^ Miserable ayu is good for business :laugh j/k

I think Love songs is her best in-love-era. I didn't really notice her feelings for Tomoya for those 7 years lol. To me, her Manny eras (Love song - marriage / Party Queen - divorce) are her best musically as well as (m)u.

Although I still don't like Love songs that much, I love how she conveyed her love during that era.

Even though I started noticing with Virgin road, I knew something was happening in her love life when I read the lyrics and specially when I watched that pv xd

Dark ayu can never go wrong, but people seem to get bored rather quickly. Sadly only the most generic and repetitive songs will prevail :thud

I think both ends of that spectrum are amazing!

I would like to ask is it possible that Ayu got weekly No.1 with 'LOVE'?
Any strong opponent release their new album during the same week?

Juju will be releasing 2 best albums the same week. For Ayu's December release she will be up against 2 best albums by YUI or a single by AKB48.

ermm...LOL...there goes that number 1 album per year streak i guess? ><

5~ more weeks to go...!

Yet again just proves that they dont care about it.
At least now people can stop making up reasons on why she wont release something because of some stupid streak... :rolleyes

The streak people think Avex care most about is the single streak. If they end up releasing a single in December that theory would also go down the drain but let's see what happens.

If you (like me) don't visit ayu's twitter thread, you could go there for more info about the music videos :)

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...114826&page=15

We actually don't even know if the next release in December is going to be new music.

Also, we should consider that they could really push LOVE if they want it to hit #1. Most of the interest in JUJU is in her covers so this should be interesting if Ayu ends up on top, though her last album in 2011 did pretty well saleswise.

JUJU's JUJU released March 2010 - 137,234 (album)
JUJU's Request released September 2010 - 473,925 (cover album)
JUJU's YOU released July 2011 - 352,272 (album)
JUJU's Delicious released November 2011 - 117,010 (cover album)
JUJU's Tadaima released June 2012 - 28,954 (single, got #1 on RIAJ digital tracks)

Maybe she wasn't covering as many hits in Delicious as she was in Request?

^ I think we JUJU having 2 best albums, there is no way that ayumi can get a number 1.

She just doesnt have the selling power...
but it could be different with the Tales tie in.

= =yup JUJU has 2 best albums and 12.05 YUI has 2 best albums too= =and AKB48's new single

Well splitting the album into two releases could end up hurting sales. People may pick one over the other instead of both.

Also, Ayu's is cheaper and will most likely have a code for Tales which guarantees people who want to have everything in the game will buy it.

However Juju will probably be promoting her albums unlike Ayu has been. So while it's technically possible, I personally don't think she'll get #1. If she did though, that'd be exciting I guess haha.

I think the code for Tales of Xillia 2 is already confirmed. Should be interesting to see if sales get a bit of help from the DLC. On Amazon, the Tales edition is ranked at about the same level as the +DVD version like for FIVE.

When do you think we're getting the covers?

Probably shortly after they're shot. FIVE's came a week or two after Leslie took the photos. (she shot the covers for FIVE on 07/16 or so and they were revealed on 08/02)

We haven't seen Ryan say anything about doing a photoshoot with her so it's possible she hasn't done them yet. I wonder if they're cutting things extremely close due to the release of Xillia 2 being what made them release it in November/the week after release?

I just hope we get them soon lol I need new ayu pics!!

I also hope we get lots of magazines :( Nothing announced yet U__U And kuu's schedule for mags is already out.

hmm, I believe LOVE is to release for celebrating but not for getting #1. Where does the idea of getting #1 chart come from?

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