To be honest, these sales aren't too bad. You have to take current economy situation, years she has been active into consideration etc... Compared to other artists she is still doing extremely well. I don't see why some of you are panicking about all this.
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Originally Posted by Kolongi
^I know right. People need to grow up, at least she's doing well for someone who has been around for so long. Be happy look at Seiko, her career was pretty much (not really sure) over after she lost her #1 streak. Be glad it's not happening to Ayumi.
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Define "over". It's true that Seiko's sales dropped drastically when she lost the #1 streak. A certain scandal effected the sales drop as well. However, 20 years later, I'd say she is doing OK considering that she has pretty much sold out concert tours and Xmas Dinner Shows every year. Seiko's been in the entertainment business for
30 years now. I find that extremely respectable for a female artist. Nowadays, her singles sell around 10k each. Not anything to brag about really, but still good enough, because there are new/current artists that struggle to sell this much (alan, Ami Suzuki, Hitomi Shimatani to name a few). My point is that I don't think it was over for her back then.
It will be interesting to see if Ayumi can maintain steady sales when the day comes when her single streak is lost. Hopefully...
