[Oricon] A BEST 2 monopolizes the top 2 positions

[Dustie]

Originally Posted by yaten

Today the Oricon reports on something they've been doing lately (and something we all expected), which is that A BEST 2 BLACK and WHITE have officially secured the top two positions on the charts for the week. And the automatic translator makes it seem as if they have a good shot at it for next week.

How can they tell after one day of sales?...

[yaten]

Originally Posted by Dustie

How can they tell after one day of sales?...

First day positions are quite typically the positions the releases will hold for the week. From time to time, however, things don't really pan out that way (HEAVEN's release comes to mind). They also made announcements like this for both BLUE BIRD and Secret on the first day, if memory serves correctly. This is something they can do because, well, from what I remember BLUE BIRD more than doubled the sales of it's number 2 competitor, and Secret, as well, obiliterated the competition for the week.

All in all, the announcement is pretty much a no duh report. Of course the albums will be number 1 and 2, it's just nice to have early confirmation.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by Dustie

How can they tell after one day of sales?...

THat's the good part of it!