[Charts & Rankings] 2008 - artist total sales (Single + Album + DVD):

[alternarist]

but i thought according to the list, ayu is 2nd?

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by 4ever*ayu

@rio: well, the title is Rule, so it'd be unRule if it's not rules for big hit next year, u knw what i mean lol

BTW, has ayu 's sales surpass 50 mil mark with this 1.8mil addition..?

LOLZ

umm she needs 700K to set 50 million

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by alternarist

but i thought according to the list, ayu is 2nd?

She is. ^^

[waterballoon]

Great job on Ayu's side! And great jobs to the other singers too...!

[terra]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

lol at Exile's total. Good for everyone else on the list except Kobukuro. I don't dislike them, but I find them to be very overrated.

I agree, Kobukuro seems overrated by Japanese...I find their music not a good one for my ears

And for Ayu, yay! even with small number of release she's winning folks!

Congrats to Ayu!!!!

[hiroshi_ben]

Im a bit sad that koda kumi is at no2 while ayu is at no4...maybe its the lack of releases from ayu!

[roanmy]

Originally Posted by Quote:
Originally Posted by alternarist
but i thought according to the list, ayu is 2nd?
She is. ^^ayumisrael;1737320

She is. ^^

In terms of earnings, not sales.

[KarenPang]

awesome , congrats to her even though she had a rough year in the beginning but she managed to weather it eventually

[stef_gal]

Yeah..
Congrats to Ayu and also Namie...

[keikeiaznqueen]

Originally Posted by hiroshi_ben

Im a bit sad that koda kumi is at no2 while ayu is at no4...maybe its the lack of releases from ayu!

Actually, that's just the list for karaoke requests. Ayu is 2nd overall.

[kiseki89]

2008 = EXILE
Congratz to Ayu

[prussian blue]

this was exp[eced actually. but still congrat to her

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by roanmy

In terms of earnings, not sales.

In terms of CDs and DVDs sold so yes she is the 2nd when it comes to SALES.

On a side note: Why are there so many people who can't read properly?!

[acougan]

wow at Exile's 5.195 million units with revenue at 195.8 (million/billion Yen!?)

Avex did very well this year. congrats to all on the list.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Watch Avex come up with A Ultimate or something.

Omg I hope they don't call it that, "A" Ultimate would make me cringe! "An Ultimate" is proper English ... Not that I'm stickler for English grammar, but just THAT particular piece of grammar lol!

[jbrat2219]

Looks like Ayu sold well after all... These figures don't include how much money she generated on tour does it? If not, I can see why she hasn't beat EXILE, they're a beast this year.... I heard they weren't all that famous before certain collaborations with other famous artists such as Kumi?

[v3lun420]

EXILE was famous that I can say. But just like Namie, they also have their ups and downs.
Yay.... congrats to AYu, I am very glad that she is no. 2 (This is off topic, but whenever I heard no. 2, it reminds me of BONO in SOuthpark)

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by acougan

wow at Exile's 5.195 million units with revenue at 195.8 (million/billion Yen!?)

Yep, 19.58 billion yen in revenue.

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

But still ayu gave them more profit than namie.

This chart is about revenue, not profit; they are entirely two different things.

[apple-pi]

EXILE's sales are scary. They'll haunt me in my nightmares, I'm sure o__o
Anyway, congratz to Ayu for her 2nd place! I didn't think she'd make it this high!

And also. CONGRATZ~ to GReeeeN for its position in the karaoke list! Yay yay yay GReeeeN! Hoopefully they'll get even more popularity from now on, too!

[MissElin_]

Sweet! Congrats to Ayu! ^^