Congrats to Ayu!!! She could definitely have reached Yuming's record if everything went well last year. but i guess this makes A CLASSICAL's #1 all the more special.

What i saw on Facebook was that:

for ORICON:
1. This is the SECOND Classical album to reach the #1 position
2. The FIRST Classical album to reach #1 position on the week it was released

Looking at the thread again, it says BOOKOFF and 125yen. Maybe they made a mistake since another person said they only found one LOVE CD only for 1250yen, so it's likely that whoever marked it made a mistake or it was misread, haha.

wow A CLASSICAL is doing so gooooddd!!!!
where most of the international fans got disappointed over this release, but clearly japanese fans love it..

really unexpected to see A Classical with a horrible tracklist and cover hit #1. Congratz Ayu

What was the first classical album to hit #1 on Oricon if A Classical was the second? :O

It was a compilation album of classical music used in various TV programs and movies called 'image'.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_(...83%90%E3%83%A0)
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3.../dp/B000051TAX

It sold 1.45 million overall and is still selling today. Ayu's accomplishment however is that she's the first artist to have an individual classical album become #1... or something like that.

#1!Yay!

1st Week
Position: #1
Official Total Sales: 25,049

2nd Week

1st Day
Position: #12

congrats ayumi!

I wonder what the smallest first week sales are... lol, this as got to be pretty close!

Nobody expected this, huh? Haha
Congratulations for another record and hopefully LOVE again can get #1 too

Congrats!! I'm so happy with the No.1. The sales are pretty decent for a classical album

Am I the only person who thinks it's weird that in a country of 130,000,000 people, a cd can be number 1 even if only 25,049 people buy it?

Most people aren't music purchasers and if they do they probably use illegal means or legal digital means.

^^lol it's just as surprising with the whole world i think xD

Yeah, I know. It just means that nobody really buys CDs anymore. I just feel it renders the whole chart pretty meaningless.

Anyway, good for Ayu to reach #1 again while the chart still exists :P

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music. :P

i've always wondered that, 7 million copies only?? I've always heard that japan has a bigger population than that. :innocent

rly good sales for a remix album!!

^ Japan's population is about 127 million, decreasing every year
By 2100 it will be about 50 million.

Anyway. Such a small number but I'm still glad ayu did it! A great way to start off the year!

Didn't understand you on this one...