[Charts+sales] A BEST 2

[Amuro_Ray]

I am sad too...
why it drops so fast?
maybe.......it will lower than Hikki's one tomorrow

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by Ayumi-love

The sales are bad, i'm sad... T_T

why you think the sales are bad?? It's just an estimate from oricon anywayz.. so dun be sad .

Originally Posted by jasjasss

even if she sells 450k for each album
thats mean if combined to 1 disc she sold 900k !
that is so good lah
u guys are just too pathetic ! "oh no ayu is not selling, it sthe end of the world"

hmmn.. I dun really know if the concept is working out like that. I mean.. if A BSET 2 is combined into one package, I dun think the result would the same. Truly, it would have so much higher compared to either WHITE or BLACK alone, but it would not be like selling 900K weekly if it was 1 album. We have to make an assumption that at least half portion of people bought both BLACK & WHITE.. it's not like every single A BEST 2 album is bought by different people..

Anyway, my English is getting bad now and I think I will probly mess up my mind and my message if I continue to write... LOL...

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by BabyUtada

^IMO, I think it was of her transition from her pop stage to her now Urban stage that her sell depleted. Unlike me, many probably felt that Namie's pop stuff was and is way better that her Urban stuff.

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Yep, like someone pointed out long ago, pop-namie and "now" namie are two different artists. Probably not the same audience at all.

[atomicguy]

sales are very similar because almost everyone buys both black and white together...theres no point of doing "400+400.." it would sell something like 400 not 800 if it was only one cd anyway....but for the record this marketing strategy (sp) will bring much more money to AVEX

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by bluegie

hmmn.. I dun really know if the concept is working out like that. I mean.. if A BSET 2 is combined into one package, I dun think the result would the same. Truly, it would have so much higher compared to either WHITE or BLACK alone, but it would not be like selling 900K weekly if it was 1 album. We have to make an assumption that at least half portion of people bought both BLACK & WHITE.. it's not like every single A BEST 2 album is bought by different people..

Exactly. Plus, some people might buy the complete 4 versions of the albums, but if there was only 1 album, they would probably only buy 2/3 versions.

[Ayumi-love]

Originally Posted by bluegie

why you think the sales are bad?? It's just an estimate from oricon anywayz.. so dun be sad .

To be honest, just 228 000 for one best album in 4 days !!! for me it's bad !!
In 1 week, she'll roughly have 300 000 !!!
It's less than Secret !
one should not forget that are 2 Cd with different songs, therefore 2 Cd to differentiate, and not to calculate the sales together!!

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Ayumi-love

To be honest, just 228 000 for one best album in 4 days !!! for me it's bad !!
In 1 week, she'll roughly have 300 000 !!!
It's less than Secret !
one should not forget that are 2 Cd with different songs, therefore 2 Cd to differentiate, and not to calculate the sales together!!

820 stores and online sales haven't been counted yet. They'll be counted at the end of the week for the final weekly total on Monday. 225k is like the mininum amount it will sell.

[Ayumi-love]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

820 stores and online sales haven't been counted yet. They'll be counted at the end of the week for the final weekly total on Monday. 225k is like the mininum amount it will sell.

I did not know, that reassures me, thanks

[Amuro_Ray]

I guess...they are around 5xx,xxx copies for each of Black & White in the first week.

[DerrickRocks]

If this flops we surely know Ayu's staying power is gone which would be really horrible!

[freedreamer]

seriosuly, i dun even wanna imagine what the rest of the top 20s' sales are...
Ayu is considered good based on this...

1-People saving up for other releases
2-People waiting till nnext week/two weeks later then buy all at once
3-People just dun buy

I hope indicator sales are twice as low as actual...coz thats great!

[imgluedtoabus]

...obviously it's at number one and two so it's doing better than anything else currently out there.
People don't need to buy CDs anymore. All people have to do is borrow it from their friend, burn it or download it illegally online.

[criminal]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

To remind everyone that there was a time where Ayu was loved by nearly everyone in Japan?

I know you're not doing it on purpose, but that sounds like she has hit rock bottom and is trying to get up again.

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by criminal

I know you're not doing it on purpose, but that sounds like she has hit rock bottom and is trying to get up again.

I guess... I think I should've added something like "Ayu's not finished yet..." into that statement.

[nodoka]

consistanttttt please

[zeroshin888]

Is it really selling THAT bad..? I don't quite understand why. Some of you seem to be making a big deal out of how "low" or "bad" the sales are.

[bluegie]

well some people got confused by oricon's new system... This misinterpret indicator numbers as "actual sales". That's why they think the sales are "low" or "bad"..

[*Petit*]

^
Yeah, this is like the worst oricon idea ever, causing soo much confusion!

[Kilyk]

We just need to wait for the weekly sales like we should be and not fretting over stuff, it's stupid.

[slowmoth]

She would reach #2 and #3 in World Charts right now (or #1 with both)