Oricon 6 month Top 30 single and album rankings

Originally Posted by Phantoma

I wonder why sales are so low in general... Is it downloading? Or do they think the music just sucks?

I think DLing definately has an effect. Big effect.

[Cyria]

Well, Ayu's still the top solo female artist in single and album sales, so that's good even if the numbers are lower than they used to be.

[JinHamasaki]

Originally Posted by y2687

I think DLing definately has an effect. Big effect.

mp3s were never that popular in Japan because a high speed connection still costs a lot of money. The biggest portion of music piracy comes from people renting audio CDs from the stores and copying it to their MD player.

I think a big issue is the aging japanese population. (In the news, Japan invented a robot that can put out fires, detect water and gas leaks, and relays information to security personnel. Their reason for this? There are not enough young people to be security guards http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...APAN-ROBOT.XML ) By 2040, 1/3 of all Japanese people will be elderly. Ayu has been out for 7 years. Her fans in the beginning are probably much older now and don't listen to her as much. I think thats one factor in a shrinking japanese market, and especially for the J-idol. Mika Nakashima is very popular, but look at her sales of "MUSIC"

BoA sold a lot more because it is a best album, and best albums sell unusually well in Japan.

mmhmm, I listen to one or two Ayu songs MAYBE once a month. I'm just not as interested as I used to be

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by Cyria

Well, Ayu's still the top solo female artist in single and album sales, so that's good even if the numbers are lower than they used to be.

You can't say that yet you have to wait till the end of the year and then we will see the female with the most sales

[elepop]

Originally Posted by y2687

Hm, Ayu's sales aren't that great. Maybe it's not the Japanese music industry afterall.

At least she's in the top 10.

[~Matt~]

great info

[TeamAyu]

Oops double post...

[TeamAyu]

Originally Posted by Akurei

You can't say that yet you have to wait till the end of the year and then we will see the female with the most sales

As of right now Ayu really doesn't have any huge competition in the form of solo females, unless possibly Utada Hikaru popped onto the scene with something new (which I doubt). Ai Otsuka could possibly pull another 'Sakuranbo' but I don't see it happening. So for now my bets are on Ayu for being the best selling solo female of the year.

However I'd like to see Onitsuka Chihiro release something and land herself back onto the charts. I miss her ;_; also I hope artist like Rie fu and YUI start to get better sales and of course Hirahara Ayaka as well.

Hmm but still these sales are pretty sad... btw does anyone know how these compare to sales in the UK?

[Nu-NRG]

but then...don't forget that ayu is the only female made it to the top 10 list(single)
that is something to be proud of
Mika is..slowly going down too..

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by haku

but then...don't forget that ayu is the only female made it to the top 10 list(single)
that is something to be proud of
Mika is..slowly going down too..

yes~ well done for Ayu~

why do males always sells more than females

[ayu-marco]

Originally Posted by Qt Mashi

yes~ well done for Ayu~

why do males always sells more than females

not always
in the few years ago, females are much better

[starr5245]

WOW! Ayu is STILL GREAT!

[~*yume*~]

Thankies for the info ...

[RAISKA]

Well, not very impressive for Ayu, but I'm not surprised by these results, because "MY STORY" and "STEP you/is this LOVE?" got all they deserve, not more, not less...

[Cyria]

Originally Posted by Akurei

You can't say that yet you have to wait till the end of the year and then we will see the female with the most sales

I meant that in the time period this chart deals with, Ayu does have the biggest sales. Perhaps someone in the second half of the year will beat her for best sales of the whole year put together, but on this chart Ayu is still the #1 woman.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by y2687

Hm, Ayu's sales aren't that great. Maybe it's not the Japanese music industry afterall.

I think they are pretty good overall. She is the top selling female artist and to see really big hitters like B'z, Dreams Come True, and Kinki Kids' albums not selling anywhere near where they used to is kind of shocking. I was also under the assumption that Mika's MUSIC album had done much better than that.

And I just don't get the appeal of Orange Range. I don't think they are anywhere near that good to justify those sales, which makes me think they are the current fad in Japan and thus their numbers will not sustain in the future.(hopefully.)

[jasjasss]

Wahh nicee
BoA is doing very well !!!
GO AYU !!
this year must be bettER !!

[LEOyumi]

Thanks for the info... It's a good number, not her best but good enough to prove she still has her space ^^

[Sim']

it'e not bad, thanks for the news ^^