[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~Feel the love / Merry-go-round Single~

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by RealLight

You guys talking about sales, girl/boybands, etc, I went to generasia to see new realeases and then I saw AKB's new single title:

"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de 'Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru' to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nan-nichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"

WTF is that?

can anybody translate what's the meaning of that title song? O_O
that looks like part of the lyric lol.

no info about the 2nd day sales yet?

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

can anybody translate what's the meaning of that title song? O_O
that looks like part of the lyric lol.

no info about the 2nd day sales yet?

"Sort of a little bit embarrassing conclusion I came up to after thinking for days about how our relationship would change if while walking along a road of platanus trees I said to you, 'I dream of your smile'"

LMAO

[brener]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

can anybody translate what's the meaning of that title song? O_O
that looks like part of the lyric lol.

no info about the 2nd day sales yet?

"Little embarrassing conclusion kind of thing I came up with after several days of consideration how our relationship would change if I tell you ‘I see your smile in my dream’ on the road of Platanus" (translation of generasia's page).

The numbers for the 2nd Day may be out in 30~60 mins. But I'm going to sleep now. But don't worry because @ayumisreal will probably post it here asap ^^

[marzie]

i guess the sales are ok considering that for the past few years her idea of promo has been to just walk thru the airport hand in hand with some fuggo

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

"Sort of a little bit embarrassing conclusion I came up to after thinking for days about how our relationship would change if while walking along a road of platanus trees I said to you, 'I dream of your smile'"

LMAO

EPIC. LOL.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

Utada has perfected the craft of the waiting game. ayumi has not.

Yes and that's probably why the last Hikki single that reached #1 on the Oricon weekly charts is FLavor of Life in 2007...

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Yes and that's probably why the last Hikki single that reached #1 on the Oricon weekly charts is FLavor of Life in 2007...

Two words: Sakura Nagashi.

[ayumisrael]

2nd Day
Position: #3
Sales: 6,280
Total Sales: 24,202

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Two words: Sakura Nagashi.

But physically it was #3 weekly and sold 31,000. Popular is what , AKB48, arashi, EXILE or namie would sell, not hikki.

[hayasaki]

Yay!! 30k for first week isn't hard! I'm really happy for the figures!

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

2nd Day
Position: #3
Sales: 6,280
Total Sales: 24,202



But physically it was #3 weekly and sold 31,000. Popular is what , AKB48, arashi, EXILE or namie would sell, not hikki.

Sakura Nagashi is also a DVD single...and it was #3 on the Oricon Charts.

[Trinu]

Where's this "she's been gone for 3 years" thing coming from?

Since Love Songs she's released 2 other albums and 3 minis, which were actually singles, but meh...

I really don't know why she even bothered releasing a single, tbh. She's not performing it anywhere and she's doing INSPIRE in Kouhaku... random much? It's like she doesn't even like the single.

She's getting better sales than what she'd get if she wasn't Ayu, so... that's something.

[ayumisrael]

Yeah she wasn't really gone from anywhere anyway.
At least ayu is being consistent.

She probably wishes to release singles because they themselves promote the album eventually, they also have tie-ins unlike most album only tracks. Even though, yeah you don't have to have singles for this but it should help to some exent and they are a part of the Japanese music culture anyway, Japan is the country where singles sell the best.

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Sakura Nagashi is also a DVD single...and it was #3 on the Oricon Charts.

I know, the point was that it didn't do as well as popular DVDs or singles.

Besides again, Feel the love/Merry-go-round is not a comeback single because ayu was never gone.

I doubt that most people in japan who are not hardcore fans know that it's her first single since a few years ago.

[AyuWorld]

im happy for the figures so far, good for Ayu

maybe can hope 50k ~~

[Bigtop]

Well, Fairies was #2 yesterday, and Ayu's #3...

Today Ayu's #3, and of course it's still HSJ #1... But I found out that Yuzu's #2...what?

Didn't we mention earlier in this forum that Yuzu has the potential threat for denying Ayu's #2 run to HSJ?

What happens if Ayu goes outside of the top three?

[ayumisrael]

That's what most likely will happen so ready yourself.

[LONJJONG]

Nothing will happen.
Life goes on.

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by LONJJONG

Nothing will happen.
Life goes on.

exactly

[Didz-19]

Whatever. Im happy with Ayu's single now..not a problem if she lose the streak. Life goes on I guess.

[ayumisrael]

Yes yes.

[maikaru]

You guys 30K is a lot in Japan. Most singles don't sell this much anymore.
Yeah, the popular guys still get it, but the other ones? Not so much...

I was seriously expecting less than 10,000 for the first week.

Honestly, this is the come back single, because no one knew she released anything since her last single. Albums aren't really popular, they want the singles.