[01/09] 'Secret' 5th & 6th Week Sales
 

Secret 5th&6th Week Sales
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Rank: 10 / Weekly Sales: 48,202 / Total Sales: 626,699

Week 1: 386,280 (Rank: 1)
Week 2: 108,119 (Rank: 3)
Week 3: *50,293 (Rank: 6)
Week 4: *33,805 (rank: 11)
Weeks 5&6: *48,202 (rank: 10)

thanks!! I am still hoping that it can hit the 700,000 mark..

ok..im assuming her sales were pretty constant then...tats quite gd..hopefully it can reach 650k soon

If it can sell 20k for the next 4 weeks, everything will be fine *_*~

Woo~

soon...650k

slow and steady

Over 60k is okay,I think, because Secret bursted outside Japan already.

sales is dropping :(

Where is the 5th and 6th week info from? I checked Oricon today and it still has the ranking for the 4th week... can't see the joint-week ranking yet...

Hm guess they're okay sales!

Go go ayu... a little more till 700k

I guess it will sell over 700K

You said it alright!
 

wins the race!

wooo! go ayu!

Yeah.. I think so too.
Could be so interesting to know how much it has totally sold, I mean globally.

Woo.. Go Ayu! Better sales start NOW :D

i think sales outside japan didnt count by oricon
thanks for the info

keep going!

thanks for the info

it might even sell as much as (miss)understood. Sales are really constant.

Oricon hasn't put it up yet on their site. These are from BBS people who subscribe to Oricon, so they get an early leak on the numbers.

I think it can reach 650k and even pass it now, so maybe end up with around 680k for now. But 700k does seem possible.

Ah, I see. I'm really curious about Koda's numbers... she seems to be on the number 1 spot on daily charts every day since her album release...

Koda's Black cherry has sold over 500,000 in 2 weeks

yeah but kuu sales are not no good right now : 1st week over 400k and the second only 100k

Finally I'm not so disgusted about the Secret sales... I'm mean I thought that kuu's sales should reach 1 million... now I know that she 'just' saled 500k in 2 weeks so after all Ayu's sales are great !

But Secret's worth better i think...

actually Black Cherry sold over 500K copies on the first week, and now the total is around 800K in three weeks. I'm pretty sure Black Cherry will reach 1 million eventually.
Here's the source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/41061/

I really think ayu's should perform some more songs from Secret soon. She isn't really promoting it very well. By the time the tour comes around the album might not even be in the top 100 at this rate. I think I saw on something that on like the daily charts it went up about 4 spots after CDTV and the CDL. If she maybe does momentum or something else soon, I think it will give others a fell of the album and it might get to 700,000. I sure the tour will help, but it is a long way away. I don't know why ayu choses to sing JEWEL so mean times and nothing else. Does she get to chose what songs to sing and what show she does it on? Does she ever get tired of singing the same song over and over again?

I agree... and maybe it's just me, but I think she should perform "Secret." Like, the song. Because she raerly performs the song that her album is named after.

Although I'm happy Black Cherry is selling well, I do think that Ayumi's secret is a bit better quality wise. I hope that Secret sells like 700 000 copies. 640 000 is not bad, but compared to her other albums...

600,000+ so far
keep going Ayu!

i think that Secret will eventually sell 750k. When compared to (m)u, Secret seem to have a longer lasting power. :yes

the promotion was very weird after all : we first listen JEWEL very soon compare to the release date... And we didn't know if it was a single, a mini album or finally a real album !
Then I think that those poor sales are consequences of confusion since BLUE BIRD release (remember : we expected a 4 tracks maxi single) and the bad promotion and quality of (m)u

and definitively YES : Ayu sould perform more Secret song (especially momentum and 1LOVE)

Thanks for the update.

Nothing spectacular.

that aren't very bad sales ^^ go ayu!

It seems Avex is putting all of their time and effort on Koda Kumi and not Ayu!!!!!

Yeah I see it that way too....

Did Ayu ever release Jewel, 1LOVE, and Momentum as singles? If she didn't maybe that could be a reason why many didn't buy the album. I mean the probably perferred the singles over the album or something of that sort. IMO, if she had sold the singles before releasing her album, should probably would have debuted higher.

I think release maybe one or two more singles in general would have helped.

Was the 1love pv aired on TV? I could see that song being popular just because of the video alone and the performance she gave of it was so great. I was glad I watched it because Hamasaki actually had a stage presence, unlike all those Jewel performances where everything is all calm and bland (but she did sing great during those performances so I'm not knocking them).

I wish she'd sing more songs live though. I do tend to fall in love with songs more when I see them live. I wasn't too fond of Ringo's new song until I saw the live.

650k seems likely and 700k possible.

I think Ayu is still doing really well now that Kumi has the spotlight. She'll probably rise again in 2007. now in all of Asia.

Okay sales.. I hope it keeps these steady sales, it could sell fairly well. :)

Koda's already passed 800K in three (3!!!) weeks :(

Yes, it has been aired on TV... altought some time after the release of Secret. At least on SSTV and MTV Japan.

gahh! please sell more Ayu!!!

i guess the album will hold out on the charts until her arena tour has ended at least

Ayu, gambatte!

oooh, better than waht I was expecting, Hope this is constant.

Well, we're considering the music market has weakened over the years, and Ayu's being overshadowed since she's past her prime and into other artists' prime, so I think these sales show her true lasting power. In a way, even if it doesn't beat Koda, these sales are MUCH better than Koda, considering they're at different stages of their career.

A BEST 2 will DEFINTELY sell over 2 MILLION. At least within two months. If A BEST sold 4 million, I'm sure A BEST 2 can at least match half of the first one. Plus, depending on the news released within the next month, it may deceive fans into thinking this is one of the last major releases made by her. We just need to hope for a good cover, or a cover with a lot of meaning to her that's explained in a press conference.

Rank improved, pretty nice. I think if her sales don't drop drastically and maintain steady, then she can definitely sale above 675-700K.

Where on earth did you get that info?

1. 502,426
2. 126,000
3. 174,032

i really think that this album deserved the million mark, but i quess japan is not that big into rock i suppose

I wonder if the next "studio album" by Ayu will sell better or worse than this :O

I don't care what anyone says but i think this album CAN reach 1 mil.! Only time will tell~

Seems constant...I think 700K or 750K is possible. I think if the sales reach over one million.

woo!! back to top 10!

Where did you get the 126k? From World Charts? If so, I think that's a lie because Oricon didn't even release numbers last week.

That does make me feel alot better, lol.

for two weeks, and at 50k?! That's awesome! that's only a 5k drop for 2 weeks! unless...it was some weird 30k, and then 20k sale. But, only 5k drop! So hopefully maybe a 700K seller. I think if ayumi's past albums can chart for over 25 weeks, then we'll get around 700k if it can too.

it's definately probable that it'll sell at least 700,000 especially with this [what seems to be] huge tour that is about to kick off in the next couple months and with the release of A BEST 2, her sales will skyrocket. I definately think it's possible since A BEST 2 has 2 versions and each offers different perks like the new song and footage of Best of CDL, it'll sell extremely well. Ayu isn't done yet that's for sure.

well... i think the quality of the album really speaks on its own... so i think sales will go relatively steady... and ayu is like appearing regularly on magazines and stuff.. so... i think until the A Best 2 comes out people will still notice secret... also the movie that ayu sing secret for hvnt debuted in japan yet.. so i guess when the movie comes out in japan.. .the sales will pick up again~~~~~~

p.s. i really want to know the sales globally too~~~

Not to bad.thanks for posting.

not too shabby

but the thing about A BEST 2 is
that A BEST 2 is seperated into 2 Albums
so
A BEST BLACK and A BEST WHITE
which one will sell million ? i hope both !

It's not yet sure if they are two separate albums. If they are, then probably none of them will hit 1 million...

Bah *goes to order 5 Japan ver. Copies*

Come on come on..650k isn't far

Isn't it 2 separate albums since you'd have to order twice on pre-orders?

Anyway, have faith in her... she'll be able to make it!

i hope a best 2'sales (both version) will hit a million mark this time. remember a ballads didn't reach a million even though it's a best album...

yes and there's 2 different album : A BEST 2 black and white, 1 for the up-tempo and the other for the ballads... I think that Ayu should do a selection to have only 1 album with her really BEST songs : it wil surely have more sale power

7th week sales not out yet?

I really think these BEST albums will hit a million.