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Old 21st March 2012, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by truehappiness View Post
GUILTY was #1 in the first week of sales though if you remember correctly. She lost it because it was a 2 week long Oricon 'week' where Kobukuro sold 20k or so more than her despite being their 3rd[?] week. It was intense. In any other week, Ayu'd have gotten the #1.

Now that we know she's going to go on a massive promotion spree, I wonder if it'll result in better sales? Hopefully a lot of the album tracks get some radio play.
Is she?


And I think it all came down to those covers. I'm sure many fans felt a bit skeptical about them, and many are obviously not buying the album at all or thinking about it. Even some of my ayufan friends on facebook haven't even talked about ayu releasing this album. They might even feel shame or something

I personally don't care about the covers, but the Japanese are a bit... dramatic, when it comes to an artist's image and reputation and stuff.

She just went through a divorce and now her almost naked picture's all over Shibuya on trucks and stuff... just awkward.