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Old 17th July 2010, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Nackar_91 View Post
Well no, of course there are still artists that are "on the uprising" but that doesn't change a single thing about the fact that general sales are dropping.

If Arashi had this surge of popularity 5 years ago they might've been able to get one or two million selling singles. Right now 690.000 is already a huge accomplishment.
Even if general sales are down, there's an obvious interest in those groups right now. If sales were what they were a year or two ago, I still don't think Ayu would be doing as well as some current artists. Maybe people just aren't as interested in her music as they once were. We'll see how well it does at the end of this week.

Its sad that that 690k you mentioned is for singles and not albums. It's like singles are all the rage now, considering album sales.