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Old 5th December 2009, 03:57 PM
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Damn I love the CD+DVD. Wish they had positioned the text better on the CD one tho. I want zoomed out, body shot pics for the booklets!

Reminds me too of Ayu's t2m PV. If the song is gonna be something powerful like that too, I'll be really happy
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omfg Kuu has like the BEST covers this year! TRICK, 3 SPLASH, Alive, and now this!!! all gorgeous and FIERCE covers! Kuu
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those are some fierce covers ;p
kinda '2005-kuu' style but... i prefer cd+dvd.
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OMFG. those covers are STUNNING. i love the blue theme just gorgeousss.
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Man, my first thought when I saw the covers was something like, "ugh--EW, she's being trashy again ..." But really, I've grown to really like the CD+DVD in a few minutes' time, lol. It looks good, despite the dirty-ness. (You guys mention the resemblance to Butterfly and JUICY, and that's what I don't like about it, but yeah...) I would rather her look less like a little ***t-***t, but whatever. It works! And it ensures that we'll be getting a really fierce, upbeat track, which makes me very, very happy!! Oh, but CD version is kinda no. :\ It's just an ugly picture.
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Old 5th December 2009, 06:33 PM
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Man, my first thought when I saw the covers was something like, "ugh--EW, she's being trashy again ..." But really, I've grown to really like the CD+DVD in a few minutes' time, lol. It looks good, despite the dirty-ness. (You guys mention the resemblance to Butterfly and JUICY, and that's what I don't like about it, but yeah...) I would rather her look less like a little ***t-***t, but whatever. It works! And it ensures that we'll be getting a really fierce, upbeat track, which makes me very, very happy!! Oh, but CD version is kinda no. :\ It's just an ugly picture.
Same here, except I've grown to kind of like the CD version because her face is so pretty. It doesn't look good in the CD+DVD to me, and her hand makes it worse.
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does anyone else think she looks A LOT like Ayu in the CD-only cover?
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I actually like the covers...they really remind me of something Ayu would do though lol

someone mentioned t2m, or never ever...
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does anyone else think she looks A LOT like Ayu in the CD-only cover?
Oh yes, I definitely do. At first I thought, "Is that... Ayu?" Hahaha! She's definitely channeling her. Does remind me of NEVER EVER meets Talkin' 2 Myself. I really like them though. She looks hot! To me it feels like she's going back to her old awesome style.
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I don't see how she looks like Ayu here o.O It's nothing like her O.o
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^I don't think she really looks like Ayu, but is more "channeling" a look that Ayu has done a lot...like taskinillusion said.
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Umm the dirt thing is kind of like ayu's NEVER EVER cover but it's so different with kuu. She made it ****ty lol. Her face looks nothing like ayu's..
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great covers as always <3

definitely preordering both versions

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ORICON Yearly Album Chart:

(December 1, 2008 – November 2009)

1. Arashi / All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 1,401,861
2. Mr.Children / SUPERMARKET FANTASY = 1,248,092
3. GReeeeN / 塩、コショウ = 998,579
4. EXILE / EXILE BALLAD BEST = 842,034
5. Ayaka / ayaka`s History 2006-2009 = 764,380
6. DREAMS COME TRUE / DO YOU DREAMS COME TRUE? = 667,037
7. Remioromen / レミオベスト= 487,538
8. superfly / Box Emotions = 473,165
9. Kobukuro / CALLING = 465,088
10. Fukuyama Masaharu / 残響 = 441,292
11. Ikimonogatari / My song Your song = 432,904
12. Michael Jackson / King Of Pop : Japan Edition = 422,102
13. B’z / MAGIC = 398,977
14. Kumi Koda / TRICK = 391,094
15. Hamasaki Ayumi / NEXT LEVEL = 377,872
16. Miriya Kato / Ring = 355,215
17. RADWIMPS / アルトコロニーの定理 = 330,468
18. Perfume / ⊿(トライアングル) = 307,053
19. Tohoshinki / The Secret Code = 295,089
20. Michael Jackson / Michael Jackson THIS IS IT = 266,267


The January 2010 issue of Nikkei Entertainment has published rankings of the best-selling artists and releases of 2009.

BEST SELLING ARTISTS (based on sales in Yen):

1. Arashi
2. GReeeeN
3. Ayaka
4. DREAMS COME TRUE
5. EXILE
6. The Beatles
7. Tohoshinki
8. Kobukuro
9. Koda Kumi
10. Ayumi Hamasaki

-> http://i45.tinypic.com/243hqg9.jpg


HIGHEST SELLING ALBUMS (based on # units sold):

10. Koda Kumi / TRICK

-> http://i50.tinypic.com/20j1ber.jpg


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^ I have a question.. how come the figures for album units sold so low for Kuu & Ayu? They sold more than those numbers didn't they? D:

But congrats to Kuu <3 she's she second best selling female after ayaka, that's awesome
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Those are the kind of covers ayu could poll better (with doing less sexy look of course since it's not a part of her image). *Looking at NEVER EVER*
But those are kuu's best single covers of the year.

^Cool, ayu sold more copies than kuu overall but kuu's releases got more yen since probably TRICK's CD+2DVD version was the one that sold most, and because of the DVD.

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But congrats to Kuu <3 she's she second best selling female after ayaka, that's awesome
kuu is the 3rd, after ayaka and Superfly (Superfly is also a female soloist).
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kuu is the 3rd, after ayaka and Superfly (Superfly is also a female soloist).
BEST SELLING ARTISTS (based on sales in Yen):

1. Arashi
2. GReeeeN
3. Ayaka
4. DREAMS COME TRUE
5. EXILE
6. The Beatles
7. Tohoshinki
8. Kobukuro
9. Koda Kumi
10. Ayumi Hamasaki
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Old 5th December 2009, 09:41 PM
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so what's the difference between what's on ORICON and the actual # of units sold?

Are the ORICON numbers based on what shops and stuff buy?
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Old 5th December 2009, 09:44 PM
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BEST SELLING ARTISTS (based on sales in Yen):

1. Arashi
2. GReeeeN
3. Ayaka
4. DREAMS COME TRUE
5. EXILE
6. The Beatles
7. Tohoshinki
8. Kobukuro
9. Koda Kumi
10. Ayumi Hamasaki
I thought you were talking about albums.

It's awful that the list is lacking solo female artists anyway.
3/10.

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so what's the difference between what's on ORICON and the actual # of units sold?

Are the ORICON numbers based on what shops and stuff buy?
Oricon's are the closest to the real sales from every other source you will see. That's why it's a high reputation and respected site and when a japanese person would be interested in sales (of music, DVDs etc.) he would go straight to oricon.

I have no idea what kind of numbers are the ones on that brought paper (probably some kinds of weeks or whatever) but the sales in oricon are higher and truer for everyone on the list. EXILE BALLAD BEST sold 842,034 (oricon) this year overall for example and not around 300,000 =P like that shown list suggests (this http://i50.tinypic.com/20j1ber.jpg) - totally off and I wonder what did it count or until when.

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^ yea tell me about it.. all the lists are dominated by male groups.

Anyway, I wonder if she is planning to release an album after this single. Shouldn't we have got an announcement already if she was?

I'm beginning to think maybe she'll continue releasing singles till her 10th Anni BEST album?
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