[TAIWAN RANKING]Total Sales of the 1st half of '06 in Taiwan...

walt1112 · #1 28th July 2006, 03:15 AM

Ranking For Japan & Korean Artists:

Artist, Releases, Percentage of Total Sales, Release Date

No.1 Ayumi Hamasaki (miss)understood 7.87% 20060106
No.2 Nakasima Mika BEST 3.89% 20051209
No.3 W-inds Thanks 3.46% 20060317
No.4 BoA OUTGROW 2.89% 20060217
No.5 KAT-TUN Best of KAT-TUN 2.86% 20060407
No.6 Otsuka Ai LOVE COOK 2.53% 20051223
No.7 平井坚 Uta Baka 2.41% 20051125
No.8 Kiroro KiroroBest 1.69% 20060331
No.9 Utada Hikaru ULTRA BLUE 1.56% 20060616
No.10Koda Kumi BEST ~second session~ 1.26% 20060317

source: http://www.g-music.com.tw/event/rank...1/r_2006_4.htm

Ranking for sales of all releases
1. Jolin Cai Dancing Diva 2.64% 20060512
2. 王力宏蓋世英雄 2.20% 20051230
3 TANK FIGHTING 生存之道 1.65% 20060224
4 楊丞琳遇上愛 1.57% 20060317
5 張惠妹我要快樂? 1.48% 20060217
6 林俊傑曹操 1.14% 20060217
7 王心凌 Cyndi with U 1.01% 20051227
8 電視原聲帶愛情魔髮師 0.97% 20060210
9 Ayumi Hamasaki (步)解 0.93% 20060106

source:http://www.g-music.com.tw/event/rank...1/r_2006_1.htm

ayu Ranks No.9 in the Total sales of All releases...she is the only 1 foreign Artist who enters the TOP 20

so in the 1st half of 2006. ayu is the Sale Queen among foreigh Stars. ayu's getting more and more int'lly powerful

Mad_Cactuar · #2 28th July 2006, 03:19 AM

Is that the percentage of total sales? If it is, then amazing! Ayu sold 7% of the total foreign CDs in Taiwan. Even Mika's there, yay!

No surprise that Jolin's at #1 for total sales.

truehappiness · #3 28th July 2006, 03:23 AM

I think Dancing Diva has some scary subliminal messaging in the tune.. cause I really like it o_o XD Even though its SUPER LAME with all her weird yoga LOL

Go ayu! More than twice the amount as 2nd place! Go AYU!!! OMGG

walt1112 · #4 28th July 2006, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Is that the percentage of total sales? If it is, then amazing! Ayu sold 7% of the total foreign CDs in Taiwan. Even Mika's there, yay!

No surprise that Jolin's at #1 for total sales.

7% is the percentage of total sales of J&K artists

0.93% is of the total sales of all artists

Mad_Cactuar · #5 28th July 2006, 03:30 AM

Now, if we can find out how much was the total foreign CD sales in Taiwan, we can know how much Ayu sold..

truehappiness · #6 28th July 2006, 03:32 AM

Well, Jolin sold about 2 million++ Asia-wide with Dancing Diva I think, so perhaps you could get a calculation from that?

immel · #7 28th July 2006, 03:42 AM

0,93% of the complete market thanks to a single!? Not bad, neither is 7.87%.

I also wonder what the actual numbers are.

walt1112 · #8 28th July 2006, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Well, Jolin sold about 2 million++ Asia-wide with Dancing Diva I think, so perhaps you could get a calculation from that?

oh, of course Jolin didn't reached that number. perhaps you know little about the real status in Taiwan.

that 2 million is definitely fake! it was announced by her record company. All record companies are exaggerating their singers' sales. now the economy of Taiwan is going terrible, so for earning more sponsors, all the record company are exaggerating!!!

people said that the real sales of a singer times 10 is the announced figure. it was said to be a well-known secret among all Taiwanese Company.

Jolin can't reach that much. for her CD didn't sell as good as you've imagined!
it might be good in china, or even Taiwan, but definitely didn't even reach a million

truehappiness · #9 28th July 2006, 03:47 AM

Ah~ it's cause I read it everywhere, sadly. D:

I wonder how much it actually did sell.. :O

walt1112 · #10 28th July 2006, 03:48 AM

if you calculate with that fake 2 million, then ayu will be almost 70k, that's impossible

truehappiness · #11 28th July 2006, 03:52 AM

It's a bit weird that Jolin sold more than Wang Lee Hom.. he's like the new Jay Chou :O! So Ayu probably did at the least 500k?

I don't pay attention to record-company things though.. but the artists are usually good. :] Cyndi's cool even though her MVs are freakin weird.

walt1112 · #12 28th July 2006, 03:57 AM

no chinese or Taiwanese artist can reach 1 million, becuz now the record market in china is terrible, illegal copies are everywhere -- much cheaper than the legal ones, illegal free downloading are everywhere. few people would like to spend more to just buy several songs which can be easily downloaded within 5 minutes.

in my city, the best CD shop put ayu's poster and jolin's poster at the same position -- entrance, and i saw they actually have bought ayu's (m)u as many as jolin's dancing diva!
maybe there are a few songs which are nice among jolin's album, but definitley different from ayu,in whose album, nearly all the songs are amazing! even though that was one of ayu's worst albums~i think~

and it's pleasing they put ayu's poster at the entrance more than a month, everyday after school, i was happy to walk by that cd shop, looking at ayu's laughing big mouse!

Sim' · #13 28th July 2006, 04:02 AM

Thank you for this ranking ^o^

walt1112 · #14 28th July 2006, 04:03 AM

did you guys ever notice that Taiwanese Artists like making a sale celebration...

for example jolin, she made a celebration to celebrate her so-called 2 million. and so are the other artists.

but you may never see ayu celebrates her A best, or other albums, or utada celebrates her 8million First love... or Mariah carey celebrates her albums....

Why??becuz those Taiwanese Aritists are trying to make everybody believe that they do reach the announced sales -- and they know those celebrations are just advertisments of their albums.

truehappiness · #15 28th July 2006, 04:20 AM

Ah. ;D

(m)u was amazing imho. It's just terribly underappreciated in an age where Ayu's done like almost everything and new people are coming~

LacusClyne · #16 28th July 2006, 04:25 AM

i saw those taiwan variety shows. i know what it's about...taiwan artist had to make themselves more in the news for attention.i only hate those numerruous 'gei ban' my pocket hurts from the hole....

i used to be crazy for 5566, i had at least 3 copies each album....

ayu_fan929 · #17 28th July 2006, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by walt1112

no chinese or Taiwanese artist can reach 1 million, becuz now the record market in china is terrible, illegal copies are everywhere -- much cheaper than the legal ones, illegal free downloading are everywhere. few people would like to spend more to just buy several songs which can be easily downloaded within 5 minutes.

I think you're highly exagerrating that no one can reach 1 million. I actually think it's not that hard if the artist is widely popular or if the album is really really good. The number (1-2 million) is at least reasonable to me even if there is rampant downloading and bootlegs.

truehappiness · #18 28th July 2006, 04:39 AM

Well, does anyone actually have any past numbers of Asian releases that aren't Japanese and that are Taiwan/China?

Mad_Cactuar · #19 28th July 2006, 04:39 AM

I disagree with the notion that taiwanese artistes can't sell a million. Piracy and P2P exists everywhere, not only in Taiwan. Dancing Diva selling 2 million is possible since the sales number is possible given that she has a wide audience all over Asia.

ayu_fan929 · #20 28th July 2006, 04:42 AM

One of Jay Chou's albums (I think 7 mile fragrance) sold 3 million. Stefanie Sun sold a million selling album (forgot which one) and Twins sold 1 million for their 2nd album; 800,000 for their debut album. The only one I'm suspicious about is Twins (although they might be more popular in the mainland than in Taiwan), but other than that I think Jay's and Stef's sales are reasonable.

Oh and I agree with MC Tatsujin.