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Originally Posted by Gustavopc
ayu was a bit of trouble cause first there were two maxi singles tagged as EPs so they say she had a #1 album that year, as Party Queen and A SUMMER BEST failed to get #1 on Oricon (sorry if I'm ofending anyone, but that's the only reason I can think of why they were not singles). A CLASSICAL was a win, but then she had LOVE again which let many fans down (not me tho). And she ended the releases with... the CDL. It started well, but it was a mess on the long run.
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Exactly. Plus, they decided to release everything on the 8th day of each month, which was a terrible idea, and because of that "again" only charted for four days during its first week. Even "LOVE again", that debuted at #1, charted for only four days as well. That's why everything sold so poorly (not that they were going to sell one million copies anyway).
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Originally Posted by Gustavopc
I don't think Kuu needs to make this "x releases per y amount of time" anymore. Her 10th anniversary had lots of good stuff well spaced and not rushed: New album in February, remix album in March, summer single, cover album and a ballad single as well. Not to mention UNIVERSE Tour DVD, BRAZIL and iirc there was that special DVD of live perfomances. I hope she keeps this strategy for her 15th anniv, it was not a buzz booster, but everything she did felt fine for me.
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THIS. I absolutely loved the way she decided to celebrate her 10th anniversary! That year was full of good releases and they were pretty spaced. I think that's way better than releasing another BEST full of things that people don't want to/are not going to buy. She wasted her last hits on BEST~third universe~. Even Ayu needed Mirrorcle World to make A COMPLETE a success. I don't see a big hit coming for Kumi at this point
