ORICON Rankings for BLUE BIRD

[cleftjuston]

i hope this single outsells koi no tsubomi!

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

^ exactly. Unlike Toshiba and Utada with her constant TV performances, ads, blah blah. Not to mention album cuts. And digital releases.

I think Avex albums aren't that good in the first place. It's like trickery, full-on promotion on release. Then everything dwindles. Sales are extremely high on first week. Later sales reek.

It's most likely cos of that #1 streak.

[Mad_Cactuar]

^ yeah, that too. #17 today.

[elepop]

I hope she'll pass 250,000 copies this week, though I really doubt so!

[immel]

I don't think that would be possible, since she needs 31k sold copies to manage that.

[Yukitora]

^31k copies isn't that hard to achieve after it's out of the top 20... after this week it'll prob only be 20k and the single should sell atleast 2-3k every week after that....

[Alessia_Tateno]

I thought she already outselled Koi no Tsubomi, didnt she?

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Alessia_Tateno

I thought she already outselled Koi no Tsubomi, didnt she?

Week by week comparison (ie: Koi's 4th week vs. BLUE BIRD's 4th week) yes; but total sales, no.

I think she'll pass 250k, but not 300k. If she manages to get 10k this week, she's already at ~239k.

[immel]

Originally Posted by Yukitora

^31k copies isn't that hard to achieve after it's out of the top 20... after this week it'll prob only be 20k and the single should sell atleast 2-3k every week after that....

I'm sure she will sell over 250k copies in total, I meant for this week.

[elepop]

She'll probably reach 250,000 copies, or very very close, or a little more. Not 300,000 copies.

[Alessia_Tateno]

ohhh ok ^^ I thought Blue Bird was already the higher seller of the year..but its Koi no Tsubomi right?

[Mad_Cactuar]

Koi no Tsubomi has sold 249 000 copies. BLUE BIRD has zero chance of beating it's steady sales during the 4th, 5th and sixth week, so maybe BLUE BIRD might sell less. Koi no Tsubomi had 15 000, 11 000, and 11 000 for the 4th, 5th and 6th week. That's really hard to beat.

[immel]

What's the current weekly sales of KnT? Is it still on the charts?

[Mad_Cactuar]

^ That I dunno. It's still selling though, that's for sure. Only no longer in the top 30 weeklies. It went out of the top 30 2 or 3 weeks ago..

[ayu_fan929]

The total sales of Koi no Tsubomi is ~255,000. Last week it sold about 5,500.

[immel]

I guess it'll hit 300k eventually with that kind of steady sales.

Not very long left untill we have the sales numbers of BLUE BIRD for this week . (like 17 hours?)

[elepop]

"Koi no Tsubomi"'s sales are very constant. "BLUE BIRD" can't beat that! "4 hot wave" is coming out soon. It's very possible that it sales even more than "Koi no Tsubomi".

[Mad_Cactuar]

4 Hot Wave is DEFINITELY going to rule over the charts. I say another Kuu #1 and with the highest sales of her career. Around 280k-450k first week. If it exceeds that, no surprise too.

[PSYCHEDELICOdust]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

4 Hot Wave is DEFINITELY going to rule over the charts. I say another Kuu #1 and with the highest sales of her career. Around 280k-450k first week. If it exceeds that, no surprise too.

I really expect to see KinKi Kids fangirls out in force to support the KinKi Kids' records. I think people are putting a bit too much faith on her. Don't underestimate the power of a boyband.

~239.5k is still a very nice showing, I do expect her to pass 250k.

[Dustie]

I really expect to see KinKi Kids fangirls out in force to support the KinKi Kids' records.

*imagines a crowd of 'KinKi Kids fangirls'* LMAO!

The sales look fine. Too bad the 500k - 1million single sales times are pretty much over...