[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread of ~You were.../BALLAD~ - Page 9

yamadashun · #**161** 5th January 2010, 07:49 AM

when we are expressing our disappointment on ayu's sales here, ayu herself is feeling stressed up more and more in every single and album release.

avex has spent so much in promoting ayu's music since (trucks, collaboration with shops, etc), yet ayu's earning value (in the eyes of avex) is dropping seriously.

i dunno avex will spend as much money and effort as like this if ayu's sales is decreasing to a point...

njanjayrp · #**162** 5th January 2010, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by yamadashun

when we are expressing our disappointment on ayu's sales here, ayu herself is feeling stressed up more and more in every single and album release.

avex has spent so much in promoting ayu's music since (trucks, collaboration with shops, etc), yet ayu's earning value (in the eyes of avex) is dropping seriously.

i dunno avex will spend as much money and effort as like this if ayu's sales is decreasing to a point...

Imagine how stressed is Koda Kumi then. Ayu's single sales have been the same for years now, so you're not making any sense. If AVEX didn't think it was worth it they'd do to her what they did to Ami and Shimatani, she is still among the best selling AVEX artists lol

ren0210989 · #**163** 5th January 2010, 08:21 AM

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I thought talkin' 2 myself was the best single she had in a while and it's among her lowest selling singles, so after that I pretty much stopped expecting anything

As I said the single is going to outsell the previous one and that itself is something not many female artists in Japan can do right now.

agreed

i don't really care how much she sells, everyone's sales have dropped, it topped at No.1 and stayed a few days, it'll come back to No.1 again later. even if it doesn't not that big a deal.

it's by far outsold S/S, it even outsold R/S on the first day so i'm happy^^
sure, it'd be great if it outsold D/G, but i can live with it as it is.

Tasked · #**164** 5th January 2010, 10:04 AM

As long as her #1-streak never ends, I'm fine. Of course it's a bit sad to see Ayu selling lower and lower (although most artists would kill to sell like this, after all, it does get her #1), we have to remember that she's been at the top for more than a decade. So every #1-hit she gets right now it's purely amazing, no matter what they sell.

miskiq · #**165** 5th January 2010, 10:06 AM

*1　*2,569　福山雅治
*2　*2,317　GACKT
*3　*2,192　浜崎あゆみ

Lanz16 · #**166** 5th January 2010, 11:05 AM

Im not bothered to the sales like others does but overall, im very satisfied for the sales.

njanjayrp · #**167** 5th January 2010, 11:33 AM

Good the drops are pretty small and it's not like others are selling much more >.<

greenteadrinker · #**168** 5th January 2010, 11:51 AM

1st week of the new year, nobody gets stellar sales for singles during this period. It's all pretty expected. Fukuyama Masaharu has this massive Taiga drama coming up on NHK so of course pple are going to buy his stuff. NHK even got ANA to plaster a picture of him on a plane as part of promotion. His face is everywhere.

At the rate You were... is selling, Ayu will reach 100k much faster than S/S did. I'm quite satisfied.

**ayumisrael** · #**169** 5th January 2010, 12:01 PM

2nd Week

1st Day
Position: #3
Sales: 2,192
Total Sales: 91,967

I really wonder if it's the problem is stocking (since there probably wasn't shipping in the holidays).
The daily sales are pretty consistent but they became so low. >_>

SunshineSlayer · #**170** 5th January 2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by miskiq

*1　*2,569　福山雅治
*2　*2,317　GACKT
*3　*2,192　浜崎あゆみ

That's really kind of sad. I love Gackt, but his sales are not good these days so to see Ayu fall even behind that so quickly is disheartening.

Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~ · #**171** 5th January 2010, 12:09 PM

^ but still amazing sales...
even better than S/S...^^

njanjayrp · #**172** 5th January 2010, 12:10 PM

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That's really kind of sad. I love Gackt, but his sales are not good these days so to see Ayu fall even behind that so quickly is disheartening.

The difference is less than 150 copies, you're over-reacting a bit...Journey through the Decade did quite well as it had a solid chart life and his Kamen Rider singles seem to be quite stellar even though they generally don't sell that much.

SunshineSlayer · #**173** 5th January 2010, 12:15 PM

^Typically though, Gackt would not even be close to her after such a short period already. Normally you don't see Ayu's single drop to #3 with the #1 being something that's been out for weeks. imo, that's not really a positive thing. Still sales wise I guess its about average but still kinda low imo for one of her winter singles.

Anyways, ayumisrael do you have Gackt's first week sales estimate? I've been looking but haven't seen it posted somewhere.

njanjayrp · #**174** 5th January 2010, 12:32 PM

^ I'm not saying it's positive, but the same happened with B'z and Sunrise a few months ago, so it's nothing "new". Gackt's numbers should be around 30-35k I guess.

aloopy · #**175** 5th January 2010, 12:37 PM

Who's #1? Fukuyama Masahura or whatever? Isn't his single like a few weeks old already lol?

Tbh, I was expecting alot more.. with all the massive promotion it got and stuff.. but whatever

**ayumisrael** · #**176** 5th January 2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^Typically though, Gackt would not even be close to her after such a short period already. Normally you don't see Ayu's single drop to #3 with the #1 being something that's been out for weeks. imo, that's not really a positive thing. Still sales wise I guess its about average but still kinda low imo for one of her winter singles.

Anyways, ayumisrael do you have Gackt's first week sales estimate? I've been looking but haven't seen it posted somewhere.

21,863.
He's like fukuyama he needs to sell like 80,000 this week to get the #1 overall and fukuyama a bit more so yeah. At least You were.../BALLAD's #1 is safe.

If there is a battle in this double week it's of fukuyama and Gackt over the #2 spot. =P

greenteadrinker · #**177** 5th January 2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by aloopy

Who's #1? Fukuyama Masahura or whatever? Isn't his single like a few weeks old already lol?

Tbh, I was expecting alot more.. with all the massive promotion it got and stuff.. but whatever

Well that's the thing. The promotion wasn't massive. It was more than S/S but not even close to massive by any standards. Unless you live in central Tokyo, you wouldn't see much of Ayu. Some of my friends living in Tokyo didn't even know about it until I told them the release date.

Neko★munication · #**178** 5th January 2010, 01:32 PM

Actually when I saw the sales I thought "Yay! It outsold S/S~LiA~ and R/S, AHSers will be happy! xD"... except more people seem disappointed, haha. I, for one, am satisfied with the sales, and at least she'll probably break 100k with this single, which is really impressive during these times

Maemi · #**179** 5th January 2010, 01:52 PM

Well this single will sell more than 100k so I don't see anything wrong with that^^ Some artists can't reach that number with albums nowadays^^

njanjayrp · #**180** 5th January 2010, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ayumisrael

21,863.
He's like fukuyama he needs to sell like 80,000 this week to get the #1 overall and fukuyama a bit more so yeah. At least You were.../BALLAD's #1 is safe.

If there is a battle in this double week it's of fukuyama and Gackt over the #2 spot. =P

ouch I thought Stay the Ride Alive would do better than Setsugekka but even with a tie-in..only 22k T_T