Top 40 Best Selling Japanese Acts

[jbrat2219]

Namie has been around longer but she takes her time with her releases. Somewhere in between the pace of Ayu and Utada. But to my knowledge she never achieved their kind of multi-million seller status, ne? The only million commercial success I can think of is BEST FICTION. I think everyone was (pleasantly) surprised by that one.

[Nackar_91]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Namie has been around longer but she takes her time with her releases. Somewhere in between the pace of Ayu and Utada. But to my knowledge she never achieved their kind of multi-million seller status, ne? The only million commercial success I can think of is BEST FICTION. I think everyone was (pleasantly) surprised by that one.

Her debut album Sweet 19 Blues sold 3.650.000 copies and was, albeit for a very brief time, the best selling album ever. Her single Can you Celebrate also sold over 2.300.000 copies. She's definitely had some huge hits in the beginning and then again recently ... there's just this period in between where she kinda slumped.

Her album Break the Rules failed to sell more than 400k (and we're talking 2000 here, so that wasn't as huge as it'd be now) and her 2003 Style "only" sold 220k. ("only" because it's still a good amount, just not when you consider what she used to sell.)