Neat. Ayu has such a strong fanbase which supports her 1st week sales. Now if only her sales could be as consistent as some of the artistes up there
I agree that the quality popular American music is declining but i think you should look at the sales trend for following weeks as well. Albums on japan charts almost always decline quite drastically in subsequent weeks but US albums can still sell hundreds of thousands in later weeks. The most i give Exile is 2 million but i'm sure Britney will go over that. This is only the first week sales, maybe there's no need to read too much into it.