I do, too, heh.

Next week we can expect under 10k sales, unless this single manages something like Moments did.

^I would say probably somewhere between 8000-12000

They really should have done a second round of TV performances with Beautiful Fighters I think. She at least could have performed it on Heyx3. But now it is too late to add anything because it would interfere w/ Koda's release.

Yeah... I was actually expecting post-BLUE BIRD release apperances, it'd probably keep her sales up. As it looks now it seems most people only know how BLUE BIRD sounds, because Beautiful Fighters was never advertised in any way, apart from the PV.

Well, having a PV isn't really bad promotion, but live performances always helps :).

Well, until every one who gets to #1 sells above 150 000 soon in the first week, we'll take Ayu's sales positively.. :D She's the only one who manages 160 000 sales consecutively in the past too.

Well I think you should also look at total overall sales as well. I mean for example, Otsuka Ai's 'Planetarium' only had 91k 1st week sales but managed to sell 315k in the end.

And unfortunately, that is where Ayu sucks at.. x__x Her chart runs are very short. It all falls apart after the massive first week, that's why it is easy to predict her CD sales.

O_O, awesome. Was that an album or a single?

I suspect Ayu is already too well known, most people who want her album buy it immediately when it's released thus giving her the high first week sales, but very low in the following weeks.

Single. Another Ai example, 'Sakuranbo' sold 6k in its' 1st week and managed to sell 520k by the end.

It's a single which charted forever. Since September 2005 until February this year it was in the Top 30 of Oricon's weeklies.. >.> But the song is nice though.

^ Yep, Sakuranbo was the other miracle. It was another of those songs that charted like "zutttoooo.." and sold a ton in the end. Released who knows when and charted for almost two years, right?

Otsuka's sales are really good too, ever since her debut single, her sales have maintained over 100 000 copies. Never below that.

Yep. All her singles (save her debut) have all gone above 100k, 3 of the 11 released so far have gone above 300k.

Sakuranbo was released in like Dec 03 and I think was still charting in like early 2005.

Well, Beautiful Fighters seems to be getting the alterna treatment. How sad.

Otsuka sales!

044,822 Momo no Hanabira
527,674 Sakuranbo
105,609 Amaenbo
163,433 Happy Days
148,121 Kingyo Hanabi
156,844 Daisuki Da Yo
149,134 Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen
308,338 Smily / Biidama
111,324 Neko ni Fuusen
315,114 Planetarium
153,652 Frienger

BOLD ones are recommendations.. xD

OMG NO PLANETARIUM!?

/smacks MC. That song is good.

I wonder if Startin's holding up okay..

I hate the chorus, other than that miserable part the whole song is perfection.

Startin' shouldn't be seeling more than 100 copies now methinks.. xD Promotion stopped at the Olympic's coverage so...

Well PLANETARIUM had a tie-in with a very popular drama...

I wish she performed Beautiful Fighters live. It would be a nice song to hear live...

Some new additions:
SMILY/Biidama = 310,323
Sakuranbo -Encore Press- = 61,283
Frienger = 169,121+

Ooh thanks, I was a few weeks back.. x__x

Haha, we get so bored waiting on the next weekly sales of Ayu so we start discussing other artist sales in her thread :D.

I would list Kumi's but they're a little too many plus her earlier sales are kinda measly.

True, immel.. x__x We're all so bored. *goes away from AHS*