*Laughs at the last paragraph*

He (or she) makes a good point. I never looked at it that way before...but it seems that AVEX doesn't get strong downloads. Care to prove me wrong?

Remember that she also had Talkin'2myself on the internet for people to download, so, the sales would be low because of that too.

so...I don't get it...ayumi released on a wednesday, so they'll count from wednesday to sunday? So that's her "week"? then?

:thud

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If ayumi ends up with a #2 single, the world of ayu will be in chaos...

sales of 90k sounds fair.

Shops release new CDs on Tuesday but the "official" release date is a Wednesday.

Most new releases will chart for a total of 6 days on Oricon (Tuesday - Sunday)

Meh the sales aren't that bad. I am quite surprised the single did this well. Knowing that right now Japan just want those poppy songs, I'm surprised she still sold 50k in 3 days. Go Ayu =)!

Time goes by so fast. D:

But wow. The sales... lol.

I guess as Maxker pointed out mu-mo is becoming more convenient. I suppose this is where packaging comes into the picture. And with all honesty t2m had low standard packaging. The highlight was the music.

They count only sales of a certain number of stores (physical copies), and online orders sales in Japan xD. They don't count legal downloads ^_^.

4th Day
Position: #1
Sales: 2,811 (x1.75)
Total Estimated Sales: 57,612

In any way ayu will be #1 weekly and will break the record of the japanese female (or general) artist with most consecutive #1 singles in the history of Japan I think...

and kuu is boosting up the second place..

hw long shld ayu stay in order to get weekly #1?
7 day or tomorrow?

She already stayed enough to get it.
Btw sales might go up tomorrow because yesterday ayu was in Music Fighter and Music Japan.

^ yeah maybe it will.

oh my..the sale figure is really low...such a waste that this awesome single is unable to pass the 100k lining.

i think it can pass 100k, just keep faith on her...
hopefully her tv performance will help her sales...
weekend is good for sales too...

Oh man she's still #1!!! awesomeness. Tense! Any other releases this week?

why in the weekend the sales very small also??
i hope this single can reach 100K in 1st week....

got my prediction right, well, yes & no
my percentage was right, but I calculated the number wrong ;p (2812 predicted, 2811 real)
edited my earlier post, now it's correct (you can calculate it to see that this one is correct)
so, the next number should be around 3205.
I still find it striking that is has exactly the same pattern as glitter/fated. -33%, -50%, -45%, and now hopefully +14% and +15% over the weekend.
-end of prediction crap-

hohoh..
good prediction hatix...

i hope until next week the sales will same with your prediction

Well that is soo sad, huge drop
I hope Ayu will make the record

the 1st didn't do well...
i hope next week will be better..

Uhm I thought Oricon was going to count downloads. oh well.

what is x1.75? please explain it -.-

eh. I hope it can sell over 10k by its second week =\