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Old 1st April 2009, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by greenteadrinker View Post
Thanks! I think this puts everything into perspective. If NEXT LEVEL can sell half a million, it will be safely into third (with already 1/3 of the Oricon calendar year gone). That's how bad sales in general are in Japan.
Gotta disagree there. The sales above her really aren't that weak. In fact many of the artists above her are selling better than they usually do. The only ones on that list that are selling less than expected are Ayu and Koda. The fact that she is only number 8 on the annual chart this early in the year, likely means that by the end of the year she will be lucky if she is even in the top 10.

And half a million? It would take a serious miracle for it to even come close to that.