[12/12] 'Secret' 2nd Week Sales - Page 3

..:Hot:Like:Wow:.. · #41 12th December 2006, 11:36 PM

Damn it!!! now I have to win the lotto and buy 1 million copies myself.

perfectdeath · #42 13th December 2006, 12:07 AM

wow, that's quite a drop, but i guess it's to be expected. this album seemed liked it had been rushed, even though the music is still great and all, i guess thats the image that people have of this album.

Kikaru · #43 13th December 2006, 12:47 AM

Disappointing, but not the end of the world. Maybe her sales will be constant and stable.

Worrying will get ya wrinkles.

truehappiness · #44 13th December 2006, 12:50 AM

I really could care less about sales at this point. As long as I like her music, why should I care if people buy/don't buy it? :\

I mean, imagine how it is for the people whose favorite artists sell maybe like 10k a single and maybe 100-200k total for their albums.. :\

oro77 · #45 13th December 2006, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

I really could care less about sales at this point. As long as I like her music, why should I care if people buy/don't buy it? :\

I mean, imagine how it is for the people whose favorite artists sell maybe like 10k a single and maybe 100-200k total for their albums.. :\

Yes but what Ayu could think about it ?
I think she has done a considerably effort for this album, it has not been rewarded.

I wonder if she gonna work even harder or change directions, I just want Ayu to stay Ayu. (like she said in the interview)

SunshineSlayer · #46 13th December 2006, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by voltron

I think her rock-ish music was never as popular in Japan, and since this album has a lot of "harder" sounding songs, I think that probably has a lot to do with it.

I tend to disagree with that. My Story had a lot of "harder" songs and it sold great, also many of her most popular songs are her rock songs. I would say the sub par singles this year is what caused the sales for this album to not be as good as it should be getting.

kaue_ · #47 13th December 2006, 01:18 AM

Honestly the only thing that makes me worry is how this is going to affect future releases! I don't want her to change directions and start making things just to please the audience!

I also wonder how avex sees it all, and how it affects their image of Ayu.

Ayumiko · #48 13th December 2006, 01:21 AM

oh well its ok

I rather her stay with the music she enjoys doing and sell less. I really like this album...all the album tracks, cover, new pvs, etc. are excellent and big improvement to the ones she did earlier this year. Im glad she made a effort to change for the better. Even though the sales arent good compared to even m(u) but as you can clearly see, ayu tried to make the quality of her album tracks and pvs better than the single tracks which she released earlier this year. Atleast she didnt keep doing similar songs like those with the crappy pvs. o_O..that would really suck for me...but Im very happy she put a stop to that and we got such great album tracks from ayu, the 3 new pvs, the cover and booklet.

It made me remember the old ayu. I hope she will keep it up and hopefully 2007 releases would be as great as these.

It would be nice if she perform other songs besides JEWEL. I want momentum!!

Axel_Grease · #49 13th December 2006, 01:32 AM

I'm not shocked. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

kaue_ · #50 13th December 2006, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Ayumiko

I rather her stay with the music she enjoys doing and sell less.

Exactly.

Maybe she should take a break. People take Ayu for granted, let them miss her a little bit.

paperbag · #51 13th December 2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kaue_

Exactly.

Maybe she should take a break. People take Ayu for granted, let them miss her a little bit.

Try telling her that! She's a self described "workaholic"

bluegie · #52 13th December 2006, 01:50 AM

I'm a little shocked as well as I see the sales figure, but almost every single artist will encounter this kind of situation eventually, so I'm not really disappointed.

AyuGAME · #53 13th December 2006, 02:02 AM

just wait and see...i still believe in Ayu..
i think SECRET really a good album...and i believe it can pass M(U) sales

somethinglost · #54 13th December 2006, 02:39 AM

I'm not too upset, I wanted higher sales for this album, but I'm just happy that she is still selling. I think 'Secret' will be a slow, but steady seller from here on out and I definitely see it selling atleast 720,000.

Mad_Cactuar · #55 13th December 2006, 02:43 AM

That's terribly dissapointing, since LOVE COOK and First Message achieved more.

The drop was really huge.

I was hoping at least 140 000, oh well. I hope sales stay stable soon. Maybe then 70k, 50k, 40k, 30k, 20k, 20k, 10k, 6k, 3k, 2k, 2k, etc. Then it has a chance at 700k.

kaue_ · #56 13th December 2006, 02:46 AM

I hope it'll be a steady seller from now on, but a 72% drop in one week makes things scary. What if it drops another 72% this week? it'll sell like... 40k copies?

lovemimi40 · #57 13th December 2006, 02:51 AM

I think what happened is that Ayu lost her fans' trust and love by releasing songs like Born To Be and Beautiful Fighter...I mean come on...those were weird (no offense to those who like the songs)..I actually never finished the whole song...I would just skip it half-way, forcing myself to believe I might like them..

But truly, Secret is soooooooo much better than M(u)...and I don't think it's due to the rock sound of Secret...Duty was her best selling album and it was rocker than Secret...me think that Japan in general has weird taste...

Mad_Cactuar · #58 13th December 2006, 02:53 AM

^ I blame society. And Promotion.

Would it be too late for Ayu to sign to another record company? One that doesn't have a super mega-hit star on them. Like Toshiba-EMI.

zeroshin888 · #59 13th December 2006, 03:23 AM

Okay Ayu?? Listen, perform something else from your album that hasn't been heard yet!! For example, momentum, Secret, 1 LOVE. I don't care, just ANYTHING!!!

It's quite a drop... Oh my. I hope this album reaches a million! IT HAS TO!! I HAVE FAITH in YOU AYU!!!

If she performs some songs from her new album at CDL, it might help...!

Jayee19 · #60 13th December 2006, 03:25 AM

^^Well Toshiba-Emi has Utada Hikaru. Ultra Blue might outsell both of Ayu's new albums at this rate.

But I think the main "issue" here is that she has released 2 albums within the same year. Plus, Secret kind of came out of nowhere. First it was a mini-album. Then a full-length album. And the singles released for it weren't all that promising. This was a rather rushed project, so the sales reflect that a little (even though the sales a quite good). I don't think she's declining in popularity. Her Japanese fans just need a bit of a break.

But I have a feeling that if she had released Kiss o' Kill as a single, those sales might've been a tad different. I would've bought the album just for that song alone, it's too awesome ^_^.