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Originally Posted by Corvina
If you look at the soundscan numbers from Bon Voyage last year, the difference of the (normal) DVD edition is pretty much exactly the 7k difference in first week sales between Bon Voyage and now WALK OF MY LIFE.
Also there isn't even the full album on the music card editions, just a part. I highly doubt music cards are making a big amount of the sold editions. And both FC and music cards aren't counted with soundscan, but they do with Oricon (or did like with the music cards soon).
And you just said it - it is pretty clear it's her own fanbase she's relying on.
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Having a lacking tracklist won't stop people from buying them, the music card numbers can still be high since it's half the price of the CD and much cheaper than buying the full album digitally.
Daesung's "Delight" album sold under 10,000 copies with the CDs alone, but with music cards it sold over 68,000 copies, and apparently those only had 3 tracks.
I'm not trying to say all her sales came from music cards, but they definitely are a great booster, like a kick of caffeine.
I wonder if they aren't putting all her promotion effort into this album because they have something else planned for this year? I'd like to see something big from her again.