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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
^ I don't really think Hikki would have amazingly selling singles without strong tie-ins, let us remember Be My Last, Passion, Keep Tryin' and HEART STATION/Stay Gold. Even though Passion had a stronger tie-in than Be My Last it didn't sell amazingly well. Back at the time Ayu was still selling around 300k with her singles that didn't have mighty tie-ins.
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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
I only referred to the physical releases  As Karen said the ratings weren't as high and people most likely liked FoL better as well. I didn't say the song sold just because it had a tie-in ^^
Sunrise/Sunset is also doing really well digitally. |
Yes, but I was referring to hikki's digital sales in the beginning. Be My Last was a total failure in physical because there was only ONE song there. Even when she's beloved, it doesn't mean people are as stupid as EMI think. A cd worth over 1000 yen when there's only one song?
So you see, BML did badly in physical, and it got over a million download instead. Same as her other singles. Hikki doesn't belong to the physical department anymore. She dominates the digital world instead. And she gets loads of money from that surreal place. This is what I hope to see... cuz eventually cd will be another outdated item (just like vinyl disc, cassettes, MD, LD, vcd, etc.). Right now I treat the digital chart as a indicator of how well a song is received by the general public. Most of the time only hardcore fans buy physical things (e.g., ayu, and obviously those johnny boybands).