Best-selling artistis in 2005

No, but I'm sure I've seen the sales for most of her releases including MSC SOMEWHERE. I'll try and find it.

By the way, who in the hell is "ORANGE RANGE" and what ha(s/ve) he/she/they/it sold to be that far up?! O_o

[Paper Bear]

Originally Posted by Calico

I congratulate Ku on a job well done. I've liked her for a long time now, and am happy to see her doing so well. Of course, Ayu is still my favorite, but Ku does get kudos for being such a hard worker. (As if 12 singles in a row with PVs isn't hard work!)

Does anybody know how much MY STORY Classical sold?

MY STORY Classical sold around 80,000 copies, I believe. I'm not too sure.

[kyomiayu]

I love koda kumi and i know she is very popular in Japan. But I really surprise she sell more than Ayu.

[elepop]

Originally Posted by Brittany

Whoa, interesting.
It seems like Koda Kumi's popularity is going up from last Nov. until last month.
Mika and Laruku scored low.. but I'm happy they're on the list SOMEWHERE, rather than being not on the list at all
Hurray for AYU! #4 is still great

Well, Koda Kumi did release a best-of album, which usually sells a lot. Also, secret, another album. Plus, she had many, many singles too. (you, flower, Promise, Star, Birthday Eve, Butterfly, Hot Stuff)

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

edit: found this article from sanspo, showing how much the top 5 sold.

01: ORANGE RANGE: 6,050,000 singles/albums/dvds
02: Ketsumeishi: 3,260,000
03: Koda Kumi: 2,229,000
04: Hamasaki Ayumi: 2,360,000
05: Southern All Stars: 2,540,000

link: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...005122003.html

Well that makes no sense at all since Ayu's numbers are higher than Kuu's.

[Annabelle]

^ You forgot "hands" which was just released before secret.

BoA's LOVE & HONESTY didn't even pass 700k And Ai's LOVE PUNCH and LOVE JAM both sold a little more than 650 000 copies.

Anyway, I'm quite happy for Ayu and Kumi. Just a little disappointed by Ai's ranking but still, congrats everyone!

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

Well that makes no sense at all since Ayu's numbers are higher than Kuu's.

the reason y kumi's ranked higher on the chart [the original post 1] is [u already stated it] cos she released 2 albums. as this is a chart ranking how much $$ each artist raked in for their company, 2 albums=more $$. its all math involved here.

koda kumi= 75,370 [or 7,537,020,000]
albums= (1,200,000+500,000)X 3570 [took avg price of cd, cd+dvd]
singles= 366,000X 1470 [took avg price of cd, cd+dvd]
dvd= 155,000X 6000

ayu= 65,332 [or 6,533,200,000]
albums= (1,177,000+90,000)X 3570 [took avg price of cd, cd+dvd]
singles= 1,000,000X 1470 [took avg price of cd, cd+dvd]
dvd= 90,000X 6000

these rough calculations i made r pretty darn close to the actual nubers, n shows y kumi is ranked higher than ayu.

Originally Posted by GiSeLa

****In koda i hateeeeeeee her

ur a newb, n u put such rude comments??

Originally Posted by Winterkill

By the way, who in the hell is "ORANGE RANGE" and what ha(s/ve) he/she/they/it sold to be that far up?! O_o

ORANGE RANGE is a male band [not popband, a rock-pop band]. they started to become really popular since last yr but after 1 of their popular members decided to leave, their popularity is slowly declining but they r still popular.

Originally Posted by andre2907

Oh, true, I wasn't clear :S. What I meant was the first week sales of Planetarium were higher [I think it sold 100k].

1st wk sales:
PLANETARIUM: ~92,000
you: ~72,000

yea, it sold more, but mayb "you" will stay on the charts longer like PLANETARIUM

[JinHamasaki]

This list isn't the most accurate, since it does not include live tours, which the MY STORY tour did extremely well. But I think because Koda Kumi had two albums, it put her higher on the list since the company made more money from that. It's still very good to see Ayu in the top 5, though, especially since she had a quieter release year.

Oh, and they are going to have to probably pay the artist more if they write their own lyrics, compose, etc. which is why Ayu and some of the other major aritsts are further down.

[celebskin22]

im surprised taht namie is not on the list!

[Paper Bear]

Originally Posted by celebskin22

im surprised taht namie is not on the list!

I would have been surprised if she was on the list. She didn't release a lot this year, and she doesn't sell as much as she used to.

[Indie]

what is Destiny's Child doing there? O.o

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by JinHamasaki

This list isn't the most accurate, since it does not include live tours, which the MY STORY tour did extremely well. But I think because Koda Kumi had two albums, it put her higher on the list since the company made more money from that. It's still very good to see Ayu in the top 5, though, especially since she had a quieter release year.

Oh, and they are going to have to probably pay the artist more if they write their own lyrics, compose, etc. which is why Ayu and some of the other major aritsts are further down.

MY STORY i think did ok, i dunno how DVDs do in japan neway. it sold ~80,000. that was behind both otsuka ai's n koda kumi's live tour dvds which sold 150,000+

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

^actually, MY STORY+MY STORY Classical r included since oricon's 2005= our calendar's december 2004-november 2005

edit: found this article from sanspo, showing how much the top 5 sold.

01: ORANGE RANGE: 6,050,000 singles/albums/dvds
02: Ketsumeishi: 3,260,000
03: Koda Kumi: 2,229,000
04: Hamasaki Ayumi: 2,360,000
05: Southern All Stars: 2,540,000

link: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...005122003.html

This is weird....How come from this, Koda sales are lesser....

[LacusClyne]

at least ayu still in the top 5.

[Indie]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

This is weird....How come from this, Koda sales are lesser....

that's because she SOLD less, but she gave Avex more income.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by andre2907

I tought it was weird too. Ayu sold over 900k singles and 1,1 million albums, so, at least, 2 million copies (singles+albums) and I don't know if they count DVD sales. Koda sold 1,4 million from her best album but her SECRET album was also released this year and her singles sold well, so I guess she would have sold over 2 million, too.

Ahhh I completely forgot about SECRET. That would explain it then.

[andre2907]

Originally Posted by kyomiayu

I love koda kumi and i know she is very popular in Japan. But I really surprise she sell more than Ayu.

She doesn't. Ayu sold more than her in 2005, but Koda Kumi made more money, probably because Koda Kumi released two CDs [more expensive than singles] while Ayu just released MY STORY.

Originally Posted by asongforXX

Plus, she had many, many singles too. (you, flower, Promise, Star, Birthday Eve, Butterfly, Hot Stuff)

Birthday Eve and You doesn't count because they were released after november/2005 and that's when the Oricon year finish.[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Annabelle

BoA's LOVE & HONESTY didn't even pass 700k And Ai's LOVE PUNCH and LOVE JAM both sold a little more than 650 000 copies.

Love & Honesty sold over 800k, Love Punch sold over 600k and Love Jam sold over 400k.

Originally Posted by JinHamasaki

This list isn't the most accurate, since it does not include live tours, which the MY STORY tour did extremely well. But I think because Koda Kumi had two albums, it put her higher on the list since the company made more money from that. It's still very good to see Ayu in the top 5, though, especially since she had a quieter release year.

It's very accurate because it's not about how much money the artist made, but how much money they did for SALES, so, tours doesn't count. If the tour counted, than Ayu would be after lots of artists who sold less than her [SMAP, Mr. Children] but she would be before Koda Kumi, obviously. Ayu sold out all her concerts in big venues while Koda Kumi didn't make any proper tour, only for small concert venues.

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

yea, it sold more, but mayb "you" will stay on the charts longer like PLANETARIUM

Maybe, but I don't think so looking at Oricon Daily. With singles released every week, fans we'll have more to chose from and I think YOU won't sell as much as it would.

Originally Posted by Darkifrit

secret-FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE- : + 155,000 (#4)
arena tour 2005 A ~MY STORY~: 79,066 (#16)

WTF? Why secret-FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE- sold that much? And why did it sold MUCH MORE than Arena Tour 2005?o.O

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by andre2907

WTF? Why secret-FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE- sold that much? And why did it sold MUCH MORE than Arena Tour 2005?o.O

I'm assuming it is Koda's 1st major concert DVD. Ayu has had several, so I'm sure casual fans of Ayu's are not going to buy her tour every year - they are going to go for someone that they don't have a tour DVD from yet.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by Indie

that's because she SOLD less, but she gave Avex more income.

o_O really?

[norain]

I'm surprised ayumi's popularity is going down...KK seems like the new JPop queen soon. Now I only wish what would've happened if she just stopped when she was 40% of the market share. Avex owes everything to her sadly...anyway, I'm glad to see KK could be the new jpop queen. Name - Ayumi - Koda...makes sense...Person - Person - SEXUAL PERSON... haha

[Indie]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

o_O really?

I don't know if that was sarcastic, but I'm gonna care to asnwer anyway :p

yes.

several people have already said that it's because she (kumi) sold more albums/DVDs and those cost a lot more than singles, which is where ayu made most part of the total number of sales.