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Originally Posted by Zahara
"That gimmick worked for ayaka last year. Idk... "
Probably wrong in saying this, but wasn't the economy a little stronger when ayaka released hers? I'm not saying that's the reason why, but the market is weaker for physical sales, and the people that are spending money are spending it on boy and girl groups.
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To be honest, that was exactly the same case last year. Remember? Arashi monopolized the album chart, the DVD chart and the top 3 and no. 5 on the singles chart. It just looks so much worse now with AKB48, but it's not as if the market had suddenly imploded since then.
ayaka was just on a releasing high. She's had some digital hits before the album's release (Anata to, Yume wo Mikata ni, Minna Sora no Shita) and I'm guessing she was much more in the public's eye: frequent TV appearances, her marriage with that actor.