[CHARTS + SALES] GUILTY -- ORICON STYLE

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Thank you. It was a national holiday and only crazy fans would buy the album when a lot of people were at home or outside celebrating with their family or hungover.

Not in Japan. New Years is the big national holiday there. Not Christmas. If anything people would be out buying stuff on Christmas to give for gifts on New Years.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Not in Japan. New Years is the big national holiday there. Not Christmas. If anything people would be out buying stuff on Christmas to give for gifts on New Years.

Weird since I read that a lot of Japanese families celebrate Christmas with a special meal.

[namiie]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Weird since I read that a lot of Japanese families celebrate Christmas with a special meal.

That's true, but the original poster was right. New Years' far eclipses Christmas in Japan (and in a lot of Asian countries for that matter). On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being very few people celebrating and 10 being everyone celebrating, Christmas is like a 5 and New Years' is a definite 10.

[naxxo.licious™]

I think those are not really bad sales. C'mmon, it isn't even the official release. Let's face that she will never have the sales she had before, and you know why?
It's because at that time there wasn't things like Ares, Limewire, youtube, megaupload, etc. And if they already existed, they were not popular as today.
It's not ayu's fault. The ones who really have the fault are the "fans" who only illegaly download her music.
However, i really hope GUILTY sells well cause she really deserves it. But let's remember that nowadays, 500000 copies is the new million.

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by guilty_me

I think those are not really bad sales. C'mmon, it isn't even the official release. Let's face that she will never have the sales she had before, and you know why?
It's because at that time there wasn't things like Ares, Limewire, youtube, megaupload, etc. And if they already existed, they were not popular as today.
It's not ayu's fault. The ones who really have the fault are the "fans" who only illegaly download her music.
However, i really hope GUILTY sells well cause she really deserves it. But let's remember that nowadays, 500000 copies is the new million.

You're under no authority to determine what makes a person a true fan or not.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Weird since I read that a lot of Japanese families celebrate Christmas with a special meal.

That maybe true in some cases, but Christmas day in general isn't like it is here. People still go to work, all stores are open as usual, the day is treated fairly normally. New Years day is a much much bigger holiday.