oh yeah that will be awesome :D

thanks for the album scans of TRICK :D

I like Trick better than Kingdom, but marginally. I haven't really liked her albums recently since Secret. Haha.

i dont understand why so many people dont like stay with me :(
i love that song...

I didn't like it at 1st too but I'm ok with it now :yes

I like stay with me more than moon crying. ^^

I don't know why people hate TRICK so much..

TRICK 3rd day sales
position: #1
index: 15,950 x 1.7 = 27,115 :bawl

total 3 days sales:
(60,299 + 34,172 + 15,950) x 1.7 = 187,716 :tsunami

^ :weep

at least it's safe to say that it can cross 200K within the 1st week

Cover of March issue of Fine:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2009/cover.jpg

i don't like that cover at all :no her smile looks so forced and creepy.

let's forget about 500k for now..

maybe the sales will boost on the weekend..

omg

she evrey day lost half of her sales

60 - 30 - 15 OMG

Be strong TRICK

it's OK , I hope the photospread will be nice

ia. i swear kuu has a bunch of faces she does that can give someone nightmares :dead2

I just watched the 'Dirty Ballroom, One Night Show' and it was awesome. I really liked the 'Kingdom' tour, but this was overall much better than 'Kingdom'. I loved the dancing and the performances just either made me feel really happy or just really into it. Maybe I am becoming a crazed fan, but I just thought it was awesome ;).

EDIT: She looks really pretty in that cover!.

economy is bad..haizzz

Bling Bling Bling defies that

OMG, my TRICK copy has shipped. :thud I can't believe it ... this is so awesome.

Thanks! They are so pretty, I love 'em.

Hopefully she'll gain popularity again with TRICK. :yes

I agree with this. IMO, because she made a PV for every track the PVs look so cheap.

Same here. First I didn't like stay with me but now I sort of like it, I guess.

Thanks, I love the cover but her smile is creepy. 0_0

:yes

quality over quantity

:yes

I was so stupid , I kept calling Warner S'pore the past few days to enquire about the S'pore press of TRICK but then later on , I called HMV & they told me Warner's closed due to chinese new year holidays

oops :dead2

Livedoor Lists:

03/25 倖田來未(Best/ｺﾝﾋﾟ/2枚)
Compilation album, 2 Discs

I guess hmv hk was right... :mischief

Edit: It's not 2 versions...

This is about the Works and Best? Or just a regular best of?

Why another best album? Could somebody please shoot Kuu before the album releases?
Thank you.

^Sales are dwindling for her, so AVEX prolly wanna get fans hyped about her again. :shrug

I guess it was 2 discs, not 2 versions, so that means it's probably Works & Remix ~Best Collaboration~... :yes

HQ March issue cover of Fine:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2009/cover.jpg

I posted the audio rip of Dirty Ballroom in downloads:

http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85715

^Ur a blessing. Thanks so much. :heart

this is something i can get excited about.
more so than about trick actually.
i was pretty let down when that was canceled last year. :/

cute mag cover :P it looks kinda photoshopped though, lol.

...and it's a pity that TRICK's sales are going so slow :(

Probably, but can't they also do that with good TRICK promotions?

well, I'm not expert so it's just a guess.

Cute cover! I love how she's always in magazines I've never heard of xD;

She looks so cute on the Fine cover :heart

i am proud of kumi kuu and trick. but then again, i don't listen to an artist because she has phenomenal sales. she could sale 10 copies but as long as she keeps making music, i'll keep enjoying it and support her.

i think she needs to take a break though, to relax, get fresh ideas, then come back and start new for her 10th anni

another best? i don't like the sound of that. i wouldn't mind if kuu had a break, came back and did some cool things such as releasing awesome music, etc.

UHQ Scans of Trick CD+DVD:

http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556108_01.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556110_03.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556111_04.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556112_05.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556113_06.jpg
http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556114_07.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556115_08.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556116_09.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556117_10.jpghttp://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556118_11.jpg
http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556119_12.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556120_13.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556122_14.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556123_15.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556107_16.jpg http://photomaniak.com/upload/out.php/t556109_02.jpg

Credit: Negi @ JPM

omg thanks so much :thud

I'm sad to say this.. but Kuu is over right now. :(
Maybe she will sell 380k - 400k overall.
It's a big disaster considering her last album KINGDOM surpased 600k even with all the scandal thing, and BLACK CHERRY 1400k, and SECOND SESSION 1900k and FIRST THINGS 2000k, and SECRET 550k, and... well...

She needs to TAKE A BREAK right now, and then come back with something REAL GOOD to return to prominence.. something like Namie did with her 60's70's80's.

OH lol a new best. It better be damn exciting!. I think your right kuulover21, I think she needs to take a little breack before producing more music, but maybe thats what this best of album is for, so that she can make new music or new music can be made for her that is better. I personally still love the music on 'Trick', but maybe I am a crazed fan XD.

I loved TRICK too..

Either way, girl needs to take a page out of Namie's book and take a break.

T_T I don't know if I want to buy this or not

anyway guys I don't think it's fair to compare Kingdom's sales with TRICK because Kingdom was released in 3 different editions but TRICK only got 2

so that prob explains the low sales ? :shrug

I really don't want her to take a break :(

they do need to stop release-whoring her though...


anyway quick random OT question, how old is kuu? I forgot.

haha she will be 27 this coming Nov 13th

The compilation album already? Dear Jesus.

:D She doesn't need to stop anything but whoring *nods*

cool thanks :)


her vocals are in pretty good shape, do you guys think so?

I don't really listen to her old stuff...so I don't remember that so much...I have seen some lives from...back then...

anyway...I think they're pretty good...at least in comparison to some other people's...


and OT again: my boyfriend thinks Dirty Ballroom sounds like a porn title :laugh

hasn't that best album been speculated, since like, 2007? :laugh

Another best album? x_x;;;;

Is it even her anniversary yet?

Yupe! her vocals are getting better!
and yeah, too bad the dirty ballroom is less dirty than i thought it would be :lech, but again i really love the performance, especially shake it up, TABOO and Take Back

oh nooo...not a best again?
honestly...why? XD

I think it could definitly be pushed away for another year and that she should concentrate on her new releases

the worst thing though is that even if I don't want her to release it now, I will buy it 'cause I don't have all her albums...lol

Another best album... o_O...

It seems like Avex is trying to salvage her popularity with another best before she becomes irrelevant! I mean after all, her previous best albums have charted so well ;_;... But this is highly unnecessary and they really need to wait until her 10th >_<; Because I swear if they come out with a Kuu version of A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ after releasing this, I'm going to go to Japan and ring Avex's neck xD;!!!!

And what is with this constant release flow? Yeah it's nice, but we JUST got TRICK and her 3A-side single hasn't even been released yet and now they announce another best album? Are they really trying to milk us for all we're worth! If you ask me, THIS TACTIC is what is going to cause her sales to go down! No one can keep up O_O;;;;

Besides, if TRICK is as horrible as some people claim (I still haven't heard it yet xD;...) then Kuu needs to take time off to make better music again! Not release a million releases in hopes no one will forget about her!

*frustration*

I love Kuu to death, but I'm getting a bit annoyed already! I know it's probably not her fault.... but I feel Avex is accomplishing the opposite of what they're setting out to do, with me at least.

it's like if they didn't want us to forget her
and they also want cash...we all know that. avex LOVES cash and ways to get cash...

but they have to understand that we won't forget her and that by releasing so much it will kinda do the opposite, people in japan may become tired of seeing so many releases
it's better taking your time to release something than shooting singles and albums one after another

I'm getting the feeling that all they do is pushing her to release and release and release

it seems like

she going to be one of those artists now who got #1 (kingdom)

and now in terms of sales she'll start flopping and going downhill and become a fallen singer...
you know what i mean?
it feels like shes done now

I guess making that comment about women's fawionirshgon caused some sales to drop I see.

wait..what? a possible best album? o_o;;

i'm not too excited over another best. i think it's overkill, but whatever.

^ It totally is overkill... I hope it's fake somehow... Or postponed at least.

It better NOT be something like Ayumi's A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~.

It better be a BEST album starting with "Koi no Tsubomi", and so forth. I don't want all her A-side songs from her first and second BEST album on the Third one also. -___-

Totally agree! Or if she already has a compilation with ballads (Bounce&Lovers), the new one should be a compilation of her fast/dance tracks (like Get Up&Move!!, Hurry Up!, JUICY etc and of course a full version of INTRODUCTION FOR TRICK!!! :love).

TRICK is amazing!!!:love It's her best studio album in years! But Driving is the only song I always skip (it sounds too messy -__-).

i hope it's the collaboration & remix one, but a traditional BEST would be nice too.
she has a ton of collabs that i don't have in my itunes because it'd look messy lol

and also she has a lot of remixes and some of them are pretty good. it should also feature differently arranged tracks like she's done at her concerts, ie ima sugu hoshii at best ~ss tour~ and cutie honey jazz version at black cherry tour.

I just received my copy of TRICK and it's so pretty *_* I'm listening to it right now haha. I really hate watching Dirty Ballroom though. Because of all the effects giving me a terrible headache :headache I wonder why the resealable wrapper is slightly bigger.

But the thing is all the songs you don't like it was extremely was popular for the people in Japan.

I don't think the album is selling little, I think its selling slow. No first press prizes. Bad economy. Well at least she was doing way better than the other two album that release.. LOL I'm surprise Teriyaki Boyz hit number 3 on the oricon charts xD

AVEX SHOULD STOP WITH THE CONSTANT RELEASES! I think its getting old. Eww. A new best or whatever album, save it AVEX. IT will sell way better on her 10th anniversary. She release BEST&BOUNCE LOVERS or whatever in 2007 and already another compilation album. The sales will suffer, I mean look at Ayu's A COMPLETE (I thought it would've sold so much higher if ABEST2 weren't released. The only reason for its considerably high sales was because of the whole 10th anniversary promo thingy)

Kewl.. I am sure she has enough songs for

BEST ~Cry & Strip~
Cry Side - All songs she broke or lost her bfs and cry like a river
Strip Side - All dirty songs but not dirty enough.

Another BEST? Why are you doing this to us, AVEX? DDDD:

Avex wants to squeeze Koda for more money.

there are enough songs and Albums for her to have another BEST

:roflmao LOL XD

So how many A-side songs does she have, starting with Koi No Tsubomi all the way til stay with me? And then there's also those 3 upcoming A-sides, hmm...

^ She'll have around 21 with the upcoming single release.

Didn't she already do that with BOUNCE & LOVERS? :laugh

I still maintain that she should release a b-side collection :yes

She has more after releasing BOUNCE & LOVERS.

Cry sides
夢のうた
ふたりで…
運命
愛のうた
甘い罠
Stay with Me
Moon Crying

Strip Side
Taboo
Show Girl
Cherry Girl
But


Enough for one album :P

Or...
her next BEST album is

BEST ~ Ayu & Namie ~

^ The CRY side would be boring as hell :laugh

The aim of the cry side is we watch Koda to cry and how guys dump her. :mischief

^^Ditto. :yes

WHat? A best album? Already?! What a waste!!! She hasn't even released enough hit songs yet :(

It wouldn't waste if she does

BEST COVER ~Ayu & Namie~

It definitely would waste if she does

BEST EMOTION ~ Cry & Strip ~

no best album please :no , I don't mind if it's released next year for her 10th anniversary it's more fitting

it's like A BEST 2 part 2 on replay mode if it were to be given the go ahead

:dead2

I didn't know next year will be her 10th anniversary. Oh she is old now.

Joking.

TRICK - 60,299 + 34,172 + 15,950 + 11,338 (x1.7) = 206,990

2 more days for total first week sales...

I really wish they would wait til her 10th anniversary and release a compilation album to celebrate it. I hate it when they released A BEST 2 in Ayu's case and next year A COMPLETE which didn't even sell a million. :D And so many people say that these things aren't connected when it's true that it is imo. I really think in Kuu's case it can be the same thing.

I haven't seen dirty ballroom yet, though I have it on my computer. I don't have time to watch it today so I'm gonna try that tomorrow morning.

And I think I should listen to TRICK much more and put my mind to it because seriously I don't understand why I doesn't like it so much as I thought I would. I think I just had too high hopes on this album and got disappointed. :< And the sales are so sad. But I hope she'll have another #1 album anyway because it would be nice. :)

Of course it will be the same, on her 10th anniversary avex will surely release a new compilation of her (maybe BEST ~third something~).
The chance they won't can be seen as 0% =P.

:roflmao

she has come a long way I suppose

alright it has crossed 200K :yes

If its name to be BEST ~third something~, it should be named as

BEST ~third failure~
BEST ~third manhunt~
BEST ~third blind date~
BEST ~third squeeze~
BEST ~third disappointment~
BEST ~third kthxbi~
BEST ~third buy me~
BEST ~third nom nom nom~
BEST ~third English~
BEST ~third ****~
BEST ~third crap2get$~
BEST ~third recycle~
BEST ~third boo~

Previews of March issue of Fine:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0135527133.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...09/preview.jpg

And, here's another TRICK cm:

i love those FINE mag previews :love

other than her earrings , I pretty much like what I'm seeing

thanks :D

Regarding to what kotora says
I just realize that ayu and kuu have the same formula for ballad these days

Kuu : broken up with her bf or being cheated or bf dead, then she'll crying super hard or showing her real emotion of sadness or whatsoever u call it, then she kept on waiting and waiting for her stupid BF

ayu : especially in her tour video, her bf or lover couldn't reach her, they couldn't be together she lost her lover, cry like hell, sad sad sad...boo...

Another preview of March issue of Fine:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0135582781.jpg

^ sorry but I can't help but :roflmao at that jail like outfit

reminded me of KAT-TUN's Akanishi Jin's outfit in Keep the faith :laugh

other than that it's cute & her nailart's so nice

I love her heels, they're cute...

Better pic of the one I posted before:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...009/101355.jpg

February issue of Vivo:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2009/cover.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...09/preview.jpg

Thanks for the pictures. I think she looks really great especially in the Vivo ones. (I love the jacket :luv2).

However that close up picture in the March issue of Fine scares me. The angle makes it scary and so does her smile (IMO).

I don't really like the pose she made in the Vivo cover but the inside pics are so nice :luv2

checkered prints are so in this season

Sorry for my ignorance.... but is that suit SUPPOSED to look like a sleeping suit?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x85...i-second_music

wow has anyone else seen this? it's new to me and i :heart it omg

^Thanks for the vid. :laugh It's so funny.

I uploaded the newest Joyful performance in the download section. :)

Scans of March issue of Fine:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...to/tmp20-2.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...to/tmp2D-1.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...itto/tmp30.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...itto/tmp34.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...to/tmp37-1.jpg

Credit: debitto @ JPM

He forgot to scan this pic though:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...009/101355.jpg

i wonder if she really thinks she looks cute in those pics :S all they're doing is creeping me out

those scans are so pretty! i love her outfits.

Here's the scans he forgot:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...itto/tmp6B.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...itto/tmp6D.jpg

^ Thanks for the scans! I love her "ready to kill" shirt haha.

Her "Fine" photoshoot looks very good. Love her cute pink beret.

i'm not really liking any of the recent magazine photoshoots, but the second page for fine is so cute!

i love almost all the new scans tbh but i agree, that second page of fine is too cute

Awesome scans she looks great thanks a lot!.

thanks for the scans she looks good :yes

Those are cute pics, but her smile's a little..disturbing.