(Startin' 6th/(m)u 15th/CDL 4th) week sales
 

all in one thread.

Startin'/Born to Be... 6th Week
Weekly Rank: 27
Weekly Sales: 3,376
TOTAL Sales: 178,701
to 200,000: 21,299
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(miss) understood 15th Week
Weekly Sales: 1,506
TOTAL Sales: 862,334
to 1m: 137,666

this week vs. last week
Numerical (#) drop:-389 units
Percentage (%) drop:-20.53 %
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CountDown Live 2005-2006 A 4th Week
Weekly Rank: 6
Weekly Sales: 2,934
TOTAL Sales: 40,208
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i think this week just confirms a bit more that 200,000 for "Startin'/Born to Be..." is getting less and less likely. i think a better guess would be between 185,000-190,000.

thanks for the information :thumbsup her sale are still going quite well.
interesting... :)

^its still selling around 3,000 a week though. i expected a far larger drop in sales.

thanks for the news~!

the drop wasn't much right?

I believe that the day of reaching 20000 is expected to come soon.

Thanks for the update!
I'm still quite sure that this will reach 200k!

I'm axiously waiting for (miss) understood sales! XD

yes the drop not that much anymore
believe me that startin can sales 200k
and MU can sales 1million

thanks for the news!

Thanks! If she keeps these sales, it'll be possible to reach 200K some day.

[OT]: Aww, Qt Mashi has such a cute sig. X3

:D I'm glad someone decided to make one single thread for all those sales :)

^ I'm glad too. I really think it's neater.

I also think this is a good idea, making one thread for releases that are selling but no longer that new.

Not bad, still holding up ok..

Thanks for the info! Can't wait for the MU sales

Thanks for that!

thanks I already lost hope for misunderstood to reach million copies.

CountDown Live 2005-2006 A 4th Week

Weekly Rank: 6
Weekly Sales: 2,934
Total Sales: 40,208

thanks ^^

Thanks for the news.

thanks for the update.

thanks for the news :P

thx for the update...!how did you get this information?

thanks for the info

the sales are good but not ayu's standard ~

hrm.... so low compared to last year, but still good

Thanks for (m)u sales update!

Heh, if (miss)understood sales stay like this it will take approx 65+ weeks to get to 1mil

Is this thread going to remain for 65 weeks though?

And I don't get why sales have slumped so badly this year. I read that the Japanese are starting to spend more again...:shrug

huh? (to the 1st question)

I think they are. so far, overall sales have been mixed. there are some good ones and some not so good. wait until when oricon makes it half year report (in late may) then compare with last year.

I hope Startin'/Born To Be... will break 200,000

And (miss)understood to be 1 million ^-^

may Ayu should start to buy her own albums

Still dropping. But it's not so bad.

Thanks for the info.

Yeah, it's odd. As I theorized before, it seems that all sales are down for just about everyone except for the boy bands. B'z newly released single failed to get 200,000 it's opening week(down from their last single and it's a better song I think.) Also, Otsuka's Frienger sold 70,000 copies its first week.

well as of rite now, the top 30 singles combined have sales of about 8.2-8.3m. At 2005 half year, the combined sales of the top 30 was about 8.5-8.6m. There's 1 more month left before half year for oricon ends. So i think the figure will exceed last years.

But as has been stated nearly all of the top sales have been by boy bands - not by solo artists or artists that have commonly led the sales figures.

So while sales for boy bands are doing relatively good, everyone elses sales are down.

Seriously.

If you subtract the boybands.. that's like.. nothing LOL

well last year, the chart was dominated by male groups and last year was a pretty good year in overall sales. female solo artists (minus ayu and to an extent hikki) could never really sell as much as male groups. as for male solo artists, theres just a lack of them rite now.

Last year there were more solo artists and non-johnny's groups selling compared to this year thus far. Almost all artists that are non-Johnny's sales' are down compared to this time last year. Only one song by a female artist has sold more than 200,000 copies so far this year.(and that is only because it was used in a drama) That's just not good at all. No matter what way you look at it, the only people selling well right now are the boy bands.

Male solo artists?

XD

I think very rarely do male solo artists come to be 'omg hot.'

Usually the groups do the best. Only male one I can think of that sells WELL and charts on the oricon a lot is Ken Hirai, and he has the top album position [right?]

I agree that this year especially there's a lot more JE in the top 10. (half of the top 10 is JE). But, there's about the same amount of non-JE and the same amount of solo artists in the top 30. As for having only 1 female artist selling more than 200k so far into the year, if you look back at the same time last year, "Jupiter" was the highest selling female single during this time, and that only sold 175k. We already have 3 female singles selling more than that. But hey, the year's not even half way done yet, so I'm still very optimistic for the rest of the year.

Me too. He's really the one that I can think of when it comes to success right now. Yes, his best album does have the top album position so far.

You have to remember that Jupiter did not come out in 2005. It came out way back in 2003! :) It was on the chart a very long time and sold close to a million copies. So it's not the best example. Better would be that by this time last year Ayumi released Step You which went on to sell 345,000 copies, BoA had released one of her most financially successful singles ever with Do the Motion, Mika Nakashima released Sakura Mau Koro which sold over 100,000 copies(a strong number for her). Compare that to this year where Ayumi's sales have fallen to under 200,000 and none of the supposed "successors" to her throne are selling well either.(Koda's album is selling great, but we are talking singles here.) That just looks sad. :no

I'm not necassarily comparing Ayu and other artists to the sales of the boy bands - the boy groups do typically sell more, as you stated. The only artists that hang with them sales wise are usually Ayumi, B'z, Mr. Children, and the Southern All Stars. What I was looking at more, was comparing each artist and boy group to themselves. The boy groups sales are pretty much all up across the board and other artists sales are dropping. Which sucks. I like my share of boy bands sometimes too but this year so far has been ridiculous.

Well, mainly we can blame it on fans of the other artists being all confused on who to purchase from and all that xD :x

I know that Jupiter was released in 2003. But what I was trying to say was that at the same point last year, there was still a lack of female singles too. There wasn't a 200k selling single until STEP you's 2nd week, which is pretty much in line with this year. (but of instead of ayu, its ayaka) As for BoA and Mika, all I can think is maybe the post-BEST album craze hit them?

Since Kumi hasn't released any singles outside of the 12 this year, we cant really say anything. But, all 3 of her non limited ones did pretty well. Yes, Someday/BoysGirls didnt pass 100k; but that was released 2 weeks before the album. Compared that to Promise/Star which was also released 2 weeks before her 1st best album in september, Someday/BoysGirls did a lot better.

the result is...
well, I don't care that

What post-BEST album craze? She released Sakurairo in early '05 and the BEST in late '05.

oh sorry i was really referring to CRY NO MORE and for BoA, everything after DTM.

Perhaps there won't be any female solos in the top ten this year? Last year only one made it; Mika Nakashima, at number 10.

for 2004 there were only three, COUNTING GORIE. :P I guess the trend is going against female solos and it's continuing this year.

Let's just hope that Ayu can make it to the top 10 this year with her new mega-summer release! Last time she was in the top ten was when "&" was released....

OMG!! Ayu 1st album didnt break 1 million!!!

Question. Did MY STORY reach this many sales as fast as (miss)understood did (approximately 4 months 20 days)?

If (miss)understood's sales continue like this, it may very well take her until 2007 to reach one million. MY STORY took a year.

MY STORY passed the million in 6 weeks after release, which was around late January 2005.

Oh, it did? O_o I must be thinking of A BALLADS. So (miss)understood isn't doing too good, is it?

^(m)u performed quite well considering the current status of the market, but not good enough for Ayu's standard =(

Yep true.. Maybe standards have to be reset?

Sales seem to be picking up again.. This week's one sold over 200 000.. Maybe the sales will go all out like a few years back? And Ayu's next single might really break a million. It depends on promotion I say.. :D