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

[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.

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!

[ayu_fan929]

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.