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Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk
I just want her to be successful more than last year. Her releases this year though they were of very good quality did not sell as much as I would have imagined. Anyhow this argument has gone for too long so better stop it  It's just what I think. I might be wrong of course and you might be right but anyhow it's just how I think it is. It's just that everybody thinks differently and has different perceptions. |
Oh no, I don't see this as an arguement or anything.
I just want to give my opinion now on why I think she hasn't sold as well as she deserves this year and this isn't really directed at you either, it's just my little rant.
Not very many artists sell over 300,000 anymore and usually the songs that do, were simply the right songs, at the right time. Even if you look at the most famous artists in Japan like Southern All-Stars and Mr. Children, their sales are terrible compared to what they used to do. Ayumi may not be selling much more than 300,000 but that is still more than other female artists with the exception of 1 or 2 songs that came along. But she is the only female artist that is consistently selling high numbers. I really would be suprised if Ayumi sold more than 300,000 in the foreseable future or even ever again - no matter how much added promotion she does. She has been promoted non-stop since her debut and the Japanese media has definitely been oversaturated with her - especially in 01-02. At the time, it was a good thing to help raise her popularity, but in the long run I think that and the state of the music industry in general, harmed her sales.
Living overseas we only see her TV appearances so it might not seem like too much. But if you go to Japan you also see all of the non-TV promotion as well and I can definitely see where non-fans and casual fans probably became tired of her and just moved on to the next thing, leaving only her big fans to keep buying her singles - thus her being stuck in a holding pattern of selling 300,000 copies.
Whew - hopefully I explained myself well enough.