I'm very sure it will have an OS press . Even for KN's case , it was released in the 5th anniversary covers for both editions & yes gotta love OS presses they rock :D

saved me so much $ especially for Johnny's case :lmfao

I just uploaded the Music Station - Jan 30th performance of Bye Bye, so go to the download section to get it! It's in .avi format, so no worries about big .ts files. :)

And I can't wait to see her next week on MS. :)

60　*66　**2,313　*,170,822　*8　大塚愛 「LOVE LETTER」

WHAT... it hasn't passed the 200k mark yet. This is her worst studio album, chart-wise.

er ya even a greenhorn will know about it

somemore sales wise it's horrible to say the least

I wonder if Bye Bye being re-cut will help LOVE LETTER sales in any way? Maybe.

I doubt it

Ken Hirai released his 1st one last April & it barely make a dent on the chart

There's nothing to make people want to buy it. Something simple as a rearrangement, mix or even a preview for a new song would help.

I agree, a rearrangement would have definitely been nice.

I think the application card with the first press is to get the tickets to her live? I remember somewhere mentioning that if you lived in Japan, one of the first press bonuses was a ticket to her live

there's no incentive for people to buy it especially since the song's already on the album

at most you can download the DVD rip of the PV on the net

oh really ? I never heard about this til you said it

Oricon:
Song you want to go along when giving Chocolates - Oricon Survey

1. Chocolate Disco - Perfume
2. Valentine Kiss - Kokusho Sayuri
3. CHE.R.RY - YUI
4. LOVE LOVE LOVE - DREAMS COME TRUE
5. Daisuki da yo - Otsuka Ai

Full details here: http://community.livejournal.com/yuistalker/58554.html

ohh.. Daisuki da yo is such a sad song cos it reminds me of that pv.. :(
so I never thought anyone wld sing it when giving choco.. O_O

oh yay.. thats so worth it for me to buy *sigh* lol ~! Ah Ai : ( ~! I hope u are planning something that will make my international money more worth it T^T

nooo!!! this makes me just.. so sad :weep

oh and Karen, thanks for those scans :D:D downloadingthem now :love

Wow, what happened to Ai's popularity?

I don't know Melody but it's like things really went downhill for her after she released LOVE COOK , in terms of sales & etc

& Pocket was the 1st single since then to sell than 100K

yeah.. it seems like there isn't much thing going on for her eh??

I was listening to LOVE LETTER recently, and the album seems to be growing on me. ^^

Didn't like it much at first, but now I like it more, which is great. :)

NINKI Index :

SINGLES
01 126.20 浜崎あゆみ - Rule/Sparkle
02 84.80 flumpool - 星に願いを
03 70.90 DREAMS COME TRUE - GOOD BYE MY SCHOOL DAYS
04 70.10 小田和正 - さよならは 言わない
05 56.20 湘南乃風 - 親友よ
06 55.70 新垣結衣 - piece
07 45.90 abingdon boys school - STRENGTH
08 40.80 大塚愛 - バイバイ
09 38.30 RIP SLYME - STAIES
10 34.50 すぎもとまさと - 曙橋 ~路地裏の少年~

pretty decent position considering quite stiff competition might be when Bye Bye rolls out next Wed

I'm glad the chart position is good, considering all the releases out on that week.

She's still got what it takes, YES!!! That's our Ai Otsuka. :love

Bye Bye will be released in Taiwan next Fri after its release date in Japan - http://www.avex.com.tw/4th/artist/ar...87591&cateid=2

ouch, #8. i still hope the single does okay, though. i don't expect anything amazing, lol.

^ lol I'm just hoping ninki is right XD! If its wrong, it could turn for the worse x_x!

oh.. think it's not bad for Ai at the 8th for NINKI.. :)

^Yeah, me, too. Hopefully it will stay there or be on an even better position. ^^

Considering Ai's popularity, 8 is very reasonable. :yes

CDTV Poll "Female singer you want to be your lover?"

01. Ayumi Hamasaki
02. YUI
03. Ai Takahashi (Morning Musume)
04. Shoko Nakagawa
05. Tanaka Reina (Morning Musume)
06. Kaori Mochida (Every Little Thing)
07. Namie Amuro
08. Ai Kawashima
09. Nocchi (Perfume)
10. Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume)
11. aiko
12. Kiyoe Yoshioka (Ikimonogakari)
13. Ai Otsuka
14. Yui Aragaki
15. Chisa (GIRL NEXT DOOR)
16. Kaela Kimura
17. Koda Kumi
18. BoA
19. Nana Mizuki
20. ayaka

Credit: CDTV & Ayubrasil

you can download the Bye Bye single in 320kpbs via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread...19#post1839019

Ai is number 4 today! Yay!

ya I saw it Travis via http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

if this keeps up , shouldn't be a problem

I'm surprised because I thought it might tanked on the 1st day but anything can happen in days to come

What are the sales for Bye Bye? They only tell the numbers for first 3?

:yes that's always the case Jun Xiang

Top 50 Albums

*6 *,174,194 **1,458 LOVE LETTER / 大塚 愛 08/12/17

:weep

^ Damn, LL is basically gonna be below 200k for awhile.

#4 is actually great for a recut single :D i'm glad.

^ WOW I know I'm surprised o_o lol! Go Ai ~! whatever works : ) !

Andddd for the second day it dropped to #7. Oh dear.

uh oh that doesn't sound good :( , I hope she doesn't drop that much in days to come *prays*

Thanks for the info.

Oh no, it is having trouble passing the 200k mark. :(

I might pick up LOVE LETTER at BOOK-OFF next week when I go to the store. I just hope they have it. ^^

#7? aww :( but it's still in the top 10 so it's not so bad.

ouch x_x! hopefully she stays in the top 10....

I'm not surprised that Bye-Bye is doing bad. It was just the A-side, and then instrumental. The CD would be useless, the CD+DVD would only be good for the PV that wasn't on LOVE LETTER. Ai could have at least included a few rearrangements or something, like Ningyou ~extended version~ >.> or Pocket ~ambient mix~ Idunno lol

I'm still in love with Ningyou, but I still haven't gotten LOVE LETTER. I hope to get it some time soon.

First Day Position: #4
Second Day Position: #7
Third Day Position: #9

Not looking good... :no

^ poor thing

if only she included some new arrangements of songs or B-sides , sales will be better . There's no incentive for people to buy a single in which it's already included in an album

ANYWAY , OS presses for her 「【LOVE IS BORN】 ～5週年紀念演唱會2008～ at 大阪城野外音樂堂 on 10th of September 2008」will be out in Taiwan exactly a week's time , ie. on Fri (6th March) - http://www.avex.com.tw/4th/artist/ar...ain=1&cateid=2

My taiwanese friend Cliff is selling the OS press of Bye Bye via his ebay shop & he posted the front & back pics of the single

Front :

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/DSC08055.jpg

Back :

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/DSC08056.jpg

cool

i love the picture of ai on the back cover :love

I love the back cover! :luv2

The obi shown at the first picture reminds me of the LOVE LETTER's somehow, must be the color, LOL :laugh

Is it me, or is ai's lack of CHU-LIP like songs very depressing... I really miss them atm : ( ~! I want a new happy immature song ;_;! I don't care if its CHU-LIP or SMILY part 2 ><!

i love that back cover!! i want to see the booklet pictures :O

i agree with you!! c'mon aichin!!! you know summer isnt the same without your crazyness :weep
i really hope she comes with a kick-ass single next time, and that the japs LOVE it and realize how much they have missed aichin and go buy LOVE LETTER so that it will reach the 300k!!!! whoaaa~~~~ i'm liking this idea :love

I love listening to her fast songs, like CHU-LIP, SMILY, and PEACH. :luv2

I hope her next single is going to be a fast song. :)

I love the back cover as well! :D

I like her outfit in general.

^ LOL I love ur marketing idea <3 ~! : ) !

Ai should really release a happy song that Japan loves to boost up her album sales : ( ~! Lol She can release Love Letter P.S.:Deluxe Edition : D ~! and add her new songs LOLL I doubt she would do that cuz I wouldn't even want her to do that >_> but still ~! New single, happy crazy song please : ( ~! I've had enough of mature Ai XD!

Like I bought the bye bye single but I dont even find the point in opening it >_> I have the song...

Bye Bye chart position according to http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

x->4->4->9->13

well, that was to be expected, but it's not such a huge drop.

It's still doing kind of all right for a re-cut single which is almost worthless to buy to me. So yeah. Good for Ai!

Wow, the back cover is indeed much better!

I figure Utada Hikaru is the only one who can pull off the one-track single and still have strong sales for it.

Bye Bye chart position according to http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

x->4->4->9->13->16

i just hope it won't fall out of the top 20, although i think the oricon week is over already :shrug

remembered what happened to GRAND FINALE / BREAKERZ , Lisa ? that also happened , they were in the top 5/10 in the 1st 3 days & then they went downhill for the last 3 days before Oricon ended for the 1st week but they still notched #6 for GRAND FINALE , week wise

so the same thing might happened to Bye Bye

so for some strange reason, i can't stop listening to ramen sanpun cooking, lol. it's such a funny song! :tipsy i love it.

a pretty good first week:

*8　17,485　大塚愛

wow for a recut single it's good man , I thought she would be 'dead' especially in the case for Bye Bye

at least her top10 streak's not broken

I hope it'll crack 20k by the second week. Surprisingly decent sales for a recut single coming from Ai :yes

otsuka at Waratte Iitomo (2009.02.25) - http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...tomo-20090225/

Doing good for a recut single.

*8 *,175,889 **1,695 LOVE LETTER / 大塚 愛 08/12/17

^ ahh ai otsuka XD ~! only 24k more until 200k YOU CAN MAKE IT >< ~!!!!! Pump out a new SUPER HAPPY HYPER single!! and it should reach it : ) LOL I just want a new hhappy song * Dies*

happy songs are what ai does best :yes

This has probably been discussed before, but why does Ai sing about Shachihata stamps? And why does the song sound so unlike her? I thought I'd accidentally put my playlist on shuffle, because I was listening to Love Letter and then this song didn't sound like her at all.

idk, i've always thought of ai as very strange.

i disagree about her happy hyper songs, they drive me insane & she sounds like she's on helium. i'm more of a fan of her ballads :yes

no this haven't been discussed before & I wish I know the answer to that as to why she sang about stamps this time round

I thought it was it one of her wacky songs that she puts on every album?
For her voice? She's either manipulating her voice her self or a computer is.

yeah it's pretty strange of Ai to have this song (Shachihata) n she makes it doesn't sound like her.
wat I'm kinda irritated is that she keeps going 'Shachihata' 'Shachihata'............. and there isn't much lyrics in the song.

so I'm not that fond of it though. n it doesn't sound like a wacky song to me. Do positive is more like a wacky song. hahaz. :)

The only good thing about the Shachihata song is the trumpets.

So Summer is coming in like 3 months' time! Anyone think Ai is writing/recording a new SUMMER single! I miss her summer songs!

i'd really love another summer single...like PEACH :P

^ PEACH is AWESOME.

i know! :tipsy i also would love something similiar to CHU-LIP, too :P

Lol ah CHU-LIP... :luv2, and Happy Days, SMILY all these... I like them so much!

frankly I can tolerate her crazy/summer songs but ballads that she put on the table are for me

if not for Planetarium , I wouldn't have changed my perception on her & omg speaking of it , I haven't heard it in a long time

I know if I were to play it , it will bring me back to HYD season 1 :weep

^ LOL did someone die in that show? You really seem to be upset every time when it comes to HYD 1! hahaha

oh no no no , no 1 died in HYD :laugh

it's always whenever Planetarium was played in the 1st season as it was used as an insert song , it's always those lovely dovey / heart breaking stuff that goes along with it

Lisa knows what I'm talking about , especially for episode 3 in season 1 (assuming that she watched it ;p)

^ Hahaha. Interesting. Well they must have acted damn well to get you sad even though you're not exactly watching the show, but reminded of it through a song! Hahaha

I watched both seasons last year & yeah Matsumoto Jun & Inoue Mao did a great job acting their respective roles (even though Shun Ogri's damn hot in HYD as Hanazawa Rui , he was so princey , just like current Romeo , KAT-TUN's Ueda :lmfao)

I always love it whenever Planetarium was played in the 1st season a great song for sure

"PLANETARIUM" is touching even without HYD. It's so melancholic. It reminds me of growing up. That feeling that you have to leave/have left something behind...

I liked the song before watching HYD, so when it played I felt like it doesn't fit in there somehow. I relate "Flavor Of Life" more with HYD, because I hardly listened to and hardly liked the song before watching HYD2, so watching it made me appreciate the song.

well way before I watched HYD , I already loved Planetarium a hell lot (& at that time I didn't even know it was used for the drama as I was still under the Johnny radar) but after I watched HYD , MAN , those scenes when the song was played , priceless for that matter

Flavor Of Life's <3 too but :no to MatsuJun's hair , his hair was SO curly much in the 2nd season & also in the movie :grumpy

it's odd because ll moments ll / Eirynne couldn't stand his hair in the 1st season & she didn't watched it (& in a twist of fact , she got to know her future 'husband' Kame whom I'm currently fighting over him with her on a daily basis :grumpy because of Nobuta wo Produce as she bypassed the 1st season) but yet she can tolerate his hair in the 2nd season but I can't :roflmao

sorry a bit off topic but ah well :laugh

i can't remember episode 3 karen, LOL. i missed like 2 or 3 episodes because i was watching them on youtube, so i couldn't find the whole season 1. but yea, the first time i heard planetarium was in HYD, but the song sounded sooo familiar to me, like i knew the artist that was singing it. when i found out it was ai (i knew of her back then) i was like "OMG!", literally, lol. it shocked me because i heard CHU-LIP back then too, and you know how her voice sounds in crazy songs, haha. so it shocked me to hear her sing so beautiful in planetarium. then i was hooked :P

sigh....i love HYD so so much :weep

mysoju's the place where I watched both seasons of HYD , Lisa but WHAT you didn't watched episode 3 of season 1 ?

you should have man , when Planetarium came on in the show , it's :weep & that was when the blockhead Domoyoji confessed to Makino that he likes likes her

no i did! i just can't remember it so well, LOL. i missed like 2 episodes in the middle of the season. but i saw enough to watch the season in full.

ahh, stop reminding me now karen! i need to not watch any matsujun drama until his new drama comes on, lol.

:roflmao sorry sorry , this's what happened when you're a DoS , always am tormenting people :lmfao

ANYWAY before this becomes an ARASHI thread (:dead2) , does anyone know what's the total sales for Bye Bye so far ?

^I've watched the whole season 1, but can't even remember what was going on in which episode. xD

Same here. But it wasn't because of Johnny's. At that time I wasn't watching doramas. I didn't know where I could watch or download them. And I was only gradually becoming a fan of ai, so I was quite surprised when I noticed that she had a fairly big tie-in.

I wouldn't blame you , it was 1st released way back 4 years ago so yeah

can I just say that I HATED & was so shocked that Domoyoji acted like some d-ck when I 1st watched it ? I was like you STUPID idiot , why you punched so & so & tormented Makino :eviltongu

but then again , like what happened in due time , I got Jun-baited :roflmao & now it's Lisa's turn :innocent

:yes . I 1st heard Sakuranbo from her & I didn't like it . I was quite surprised when my younger sister played for me Planetarium & I was like are you kidding me in that it's sung by the same person ?

then again Planetarium didn't became her 2nd best selling single for nothing

for my case , I heard the song before seeing the drama (since I wasn't into Johnny's til last April/May where the big bang explosion came in :laugh)

karen, i've beeen junbaited from the very beginning, lol. i don't plan on changing either! :laugh gahhh. :smitten

ANYWAY, i feel so bad to have not known ai sooner than...last year :weep i always heard her singing was CRAZY, so i never bothered. the same reason goes with why i didn't get into ayumi before 2006 either. the voice :tipsy thankfully now i judge the music myself instead of reading other people's opinions.

:laugh keep that up Lisa , so that you wouldn't be fighting with me over Kame (especially him , it's hard fighting with Eirynne over him on a daily basis I tell you :roflmao) , most recently Ueda , DAIGO , AKIHIDE , Ryo , Okura :lmfao

this shows that doesn't mean she chunned out a song you don't like , it = to her discography's not good

at least both of us have changed our music perception on her :yes

LOL i love this song so much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu0o2cjjGdI

haha I love it that she can sing a song about Ramen & can get away with it :lmfao

she sang about Strawberry Jam before too , what's next , food wise :roflmao

you know what i just thought? i want ai to sing for jun's new drama. planetarium part 2 please :weep it'd really be a great tie-in for her anyway, lol.