[Translation] [2013] ayu loses sales record to AKB48 (Article)

[Andrenekoi]

People acting like 4 years is that much time...

It's not like their sales will vanish from one day to another and the group still is relatively fresh, even more compared to any solo singer this forum users like to worship, but they most likely won't get decades of huge sales.

If we consider cultual impact it's hard to evaluate how much better they will stand against other music acts right now, considering a huge amount of their sales comes from a marketing gimmick and a good amount of their singles end up on the trash can.

[BlackSilence]

you know how they say a trend comes and goes a style stays in fashion all the time. I think akb is just a comercially produced trend. japan is nuts for cute and young that's their trend for...welll more or less the whole life lol so really. If you would leave them on their own i don't think they would manage wuthout all the people making them into who they are. I just cannot take them seriously, plus they are like an army of girls while Ayu is ONE SINGLE SOLO ARTIST, hence why i cannot take this "record" seriously either. when i think of AKB, Ayu's Alterna video comes to my mind lol it's pretty much what it is.

[g~sus~]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

yeah, you can't compare mega-pop group consisting of 200+ girls (with all the affiliates) and one tiny 156cm woman.

I'm still happy for AKB though. but it's just good management strategy and the power of synergy. alone, nobody can't beat ayu!

Thumbs up!

[Trinu]

Just gonna leave this here.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/akb48-b...es::17553.html

Ayu is still "the best selling female artist in terms of total sales with over 50 millions records sold".

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

yeah, you can't compare mega-pop group consisting of 200+ girls (with all the affiliates) and one tiny 156cm woman.

I'm still happy for AKB though. but it's just good management strategy and the power of synergy. alone, nobody can't beat ayu!

couldn't agree more!