[Namie Amuro] The 95th Thread ♫ Queen's Farewell〜Compilation, Tour & Retirement〜

[oaristos]

Time for a new thread. I'll update this first post once I'm back from work.

[Aga-chan]

She's slaying those itunes charts. lol

[RealLight]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

the current itunes charts... lol
Itunes Song List
#1 Hero
#2 Dont wanna Cry
#4 CAN YOU CELEBRATE?
#5 Love Story
#6 Just You and I
#8 SWEET 19 BLUES
#9 BABY SONT CRY
#11 a walk in the park
#12 Chase the Chance
#13 Body Feels EXIT
#14 TRY ME
#15 NEVER END
#16 Youre My Sunshine
#19 Baby Don’t Cry (BEST FICTION)
#30 How to be a girl
#32 ALL FOR YOU
#38 Mint
#40 Dreaming I was Dreaming
#53 CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (new version Ballada)
#55 GIRL TALK
#56 Fight Together
#58 Love Story (Uncontrolled)
#59 Dear Diary
#71 NEVER END (Ballada)
#77 Contrail
#82 RESPECT THE POWER OF LOVE
#87 Say the word
#88 Get Myself Back
#97 Do Me More
#103 tayiou no SEASON
#106 NEW LOOK
#108 NEW LOOK (Best Fiction)
#111 Sit stay Wait Down
#115 Fighter
# 132 Say the word (Single)
#133 SWEET 19 BLUES (SWEET 19 BLUES)
#139 make it happen
#140 White Light
#149 Wishing on the same star
#163 PARADISE TRAIN
#184 BRIGHTER DAY
#190 I WILL
#197 CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (Single)
#199 ONLY YOU

Do people hate WILD or? um

[SunshineSlayer]

Awesome slaying of the itunes chart.

And moving this reply over to the new thread.

Originally Posted by melissalove

Stating that namie isn't as passionate about music as ayu, Isn't very nice to say.

Errr, saying I didn't think she's not as passionate about music in general as some other artists and therefore it makes sense that she would want to retire is not unkind at all. I'm simply stating an opinion based on information we have gotten from the artists themselves (Namie has always said she will retire one day, Ayu has always said her life would lose meaning without music).

And I'm a humongous Namie fan, so there were certainly no mean intentions with simply stating that.

[lfe.]

Love Story should be #1.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^no. I mean I don't hate that song but it is so overrated. But i kinda dig Japans reaction to her news. Almost all her albums are high in the itunes charts aswell. But all of them seem to forget SUITE CHIC lol.

How do the other charts in look? Is she in Oricon again. Seems like she is getting a lot of farewell money too.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

How do the other charts in look? Is she in Oricon again. Seems like she is getting a lot of farewell money too.

Just You and I entered the daily charts again (#10), as well as Ballada and _genic (#16 and 17) for albums.

[Bad Wolf]

I'm sad to hear she's leaving, but if it's something she wants to do then by all means, I wish her the best. She was one of my favorite Jpop acts and had her own unique style.

And daaaaaaaaamn @ those charts lol

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by lfe.

Love Story should be #1.

Or Baby Don't Cry. I love that song so much

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Just You and I entered the daily charts again (#10), as well as Ballada and _genic (#16 and 17) for albums.

The best album is going to be insane when it comes out. The price is reasonable for the amount of content to....breaking a million or at least getting close I think is going to be in the cards.

Here's hoping since this is her last year she will actually be doing tv promotion!

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The best album is going to be insane when it comes out. The price is reasonable for the amount of content to....breaking a million or at least getting close I think is going to be in the cards.

Here's hoping since this is her last year she will actually be doing tv promotion!

Hm, would like to see it, but with the current physical market a million is pretty much out of reach.
There wasn't a million selling album in like ...2 or 3 years?
The market isn't like that anymore.

[Gustavopc]

WHERE'S HER STUFF ON SPOTIFY THO??? We need it before she retires for good ):

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Hm, would like to see it, but with the current physical market a million is pretty much out of reach.
There wasn't a million selling album in like ...2 or 3 years?
The market isn't like that anymore.

There've been a few million selling albums in the last couple of years, so they do still happen. They are just rare as heck these days. I may have overshot the runway with a million, but I think it will get close. This isn't just a best album; it's a retirement album, which in Japan historically have sold huge. And even just her original albums are still selling several hundred thousand copies (true Genic was her lowest, but even that still sold over 250,000; and Uncontrolled in 2012 sold half a million by itself). Plus it has actual value to it as it not only has new songs, but will also be containing, I assume, many singles that have not been put on any album yet.

Actually, I think I just reconvinced myself. lol. It's going to hit a million.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

There've been a few million selling albums in the last couple of years, so they do still happen. They are just rare as heck these days. I may have overshot the runway with a million, but I think it will get close. This isn't just a best album; it's a retirement album, which in Japan historically have sold huge. And even just her original albums are still selling several hundred thousand copies (true Genic was her lowest, but even that still sold over 250,000; and Uncontrolled in 2012 sold half a million by itself). Plus it has actual value to it as it not only has new songs, but will also be containing, I assume, many singles that have not been put on any album yet.

Actually, I think I just reconvinced myself. lol. It's going to hit a million.

I just checked - the last million selling album was by AKB48 in 2014.
Even with Namie declining in sales again the last years, this will for sure be better than _genic without a doubt, better than Ballada (500k) probably. But I don't believe it will happen more than that.

And btw. I can't get it out of my head, but the title of the new best 'Finally'...sounds so much like 'Finally I can retire!'. xD
Considering those rumours, that she had a 25 year contract ending this year and wasn't able before...hm.

[KarenPang]

I think you forget that SMAP's final best album release SMAP 25 Years sold more than 1 million copies in less than a month

It's still charting/selling on Oricon as of now & it was released last Dec

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5331013080?pn=2

Same with Finally , SMAP 25 years was reasonably priced - 4,212 Yen for 3 CDs regular & limited versions

[haraiso]

Just ordered fanspace editions of all 3 versions! WHEW. That was a punch in the wallet!! The covers better be gorgeous!

And it's so great to see how she's completely dominating the iTunes charts.

Truly a #queen.

[KarenPang]

I posted this in the previous thread

Toggle Singapore wrote this among other details that already been mentioned

While the 40-year-old singer did not disclose the reason behind her decision, some guessed that it was because she wanted to take her relationship with rumoured music producer boyfriend Nishi Shigehiro to the next level. Others speculated that it was because she wanted to live a normal life now after being in the public eye for so long.

This could be because she had mentioned previously in an interview in February that she wanted a slower paced life when she was older. Japanese media outlet Tokyo Sports reported that she has been very busy in her career since young and yearned for a normal life.

http://entertainment.toggle.sg/en/as...-plans-9240408

any truth to what was written especially the 1st paragraph ?

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I just checked - the last million selling album was by AKB48 in 2014.

Arashi's Japonism sold 1.2 million in 2015/2016. Also, the SMAP album as mentioned by Karen. Honestly, I see Namie's going the way that SMAP's album did. Both artists were such a huge part of Japanese culture. It will EASILY surpass Ballada's sales. That's like not even a question in my mind. Japan LOVES nostalgia and all of her fans from the 90s would be in their 30s and 40s now, who likely have not bought all her releases post 2000s and they now have money to burn.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

I think you forget that SMAP's final best album release SMAP 25 Years sold more than 1 million copies in less than a month

It's still charting/selling on Oricon as of now & it was released last Dec

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5331013080?pn=2

Same with Finally , SMAP 25 years was reasonably priced - 4,212 Yen for 3 CDs regular & limited versions

Oh yeah, I forgot!
I'm rooting for Namie, I just don't expect it.
Boybands are still popular, female solos not so much anymore. Let's see what nostalgia can do!

[lfe.]

Honestly sales could go in any direction because solo artists and groups are not really comparable since the Japan market for solo artists has diminuished over the years.

Originally Posted by lfe.

Love Story should be #1.

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

^no.

yes