[Utada Hikaru] ʕ•̫͡•ʔ A Vacation for Only Two Hours in the 55th thread ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

[orbitalaspect]

Originally Posted by AyuGAME

^yes, there is possibility that this is truely sold out...
but I believe this is marketing strategy..it's very basic strategy that people going to want something that hard to get, especially if the stuff is really popular and everybody else has it, you don't want to be left out as the only one that don't have it.
not a wrong thing to do though, smart enough. I think Ayu has done this before as well, saying that the CD is sold out, maybe happened when Mirrorcle world release?

I agree. I don't remember Ayu using this on Mirrorcle World, but she may have used it on the vertical sleeve CD+DVD edition that sold out almost immediately. Remember that Mirror was a huge deal. Fans rallied heavily for her to release that interlude as a full song. I would have used it on a less popular release, imo.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fantome's first press was 400k. Utada may be huge, but Ai Otsuka was also pretty big until her hiatus started in 2009. When she returned, LOVE FANTASTIC only sold 6k. And LOVE TRiCKY only sold 5k. Certainly did not expect that, both as a long-time fan, and for the sheer fact that Ai also writes and produces almost all of her music.

[bluegie]

10.10: No. 1 - 13,155
10.11: No. 3 - 7,836
10.12: No.1 - 6,053
10.13: No.1 - 7,536

Est. Weekly Sales: 34,580
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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

I wouldn't be surprised if Fantome's first press was 400k. Utada may be huge, but Ai Otsuka was also pretty big until her hiatus started in 2009. When she returned, LOVE FANTASTIC only sold 6k. And LOVE TRiCKY only sold 5k. Certainly did not expect that, both as a long-time fan, and for the sheer fact that Ai also writes and produces almost all of her music.

Ai chan was actually less popular before she went on hiatus. Her peak was LOVE COOK, then she started going downhill after that. LOVE PiECE still had decent sales, but everything after that was meh (e.g., HEART STATION was released in 2008 March, sold over a million in the end. LOVE LETTER was released in 2008 December, sold 179K in the end). I always think the time she lost the Ninhon record awards was the moment her fate went south. I still don't know how it would turn out if she was the one winning the award instead of kuu (Planetarium was huge that year. But kuu got a big push by avex after releasing her first best).

Oh well, enough Ai chan. Back to hikki. I think she can go to 500K in the end. She will at least get 50K this week. Hope there will be another Sunday boost again.

[Miduhyo]

Originally Posted by bluegie

Ai chan was actually less popular before she went on hiatus. Her peak was LOVE COOK, then she started going downhill after that. LOVE PiECE still had decent sales, but everything after that was meh (e.g., HEART STATION was released in 2008 March, sold over a million in the end. LOVE LETTER was released in 2008 December, sold 179K in the end). I always think the time she lost the Ninhon record awards was the moment her fate went south. I still don't know how it would turn out if she was the one winning the award instead of kuu (Planetarium was huge that year. But kuu got a big push by avex after releasing her first best).

Oh well, enough Ai chan. Back to hikki. I think she can go to 500K in the end. She will at least get 50K this week. Hope there will be another Sunday boost again.

Ai chan has become so unpopular to me that it actually took me a looooong time to remember who you guys were even talking about until I saw Planetarium (which I did a personal cover for because I loved it that much!) Is she still around nowadays???? (I don't mean that in a bad way, I really am curious.) It's sad that I don't know this because around the time of Planetarium, she was one of my favorite artists but then she kinda just poofed. Disappeared. I had no idea it was an hiatus. I thought maybe she just got bored with the music scene--which happens. (by the way, you seem to be very knowledgeable in your J-pop. I find most your posts very interesting to read.)

But you're right. This isn't her thread, we shouldn't dot on her too much here. Especially considering Hikki's been gone eight years, we need to keep this thread strictly about her to make up for all that lost time!!!

I think there'll be another Sunday boost. Maybe not as big as last time, but better than this weeks for sure. I'm guessing 12,000-18,000. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe 20,000+ Somewhere in that range. I'd love for it to be more, but that's the safest bet I'd put.