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Old 18th July 2010, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrat2219 View Post
I don't think they should necessarily be blamed for anything. The single is still selling well. She'll still get number one. There have been other times where there was little promotion for her releases and they still sold well. I'm sure Ayu knew what her schedule would be like when she decided to do this single project and I'm sure she knew she would have to make sacrifices. Promotion for MOON/blossom is probably one of those sacrifices. An artist like Ayu doesn't really need all that much promotion anyway.
I get what you're saying, but I can't agree that Ayu doesn't need promotion. I read what alot of the fans on ahs living/visiting Japan are saying which is that the general public doesn't follow Ayumi or her releases. Avex is simply relying on TA and hardcore fans along with concert goers, and even at that only 30% of the concert sales are counted towards oricon, no?
Remember that boyband that nearly cost her the Mirrorcle world #1? That was certainly not expected. Its impressive that shes selling well without promotion but it just seems like a silly gamble when she's so close to breaking the consecutive singles record.

Last edited by Yumsushi; 18th July 2010 at 11:03 PM.