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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
Yeah it could always be worse without any TV promo - I guess we'll never know for sure. However looking back at the sales of Gackt's singles from Jesus onwards, he did appear on many Music and variety shows and the only single that has sold a lot was Journey through the Decade which was tied-in with Kamen Riders. So I am slowly starting to think that TV promo isn't really doing much for the sales if you're not really popular. I've noticed it's pretty much the same with BoA, Koda Kumi, Hitomi Shimatani, Ai Otsuka and many others too.
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Well, in Gackt's case I think it can safely be said that his popularity has fallen a lot and that musically his sound has been kind of stagnated for a while now. It seems he is kind of in the same boat - only his hardcore fans seem to be buying his stuff and not new people. Digital download wise though he seems to be doing better than he usually does (at least with the kamen rider songs) since I don't really remember ever seeing him much in the digital rankings.
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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
Also, not all the drama tie-ins are equivalently efficient, of course it depends on how much people like the song as well, but considering Sunrise is doing really well on Digital charts as many have pointed out (on both iTunes and Recochoku) I'd say the song isn't an issue here. So no, I wouldn't say we should expect the same from B'z and Ayu and their respective tie-ins.
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B'z song too though seems to have done very well digitally, especially for them in that area. I must say, drama producers must wonder whether having an Ayu song is the kiss of death or something for your ratings. It seems the only drama that got good ratings while using one of her songs was the one that used Love Destiny I think. Not that Ayu's song is at fault of course, but it may start getting looked at as bad luck or something.