Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - [ayaka] The 7th thread - THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ (13.07)

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I thought it can get good sales since its best album..I was wrong...

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3207257)

The reason why The beginning sold well at the time of release was because it was ayaka's comeback album as prior to that , it was uncertain if she were to make her return to the music business due to her health problems

Also the way that Warner marketed her (making her churning out singles during 2006 - 2009) & now with her being her own boss is very different

If not how you explain why her discography is considered 'short' / 'small' even though this year's her 10th anniversary in the business ?

After she released Nijiiro which was her last physical CD single release in 2014 , she released a string of songs digitally which probably hurt her popularity/sales to a certain extent

Anyway to say THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is a 'useless' release is wrong as not every artiste is lucky to sustain him/herself in the business for so long , likewise 10 years felt like an eternity to some

But I think if Warner didn't release 2 best albums of ayaka before she went indie , sales would have been better . ayaka's History 2006-2009 was a rush release & way too soon for something like that to get put out but at that time , nobody know if ayaka will be back or not

Besides sales are just 1 thing & physical CD sales are not profitable as before . She's still able to perform in big concert venues & let alone Nippon Budokan

But if you don't buy ayaka's past best albums , then THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is worth getting , be it the price and/or content . And frankly she should include all of her material from her Warner to her now indie days

Which for that I suspect ayaka paid a substantial amount of $ to get the rights to her Warner discography because if that did not happen , the material in THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ would be a lot lesser

At least ayaka's best album is not like Yamapi where his 1st best album did NOT include his solo material before he switched to Warner and for that , I felt insulted as a fan as it felt as though he abandoned what he released when he was still under Johnny's Entertainment before he went over to Warner which annoyed me a lot :irked

Have to agree with those words, this is not the Warner days - remember: A stAtion is Ayaka's OWN label, though Avex is responsible for marketing. But where's the marketing material on mu-mo or the Avex website??? Umm...

Okay, maybe #1 is out of the question, but #2 may not be. She's #4, so we have no idea what her numbers are, but if she's THAT CLOSE to #3 - and #3 is THAT CLOSE to #2 (see picture below) - then she might have a chance for #2! But yeah, we're now into the digital era, and it seems Oricon is favoring more that are Johnny's (which does NOT release full songs digitally AT ALL, or if I'm wrong, maybe a little) and AKB48/Nogizaka46 (okay, they do release them digitally, but it's those handshake tickets and AKB48 election votes that jack up the sales numbers) (and a little bit of an extent to EXILE/JSB as well) these days. Remember: 2006, 2009 and 2016 are NOT the same, even though the technologies have been evolving! We didn't have iPhones or Android smartphones back in 2006, and even then, in 2009, iPhones and Androids started to appear slowly in Japan...now what do we have? AWA Music, LINE, all sorts of stuff that offer digital music streaming in Japan, not to forget mentioning Japan's domestic Recochoku service and the worldwide iTunes?

http://i.imgur.com/RdcdDk7m.jpg

I'm a bit disappointed with the sales numbers physically, but again, I do have to agree what Karen has to say with the declining physical sales that not just Ayaka, but almost all artists (save for the Johnny's and AKB), are suffering as more people are starting to go digital, although there is a reason why some people still buy physical CDs. But yeah...it's still impressive she can perform in such big venues, like the Budokan, these days!

I don't think marketing is the problem here as already before THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ was released , ayaka went on numerous radio stations to promote it

And likewise on Tue she did a free live in Osaka & not only that , she went on recently THE MUSIC DAY and this coming Sat she'll be performing at Ongaku no Hi

I think the general public just doesn't care about this release and THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is strictly for fans . Likewise if you did not purchase ayaka's past 2 Warner released best albums , then this release's something worth getting

THIS IS ME ~ayaka 10th anniversary BEST~ is probably doing well digitally I'm not sure but considering the physical copies' prices is almost 700 Yen more expensive , I doubt so

Also if you don't know for the longest time , Johnnys has NEVER released their music on online sites , except when Johnnys leave the agency then they list their music (INKT , Akanishi Jin , ONE OK ROCK)

End of the day if you look at the big picture , sales is 1 thing . ayaka still is able to do tours & from what I've seen , she always tend to sell most if not all dates out & if she's able to perform in Nippon Budokan of all places , then there's no cause to worry about so excessively

Some footages from Tue's FM802 meets 絢香 10th Anniversary Premium Free Live

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ went up to #3 yesterday , selling 4,616 copies

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnUvfLaUIAAxU8n.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/TBS_awards/statu...16403002535936

ayaka will perform in tomorrow's Ongaku no Hi as follows

17：00 ～

絢香
石川さゆり
加山雄三

19：00 ～

絢香
AKB48
Kis-My-Ft2
きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ
DREAMS COME TRUE
Perfume
松山千春
和田アキ子

http://www.tbs.co.jp/ongakunohi/

ayaka will perform Mikazuki in next week's MUSIC STATION

2016年7月22日（金）20:00～20:54

＜出演者および披露曲＞
・藍井エイル「翼」
・絢香「三日月」
・NMB48「僕はいない」「今ならば」
・KinKi Kids「薔薇と太陽」
・西野カナ「Have a nice day」
・水樹奈々「STARTING NOW!」

Boring , can't she perform I believe instead ? :x

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ reminds steady at #3 yesterday , selling 2,686 copies

Mikazuki is such a lovely song. It was one of the first songs I heard from her. Thanks for the updates! I need to get this release soon.

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 3207435)

I thought she did back in April...

ayaka performed Minna Sora no Shita on yesterday's Love music

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4k...7%A5160715_fun

Backup file - http://video.9tsu.com/video/Love_mus...%8815%E6%97%A5

While she performed Mikazuki 2016 ver. on last night's Buzz Rhythm

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4k...%A5-160715_fun

Backup file - http://video.9tsu.com/video/%E3%83%9...%8815%E6%97%A5

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ went up to #2 yesterday , selling 2,989 copies

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ reminds at #2 yesterday , selling 3,509 copies

The past couple of days against Dorikamu for #2 has been fierce, the last two days within 100 copies of each other. It could all come down to Sunday's sales to be released Monday night whether Ayaka can get #2 behind Kanayan... (remember Dorikamu is on week 2)

ayaka on today's Fuji TV's FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri ~Umi no Hi Special~

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cnn4WUnUAAAWnpc.jpg

https://twitter.com/fns_kayousai/sta...07483546583042

Is it me or is that the same outfit she has been wearing since last week ? o_O O_o

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ went down to #3 yesterday , selling 3,913 copies

I'm not liking her looks lately..made her looks aging a lot...she is 28 but looks like in her mid 30. Especially on that FNS pic...

Looks like her best album has longevity factor...the sales is really steady.

ayaka sang Nijiiro & Mikazuki on Fuji TV's FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri ~Umi no Hi Special~

http://setlist.mx/concerts/207484

ayaka performed I believe 2016 ver. & Nijiiro over on weekend's TBS's Ongaku no Hi

http://video.9tsu.com/video/%E9%9F%B...%8816%E6%97%A5

THIS IS ME ~絢香 10th anniversary BEST~ 1st week position/sales - #3 ; 29,476