[Utada Hikaru] The New Album 「Fantôme」 on Sep 28, 2016! ʕ•̫͡•ʔ the 54th thread

[Surreal17]

I didn't think it will sell more than 50k for its first day, so this is a lot.
On another note, Ningyo might be my favourite song from the album.

[bluegie]

Well true. 89K actually isn't that bad nowadays. Too bad EXILE released a day ahead

[Minttulatte]

I knew Hikki's new album will sell like crazy lol. It was pretty obvious with all the promotion and all.

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by bluegie

According to this person on twitter, today's physical sales ranking:

*1　87,088　Ｆａｎｔｏｍｅ／宇多田ヒカル
*2　41,258　ＥＸＴＲＥＭＥ　ＢＥＳＴ／ＥＸＩＬＥ
*3　23,306　Ｗａｌｋｕｒｅ　Ｔｒａｐ！／ワルキュー

It's a bit lower than I thought, after all the big promotion going on yesterday...

It's not bad imo It'll probably sell more than 200k I guess.

[bluegie]

I hope EXILE's sales will drop to 10K tomorrow. Then hikki may have chance.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I'm gonna wait for my physical copy to arrive before I listen to the album but I read the translation to the song with KOHH and now I'm depressed lol such a dark song. I plan on listening to the album in the dark alone with no distractions. BRING ON THE SADNESS GODTADA

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by bluegie

Actually they do. But oricon doesn't report digital sales. You have to rely on recochoku to see how digital sales go.

Actually they're not as much as other countries.
Recochoku isn't the biggest online platform anymore, it's iTunes for some years now. It's around 60% to 40% for iTunes, If I remember right.
And sadly digital downloads for albums are generally pretty low in Japan.
There are just 4 albums, which ever got certified Gold for 100k downloads, and two of those are compilations/soudntracks and the other two albums are from western artists.

[DeepRiver]

Originally Posted by bluegie

According to this person on twitter, today's physical sales ranking:

*1　87,088　Ｆａｎｔｏｍｅ／宇多田ヒカル
*2　41,258　ＥＸＴＲＥＭＥ　ＢＥＳＴ／ＥＸＩＬＥ
*3　23,306　Ｗａｌｋｕｒｅ　Ｔｒａｐ！／ワルキュー

It's a bit lower than I thought, after all the big promotion going on yesterday...

What is wrong with the Japanese People? These Numbers are good, don't get me wrong but i expected more ... :

@ thinkingoutloud89 - lach, Spinner

[bluegie]

Maybe I just read live tweets with hash tags Fantôme too much. Those live tweets gave me false hope that this album could get 100K on the first day lol.

[Gubsi]

compared to most female solo artists who didn't even reach 80.000 overall with an album, she did pretty well!
so i expect something around 130-150.000 at the end the week

listen to this album on repeat since yesterday and loving this more and more...
i'm working with heavily handicapped people and even they loved this album lmao

[freedreamer]

Even Ningyo is growing on me. Listen to it on a quiet night. It's magical.

[UHPlus]

Originally Posted by Gubsi

compared to most female solo artists who didn't even reach 80.000 overall with an album, she did pretty well!
so i expect something around 130-150.000 at the end the week

It should have the same numbers as namie's _genic

[~angel*ayumi~]

As much as I love Hikki and am happy she is back... I am halfway through the album and nearly falling asleep ._.

[TheRainbow]

#14 in the US

[pedronekoi]

I think the numbers are really good! Maybe she won't get the #1 just because EXILE have 1 extra day of sales. And I'm impressed she's #20 in iTunes Brasil! Congrats to her, the album is amazing. <3

[oaristos]

I still have to get used to a couple of tracks, but they're all golden. I find that the albums flows pretty nicely too, definitely one of her best records to date. Also, it took me long enough but I can finally appreciate the beauty in Sakura Nagashi. Such an emotional and powerful song to close the album!

[Zeke.]

Sakura Nagashi still the best track on the album.

[pheonixflame15]

Number 11 on US iTunes

[URANUS]

87,088 is more than I expected for the first day and it's more than EXILE's first day as well. I hope EXILE's number will freefall and Utada stays stable enough to grab the #1 spot for the week. This album doesn't deserve the number two spot.

[Baco__]

I'm finally getting to like that song with KOHH. the lyrics didn't do much for me... it actually made me think it seems more like a KOHH song feat. Utada than the other way, but I'm sure I'll like it eventually. It sounds too much like some "experimental" sound Rihanna and Beyonce are/were doing feat. rappers/hip hop artists that I dislike so much though. arghh... her voice is <3 though. her voice, the background, the instrumental, the mood... it all reminds me of Kairo, which is one of my fav EVER! <3

(the rest of this piece is pure gold <3 )