ayu already. Starting with until that day, startin' and just 1 love and made me go "woah this is really rock (for ayu)" then came kiss o' kill before the end.

yes~ but comparing to GUILTY, SECRET is much more pop.
GUILTY is a bit of alternative

Lee_Hamasaki 6th June 2008 09:30 PM

startin is not a pop album
until that day...,1love, kiss o'kill, it was are more rock than pop

ayumisrael 6th June 2008 09:33 PM

Startin' is pop (pop/rock a bit), 1 LOVE, until that Day... and kiss o' kill are rockish XD

MissElin_ 6th June 2008 10:36 PM

Well this rock vs pop discussion can be going on forever. It all depends in what you think is pop and rock yourselfs.
If you ask a hard rocker he/she would probably thing that ayus rockish music is pop. And vice versa. ^^
Thats why I settle down with just saying rock-ish jpop about ayus rock songs.

But yes, GUILTY is alot more dark and rock-ish then Secret. And I really enjoy that! ^^ But the albums are very diffrent so I cant really decide with one I like the most, it changes with time too. For now it is GUILTY anyway. ^^

4ever*ayu 6th June 2008 10:53 PM

^same here....
I love both Secret and GUILTY, although for now is more playing GUILTY than Secret,..

ayumisrael 7th June 2008 08:04 PM

I like GUILTY more than Secret as well.

njanjayrp 7th June 2008 08:28 PM

I am still not sure which one I like better XD

LEOyumi 8th June 2008 04:07 AM

I like Secret more than GUILTY. GUILTY seems rushed, and the quantity of interludes (and I add Mirror to this as well) bothered me a little. Anyway, I like it as well ^_^ but I don't think it's a rock album.

Zachery! 8th June 2008 04:27 AM

this has gotten so off topic ... ?

Lanz16 8th June 2008 02:52 PM

^ You're right.

Is there any updates on GUILTY album charts?

TITANIC 8th June 2008 03:18 PM

GUILTY is out from top 300 so it's stop charting now

Lanz16 8th June 2008 03:26 PM

^ Awww.... :(

Thats too bad.
Anyhow, it did a good job on the charts even though it killed her #1 streaks.

norain 11th June 2008 01:47 AM

Well, if an album can get 60k and get #1, we know that to us, she'll always be #1 WAHAHA.

Anyway, I think guilty had a good run, considering it only had two singles...

Zeke. 11th June 2008 02:46 AM

Poor GUILTY. Everytime I forget that she didn't hit #1 it pops up out of nowhere and I have to be angered all over again.

Zachery! 11th June 2008 06:11 AM

Well dude, If albums can hit #1 with like, 30,000 in sales and this had 400,000, it was just a bad decision to release.

On almost any other week in the entire year it WOULD have gotten number one.

Damita 11th June 2008 06:24 AM

It'll always be #1 to me, even if Oricon didn't think so.

Melrose 12th June 2008 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CookieAyuMix (Post 1490123)
I liked Secret a lot more than GUILTY, I don't know know I just never really got into GUILTY :no it just wasn't that solid of an album in my opinion.

I agree, and after a few months I have found out my personal reason why I have in my mind that I don't like the album:

It's just too much of the same emotion. Almost every-freaking-song on the album is a depressive or angry song. Then a lot of songs are rock. I like rock, but not JUST rock. That's my main reason for not liking the album. When I think about listening to the album, my mind goes like "ungh...not ALL those depressive rock songs again!". While, in fact, those rock songs seperately are quite amazing. Just not all together. It's too much of the same thing.

My second reason is the interludes. Four interludes is simply too many. It is. Either make it a mini-album or a full album with full songs. My mind can't decide on this. I'm not sure why on this yet. But if I take out the interludes on my playlist I seem to have a larger urge to play the album... While the interludes themselves are pretty good, they just give a very cheap and empty feeling to me about the album.

@_@

I'm sad it got #2, too. It could have gotten #1 in any other week, as ^ said. That makes the album just a LITTLE less good for me too. (I have a weak for polls and stuff lol. I'm easily influenced.)

LEOyumi 12th June 2008 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melrose (Post 1499888)

My second reason is the interludes. Four interludes is simply too many. It is. Either make it a mini-album or a full album with full songs. My mind can't decide on this. I'm not sure why on this yet. But if I take out the interludes on my playlist I seem to have a larger urge to play the album... While the interludes themselves are pretty good, they just give a very cheap and empty feeling to me about the album.

That's why I don't think GUILTY is that special as well. There are only ten songs and the album doesn't flow very good to me. When I'm getting into the mood of glitter/MY ALL, for example, there's a change and after a ballad the album ends. o_O It seemd a little rushed for me. I'd rather have a mini-album with 8 songs.
Anyway, I LOVE this album, but not much as most of her other ones ^^

Kazeyomi 12th June 2008 05:49 PM

GUILTY it's so incomplete.
10 songs and 4 interludes, WTH!? If she puts two more songs, maybe was beautiful, as others. Unfortunately, it's only a nice album. Very dark, and with few great songs (talkin' 2 myself, Together When..., Mirror and Marionette). Maybe this will be remember for the 'Album with the bests interludes' 'cause are very gorgeus (except reBirth)

Lanz16 13th June 2008 05:19 AM

^ That's why I don't like GUILTY in some reasons: too much interludes, too little full tracks.

I like the entire album art and the mood of an album but it should be a mini-album instead if they removed too much interludes especially for Marionette.

The interlude for it should be on THAT full track instead.
What do you think?

And there is a feeling that this album was rushed again.

MissElin_ 13th June 2008 10:20 AM

Well I dont know.
Mirror could have been a full track from the beginning.
I love Marionette -prelude-. Its very diffrent from her usual preludes so that one should have been there imo.
The Judgement Day is splendid but OMG that one reaaaally should have been a full track.
reBIRTH could stay or go away. I dont really care about that one.

Anyway, in this way we would have only 1-2 interludes and two full tracks more and in this way GUILTY would have been sooo perfect imo. ^^

But othervice then this I love GUILTY and yeah, I dont think there is much that is wrong with it. Only those little things, so I still enjoy GUILTY alot. ^^

Melrose 13th June 2008 02:19 PM

^

Hmm..I'm not sure..What do you mean with rushed? Secret really WAS rushed, but I completely love it.

I don't think Marionette should be combined with the prelude, though. It'd be like the boring Mirrorcle World intro. Fun the first 2 times and then meh.

freedreamer 16th June 2008 04:16 AM

i think the lack of enuf singles brought people's expectations of GUILTY to be lower...so probably thats why they didnt buy...

t2m/decision - despite being superb songs...i think the japanese dun really adore these rock songs? i duno, it always seems the case....so probably they expected the same and hence, didnt buy the dark album...

Hope Ayu picks up happily this time...and make a nice fun album like (m)u

MissElin_ 16th June 2008 09:04 AM

Or like MY STORY. Pink, cute and giiiiiiiiiiirlish. ^^ That always goes home. ;P

apple-pi 19th June 2008 09:37 PM

If she makes a lighter album, I'd rather have a LOVEppears-like album - fun songs, but meaningful lyrics. (m)u feels to me like it was too americanized for Ayu and the lyrics are overall quite weak, meh. MY STORY I consider a rock album, so not much of a change o_______O

But really, a lot of bad stuff was happening to Ayu lately, so that's probably what influenced her into making a dark album. This time around she seems to be feeling better, so the next one will probably be more balanced, I think. It still will probably sell less than GUILTY though, IMO... I feel like it's very hard to get your album sales up after you're already past your peak... isn't it? First they go up and up, then down and down, that's what's normal... I think. I'm happy enough that the drop from Secret and GUILTY was small~

BTW I don't understand what people have against the Marionette prelude, it's one of her best interludes EVER. And it gives lots of emphasis to the main song, which is like the climax of the album (IMO). GUILTY had such great interludes XD reBiRTH was the only boring one ne. And it's still not that bad, I like how the melody sounds happy and hopeful in the beggining, than it distorts a bit and starts sounding dark-ish and almost creepy-ish, and in the end goes back to hopeful. It does feel a bit like a rebirth haha.
Wa, I love this album<3

MissElin_ 19th June 2008 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apple-pi (Post 1510210)
If she makes a lighter album, I'd rather have a LOVEppears-like album - fun songs, but meaningful lyrics. (m)u feels to me like it was too americanized for Ayu and the lyrics are overall quite weak, meh. MY STORY I consider a rock album, so not much of a change o_______O

But really, a lot of bad stuff was happening to Ayu lately, so that's probably what influenced her into making a dark album. This time around she seems to be feeling better, so the next one will probably be more balanced, I think. It still will probably sell less than GUILTY though, IMO... I feel like it's very hard to get your album sales up after you're already past your peak... isn't it? First they go up and up, then down and down, that's what's normal... I think. I'm happy enough that the drop from Secret and GUILTY was small~

BTW I don't understand what people have against the Marionette prelude, it's one of her best interludes EVER. And it gives lots of emphasis to the main song, which is like the climax of the album (IMO). GUILTY had such great interludes XD reBiRTH was the only boring one ne. And it's still not that bad, I like how the melody sounds happy and hopeful in the beggining, than it distorts a bit and starts sounding dark-ish and almost creepy-ish, and in the end goes back to hopeful. It does feel a bit like a rebirth haha.
Wa, I love this album<3

Im totaly with you about the preludes. Marionette preelude is very diffrent, like WONDERLAND. Not like the ordinary preeludes Ayu uses. And The Judgment Day was so great that it would have been a full song! (Same for Mirror but yeah we got MW so. ^^)

But the whole dark vs light album thingy is simply a diskussion about taste. Its hard to say whats btter for Ayu to compose or not. I love her "darker" music. Its excellent. But yeah, I think MY STORY ahd a veeery good balanse. It had some rock(GAME, About You), some heartbreaking ballads (HAPPY ENDING, Winding road), some up-beat-songs(INSPIRE, mnW) and some cute girlish songs(HONEY, replace). Also MY STORY was one of those albums that probably discribed Ayus life and toughts for that year the best. (IMO)

apple-pi 19th June 2008 10:31 PM

Yep, I love WONDERLAND sooo much as well. And that's another one people seem to dislike, isn't it weird? o____O Well, with WONDERLAND at least, what I hear people say is that they don't like it because "it's creepy", which I guess makes sense, if you don't like creepy things XD (which I do) But with Marionette -prelude-, most people I see complaining about it say it's boring, and that's something I find very very bizarre hahaha.

And now that you mention it, yeah, MY STORY was quite balanced. And it's good how it managed it balance all the different things without sounding messy and "pointless", it has a good flow... mm. But the albums I can see Ayu's thoughts the most are the 3 first, maybe because from I am... onwards she started minding the listener more ("I didn't have the mental space to think of the listener..." and all that lol) I get a feeling that she starting trying to "translate" her lyrics to make them understandable for everyone, where her first writings were more "raw". But maybe that's just me, haha XD

Anyway, MW was a good start for the year, I've even seen some people who are not usually Ayu fans impressed by it, and that's always a good thing XD If she keeps this quality up, I'll really be looking forward to the next album. And if she keeps these SALES up (since MW is doing great right now) who knows what we can expect haha XD (though I still hope MW won't be included on the next album! XD)

MissElin_ 19th June 2008 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apple-pi (Post 1510264)
Yep, I love WONDERLAND sooo much as well. And that's another one people seem to dislike, isn't it weird? o____O Well, with WONDERLAND at least, what I hear people say is that they don't like it because "it's creepy", which I guess makes sense, if you don't like creepy things XD (which I do) But with Marionette -prelude-, most people I see complaining about it say it's boring, and that's something I find very very bizarre hahaha.

And now that you mention it, yeah, MY STORY was quite balanced. And it's good how it managed it balance all the different things without sounding messy and "pointless", it has a good flow... mm. But the albums I can see Ayu's thoughts the most are the 3 first, maybe because from I am... onwards she started minding the listener more ("I didn't have the mental space to think of the listener..." and all that lol) I get a feeling that she starting trying to "translate" her lyrics to make them understandable for everyone, where her first writings were more "raw". But maybe that's just me, haha XD

Anyway, MW was a good start for the year, I've even seen some people who are not usually Ayu fans impressed by it, and that's always a good thing XD If she keeps this quality up, I'll really be looking forward to the next album. And if she keeps these SALES up (since MW is doing great right now) who knows what we can expect haha XD (though I still hope MW won't be included on the next album! XD)

I dont care about the sales really. I think it kind of messes up the whole meaning of the music if it gets to hyped. But this MW sales hav been very nice to see, MW reaaaally deserved it. Cuz, like you said, MW is an excellent track and if the following singles will keep this quality we have a great album comming up. ^^

apple-pi 19th June 2008 10:47 PM

Aww, I care about sales. I want good music to be recognized. It pisses me off when an artist releases a bunch of great albums that sell like crap, and then a crap album that sells great. And I'm always really really happy when an artist releases lame music and doesn't sell, and when they come up with something awesome, people start buying<3 Or like, when these really unknown underrated artists who make great music suddenly get recognized and become famous<3 Hahaha... and since I'm so used to Ayu's current status in the music industry, it's hard to think that one day she just won't be as famous anymore. But of course, sales are just a detail in the end ^^

LEOyumi 20th June 2008 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freedreamer (Post 1504991)
i think the lack of enuf singles brought people's expectations of GUILTY to be lower...so probably thats why they didnt buy...

t2m/decision - despite being superb songs...i think the japanese dun really adore these rock songs? i duno, it always seems the case....so probably they expected the same and hence, didnt buy the dark album...

Hope Ayu picks up happily this time...and make a nice fun album like (m)u

I agree with you, that's what happened with this album.. We all know her sales are decreasing, but the fact that this album didn't have any major single (like BLUE BIRD for Secret, it wasn't THAT big, but it was very successful). People in Japan didn't like t2m that much, and g/f wasn't a big hit as well.

And I don't like the overall visual concept of the album, it seems just lots of different themes thrown together. I think it's her worst album in these terms. But I like it anyway :innocent and I agree with the one who said the album seemed rushed; I already found Secret a rushed album, this one seemed even more. But anyway, it's probably not her fault, she always has so much to do, and create an album must be really difficult >__<


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