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Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha
Yes, the official avex sales is what I was going by when I said to tack on a significant amount more.
Also, according to all the sources I've ever seen about Asia sales, the totals of all other countries usually equal the amount of just Japan, so yeah.... In other words, Ayu has sold over twice as much as what ORICON says, lol. In physical sales alone.
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Such a shame people in Japan adore Oricon XD. I'm not saying it's not handy, but they tend to consider it to be the conclusive factor in an album's succes.
Although I DO believe avex, and all record companies, exaggerate numbers for promotion, I do think that they're somewhere in between.
Plus people shouldn't underestimate the strength of the Asian market. Korea and Singapore, I think, are one of the few countries that publish actual numbers, and those aren't very high, but there are a lot of other countries and even though individual numbers may be low, combined they can match the Japan numbers.
Take Lady Gaga. She recently said she has sold over 5 million in Asia. Probably a bit exaggerated, but when you considered probably only one of those millions is from Japan ...