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nmskalmn 19th July 2007 11:34 AM
[article] 'Flavor' single claims digital crown
 
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Hikaru's "Flavor of Life" also holds the record for the most successful single of all time in Japan in terms of units sold across all formats with total sales now in excess of 7.7 million. The previous biggest selling single in Japan was the 1975 release "Oyoge, Taiyaki-Kun" by Masato Shimon, which sold 4.5 million units, according to Oricon, which compiles the Japanese charts.

Hikaru additionally holds the record for the best selling album of all time in Japan with her debut, "First Love," which has sold nearly eight million copies, according to Oricon.

Jean Francois Cecillon, chairman and CEO of EMI Music Intl., said: "Utada Hikaru has once again led the Japanese music market into new areas of growth and success. 'Flavor of Life' has firmly established a new form of hit single —one where consumers can purchase music in whatever ways they choose. In the new music environment we must deliver multiple products for multiple consumers."
Read it: 'Flavor' single claims digital crown
Utada Hikaru tune sells 7 mil units

thinkingoutloud89 19th July 2007 11:54 AM
Why always Hikkiß her music isnt THAT good

DeepRiver 19th July 2007 12:08 PM
It's awesome. Flavor of Life is great but soooooo big numbers? Awesome .... just awesome ... Hope her Kiss & Cry / Beautiful World Single is doing great in the charts.

ayumisrael 19th July 2007 12:12 PM
It's really awesome, Flavor of Life is a good song! Congrats hikki.

Though mainly it gained its success from the popular Drama and hikki's divorce so I wouldn't say it's a natural success or an up rising... Without them I think that it might've been just a quarter from the total sales but I like hikki so congrats anyway ^_^.

~ayu-cake~ 19th July 2007 12:21 PM
Wow o__o
That's a hell of a lot.

Congrats Hikki :)

AyuGAME 19th July 2007 12:48 PM
i think its just a tune not a copy..but its still a WOW thing to achieve

ayu_fan929 19th July 2007 12:52 PM
Looks like they included her ringtone sales in to the 7.7 million.

ayumisrael 19th July 2007 01:04 PM
^Yeah, at least 7,000,000 of those sales are just ringtones...

[taskin.ayu] 19th July 2007 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Monkey_D_Ruffy16 (Post 1145519)
Why always Hikkiß her music isnt THAT good
No it is good. D: Why would it sell so much if it was trash?

Congrats to Hikki anyway, that single was so successful. :0

Peger 19th July 2007 01:09 PM
This is a clear case of record labels stretching numbers to make their artists look more successful than they are. You can't come FoL's overall sales with singles that were released before the era of digital downloads...

Foxxy_Fuyumi 19th July 2007 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Monkey_D_Ruffy16 (Post 1145519)
Why always Hikkiß her music isnt THAT good
DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE



LOL


Dont tell that! shes is amazing!

...but opinions are opinions.
lol

ayu_fan929 19th July 2007 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 1145553)
^Yeah, at least 7,000,000 of those sales are just ringtones...
Well to be fair, RIAJ has certified both the Original Version and the Ballad Version
2x Platinum on cellphones and Gold on PCs for full song downloads. Adding to the physical sales, I think that would put it around 2 million.

ayumisrael 19th July 2007 01:23 PM
^Did the company/hikki got the same money from physical copies and downloads of the full single? (Well, generally ont just hikki).

sora2522 19th July 2007 02:14 PM
...


wow...


though i didn't like the original that much, congrats =3

Beauty4123 19th July 2007 04:22 PM
i didn't think that the flavor of life single was amazing, but it was a great single overall. congrats to utada!

darc_aqua 19th July 2007 04:33 PM
wow thats huge. it wasnt one of her greatest singles in my opinion. im more excited about Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry. I hope that single sells well also.

criminal 19th July 2007 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Peger (Post 1145558)
This is a clear case of record labels stretching numbers to make their artists look more successful than they are. You can't come FoL's overall sales with singles that were released before the era of digital downloads...
At least the article made it clear what formats have been included in the total number.

Basically, Utada Hikaru is a blessing to everyone that likes music. I hope she won't get all "I WANT TO END MY CAREER ON A HIGH" on us. D:

ayu_fan929 19th July 2007 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 1145577)
^Did the company/hikki got the same money from physical copies and downloads of the full single? (Well, generally ont just hikki).
I don't think full single downloads are popular in Japan.

namiie 19th July 2007 08:31 PM
I personally think that Hikki's strength lies most in her composition...I'm not too big a fan of her voice (which borders on whiny/off key at times). I must admit that Flavor of Life is good though. I didn't feel this way before watching HYD 2, but yeah it's a great song! XD

CatGirl 19th July 2007 08:45 PM
Congratulations to Hikki!! ^__^ Although, of all songs, why Flavor Of Life? o-o I love it and all but I don't think it's one of her best songs ever D: Oh well, I'm still happy for her


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