Oh that's sweet :luv2
Thank you Corvina.

There is a ranking of best selling japanese artists with physical and digital sales combined (Oricon + RIAJ) Ayu is at #2 with 66.02 millions and remains the best selling solo artist. I think this is not an "official" ranking (posted by Oricon or RIAJ) but the numbers are correct so those are her current sales :yes

https://i.imgur.com/E3e8NeF.jpg

@Evan Odison:
That's interesting, do you have a link to the post?
Kuu's is not right e.g., she's at 35 million with recochoku and 13 million with physical through Oricon, so at least at 48 million.
Also Ayu must be a bit higher as well, as recochoku already reported more than 30 million digital sales for her + her 50 million physical sales.

You are right, this is counted by a baidu user with only RIAJ certifications, he didn't used recochoku info

Ok, RIAJ counts recochoku as well, but for the public they only publish certifications for single songs and albums and not total numbers, so there's a bunch missing. So the user counted Oricon and song certifications by RIAJ.
Thanks for clarifying.

That's right, only Oricon + RIAJ, if we add recochoku all of them would have higher sales, I wonder if there's an official recochoku count so we could get the exact total :laugh

The <EVERYTHING> in forgiveness is amazing :heart :yes

no Ayu at Kouhaku ;_;
I rly hoped she whould do an appearance for her 20th Anniversary

^I thought she would too, maybe she would have if she hadn't confirmed CDL?

I didn't expect Ayu to be in the Kouhaku this year, so that's no surprise. But it's still unfortunate...

+1

I'm in love with meaning of Love! :luv2
Too bad it is so underrated...

I really loved Beloved a lot. I think it's really pretty, and the video is just enough for me.

YesAsia failed me again, ugh.

Last year i ordered Ayu-ro-mix 3 and I had to wait like 3 weeks before they tell me that actually they didn't have it in stock. Since it wasn't available on CDJapan I was surprised to find it on YesAsia and I was happy to order it there but they ended up cancelling my order because they don't know how to check their stock (or their supplier's stock) and update their website accordingly.

So! I was now looking to buy the DVD of CDL 2010-2011 ~do it again~, and it was sold out on CDJapan (that's like the only recent CDL of hers that is sold out, i have no idea why lol) so I went on YesAsia to see if it was sold out as well : Nope! It was available, apparently ready to ship within the next 7 or 14 days. So of course I ordered the DVD on YesAsia about three weeks ago, but i hadn't forgotten about what happened last year and was doubtful about the whole thing. So I waited, and two weeks after i placed my order I wasn't getting any news about it. I decided to send their an e-mail asking them to ask their supplier if they actually had the DVD, and turned out they didn't. My order got cancelled again. :grumpy

So now I guess that I have learned my lesson : If something is out of stock on CDJapan, better not order it from YesAsia because even though they act like they have it they will most likely not and make you waste your time.

That's sad to hear, I'm sorry for you...

^i saw that CDL at book off Ikebukoro for 700 yen lol

Beloved has been popping into my head recently even though I haven't listened to it in ages. It's one of those songs I wouldn't rate as one of my favourites but every so often I do really appreciate it.

I can so relate! This happened to me on 2 separate orders over a couple of months when I was trying to work my way through Globe's discography. I ended up realising that older albums (which I would have thought were popular enough to keep in print) weren't actually in stock. I have managed to get some cheap preowned copies from Amazon though so Amazon is my go to for older albums.

Yeah, you can find most of her concert DVDs at bookoff now from 500-1,500. Super cheap.

And I've had the same experience with YesAsia lately. Three items that I ordered and charged me for and all were canceled over a month later because it turned out they didn't actually have them in stock.

I randonly found accapella versions of Trouble on Spotify...They sound pretty awesome TBH.

I enjoy the acapella version of We are the queens more than the normal one :D
Those Wow wows after the chorus are just amazing acapella!

Have you tried Amazon Japan at all? They tend to have that one concert quite cheap. (well, cheap by Japan standards)