i think they are going to sell this one early just like they did LOVE.

as for YUI. im sad to see her go, I wonder why?

lmao Big Bang, not gonna happen

anyway

1. EXILE
2.YUI
3.YUI
4.Mr.Children
5. Ayu

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/yui...d-of-the-year/

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I already expect again will not be able to get #1 since ayumi's up against EXILE's latest best album & 2 best albums from YUI & it's already known very early in advance the chances of again to get #1 is pretty much zlich

The only competition she has for the #4 spot is mr.children's 2nd week sales, which will probably be around 80-100k maybe even more. again might not even get #4

it would be #3 if it was released as a single....

are you sure ? next week for both singles & albums are super tough if not very competitive

01 552.10 AKB48 - Eien Pressure
02 88.40 EXILE ATSUSHI - MELROSE ~Aisanai Yakusoku~
03 67.10 GLAY - Unmeiron
04 65.30 GLAY - JUSTICE [from] GUILTY
05 45.80 EGOIST - Namae no Nai Kaibutsu
06 35.70 2AM - Dare ni mo Watasenai yo
07 29.20 Suzuki Fuku - Iya Iya YO~!!
08 27.60 √5 - Shinsei Ω Shinwa / Boku Tokidoki, Yusha
09 23.20 Hotei Tomoyasu - Don't Give Up
10 23.00 Nakashima Mika - Hatsukoi

I don't even dare to imagine if again was released as a single to begin with

well, the third position is set to sell less than 'again'

As Ayu'll sing to Heyx3 before the release of again, the sales could be higher than what Ninki foresee.

Im hoping the live helped a bit, too bad it wasnt a song off the new mini!
But I kinda hope that some people waited to buy LOVE for this release and then it bumps up that release as well.

I forget that Mr.Children released their new album a week before Ayu. It's going to be like when ARASHI's Popcorn outsold Ayu. :thud

Oh dear... Not only EXILE and YUI, but be careful or Mr.Children...yeah - maybe there may be a possibility out of the top five...? (And keep in mind of release date disadvantage~!)

if they sell in shops earlier, does that mean that shipping would be adjusted to suit the shop schedules? the official date IS still 8th i know but..lol...seeing how the CD is selling earlier kinda defeats the purpose hahaha..so the 8th is just a symbol

Matsutoya Yumi's BEST album could also outsell again. It's already sold more than 100k copies this week alone. I'm expecting to maybe drop to 60k next week at the most.

ah, Mr. Children...
At least it better be good, lol.

I'm glad she isn't saving that streak, now we just have to wait for good sales (this mini deserves LOVE, XD) a top 10 is really good, isn't the end of world if she isn't getting a top 5 IMO.

Can you imagine the future?
I'm not saying this will happen but:

"Oh missing a top 10 debut isn't bad. Top 20 is okay for someone who's been in the business for years. Especially the Japanese market"

"As long as she gets top 40, I'm good"

"Please chart for more than 2 weeks, Ayu"


I hope I'm long dead before any of this happens.
Wait, ayu'll be dead before me...

Lol, I think it's funny when Namie is killing it and she's ancient and with crap music. Lol.

OMG, i died right there. I really want little chibi's with signs and everything.

I wonder how many of those surveyed actually knew she was releasing something.

She's probably the only one from that era doing better than Ayu at the moment, but she wasn't doing too hot for a while in comparison to Ayu until about 2006~2008.

It sorta helps that most of her music is incredibly radio friendly while what Ayu has been doing recently... not so much.