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Originally Posted by Ranma Matsuri
^No, it's not that but I was kind of holding out hope for this album to do better than RnRC but it doesn't seem that way now. Maybe it'll still surprise us and do better than expected but like Max mentioned it'll be sad not to see it do 300K in the long run. Meh, I'm just being emo don't mind me.  |
I see. Very rarely though do albums improve upon the last album's sales, especially in J-Pop but it's also true for most Western pop acts too. That usually only happens if you're INCREDIBLY IN or something which is what Namie Amuro managed to do with her last few albums mostly because of a reinvention of her sound. With Ayu, I don't think that's happened necessarily but that's okay. However, the really small decrease from NEXT LEVEL to Rock'n'Roll Circus was a good sign. Usually decreases are way more than that.
I think most fans should probably try to be a bit more positive about the sales situation considering only about 20 albums sold more than 300k this year. Interestingly enough, last year was the same sort of thing with only about 20 albums selling that much...