1st 4th week sales collapsed :(

3rd Day
Position: #11

Not too bad, might be able to get into weekly top 10 :).

that's good!

the sales isnt colapse just the rankin whch go down since many new release push it down..
five will remind on top 10 in the following day..
it's not her peak era anymore
so dont hope it too much for seein her chart steady in top 10 in a long term..
five is doing pretty well
it got streak 2 week on top..n being no 2 in the 3rd week r a surprise for ayu chart recently
though it clearly there were no a real competition but still it's a good thing for me to watch it foray in the top 10 chart almost a month

I'm just happy she got two weeks at number 1 and then a week at 2...
I'm still pushing for 250K.. but i'll be happy with the 210k mark...

I just hope that the way her sales are going, her next album wont sell less then this one... :irked

This is normal, new releases push her down on the 1st day of the new week but climb back since some of the new releases only sell well for a day or two.

This usually happens a lot sooner than the 4th week, so she's doing incredibly well.

It's not bad after all. Ayu's doing great!

That's good :)
Keep it up again~
Sing, sing, sing, do it again~~~

yearly position so far for Ayu

19 *,272,653 ***,*** Love songs / 浜崎あゆみ 10/12/22
28 *,179,836 *22,548 FIVE / 浜崎あゆみ 11/08/31

Gosh! Love song's gonna be kicked out of the top 20!~~!

^ yep. this will be her 1st year which non of her album in top 20

Actually!she'll have 2 consecutive years without any album in top 20! rock'n'roll circus's #21 last year! so sad!~~!

youch!! is that suppose to feel like a new record LOL

anyway GO FIVE!! keep rising!

Wow, I did not know this!

thats awesome

Lots of bests are in the top 20 recently though and those tend to do rather well compared to original albums for the most part.

oh yea i missed that. she really needs to release A BEST 3

^ Noooo! Not unless there are a lot of new songs.

omg damage control on every thead, this forum would have padded walls if it was a room.

Couldn't think of anything worse to do than for her to release an A BEST 3. Way, way too soon.

Not too soon!imo, suppose she's getting another peak right now with FIVE! the best release after that 'll be A BESt 3! just like what Namie did after 60s70s80s!

hopefully 200k at the end of the week. :yes

^

190k at least is such a sure thing =)

In 2 weeks yes. It can hardly sells 20+k this week as well.

4th Day
Position: #10

back into top 10! =)

whats yr source anyway cuz oricon daily charts still not updated... ? '-'

^ oricon has updated

it's not too soon. if she releases A BEST 3 next year then it'll be 5 years after A BEST 2. 6 years gap for A BEST to A BEST 2.
she already has 13 singles after Bold&Delicious/Pride. that's enough to be included in A BEST 3.

Well since the gap from A BEST to A BEST 2 is 6 years, they might save it for 2013, it will be 6 years since A BEST 2 AND her 15th anniversary. xD

And considering her fame level nowadays, she needs to release more albums than before in order to have enough hits for a new Best...

A BEST 3 Black & White next year and A BEST 15 in 2013 (1998-2013)

She has BLUE BIRD and Days to sell A BEST 3.

The sales do not matter too much to me but I am happy that she had 2 weeks at #1.

Let's not forget about A COMPLETE which was released shortly after A BEST 2. That's already 2 compilations in the past 5 years. She doesn't need another one right now.

I agree. And more importantly we don't need it ^^

Even if she did A BEST 3 one day, I'm not sure if I would even buy it. I own every album of hers from (miss)u onward... The only reason A BEST 2 was worth the money was because it had all the best of MY STORY which I hadn't purchased. And I don't have any of her albums before RAINBOW so A COMPLETE was worth it as well... But unless she pulls a Hikki and attach a bunch of new songs or adds a concert DVD like she did with 2, I can't see myself buying what I already own.

I only got A BEST 2s because of the CDL and the PVs (and I own all of the albums from ASFXX to FIVE) ^^ of which some we didn't get on DVDs along with some of the albums. Of course if she makes it an original album + A BEST 3 I am all for it ^^

That would be cool!

UNIVERSE with Kuu's third best severely underperformed for what it was..I don't think Avex will make that mistake again.

^ I just think that was because of Kuu, and not the format.
What they should do is have three different version.
New Album
New A Best
New Album + New A Best

5th Day
Position: #10

^ FIVE is amazing!

No need for a BEST 3 right now if you have all of her singles that surely will be included on this album.

wonder if FIVE enters top 10 again!

Kuu is also the best album queen, she has so many it wouldn't surprise me if people were more focused on the new album than another best one, thus the sales.

it's been in number 10 again on these 2 day chart.

^ yeah I meant higher than number 10 :D

6th Day
Position: #7

:shimmy cool!

wow it's going uP!
i'm happy for Ayu~!!!!
i wonder how much the sales now~~

Great it's climbing up again :DD~
200K for sure, please!

yay!!! back in the game!!

she never fails to surprise me HAHA

NICE go ayu!!

If Avex really wants to make money, they will push A BEST 3 next year and then 15th Anniversary best album but I doubt it.

Don't doubt it, embrace it, you might become our new future teller :laugh

The position has nothing to do with it. On Tuesday it will be out of top 10 anyways...It has never left the game to begin with :rolleyes

when i said "back in the game" i was talkin about the fact that it got into top 10 again...

still in the top 10!

7th Day
Position: #14

oh no =(

It was bound to fall soemtime, just glad she got two weeks and number 1 and a week at number 2!

Cant wait for the numbers!

I want to know the total sales!!

I'm glad enough that FIVE is surprisingly doing great.
SO SO SO HAPPY FOR AYU!

It spent most of the week in top 10 :P

me too ><
we'll know in a few hours.. like 6 hours hehe

^ oh, great!!

i guess it sold around 8k copies...

4th week
Position : #11
Official Sales : 9,715
Official Total Sales : 189,551

It should cross 200,000 in 3 weeks ^^

whoa!! more than i expected doud!! im so thankful!!!

Hope sales'll be consistent from now on!

i hope that too... at least i hope it remains in top 20 for the next four weeks.... my last wish is something near 215,000....

so up to this week FIVE is #1 for monthly chart, right?

^ hope it's no 1 omg! I'm glad it's almost 190k by now :ybiggrin

5th Week

1st Day
Position: #6

whoaaa..
climb back to top 10..
but unfortunately it will push down again due to the new releases tomorrow....
btw..
who's releasing tomorrow...
any other big acts?

It's 6 but the sales today should be around 500 =P

Almost 190k!(^.^)

Yay I remember when people were saying that love songs would be her last album to sell 200k xp but yea I'm not sure if this weeks releases will count towards September because five which was released this time last month will be counted for September so the ones released this week will be counted for October no?

rise again! ^^
it should cross 200k this week but.. nevermind, fighting!

Only 400 less than Love Songs' 4th week :)
If the next 2 weeks stay close to Love Songs' sales she will be at 197-199k in 2 weeks.

are the new releases this week rly strong?? i mean, any chance of FIVE to stay into top 10? =\

btw, FIVE is already the 26th best selling album of the year =DD

The only strong sale will be Tohoshinki their last album debut with 157,900 copies stay at No. 2 behind NEXT LEVEL (I didn't count their best album becuase BEST Album always sales better than studio album)

Tohoshinki is releasing their album "TONE" on 9.28 which is tmrw...

2nd Day
Position: #21

Two weeks at top three, then it plummeted like hell. o_O

Since finally the album charts sales aren't pathetic =P

How is that surprising? It wasn't in top3 because of the exceptional sales, but because there was no big competition...

you guys think it will get to 200k?

Yes.

it has been 189k
n it surely hit 200k in 2 week..
the rank plumed that doesnt mean it sold under 200 copies..
u seems so pesimistic bout how it will be able to cross 200k while it will surely hit it..
i predicted it will sell around 210-225k at the end..

I'm not pessimistic lol I was just asking for other people's opinions since you guys know more than I about sales than I do :shrug

I didn't say, "I don't think it will sell more than 200k", for example lol

there's about 22 new releases in the top 30..wow~ hope FIVE will rise!

I think most people would stop buying this mini album after the news of the blu-ray version. Hopefully the blu-ray version will be included in the sales (but i doubt so =/ ).

the sales are doing its best. it's impossible to always stay on top with all these new albuns being released.. it will reach 200k soon and hopefully get platinum certification next month =)


btw..

3rd Day
Position: #12

nice increas!!

Cool, huge increase!
Has anyone posted the monthly???

WOW..awesome..
hopefully FIVE can be ranking no. 1 montly!

Oh wow thats amazing!!! :3 woot woot!

FIVE supposed to be #1 monthly. Tohoshinki's sales for this week wont be counted in September

Yay 12! ^_^

yea woot!

OMG will be great if five becomes no 1 monthly!! Love songs wasn't 1st right??