[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~sixxxxxx~

[Bigtop]

Yeah, we need A BEST 3. We're LONG OVERDUE for that...eight and a half years without a true BEST Ayu album???

[LONJJONG]

#2 with 30,988 copies sold!

And back to #3 today on Daily Chart with 1,138 copies sold

[attractive nausea]

I don't even think A BEST 3 would sell over 100k because it would be full of songs nobody from the general public has heard and cared about so what would be the point?

I'm happy she managed to sell over 30k for the first week, go Ayu

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea;3157936[B

]I don't even think A BEST 3 would sell over 100k because it would be full of songs nobody from the general public has heard and cared about so what would be the point?
[/B]
I'm happy she managed to sell over 30k for the first week, go Ayu

Ayu sings her old hits so often that A Best 3 might not have any power anymore.

OH well Still hoping for 40k overall. Which is more than i could say about kumi's summer of love/album.

[yamadashun]

Originally Posted by melissalove

Ayu sings her old hits so often that A Best 3 might not have any power anymore.

OH well Still hoping for 40k overall. Which is more than i could say about kumi's summer of love/album.

Agree on this. I am not sure when is the best time for her to release another best album but I am sure it's not 2015 and probably not next year as well.

Thanks for the update. Still happy for a #2!

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by melissalove

Ayu sings her old hits so often that A Best 3 might not have any power anymore.

OH well Still hoping for 40k overall. Which is more than i could say about kumi's summer of love/album.

Songs like Blue Bird, Love song, Virgin Road, crossroad, Rule, Days would all be on A Best 3, so, she still has prenty of hits to milk.

[ayumisrael]

Thanks for the updates! So it's

1st Week
Position: #2
Official Total Sales: 30,988

2nd Week
1st Day: Position: #3, Sales: 1,138 Total Sales: 32,126

Less than 1,000 gap it was so close, oh well.

[brener]

Almost there but amazing anyway

[isthisLOL?]

I'm positively surprised by these sales, actually. I think with the upcoming a-nation performances and the billboard promotion it is getting it has a real chance of tieing A ONE sales or at least getting very close.

I wish we knew how much A ONE sold on a day-to-day basis - especially the first day of the second week. Based on the positions this EP seems to have smaller drops between days. Which is great. A ONE already had a lot more longevity than Colours. That's the best sign of the public buying more records as opposed to hardcore fans, who will almost always buy right when it's out.

[Ryusei]

OT af but with DCT's chart run I really hope Sandaime can keep the yearly #1 I would be bitter AF if they wouldn't (I'm ldh-trash sorry lol) Overall I think sixxxxxx's sales are ok. The songs are great so whatever..

[TriStar]

Comparison with other female solo artists that are doing better in this oricon year:

Namie Amuro - _genic 227,962 debut: 1995
Superfly - White 129,091 debut: 2007
Taylor Swift – 1989 90,555
JUJU - Request II 77,836 (COVER ALBUM) debut: 2004
Nishino Kana - with Love 75,720 (in 2015, total: 257,032) debut: 2008
miwa - ONENESS 70,246 debut: 2010
Ayaka - Rainbow Road 65,216 debut: 2006
May J. - May J. W Best -Original & Covers- 61,988 (BEST-OF ALBUM) debut: 2006
Ohara Sakurako - Happy 52,421 debut: 2013

Ayumi Hamasaki - A One 52,192 debut: 1998

Koda Kumi - Walk of my Life 50,013 debut: 2000

sixxxxxx's first week sales are just 3,5k lower than A One's first week sales. And A One's total sales are just 1k lower than Colours' total sales. Considering sixxxxxx is only a mini album, it is doing well. Beside Namie and Superfly, no other female solo artist managed to sell 100,000 this year. This shows how everything in the market has changed. However, Ayu is not doing great, but not bad either - currently, she is number 10 (with A One) of female solo artists in this oricon year. If you combine the sales from A One and sixxxxxx, she is number 4. There are 3,5 months left until the oricon year ends - let's see, which other female solo artists will release an album.

[visionfactory]

Originally Posted by TriStar

Comparison with other female solo artists that are doing better in this oricon year:

Namie Amuro - _genic 227,962 debut: 1995
Superfly - White 129,091 debut: 2007
Taylor Swift – 1989 90,555
JUJU - Request II 77,836 (COVER ALBUM) debut: 2004
Nishino Kana - with Love 75,720 (in 2015, total: 257,032) debut: 2008
miwa - ONENESS 70,246 debut: 2010
Ayaka - Rainbow Road 65,216 debut: 2006
May J. - May J. W Best -Original & Covers- 61,988 (BEST-OF ALBUM) debut: 2006

Taylor Swift – 1989 90,555
JUJU - Request II 77,836 (COVER ALBUM) debut: 2004
Nishino Kana - with Love 75,720 (in 2015, total: 257,032) debut: 2008

These were released last year I think, those don't count

[TriStar]

JUJU's album was released in December 2014, so in the 2015 oricon year. Swift's and Kana's numbers are just those of 2015 - in total, they even sold more.

[Bigtop]

Okay, for those of you who complain on my overreaction...

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

This is the Webster definition of overreacting. Please calm down before you give yourself a heart attack. I promise you, there was no industry-wide scheme to deny Ayu another weekly #1.

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Dude, I'd assume that DCT's best of would sell at least a bit more than Ayu's mini album with no prior singles. As I said before a #1 is meaningless when the numbers are so low. Back in the days AAA got a #1 with 26 000 copies with their single and it was laughable at best, the same happened with DEF DIVA with a little over 22k if I remember right. Also for your own sake you need to chill. This is not a big deal and surely not an end of the world.

Originally Posted by KarenPang

lol Bigtop having a meltdown if any artiste he 'supports' doesn't get #1 , epic

I support/listen to so many artistes & not everyone of them has any #1's in their catalogue but do they care ? No , they still continue to release music as it's

#1 or #100 , it's no big deal , really

Again, I'm sorry for all those overreactions. Of course we wanted Ayu to get #1...but it was unfortunate that DCT stole the day. But understanding the fact that DCT was a BEST album and Ayu was only a mini-album...it was understandable that DCT can sell more, especially non-fans. I do understand that such best albums are compilation albums of greatest hits, and is ideal for even non-fans to pick up...since it features some of the greatest songs performed throughout the career.

Ayu, however...that wasn't a best album.

After all, there isn't anything that made an unfair advantage to DCT - it seems more people were more interested with DCT than Ayu. After all, there was that speculation about that "wonderland tour that happens every four years" - and it's understandable why DCT had the edge at the end. It's pretty crazy how DCT sold that much at the final day of the week (Sunday) that would lead to the demise of Ayu's #1 run. But then again, more people were interested in DCT, especially when it was a best album, and not Ayu.

I have to relate Ayu's loss to DCT to this: (imagine - Ayu is the white race car who led until before the final turn of the race, DCT is some green race car)



The overreacting that I did here undermines my tendency of why I sometimes overreact pretty much everywhere, including at my house. (I even overreacted when the Seahawks' pass to win the Super Bowl back in February was intercepted by the Patriots in the final 30 seconds of the game! :O) But I have to understand overreacting isn't appropriate in general, and I have to accept these situations that we don't like, such as Ayu losing out #1 to DCT. Then again, these days happen, and we have to move on - we, from Ayu herself, to ourselves here in the AHS community, will have learned lessons from the experience we had throughout the week.

I know it is becoming difficult for Ayu to get #1 this time (compared to the yesteryear), but that's what we have today. This is 2015, NOT 2010 or 2000. Ever since I first joined Ayu fandom back in late 2006/early 2007, I knew that she was on a run of #1 releases. But a year later, when Kobukuro broke Ayu's #1 album streak, we learned the lesson that no streak is safe, and Ayu is now pretty much square one.

It's disappointing though how the string of potentially controversial personal life moves may have turned some of the fans away, but then again, it is normal for soloists to decline sharply in the career, whereas groups such as DCT, Mr.Children, and even SMAP, are more likely to perform well for a long time compared to soloists, after reading some pieces from this thread.


As for this week...I don't think it's likely. And I have a feeling DCT could do it all over again...the albums competition is pretty weak this week.

And, to be honest...I have NOT listened any of the songs from the album yet. Haven't had a chance yet, so I have to question myself why have I not been listening to Ayu recently...

[pimenta]

Sales are not bad at all comparing to A ONE and considering it's a mini-album. Sure it sucks to lose the #1 on the very last day, but hopefully this mini can have some of the longevity A ONE had

Originally Posted by Ryusei

OT af but with DCT's chart run I really hope Sandaime can keep the yearly #1 I would be bitter AF if they wouldn't (I'm ldh-trash sorry lol) Overall I think sixxxxxx's sales are ok. The songs are great so whatever..

I sure hope that doesn't happen... I love seeing 3JSB strong at #1

[Minttulatte]

Aaaws, that was so close. It was a exciting charting battle indeed.

[yamadashun]

Considering sixxxxxx is a mini album versus DCT's best of album, I am satisfied with her being #2 honestly.

[oaristos]

Sixxxxxx did great for an EP, I'm very proud of Ayu for this achievement

[AyuGAME]

but well DCT album already out for a month...Japanese love BEST though...

I'm hoping that Japanese will start to recognize how amazing her current work...it's not the end yet...everything can happened as long as we try... I believe Ayu right now trying her best..give her best...hopefully all will be paid off in the end..

[Ashen Twilight]

Gosh I remember when NEXT LEVEL was released and DCT had a best/original album combo released the week before and people were even wary then. But I think Ayu outsold them by 100k on her debut week. DCT did end up selling 300k more overall though.