congrats to ayu

thanks MC!

hahaha, i want it to top the daily, weekly and monthly chart, producing sales more than that of STEP you :D

Great news,thanks for posting.

I'm in Tokyo now and it feels good to know that my purchase of Ayu's new single actually contributed to the sales figures this time. :) I bought it at HMV in Shibuya and when I went all of the copies were gone. I had to ask a shop attendant and they got one from in the back. Koda Kumi's album was selling well too. Compared to Ayu's other album and single releases though Avex has really low balled this one promotion wise. I've only seen one billboard for it and that was in Shibuya and I probabally wouldn't have seen it had I not been specifically looking for it. Also on the release day, Avex sent out a street team w/ a table, megaphone etc only it was to promote Koda Kumi, not Ayu. I haven't seen any commercials for Startin/Born to Be or seen anything in the trains. Weird. I was in Japan when Step You came out last year and there was a lot more promotion I thought.

Ugh that sucks. I wish avex would promote Ayu rather than Koda only more because she's after all a good artist.

Thats nasty.. Avex should be releasing its costing them more than they earn soon by promoting Kumi..

I guess albums have more priority over the singles? :\

Like, if someone had a single and Ayu released an album the same day.. obviously Ayu would have a street team :p xD

I dunno ;-; I just hope Startin' doesn't flop terribly. >> Which is highly unlikely.

7/3:1st
8/3:1st

yeah! second day no. 1 :D

hmmm.... I tried to be realistic.... that to hit 1 million or maybe at least surpass 300K.,.... need the single to be as good as B'z - Ocean or maybe Sheisun amigo... or maybe Nakashima Mika - Glamorous sky.... and I thought startin is not as good as all of them..... ^^ but it still way BETTER than any single.... heehhehehee

does anyone know that site that shows the first Day sales?

Sometimes they do, but there are lots of other sources available online besides oricon, except most of them are probably obscure..

No I think it's more likely avex is focusing all their promotion on Kumi solely rather than Ayu. I mean honestly this single was on a low budget imo. Only few lives and few magazines and the pvs weren't really on a high budget from what I've figured out. I don't think this single will flop but not thanks to avex imo.

EXACTLY. They don't deserve any credit, since Ayu seems to be doing the promotion by appearing at shows and magazines. She generates revenues for them and instead of amplifying the money they get by promoting extensively, they create a single billboard.

I wonder when the Startin' Ayupans will appear..

Indeed it is so. Well it's no big news. avex has been trying to get a replacement for Ayu since forever and seems they've finally found somebody. I'm happy Ayu still has a strong fanbase though :yes

ayu should change to sony :luv2 :luv2 i notice this for a while now its like avex isnt trying to promote ayu at all.
it also makes me wonder what the Hell is Max Matsuura doing as president of Avex and specialy after what ayu did for him b4 he was selected.:grumpy

jasjasss, the dates are still wrong :P CDs always enter the charts (if they sell enough) one day before the release. If you check oricon you'll see Startin' / Born to Be...:
07-03-2006 = 1st
08-03-2006 = 1st

=) And yay for Ayu having ANOTHER #1 hit

cool check every store and buy them all :P
*nudge* just kidding of course

Not too bad, it's stayed there longer than B&D ever did. :D

I'd think that an album would get more promotion than a single too, but Koda's album had better sell well with all the promotion she's getting.