Why is First Love the highest selling album?

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Hikki's fans tend to forget she IS a pop star, she sells tons, she is markeatable, she has strong tie-ins, she releases easy to listen romantic generic ballads from times to times, she milked her fans with that cartoon cat I forgot the name... They tend to forget she wants to sell her music and does it very well and they like to live on a imaginary land where the only reason she sells is cuz she is talented... Sorry, but nops... as much talented she is (and considering she is my FAVORITE musician of all time, I consider her to be very talented), she and her staff also make use of good marketing and good timing...

edit: and my big complain about her fans wasn't about u, Mr. bluegie, actually, I really like ur posts =)

Thanks for liking my posts . I like what you posts as well Andrenekoi haha.

Somehow.. yes, I do agree she has generic ballads from time to time. (hmmn... is there any in DEEP RIVER? or UTRA BLUE. I actually dun find those love ballads that generic.. or maybe the arrangements make the songs not too generic for me). FOL is one of the best examples. I thought that song would not sell that much until a few days after the premiere. It was one of the lovely lovely Japanese ballads with hikki's voice in it. It is a great song, but not too hikki unique style (you know what I mean). I never knew it would be that successful. I think that one indeed was super boosted by the drama. I think if the drama wasn't there, the single might sell about 150 - 200K physically, while ~2 million digitally.

It's kinda off topic but sometimes I wonder what would happen if ayu has a better drama tie ins. So far her songs connect to dramas with lower ratings.

Back to the topic. Yeah... talent doesn't equal to selling. We can see lots of talent artists sinking into nowhere (Misia for example). Hikki's team (her dad's team? ) made a really good tactic in the beginning, and it's fortunate that hikki is beloved by the general public in Japan. It's a miracle that she can still sell quite a lot after that many years (well in Japan an artist's top peak is really short), as there aren't many artists capable of doing that. (OT: I think I can still count ayu is one of them. Even tho her physical sales are mainly from the hardcore fans. It's not that easy to maintain that standard after 10 years in the industry. And her digital sales are not too bad rite...? Someone said she's the third best selling artist in the digital last year.)