Love songs NINKI
 

#1 - Love songs 200.90
SNSD got number 2 with 35.40 and there seemingly is no bigger competition this week.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/na/

Rock'n'Roll Circus 229.7
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Secret - 254.1
(miss)understood - 280.9

Ew, that rerelease, haha. Anyway, yay for the NINKI!

Pretty good. If people want a number like the one from five years ago... that's scary, haha.

:(

I know NINKI doesn't predict sales but... I'm not happy with either of those numbers (and by those, I mean Ayu and SNSD's :P ).

it's sad to think this release prob won't cross the 300k threshold =/

Why is that? Hopefully it's not because there are weird acts [like two or three] getting over 550 NINKI points because they're insanely popular.

^No, it's not that but I was kind of holding out hope for this album to do better than RnRC but it doesn't seem that way now. Maybe it'll still surprise us and do better than expected but like Max mentioned it'll be sad not to see it do 300K in the long run. Meh, I'm just being emo don't mind me. :raincloud

So exciting to have NINKI numbers! That means the release is near~

Yosh!

I see. Very rarely though do albums improve upon the last album's sales, especially in J-Pop but it's also true for most Western pop acts too. That usually only happens if you're INCREDIBLY IN or something which is what Namie Amuro managed to do with her last few albums mostly because of a reinvention of her sound. With Ayu, I don't think that's happened necessarily but that's okay. However, the really small decrease from NEXT LEVEL to Rock'n'Roll Circus was a good sign. Usually decreases are way more than that.

I think most fans should probably try to be a bit more positive about the sales situation considering only about 20 albums sold more than 300k this year. Interestingly enough, last year was the same sort of thing with only about 20 albums selling that much...

A good number 1 and a good number 2. I hope they both sell well!

let's be positive

As much as I'd like this album to do better than Rock 'n Roll Circus, there's really no reason why it should. The singles all did less and none of them has the digital sales to back it up (like Sunrise). Considering all of that, I'm sure the album will do fine ^^

Not too low, let's see how it will sell =)

I say 180,000-200,000 total.

yeah ia. I think it'll sell from 200-250k which I think is fine, but I'm sure people here will freak out about it and be all dramatic and such.

thanks for sharing~~
I'm happy if Ayu + SNSD could be in the same ranking~
1st Ayu 2nd SNSD -> gonna make my day~ :)
anyway, I hope Love songs would be sold more than that number!
Ganbatte Ayu!

None of the 3 singles did nearly as good as Sunrise and You were...I guess it was mostly because they weren't promoted that much.

I think I'll stick to the 200-250k prediction. The drop from Next Level wasn't too high, so let's hope this one won't be either.

Lower NINKI..zzz..
What? SNSD is releasing too...gosh....this better turn out right...IF NOT! *reveals hidden fanboy dagger*

I also see the Urata Naoya collaboration at #1 in the singles - 64.10; the nearest competitor is 21.90, so Ayu and Naoya, let's go FTW!!!

But let's not get too shabby with SNSD - they're quite new to Japan, so let's see - and isn't SNSD part of Avex's Rhythm Zone? No, apparently they're part of Universal...

I smell a #1 album and a #1 single for Ayu ^_^

Same, hopefully :luv2:luv2


But at the same time, I'm guessing this is going to become ayu's lowest selling album yet. Not being pessimistic, but realistic. Oh well :P


thanks for the info!