Why did A Song for xx sell so well?

[Tasked]

It's the age-old question... I mean. Sure ayu's a GREAT singer and artist right now.. but she can do these amazing stuff because from 1998/1999, she became popular... but how did she become popular with the A Song for XX-album? :S It's not good at all.... but.. yea.. that's the luck she had.. a chance to develop.

[bulmasman]

Originally Posted by Rody!

but how did she become popular with the A Song for XX-album? :S It's not good at all....

You don't think it's a good album? i love it personally and think it's one of her best @_@

Anywho, i think it was a mixture of luck, marketing, great music (imo) and possibly timing, since Namie had put her career on hold the year before, so Ayumi was able to fill the "new idol wanted" post.

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by Rody!

but how did she become popular with the A Song for XX-album? :S It's not good at all.... but.. yea.. that's the luck she had.. a chance to develop.

I don't think it was luck. I personally think it was a very good album, so really discussing how good it was in relation to sales is pretty subjective and based on personal opinion. I liked it, and like a few people have said: the lyrics really caught on with Japanese listeners, hence causing them to like the music and buy the album. I don't really see luck as a factor. If that was the case, she could have recorded a CD of herself talking on the phone and hoped she would be lucky enough for that to sell over a million copies. There are reasons the album sold so well, and it was not purely based on luck.