[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread of ~You were.../BALLAD~ II

[waterballoon]

well at least the sales increased a little, XD I think we're near 115k!

[AyuGAME]

i think 120k is possible target...
the sales is so steady around 300k for this past 2 weeks...i hope it will reach 120k

[rakeru]

hmm... I can't see it reaching as high as 120k. Sales are too low too soon.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by rakeru

hmm... I can't see it reaching as high as 120k. Sales are too low too soon.

It's still selling 1,000+ a week... it will have to drop to selling about 200 copies in a week (meaning we probably won't get daily figures) to completely drop out of the chart. That said, I don't think 120k will happen.

[Cherry Dynamite]

I wish Ayu will release a single that can atleast sell 500 000 like before...

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by BanaCherry

I wish Ayu will release a single that can atleast sell 500 000 like before...

It would take a bit of a miracle to do that, especially when a lot of super popular groups can't even do that now.

I guess it's more a sign of the times than anything. [almost 7 years ago now it was since her last 400-500k+ single.] If she was even able to sell 200-300k, she'd easily be in the yearly top 20 or something.

(119k lol)

Yeah, 119,889 or something. I'm a little bitter about Secret's 666k. Why so demonic?!

[spanishfan]

It sure beat 115k mark next week and it will end about 120k more or less, maybe we'll hope for 125k in 4 or 5 weeks

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yeah, 119,889 or something. I'm a little bitter about Secret's 666k. Why so demonic?!

Maybe that's her Secret
lol

[ayuinh.k?]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yeah, 119,889 or something. I'm a little bitter about Secret's 666k. Why so demonic?!

i don't want to be a party pooper..but Secret sold 675,400 copies in total

100th post!!

[KarenPang]

for this week's update

67, 1,179, 114,725, You were.../BALLAD, , , 浜崎あゆみ

[keikeiaznqueen]

Wouldn't it be really frustrating if this single reaches 119k and then stops charting? (Like NL with 379k)

If it keeps up the steady sales then I think You were.../BALLAD has a shot at 120k, really. (119k lol)

[ayumisrael]

6th Day
Position: #33
Sales: 361
Total Sales: 113,500

7th Day
Position: #46
Sales:
Total Sales:

Yesterday and today it was on top 40 and today top 50. XD

[TITANIC]

I agree. I dont think it can reach 120K. it will stop charting very soon.I guess its possible to hang around top 200 for 10 weeks

[njanjayrp]

120k are possible if it continues charting for another 3-5 weeks and not drop under 250 copies per day.

[waterballoon]

Ah 120k would be lovely, wouldn't it?

If only this single could reach Days' status... haha

[njanjayrp]

^ You were... doesn't seem to be as popular as Days was, sadly Not all the songs she makes can become hits, so it's fine. She had 3 pretty solid hits (Days, Rule and Sunrise) in 2009 or at least the digital sales say that . 2010 has barely started ^_^

[waterballoon]

^ though I must say You were... was a pretty solid single! I think 120k would be an ideal sales figure for me.. as long as she breaks 115k I would be satisfied lol

[njanjayrp]

^ yea. Even though I prefer Sunrise (dunno why xD), the single was solid, but hey as long as she is able to be consistent compared to her previous release and not drop it should be ok. Atm I am more worried about how will the album fair Let's hope that NEXT LEVEL was the bottom for Ayu, even though looking at PAST<FUTURE and Namie's level of popularity I don't know what to think >.< I mean even she has no chances of beating Secret's sales (and Ayu wasn't really in her peak during that time...).

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

^ yea. Even though I prefer Sunrise (dunno why xD), the single was solid, but hey as long as she is able to be consistent compared to her previous release and not drop it should be ok. Atm I am more worried about how will the album fair Let's hope that NEXT LEVEL was the bottom for Ayu, even though looking at PAST<FUTURE and Namie's level of popularity I don't know what to think >.< I mean even she has no chances of beating Secret's sales (and Ayu wasn't really in her peak during that time...).

If the new album can sell around NEXT LEVEL, then I'll be satisfied.

[waterballoon]

oh what was PAST < FUTURE's sales so far?

and about her new album... to me, it has a very basic J-Pop feel with Sunrise and You were..., so this "back to basics" might appeal to more Japanese? I surely hope so

[njanjayrp]

PAST<FUTURE is currently around 520k (or at least it was a week ago), sure Namie's releases do have a long chart life but beating 666k is pretty far-fetched atm.

Anyways, yeah unlike NEXT LEVEL the singles for the new album have been pretty "safe" sounding, though one might as well say that about Days xD