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Originally Posted by hikaricore
Yeah ^, I mean, their greatest hits compilation is STILL charting, after like three years. I know this may sound defeatist...but Ayu is gonna have to kiss her top 10 spot goodbye. Unless she manages to chart for a VERY long time and push her sales up or something, but a new album era is beginning with the release of Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE IS ALL~
So I'm beginning to lose hope.
Am I the only one who feels that way?
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Well there might not be solo female artists on the top 10 yearly albums of oricon at all by the end of the year, which shows the general power female artists have at this period.
Even if kuu's album will end up on 9 or 10 (though I don't think it will manage it), just 1 female on the top 10 (actually on 10) and with such sales it still shows how female solo artists in Japan are recieved in this period.
If namie or hikki would release albums then they most likely would end up on top 10 but just 2 females would be still sad.
The Majority of the top 10 are bands (almost all of them male bands) or by males generally.
On the top 10 singles there's just 1 female artist at the moment and she's an enka singer which is good for her, but again it's just 1 and not any of the divas or other new commer female artists (or older).
ayaka will most likely be also in the top 10 but it's because she is releasing a best album, and will go on hiatus. Unless if there are special things going on the great sales aren't really going for solo female singers, at least this year.
Including this there are only 4 albums this year that sold over 500,000 by far and just 1 million seller (not by shipped copies).
There are going to be 2 more albums that sell over 500,000 but they are bests (ayaka's and arashi's) so bests will dominate the top 5. The things don't look good in general and things don't look good for female artists.
Also it seems like avex (or probably ayu herself doesn't want it) stopped shoving ayu to the public as it appears. Nothing like even 2 or 3 years ago.