[Charts+sales] A BEST 2 -- THREAD III

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

it's weird how Avril is the only non Asian one in the top ten..
so like, is she the most sucessful foreign artist in Japan or sumink?

i can't believe i used to like her. D:

Well she's been pretty successful in Japan since her debut. Her past 2 albums reached the TOP 10 yearlies and she might even hold on to her #3 yearly position this year. But she's not the most successful foreign artist in Japan, I think that belongs to Mariah Carey.

[namiie]

I think people buy -WHITE- a lot over -BLACK- because of the Countdown Live included on there, too. And yeah, I don't think LOVE PiECE will be a "threat"; hard to say about Kumizon though.

But yay sales are up again! I really hope both versions can reach 1,500,000 collectively

[ayu_fan929]

I think Hikki would still pass a million in total sales with the new single...

[criminal]

Judging by the two singles that have been released, it's likely that Kumizon's newest effort will be just in the Ai am BEST-A BEST 2 -WHITE- area. Unless she has a megahit like Koi no Tsubomi (or even 4 hot wave, to an extent), I don't think the first week sales are going to reach 400k.
LOVE PiECE, eh. I hope it can reach the yearly top 10, although I'm not totally sure about it as no single from that album has sold 200k.

[ayumisrael]

Anything about the 23rd week?

[criminal]

*4 *,708,707 **1,046 A BEST 2-WHITE- / 浜崎あゆみ 07/02/28
*5 *,690,806 ***,948 A BEST 2-BLACK- / 浜崎あゆみ 07/02/28

1,399,513 in total.

[ayumisrael]

Cool thanks! Next week the total of both arrive 1,400,000 at last.

[TITANIC]

okay next week ayu reach 1,4 million copies..
congratulation to ayu...

[Neil]

So with secret, Ayu has sold about 1.6 million albums this year so far

[greggerz189]

Originally Posted by Neil

So with secret, Ayu has sold about 1.6 million albums this year so far

I think it's closer to around 1.8~1.9 million...didn't Secret sell about 670~700k?



Also...as far as Hikki being a threat, I don't know. We'll see what happens when she releases Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry. If she capitalizes on the popularity of Flavor Of Life quick, and releases an album before the year is out, then maybe? COLORS sold more than Flavor Of Life, but I think ULTRA BLUE didn't do as hot as it could have since she waited 4 years to finish the album.

[ayu_fan929]

^Well I doubt that Hikki will release an album this year. Secret did sell ~670k but only 170k of that counted towards 2007.

[greggerz189]

^Hehe! Right! I've decided to blame all my mathematical blunders on the fact that I didn't have math this year! LOL

[ayumisrael]

Are there the 24th week stats?

^ you make a lo of really good points there. (:
that post (including the quote.) made me think of how close the title for Top Selling Female is going to be this year!
(between Ayu and Koda that is.)
i have this strong feeling that Ayu's 10th year will be a strong year, sales and popularity wise!

so Ayu has sold around.. 1,550 this year. (A BEST 2 and glitter/fated.)

oooh, it's making me nervous, even though it's soo long away!

[ayumisrael]

yeah but
-A BEST 2 were two albums to promote.
-Two albums that cost the heavens (some people might didn't buy it because they want only both and not just one of them but they can't afford).
and
-Two albums to count their own sales.
imo for two albums they didn't get the highest promotion.
The promotion they got was good for one album, or album+single or dvd etc.

If A BEST 2 would be one I'm sure it could pass the million on its own (and sell around 1,200,000 or 1,100,000 at least.
ayu released them divided because she wanted to share most of her songs, she chose them herself and avex put them in a way they would sell more copies than just one would sell I suppose.

ayu's 10th anniversary album will be just one, so let's hope for A BEST 2+more promotion and it can do very well.

[andre2907]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

yeah but
-A BEST 2 were two albums to promote.
-Two albums that cost the heavens (some people might didn't buy it because they want only both and not just one of them but they can't afford).
and
-Two albums to count their own sales.
imo for two albums they didn't get the highest promotion.

That makes no sense! Two CDs doesn't mean you have to promote twice as much. What AVEX could have done besides billboards, a billion TV appearences, booths, trucks, magazine covers, crazy marketing, etc? Nothing.

[AyuGAME]

yay..next week A BEST will sell 1,4million

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by AyuGAME

yay..next week A BEST will sell 1,4million

Now I'm sure their reached to it already, we just don't know this week's numbers yet XD.

Originally Posted by *Petit*

About the ayu vs Hikaru, Ayumi never really sold more than utada if you count the one by one releases, she outsold her totally because of her sheer number of releases that consistantly sold well, but not super amazing like hikki's. Like you mentioned usually utada waits much longer than ayumi to release singles and albums.

What are we trying to prove here?

Well are there 24th week numbers? xD soz for double...

[WillofDusk]

10 more weeks anf Blacj will reach 700k I hope so

[criminal]

*4 *,709,855 **1,148 A BEST 2-WHITE- / 浜崎あゆみ 07/02/28
*6 *,691,732 ***,926 A BEST 2-BLACK- / 浜崎あゆみ 07/02/28

Total sales: 1,401,587