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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
^ But in addition to that, I wonder why only a handful of artists these days are able to appeal to wide audiences and get the big sales whereas it seems in the past that a lot more artists were able to do so.
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It seems like these bunch of artistes are those with very dedicated and hardcore fan bases (Ayu, Kuu, Namie, TVXQ, ARASHI etc). In addition some of them have fortunately mass appeal like ARASHI.
The general music listener nowadays doesn't buy physical CDs anymore, imo. Downloading or buying online is definitely the "in" thing, so I don't think Oricon is an accurate indicator anymore for sales/popularity. I guess maybe what Oricon can do for me these days is to let me know which artistes have the hardcare fan base and/or general mass appeal. ^^