~July 1st~ A WORLD IS ONE
 

AYUMI HAMASAKI
DOWNLOAD DAY 2010
~July 1st~
A WORLD IS ONE

information forthcoming

It's truly a shame that Ayumi Hamasaki tends to neglect her western audience in terms of performances and releases. Now, this is not done as an act of disdain, but a label's lack to see the global support is large. The only true way to win over the label - Avex Trax - is to show them strong sales throughout all the markets that they've tested. This can be achieved by a "Download Day", which is exactly as it sounds. This "Download Day" could pave the way to all sorts of things. However, the ultimate goal is likely unanimous in the collective conscious of the fan: To get Ayumi Hamasaki -- potentially the world's greatest pop-star -- to tour and release physically on a global scale.

Once more I repeat: This can only be achieved by showing the label that there is enough interest to pursue these financially risky and commercially appetizing endeavors.

So..What is a 'Download Day'?
A Download Day is a given set of time (usually but, ironically, not always just one day) where fans or supporters of one particular act buy a specific song from that artist for a whole slew of reasons. These reasons include boosting a chart position (or making it chart), increasing artist or label revenue, which both lead up to the artist or label start thinking about the commercial or fan-related gains it could see by promoting in the area which may have garnered high downloads.

When is the Download Day?
Monday, June 28th through Sunday, July 3rd.

How can I help?
All you need to do is buy July 1st in whichever country you have access to legal downloads in. For example, a person in the Unites States would likely use the iTunes store or maybe Amazon MP3, among other. You can buy the song for yourself, or you can gift it to friends -- the more the better!

What else would you like to know? I will answer any and all questions.

wat?

...why don't we just all buy July 1st on July 1st? and what does "Just 1st" mean?

Huh, that's a good idea!

Ahhh I get it now! So we all buy July 1st from iTunes on the same day, and that will help boost Ayu's rating? Cool! (^_^) I'll help!

I think the person wants everyone to download the song July 1st, legally like on itunes amazon etc, on the 1st of July or within a few days of that time so there is a spike in the sales for that song to make it like an a world is one thing, where everyone in the world buys the song to show support for Ayu... Something along that line


*edit* I took too long to type this out... its already been answered

You got me... I spelled July wrong :x

Could a mod please change the title?

I love this idea~ I'll do it. :)

lol yes, please. I really like the idea of organizing a mass iTunes purchase--I just wish it was a song I liked more.

Also, although each store has its own top 100 list, it might be better for international-forum morale if it was a song from GUILTY or Rule/Sparkle that is available in all/most iTunes Stores. Maybe "Sparkle?"

i love july 1st. and it doesn't matter what song we pick. there will always be those people that will say "oh, i hate that song, can't we pick a better song?" we will never pick a song which everyone will like, that's impossible. besides, since July 1st (the date) is about a month and a half away, it kind of does make sense. but if I picked the song, I'd probably go with Dearest since its probably (because of inuyasha) her most well known song internationally.

Yes i would say "July 1st" for all stores that have it, and for those that don't, "MY ALL" since it was written for her fans.

I'd definitely go more for MY ALL, since it means a lot to Ayu, if anything. (I personally don't like MY ALL that much, either--actually, I like July 1st more, definitely, lol. But yeah...) I realise not everybody will be completely happy with any song, but July 1st seems so random, lol. It's honestly not a song that a lot of people love, is it? And it's not a song that normally gets a lot of attention (and it shouldn't, because it's very generic :\), nor is it a classic/staple/etc.

...Just sayin'. Not trying to throw off your project or such. ^^'

we should try both songs. I personally don't like my all though. but I could probably do it.

I already bought July 1st on iTunes but hey, a lot of people have boughten the same song 8 times through various formats. I'll do it too if there's a good response to this :3.

I would prolly do well with anything that is from I am... to NEXT LEVEL, maybe like Marionette, talkin 2 myself, or maybe something older like I am... or better yet, the original version of Depend on you.

I'm definitely in, but only if it's July 1st. People need to stop *****ing...it makes sense since the date would be July 1st.

Exactly. The only exception is for the people who don't have "July 1st" available to buy.

We want to try and get one song to garner as many downloads as possible.

A song called "July 1st" charting within the iTunes Top 200 in the middle of July will also get a lot of people interested, too.

Good idea!

My only other concern is that Ayu has three albums in the US store with the song "July 1st:" H, RAINBOW, and A BEST 2 -WHITE-. Does it matter which we buy it from? I'm not sure how it works, but I'd hate to accidentally split the sales between three different files and have none of them chart. It might be in our best interest to specify which album to buy it from (if available).

When is the Download Day?
Monday, June 28th through Sunday, July 3rd.


I think the idea is.. buy July 1st the song on July 1st the DAY so that on that day, we unite as "A WORLD IS ONE!" with one song, that is the name of the day we're buying it? Really the idea is cute, and I don't believe I've heard July 1st in awhile.. so.. why not? ;)