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Old 4th March 2008, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by GRACE View Post
But didn't Guilty hit #2 because it was released early like that?

I'm wondering if this will be #1 on the weekly, but I'm sure it'll be at least on the daily chart at #1. Guilty fell to #2, first studio album not to hit #1 in her avex career. Is it a sign against the success of this single?
GUILTY hit #2 because of the 2 week long New Year's Oricon week.

She was #1 in the first week if you were informed [by a small margin]~

And Kobukuro's incredible consistency led them to be no.1 for many weeks to come [and stay in the top 5 for weeks afterward]~

I don't blame Ayu for this, as I blame Kobukuro's insane fans. It's definitely NOT Ayu's fault for "selling so low" or "losing the #1". It seems that some of you don't know what happened in the first two weeks of January and just kinda fill in the story with "Oh, Ayu failed because she wasn't good enough" :|

GUILTY not hitting the #1 was bad predicting on avex's part. If GUILTY was released on 1/9 or something, it'd have been just fine. But they underestimated KOBUKURO's strength. :|
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