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Originally Posted by waterballoon
Wow you guys made really good points... but I was just wondering - is the longevity of NEXT LEVEL also indicative to how the Japanese in general are like, "Bleh, another Ayu release" when the album was first released - which explains the really low sales, but as time goes by, perhaps through word-of-mouth or other factors, people start to warm up to the album, and then purchase it?
NEXT LEVEL's chart life is catching up to Duty, and it has surpassed many of her older albums like GUILTY, Secret and RAINBOW, so...
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I would also say the fact that the sales are generally low this year (at least lower than during the previous couple of years) helped NEXT LEVEL stay longer on the charts.
The majority of Ayu's albums didn't have amazing chart lives due to the fact the sales of other releases were stronger than now.