[CHARTS + SALES] Mirrorcle World - ORICON STYLE Thread II
 

Happy 10th Anniversary!

Congratulation to Ayu!

Officially 30 No. 1 Singles
18 Consecutive No. 1 Singles
At Least One No. 1 in Each Year (Since 1999)
Highest First Week Single Sales of Female Artist in 2008 By Far

Article at Oricon Metioned Mirrorcle World Got #1 This Week
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/53725/full/

This Week Daily Ranking & Sales

[1st Week]

2008.04.07

Position: #1
Index: 21,355
Estimate Sales (1st Day): 21,355 x 1.75 = 37,371


2008.04.08

Position: #1
Index: 16,180
Estimate Sales (2nd Day): 16,180 x 1.75 = 28,315


2008.04.09

Position: #2
Index: 9,332
Estimate Sales (3rd Day): 9,332 x 1.75 = 16,331


2008.04.10

Position: #2
Index: 4,997
Estimate Sales (4th Day): 4,997 x 1.75 = 8,745


2008.04.11

Position: #2
Index: 4,324
Estimate Sales (5th Day): 4,324 x 1.75 = 7,567


2008.04.12

Position: #2
Index: 12,772
Estimate Sales (6th Day): 12,772 x 1.75 = 22,351


2008.04.13

Position: #1
Index: 16,638
Estimate Sales (7th Day): 16,638 x 1.75 = 29,116


Weekly Ranking & Sales


[1st Week] 2008.04.13

Position: #1
Sales:




Estimated Total Sales (Up to 2008.04.13): 149,796

OIRCON STYLE
http://www.oricon.co.jp/

ORICON STYLE DAILY RANKING
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

Oh Ayu~!!! I bet u'll pass the 100,000 copies for sureee~!!
Ganbatte~!! ^0^

wow almost 100,000! thats great :D

How's the other competitors going?
The Shusomething

One more day until the week ends, right? If so, she's sure to pass 100K (and retain her #1 weekly streak).

breaking 100k ^^ soon....

i think it'll sell around glitter/fated.

hope it will break 200K

I think it'll sell 160k or more, in the total sales (not of this week). Don't mind to the competitors, they're weird, lol.

ayu go go go!!! u have to beat the boyband!!/!

hey a second thread!
yeeaa she'll definetely break the 100k record today but im beginning to change my mind about 300k =\
its just im a noob at this sales thing
but wen i was browsing wiki's discography list of ayu they had tonnes of singles wif 1 mil +
iunno whether this is right or whether its just another one of wiki's mistakes but... =S

^ That would be when downloading wasn't so mainstream. XDD

Ahh yesterday's sales are gonna come up soon!! I'm anticipating this. XD

100k is coming up very close!! TIME TO ADD OVERSEAS SALES TO THE CHARTS~! ^^; Ayu must be very happy right now. :smitten

wat do u mean by downloading wasn't so mainstream?
lols sry but yno...i suck at english
straight C's and C+'s
hahas

That was like between 1999 - 2002 rite? The Golden era for both ayu and hikki. And during that time cd sales did not decline that much. It was quite easy for top artists to sell at least 600K back then..

woo today's sell soon? can't wait xD

and er. 1million sells was when people havent figured out how to illegal download :innocent and her peak era. when she was beyond godlike xD now she's just goddess xD ( not saying she's loosing popularity, just that she was well aboved popular back then

Those are awesome sales, for sure. That's the proof that japaneses liked the single at all.

Yay ayu! What are the sales for the other group. o.o

Back in her peak era even I purchased her music, which I practically never do anymore. Downloading is much more convenient now, so consumers are less inclined to actually buy the single.

continued from the last thread:

No, B'z would still win in this case Soba ni Iru ne's weekly sales never exceed 100K. It's just she sold around 40- 50K per week for the first six weeks.. On the other hand, B'z first week sales were always above 150K. B'z would be no. 1 anywayz (and even ayu if she battled w/ Aoyama, cuz ayu's first week sales were always above 60K at least).

I dunno but I heard that Japanese are educated not to use unauthorized/illegal stuff (like... well educated on this issue), so the majority dun download illegal mp3s that much. And I kinda think this could be true. Just look at their ringtone downloads/mp3 downloads. It's easy to just upload a self-made ringtones to the cell rite? But they always purchase them instead of making them. That is why Flavor Of Life could have more than 7 million (legal) downloads in just one country.

Somehow I read that her sales were about 200k in one only week. I'm so getting old. :weep

83k so far (It's prolly higher than that)

@bluegie: that's right. :yes Soba ni is what you can call "a slow but steady selling" single. I think it might achieve 500K in a few weeks. If so, then I really congratulate Aoyama. That's a hard feat to achieve for debuting artists. Most older artists can't even do that anymore.

avex should release Ayu as a new artist called 'Hamazaki Kurumi'. She would just release a catchy song and she'd sell like a wonder. Nobody should ever know it was her. :D

Gosh you're 14 (looking at your profile now) and you think you're old?? LOL

No, I dunno how well Aoyama sold per week... I just check the wiki about her weekly sales. Cuz I remember that her weekly sales neveer exceed 100K.

^ Soba ni iru has low first week sales.

Anyway i don't think aoyama can pull out another longevity single anytime soon. Some debut artisit managed to achieve instant success initially, and their subsequent releases usually drop by alot...until they release another hit single.

I love the fact that even on Friday, the drop was really small compared to the previous day, and it would be nice if the sales don't drop below 3 k for a few days :D and I am pretty sure the Thelma girl was a one hit wonder...Even people like Yuna Ito or ayaka didn't last long.

^I should be a pedo. :innocent

J/K J/K!

Hirahara Ayaka's Jupiter is a really good example then LOL. It sold like crazy (at that time), and people called her "the next hikki" or whatever.. Then she was like sinking back to the bottom after that famous single..

Ugh, Cloud! You and naughty sex jokes never cease to amaze me. :laugh

Bot:

I'm really really anxious to see what Shincuchi (I think that's right) index is for today. I'll prolly be asleep when there posted.

'Jupiter' just sold that much because it was like the theme of the earthquakes happened in the end of 2003 (or 2001, I don't remember). People of the destructed village started to listen to the song because of the strong lyrics and it was a mega boom.

@shanny: me? naughty sex jokes? WTF! I'm not the kind of guy you're thinking I am, omg. xD

^....that's not what you were telling me over MSN....:innocent

Hmmm......I thought Ayaka (the First Message gurl) was called the "next hikki"?!

With Luv's quote towards Cloud, I assume what I thought (about pedo) is correct... LMAO.

Anywayz, I dunno but I have a feeling not wanting to look at the index for the next two days. If Shuchishin beats ayu, they will no matter what avex did tonite (like... making megaposters, giving athat 4.8 anniversary photo, a mirror, 2 clear files, etc..)

Yeah, she was. But her last singles were a big flop. I'm so sorry for her. 'WINDING ROAD' only sold that much and was a big hit because of Kobukuro. And that song was totally Kobukuro-ish too. xD

@shanny: OMG, naughty girl! Don't do this with me, my mom can't catch me doing that out. *depressed* xD I'm gonna sleep (no, I'm not gonna do that), bye. :P

@bluegie: WTF, I'm not a ****. xD

Sorry for the words, mods. I'm bored. :weep

those are pretty hardcore sales for a single :O

:laugh He's not a pedo...well, as far as I know. lmao

Jeez, bluegie. You're making me really anxious to see Shushishin's sales for today. Eeeee, I so wanna see themn now. Quick! Someone go check the Oricon site?! Please?! :cry

@Cloud: I'm sorry! lol Stay for a little while longer. lol

Oricon will not update till ~2.5 hr later. Let's say in this way. Shuchishin shall get over 10K index (logically). If ayu can pull above 8K tonite, then we'll have another long day before we know who will win eventually. BUT that only applies if Shuchishin is just 10K. If they're above 14K, then we dun need to care about Sunday index anymore, cuz this boyband will surely win..

PS: Accordin to his profile, Cloud is too young to be a xxxx LOL :P.

So once again, Ayu is already considered quite a legend as her singles always have decent or even excellence sales sometimes for ten years!

:roflmao :roflmao :roflmao You're my hero, blugie. :shughug Welcome to the club. hehehehehehe

Well, he acts like a 35 year-old man....sometimes. :P Okay, Imma stop Cloud. I luv you baby.

But yea, that's why I extremely doubt that she'll get #1 this time. I doubt that ShuIcan'tspelltheirname single will fall below 10k today. If that sell at 9k, will still beat ahead of ayu?

So who's sold the most so far? Ayu or that boyband?

^Ayu with 96k for now. Shu(?) has sold 83k so far. The sales are prolly higher than the index tells us.

Ahhh.. If Shuchishin index is below 9K tonite.. Well I think ayu's index will still be higher (I assume her index will be around 4K at least rite?).

The point is... right now their difference is 8961 (index). That means for the next 2 days ayu's index must not be averagely 4000 lower than SCS. But Natsu Style (a Japanese site doing prediction about the sales/indexes) predicted that SCS's index for Sat and Sun will be around 12K per day, while ayu's index will be about 4.5K per day (URL: http://blog.livedoor.jp/ustan777/archives/51273104.html). I think their guess is pretty logical except that I hope ayu's index should be at least 5K per day for the next two days..

Edit: Of course, like Luv said, the actual sales may be higher in the end. Cuz the factor is not always 1.75. The recent example is that Hikki's HEART STATION first week factor was 1.78, which was 0.08 higher than usual album factor (1.7). The thing is, if the overall index for SCS is like 2000 higher than ayu, I dun think ayu could win even if her factor is more than 1.75..

^ That means ayu's gonna lose to them most probably =SSSS

Oooooh, bad news for the hardcore ayu fans then. Eeeeee, I'm so caught up in this competition between ayu and SCS (thanks for makin' it easy for me. lol). SCS are to be in the 12k range today while ayu's at 4.5k. If this is true, will be finally free. O: Strange, i thought the tour would do the single some justice. It must not be that many people buying the single at the tour stands then. =/

Lol the boy band's cover lookes so stupid.

I can feel the suspense. XDD Will the new results be coming out in less than an hour or so? It was around this time for the last few days...

The third guy on the right reminds me of one of my highschool friend that turned into "gay" in that cover.
And BTW, It doesn't attractive to me to buy it anyways.

Ayumi Hamasaki - 21,355 + 16,180 + 9,332 + 4,997 + 4,324 + 12,772 x1.75 = 120,680
Shuchishin - 12,673 + 10,500 + 10,831 + 13,223 + 17,183 x1.75 = 112,718

... I can't feel my legs...

Wow, this wasn't predicted!! Ayu's sales went up a notch, but so did Shuchishin's!! What are the chances now?

Where did you get today's sales from? If that is true then it's awesome and it'll get very close tomorrow.
At ORICON it says that 12 Apr "ランキング情報が存在しません。" (Ranking information doesn't exist XD)

EDIT: Never mind, it shows for me now.

OMG, one day left, Ayu's boost was HUGE compared to the boy band's. Maybe Ayu does still have a shot at that number 1 after all. Don't count her out yet folks!

but surprisingly ayu has an index of 12K.
she need to maintain that index or get a little higher

OMFG THAT IS A FRICKEN MIRRORCLE!!!
12k!!!
w00t go AYU GO!
hopefully she'll go up more!
cmonnnnn only 2 more days until the 1 week period is over!

^ isn't it only 1 more day?

Okay, so, if Ayu's sales for Sunday have a gap of less than 8k from Shuchishin's, Ayu wins!!! Ayu fights til' the end! =DDD

yep 1 more day

only few hours left today.
if you still do not buy the single, pls try to buy it.

2008/04/07付～2008/04/12付

　　　　　　　　浜崎　　羞恥心　　ZARD　　ラルク　　安室
――――――――――――――――――――――――
*7（月）　　　*21,355　---,---　---,---　**1,506　**1,370
*8（火）　　　*16,180　*12,673　**9,283　***,***　***,** *
*9（水）　　　**9,332　*10,500　**6,892　***,***　***,** *
10（木）　　　**4,997　*10,831　**2,878　***,***　***,** *
11（金）　　　**4,324　*13,223　**2,079　***,***　***,** *
12（土）　　　*12,772　*17,183　**3,271　***,***　***,** *
13（日）　　　
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
指数合計 　*68,960　*64,410　*24,403　**1,506　**1,370
オリ枚数　　
オリ／指　　

I'd say unless the boy band sells atleast 14k tomorrow, otherwise mirrorcle world should claim 1st

oh right i counted wrong sorry i meant one day
EVERYONE BUY ANOTHER COPY OF EACH VERSION!!! QUICK!!!
lols but i think i heard some1 say in da old thread that unless the postal address is in japan then it wouldn't be counted
soo...aww too bad

ayu go go go gogo go go!!! u have to win!!!

when shuchishin's index tomorrow is around 4550 higher than ayu's, ayu will be #2.

wow it has surpassed glitter!! that's awesome!!!! :D
from 4k to 12k, LOL!! Avex sure working their a$$ off during last minutes.

You should say, if the indexes difference between SCS and ayu is less than 4550, then ayu will maintain the no. 1 streak..

This is getting intense. The indexes difference today is 4411. And actually I'm amazed that avex's tactic did work this time somehow. I didn't expect MW's index would be over 10K today... (again, I'm more amazed that SCS's index is that high).

Does anyone think that AVEX is related to Mirrorcle World's boost? I do haha.

even if she made a deal with the devil there wouldn't pilgrim almost the triple amount of people to pick up her single. surely, it's avex.

Yes. a boost from 4324 to 12K is already a miracle to me. I didn't expect such boost.

Now I feel like another Distance vs. A BEST, except this time I'm not fan of both.. If avex wanna win this battle, they better give those special stuff outside the concert hall (like, major cd stores will have extra poster/mirror/clear files/etc.). And they should make lots of MW temp stores down the streets to play with this battle...

Damn, this kills off lots of my brain cells again..

When we will know the next index?

^Same time, at around 6 tomorrow.

Wow this is sooo exciting!...I was really stunned by the sudden surge in sales index of MW. I'm more worried about MW though..since MW's sales index fluctuation is large than shucishin single's.

tomorrow? :irked

I still can't believe of this index O_O

I assume ayu's index shall be around similar. Good lord that she has another concert today so that means they can suck away people's money again. If avex is smart, they should be giving those BIGGER special prizes around Japan now. Yeah yeah that way MW's index could be higher tomorrow...

Cuz I believe that SCS's index could be higher as well... in order to maintain less than 4550 differences, avex must do something..

This is even more exciting than playing RPG game..

OMG.... now i'm so excited.. a miracle did happened.. =) just one more day.. *finger crossed*.. Will Avex be doing the promotion sunday too?

I think they will. And it seems to me that they do care about this No. 1 streak thingie. I have no idea why they didn't do that for GUILTY tho.. probly album streak is not that attracting compared to the single streak?

uhm

12772 x 1,75= 22351

right?

LOL at avex again :laugh
It seems like their power still exists.
Go ayu!

Yes... and for those of you who wasn't ayu or hikki fan back in 2001, I can tell you that today's index totally brings up the feeling of that battle.

You could do that but I'll get in trouble with mommy and daddy. XD If MW pulls off another spectacular sale then our nightmare might not come! YAY! (omg what if its a tie. XD)

haha i wish i was there to experience the battle years ago.

I suppose number wise singles' streak is more significant.

Yeah I meant the hour >_> I'm not that stupid. xD

WTF! XD this hasn't happen since I've become a fan back in 2004, as I can recall. But OMG I still can't believe it went up 3x :D Go go go! And it even outsold Namie's first week sales before the actual end of the week XD I am just praying the single will do as good as BLUE BIRD did! And it would be even better if she pulls of a no1. I guess AVEX is doing as much as they can to keep it that way! But this is beyond what I expected!

if avex/ayu has a hand in the boost why didnt they do the same for GUILTY 0.o
or maybe people who works office hours have day off on weekends and go over to hmv/tower records to buy the single?

This will be a mystery forever.. No one really knows why avex didn't do anything to boost up GUILTY sales...

OMG congratz to ayu but OMG the boy band is still brrathing her in the neck! haha I could never have imagined the sales to be this exciting! Even though the sales aren't important to me, it's still great how good this single is selling. It's still her 10th anniversary single haha

yaooiiyy keep increasing.good job avex.
hope tomorrow will do the best

Haha, I love you, avex trax. :D Pimp those copies of Mirrorcle World!
Now just do the same thing tomorrow and crisis will be averted... for now. x_x

wat do you guys mean by the boost thing? =S

Btw isn't ayu has the highest first week single sales by female artist in 2008 by far?

^ hmm how much sobani iru ne - aoyama's single?

First week yes,overall maybe Soba ni iru ne wins
JE boybands screw up charts with the gajilion fangirls in Japan:innocent

50,158 (that is first week sales)

OMG.... this is miracle

Thelma's single was only 50,000 on debut, so I'm pretty sure Ayu will definitely be up there with highest debut sales.

Nope ayu sold more already in the 2nd day...
soba ni iru's first week sales are 50,158.
So I think ayu has the highest first week single sales by a female artist of 2008.

oww. it's mean ayu is the highest 1st week sales for female category.
if i'm not wrong, 60s70s80s namie's single sold 110K in 1st week

what i meant by overall = total sales.
due to long chart life.

Yep, 114,719 to be exact.

holydragon : ayumisrael talked about the highest 1st week sales by female artists

Yeah I don't really expect MW to sell more overall =P

60s70s80s was 114,719. namie has the 2nd highest first week single sales XD.

wow wow wow..
it's like..miracle~

is there any chance it will get higher tomorrow?

If avex are keeping the intense promotion today as well then there is a chance!

Whoaaaa! Major boost today! It doesn't seem natural, but oh well. XD

Of course it's not natural, avex had a promotion day yesterday :laugh
maybe today as well!