^^ True. We all know Namie is the one female solo that has exceptional album sales now a days, and even her single sales aren't much better than this. It's too much to expect Ayu to have those amazing sales she used to when no female solo artist is able to do so now a days, it's not just her who suffered this drop (and her sales drop isn't nearly as bad as many other female solos, it's kinda depressing how things are going)...

I think more and more the digital sales are having a much more important role, the general public doesn't buy many CDs anymore, specially singles, they download most of it, and on the digital rankings Ayu's single doing amazingly ;)

Mmm, fresh cupcakes...

...I want some!!

That sucks, I love the extra content Japanese singles tend to have. (Then again, I love instrumentals lol).

Ayu is the first solo-artist to send 50 singles into the top 10 with this one (entering the chart @ #5?). Technically it's her 52nd top 10 entry but I don't think they include Dream ON or a song is born because they're collaborations.

^ Sadly it didn't outsell Feel the love/Merry-go-round's first week... but still a great achievement to be in top 5, despite of the huge competition!! :)

^^ even with lower sales this woman keeps achieving new records LOL

how much was this single's first week sales?

^ She sold around 28k and was #5, competition was tough, ayu you're a warrior!

The single charted #5 with 28,446 copies sold.

Wow. Almost all sales were first day.

WO a new record broken! go babe!!!!!!

My thoughts exactly who care about sales at this point in time ?

And after what I saw at Yoyogi when I went to buy her countdown live goods , that's all it matters at the end of the day

good job ayu :)

Those sales are only a few thousand lower than Ftl/mgr right?

About 11k lower.

Isn't that after like 2 months of Feel The Love sales though?

First week of FTL was 30k, no?

Ftl/Mgr's first week - 30,385

Yeah the Japanese cd buying public is fading, and downloads are becoming much more popular.

I wonder how low sales will have to get before Oricon starts counting digital ones.

Barely a top five...well, that's a small win. But now we have to deal with the times today...