[ayaka] The 7th thread - THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ (13.07)

[KarenPang]

Ambition was released digitally 2 days ago on iTunes Japan

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/am...e/id1130300141

[KarenPang]

ayaka will appear on next week's episode of Fuji TV's Love music & NTV's Buzz Rhythm

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/lovemusic/
http://www.ntv.co.jp/buzzrhythm/

Also Ambition is a weird song , I'm not blown away by it :x Maybe I have to listen to it a few more times before I can form an opinion on it

[KarenPang]

Today is Flying Get day for THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~

And ayaka & other artistes will appear/perform on this Sat afternoon's live broadcast of TBS's Ongaku no Hi

http://www.tbs.co.jp/ongakunohi/

[KarenPang]

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ promo truck



https://twitter.com/Ayaka_1218/statu...49901885239296

[KarenPang]

Photos from yesterday's FM802 meets 絢香 10th Anniversary Premium Free Live that took place at Grand Front Osaka Umekita Square









https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000128897

3,000 fans attended the free live concert

Also , 絢香 10th Anniversary SUPER BEST TOUR dates

・9月3日（土）、4日（日）　日本ガイシホール（愛知）
・9月19日（月・祝）　大阪城ホール（大阪）
・9月24（土）、25（日）　ゼビオアリーナ仙台（宮城）
・10月8（土）　マリンメッセ福岡（福岡）
・10月22（土）、23（日）　さいたまスーパーアリーナ（埼玉）
・11月3日（木・祝）　北海道立総合体育センター 北海きたーえる（北海道）
・11月12日（土）　愛媛県武道館（愛媛）
・11月23日（水・祝）　広島グリーンアリーナ（広島）
・12月17日（土）、18日（日）　大阪城ホール（大阪）

[KarenPang]

TSUTAYA Shibuya









https://twitter.com/shibutsuta_tr/st...06378167635968

[KarenPang]

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ 1st day position - #4

I don't know but I expected at most Top 3 =x even the special low prices for her 10th anniversary best album didn't help that much

Setlist from yesterday's FM802 meets 絢香 10th Anniversary Premium Free Live

01.l believe
02.THIS IS ME
03.にじいろ
04.三日月

Encore

05.おかえり

http://setlist.mx/concerts/207320

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ 1st day position - #4

I don't know but I expected at most Top 3 =x even the special low prices for her 10th anniversary best album didn't help that much

#4 seems too low for such an album. My mind is thinking that it contains too much 'recycled' songs (particularly from the 'old Ayaka' era), and the fact that she ONLY had three singles (YIKES! They were not even ranked good back then) and two studio albums (don't count that cover album)...I was thinking: Does this even have potential?

Even then, someone on the Kanayan forum said this:

Originally Posted by Ryusei

I doubt ayaka will sell more even if it's a best album. She has only released one album, a cover album and some singles since her last best album. I'm confused as to why this release is even a thing as much as the 10th anniversary is an important milestone

Yeah, I have to agree why in the world this could happen. I don't understand why... I mean, "The beginning" was a big hit, but what happened with all that mojo since then?

And don't let me talk about the online music streaming services yet...

[KarenPang]

絢香 10th anniversary MESSAGES special site

http://tickets.yahoo.co.jp/special/ayaka10th/

Other artistes/musicians wrote messages in congratulating ayaka's 10th anniversary such as her good buddies Kobukuro

[KarenPang]

The reason why The beginning sold well at the time of release was because it was ayaka's comeback album as prior to that , it was uncertain if she were to make her return to the music business due to her health problems

Also the way that Warner marketed her (making her churning out singles during 2006 - 2009) & now with her being her own boss is very different

If not how you explain why her discography is considered 'short' / 'small' even though this year's her 10th anniversary in the business ?

After she released Nijiiro which was her last physical CD single release in 2014 , she released a string of songs digitally which probably hurt her popularity/sales to a certain extent

Anyway to say THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is a 'useless' release is wrong as not every artiste is lucky to sustain him/herself in the business for so long , likewise 10 years felt like an eternity to some

But I think if Warner didn't release 2 best albums of ayaka before she went indie , sales would have been better . ayaka's History 2006-2009 was a rush release & way too soon for something like that to get put out but at that time , nobody know if ayaka will be back or not

Besides sales are just 1 thing & physical CD sales are not profitable as before . She's still able to perform in big concert venues & let alone Nippon Budokan

But if you don't buy ayaka's past best albums , then THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is worth getting , be it the price and/or content . And frankly she should include all of her material from her Warner to her now indie days

Which for that I suspect ayaka paid a substantial amount of $ to get the rights to her Warner discography because if that did not happen , the material in THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ would be a lot lesser

At least ayaka's best album is not like Yamapi where his 1st best album did NOT include his solo material before he switched to Warner and for that , I felt insulted as a fan as it felt as though he abandoned what he released when he was still under Johnny's Entertainment before he went over to Warner which annoyed me a lot

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

The reason why The beginning sold well at the time of release was because it was ayaka's comeback album as prior to that , it was uncertain if she were to make her return to the music business due to her health problems

Also the way that Warner marketed her (making her churning out singles during 2006 - 2009) & now with her being her own boss is very different

If not how you explain why her discography is considered 'short' / 'small' even though this year's her 10th anniversary in the business ?

After she released Nijiiro which was her last physical CD single release in 2014 , she released a string of songs digitally which probably hurt her popularity/sales to a certain extent

Anyway to say THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is a 'useless' release is wrong as not every artiste is lucky to sustain him/herself in the business for so long , likewise 10 years felt like an eternity to some

But I think if Warner didn't release 2 best albums of ayaka before she went indie , sales would have been better . ayaka's History 2006-2009 was a rush release & way too soon for something like that to get put out but at that time , nobody know if ayaka will be back or not

Besides sales are just 1 thing & physical CD sales are not profitable as before . She's still able to perform in big concert venues & let alone Nippon Budokan

But if you don't buy ayaka's past best albums , then THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is worth getting , be it the price and/or content . And frankly she should include all of her material from her Warner to her now indie days

Which for that I suspect ayaka paid a substantial amount of $ to get the rights to her Warner discography because if that did not happen , the material in THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ would be a lot lesser

At least ayaka's best album is not like Yamapi where his 1st best album did NOT include his solo material before he switched to Warner and for that , I felt insulted as a fan as it felt as though he abandoned what he released when he was still under Johnny's Entertainment before he went over to Warner which annoyed me a lot

Have to agree with those words, this is not the Warner days - remember: A stAtion is Ayaka's OWN label, though Avex is responsible for marketing. But where's the marketing material on mu-mo or the Avex website??? Umm...

Okay, maybe #1 is out of the question, but #2 may not be. She's #4, so we have no idea what her numbers are, but if she's THAT CLOSE to #3 - and #3 is THAT CLOSE to #2 (see picture below) - then she might have a chance for #2! But yeah, we're now into the digital era, and it seems Oricon is favoring more that are Johnny's (which does NOT release full songs digitally AT ALL, or if I'm wrong, maybe a little) and AKB48/Nogizaka46 (okay, they do release them digitally, but it's those handshake tickets and AKB48 election votes that jack up the sales numbers) (and a little bit of an extent to EXILE/JSB as well) these days. Remember: 2006, 2009 and 2016 are NOT the same, even though the technologies have been evolving! We didn't have iPhones or Android smartphones back in 2006, and even then, in 2009, iPhones and Androids started to appear slowly in Japan...now what do we have? AWA Music, LINE, all sorts of stuff that offer digital music streaming in Japan, not to forget mentioning Japan's domestic Recochoku service and the worldwide iTunes?



I'm a bit disappointed with the sales numbers physically, but again, I do have to agree what Karen has to say with the declining physical sales that not just Ayaka, but almost all artists (save for the Johnny's and AKB), are suffering as more people are starting to go digital, although there is a reason why some people still buy physical CDs. But yeah...it's still impressive she can perform in such big venues, like the Budokan, these days!

[KarenPang]

I don't think marketing is the problem here as already before THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ was released , ayaka went on numerous radio stations to promote it

And likewise on Tue she did a free live in Osaka & not only that , she went on recently THE MUSIC DAY and this coming Sat she'll be performing at Ongaku no Hi

I think the general public just doesn't care about this release and THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is strictly for fans . Likewise if you did not purchase ayaka's past 2 Warner released best albums , then this release's something worth getting

THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is probably doing well digitally I'm not sure but considering the physical copies' prices is almost 700 Yen more expensive , I doubt so

Also if you don't know for the longest time , Johnnys has NEVER released their music on online sites , except when Johnnys leave the agency then they list their music (INKT , Akanishi Jin , ONE OK ROCK)

End of the day if you look at the big picture , sales is 1 thing . ayaka still is able to do tours & from what I've seen , she always tend to sell most if not all dates out & if she's able to perform in Nippon Budokan of all places , then there's no cause to worry about so excessively

Some footages from Tue's FM802 meets 絢香 10th Anniversary Premium Free Live

[KarenPang]

Tower Records Shibuya



https://twitter.com/TOWER_Shibuya/st...13405583630336

[KarenPang]

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ reminds at #2 yesterday , selling 3,509 copies

[thinkingoutloud89]

its like when you see 5 year old pictures of yourself and only then realise how bad your haircut was. She probably does not see it.

[Bigtop]

I almost forgot: Ayaka's going to have to battle it out with Kana Nishino's sixth album "Just LOVE" this week (and second week of Dorikamu sales).

Who knows how the numbers will turn out this week...

[KarenPang]

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ is already listed on iTunes Japan

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/th...h/id1129628022

New songs wise , I definitely prefer THIS IS ME over Ambition . Ambition takes a while to get into

Packaging for both editions

3 CDs

Spoiler:

3 CDs + DVD

Spoiler:

The 3 CDs + DVD wins by a long shot as everything looks really well executed

Too bad I have no incentive to buy it =x

Also for so much contents packed in , they're reasonably priced at 3,000 Yen & 3,500 Yen respectively o_O O_o

And this's really pretty - https://ssl.avexnet.or.jp/ayaka/thisisme/

DVD ISO - http://jpfiles.blog138.fc2.com/blog-entry-19441.html

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

New songs wise , I definitely prefer THIS IS ME over Ambition . Ambition takes a while to get into

Agreed! That song is so epic!

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Also for so much contents packed in , they're reasonably priced at 3,000 Yen & 3,500 Yen respectively o_O O_o

Yeah, 3,500 yen is pretty cheap for a 3CD+DVD. I mean, what was the price of the CD+DVD version of M(A)DE IN JAPAN (Ayu)...?

This makes me think...why am I spending 7,800 yen (7,300 yen including tax, plus 500 yen shipping to Tenso, and does not even include the Tenso shipping to home) just to buy an album that costs 3,500 yen??? Oh wait, it has that USB stick... I have to wonder how many gigabytes is that USB flash drive, but for sure I can know it has short acapella of "I believe" and "Mikazuki", which I think that's a bit disappointing, but at least that USB flash drive can be quite handy.

Oh yeah, I bought what I call (in NVIDIA terms, especially the GTX 1070/1080 graphics cards) the "Founders Edition" that is customized with MY NAME on the packaging and could only be pre-ordered until mid-May, and I pre-ordered it back in April... (it is the 3CD+DVD version nonetheless)

[KarenPang]

Tower Records Shinjuku



https://twitter.com/TOWER_Shinjuku/s...07189699604484

Another THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ promo truck image



https://twitter.com/AyakaStaff/statu...82298341265408

[AyuGAME]

I thought it can get good sales since its best album..I was wrong...