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Old 2nd March 2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by njanjayrp View Post
Great!! 93k as predicted!
@SunshineSlayer - that's prolly true, but there are always those who don't intend to buy the album, liked Rule or Sparkle and bought the single
Yes, that has to be taken into account - though I would assume it might be a relatively small number.

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Also, the difference in cd sales might also refer to something else. Maybe the promotion for Days made those not-so-hardcore ayu fans buying the single. You know, some fans (e.g., me) just buy her albums. We can't say those who don't buy singles are not her fans rite? We can just say those (including myself) are not super hardcore. Sometimes special promotion will make those fans spending extra money on their idols. I as an example. I never buy ayu singles, but I bought both CD+DVD versions of MW because it was the 10th anniversary single, and it was released on April 8, which made me feel it's so special that I couldn't resist to buy it.
Right, that's why I said it might be a good indicator of how large her hardcore fan base that will by anything is. But as for casual fans that can be brought in by promotion its harder to say, but comparing this to days/green is about as close as we are going to be able to get in terms of guessing how much promo can really influence her sales or not and if a large portion of casual listeners still find her appealing. And we will know more too about that when the album is released.

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