oricon: (miss) understood 6th week sales

ayu_fan929 · #1 8th February 2006, 03:56 AM

rank: 11
sales: 15,855

recap
week 1+2: 653,830
week 3: 82,731
week 4: 38,861
week 5: 25,885
week 6: 15,855
TOTAL: 817,162

the magic number is now: 182,838!

krishna · #2 8th February 2006, 04:13 AM

Only 15855?
It seems impossible to reach 1 million.

Indie · #3 8th February 2006, 04:26 AM

I tought after 25,000 sales will be steady but I guess I was wrong, what's the average week like for an album that's been out for a moth in Japan?

[taskin.ayu] · #4 8th February 2006, 04:39 AM

Is it just me or have all sales slumped recently? I don't know if she will make 1M, 15K is a bit low. Time will tell. ):

andre2907 · #5 8th February 2006, 08:53 AM

Wow, that's a big drop!

Mad_Cactuar · #6 8th February 2006, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by [taskin.ayu]

Is it just me or have all sales slumped recently? I don't know if she will make 1M, 15K is a bit low. Time will tell. ):

Seriously. Sales seem to have been horrid since the start of the new year. x___x I hope it gets better as the year progresses. Its none of Ayu's fault, remember. I doubt it'd reach 1 million, who cares anyway. No one's gonna reach 1 million again perhaps.

AyuGAME · #7 8th February 2006, 04:48 AM

praying hard

benslave4u · #8 8th February 2006, 04:58 AM

I'm sure once she starts her tour her sale is going to go up!! Don't worry guys!! The tour is for sure going to boost the sale!!

SunshineSlayer · #9 9th February 2006, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by benslave4u

I'm sure once she starts her tour her sale is going to go up!! Don't worry guys!! The tour is for sure going to boost the sale!!

As I stated in another thread, I've never seen much of a correlation between record sales and tours like there is in the US. Probably because Japanese artists tour a lot more. I wouldn't expect to see a spike in sales.

Indie · #10 9th February 2006, 02:54 AM

a re-release wouldn't seem as bad now, if startin' sells well (and I hope it does), releasing a especial edition of (m)u with it and Born To Be.. will surely help it go over themillion copies.

But then again, it seems to me that Avex wasn't really expecting this album to do amazingly well, I think executives at Avex and Ayu's management just said "let's release an album, it seems like the next step".

darkswordz · #11 9th February 2006, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Indie

a re-release wouldn't seem as bad now, if startin' sells well (and I hope it does), releasing a especial edition of (m)u with it and Born To Be.. will surely help it go over themillion copies.

i really look forward to avex releasing a special edition of (miss)understood. It will surely boast her sales and maybe get (miss)understood over the million mark

ayu_fan929 · #12 9th February 2006, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

As I stated in another thread, I've never seen much of a correlation between record sales and tours like there is in the US. Probably because Japanese artists tour a lot more. I wouldn't expect to see a spike in sales.

well most likely not cause a spike in sales, but i think it could help stabalise the sales (ie: sell 10k consistently every week or sumthing like that) i've seen it done before with BoA last year

DA1SUK1DAY01691 · #13 8th February 2006, 05:02 AM

it's harder because of the computer... too many people downloading it... I'd say that's 100,000 potenital buyers down the drain because of iTunes Japan.

Raleigh · #14 8th February 2006, 06:31 AM

Slow indeed.

candlize · #15 8th February 2006, 07:01 AM

The fact that any album, regardless of artist, can make #11 with selling only 15,000 copies says something about the current state of the Japanese music industry.

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Originally Posted by benslave4u

I'm sure once she starts her tour her sale is going to go up!!

I've never really seen anything in ayu's past album sales to indicate that a tour would make the sales jump significantly.

I'm also cautious to put so much of the blame on iTunes. A lot of people have been blaming iTunes for the lower sales of a lot of artists lately (namely, Hikki) and... I really haven't seen a lot of proof for that either.

But I really think the album's selling fine. Go ayu!

~*Mabushii*~ · #16 8th February 2006, 08:00 AM

Is there any way to see how other artists are selling after a months time??
maybe this isnt too bad in comparison?.. maybe the music industry as just hit a slump lately.. I am sure that someday the album will hit 1mil.. I am not overly worried.. too bad there is no way for me to make a purchase that will up the number at all being all the way here in the states

ayu_fan929 · #17 8th February 2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by candlize

The fact that any album, regardless of artist, can make #11 with selling only 15,000 copies says something about the current state of the Japanese music industry.

well again, its been a boring week. the new releases werent strong enough. next week will start to get more interesting. by march, sales are gonna be flying thru the roof w/so many big name artists releasing albums.

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Originally Posted by ~*Kisarune*~

Is there any way to see how other artists are selling after a months time??
maybe this isnt too bad in comparison?.. maybe the music industry as just hit a slump lately.. I am sure that someday the album will hit 1mil.. I am not overly worried.. too bad there is no way for me to make a purchase that will up the number at all being all the way here in the states

well its just depends on the artist. i mean, otsuka ai is selling really well with both her album and single at the same time. (yes, Planetarium is STILL selling). and koda kumi is consistently selling 25k+ every week w/her best. so it really depends on the album and the artist.
heres the sales for BoA's BEST OF SOUL (2005). it took her 4 months to pass the million mark. if it wasnt for her tour, she wouldnt have made it pass the million. heres her 1st 8 weeks sales
BEST OF SOUL (release 2005/02/02)
week 1: 489,067
week 2: 197,821
week 3: 087,562
week 4: 050,205
week 5: 044,216
week 6: 027,734 (BOS= 896,605 vs. (m)u= 817,162)
week 7: 017,801
week 8: 014,206

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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Seriously. Sales seem to have been horrid since the start of the new year. x___x I hope it gets better as the year progresses. Its none of Ayu's fault, remember. I doubt it'd reach 1 million, who cares anyway. No one's gonna reach 1 million again perhaps.

3 albums (although they are BEST albums) have passed the million mark. hirai ken's BEST is approaching the 2 million mark.

look on the bright side, ayu's (miss) understood is currently the best selling ORIGINAL album of the 2006 oricon year, followed closely by otsuka ai. (ai is behind by about 50,000)

Mad_Cactuar · #18 8th February 2006, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

look on the bright side, ayu's (miss) understood is currently the best selling ORIGINAL album of the 2006 oricon year, followed closely by otsuka ai. (ai is behind by about 50,000)

Yes, thats what I meant.. xD Ken's getting to 2 million, maybe a month or two more. And the only hope for another original multi-million seller is utada Hikaru's next album.

ayu_fan929 · #19 8th February 2006, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Yes, thats what I meant.. xD Ken's getting to 2 million, maybe a month or two more. And the only hope for another original multi-million seller is utada Hikaru's next album.

dont be so pessimistic. we're only in early feburary. theres still artists like EXILE, BoA and a whole bunch of other artists that still have to release original albums.

*Petit* · #20 9th February 2006, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

look on the bright side, ayu's (miss) understood is currently the best selling ORIGINAL album of the 2006 oricon year, followed closely by otsuka ai. (ai is behind by about 50,000)

Just a thought.... Technically, if Ai's next studio album would sell more than ayu's next album. If her singles continue selling as much as planetarium and Smily....

And I do not think it would be smart of avex to release her first "best" already, since she seems to be getting a bigger and bigger fanbase all the time.