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Originally Posted by Izzette
Anyway, Maybe if the Japanese came off their prices just a bit, and maybe made like a Standard CD press that was like 500Y/700Y, no gimmicks, just the plain CD, maybe that would bring out more buyers. Cause I know for along time when I was unable to watch the DVDs, I just bought CD Onlys.
I think CD Only's should be about 700Y, then CD/DVD's maybe 1,300Y. 1,000/1,800 is just way too much since you can go to Itunes Japan and buy the main 2 singles for just 200Y each digitally. When you put it that way of course it attracts people to digital, it's cheaper, and who doesn't like saving money?
~~~~~ How could anyone not mention Junko? Ai no mama de is a legendary song. But it makes me sad that somebody as legendary as Ayumi Hamasaki can't sell 500,000 anymore, A person with a fanbase that probably out weighs Junko's by millions. It really makes me sad. I realize Junko was a one hit wonder, and her other songs haven't matched it in sales by any means. So I guess one can't compare Junko Akimoto to Ayumi Hamasaki. But I wish success stories like that still happened in Japan.
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I don't even buy physical singles but I definitely would if they were cheaper and I agree with everything you said about that.
-- What I find amazing about Junko Akimoto is that she's
in her 60s yet her single was the 3rd best selling single of 2009!! She's the Japanese Susan Boyle but while I of course wish Ayu could have top 10 yearly singles again, she's still more or less consistent in the sense that she doesn't have singles that actually bomb selling 10K or something like other very talented musicians that went through a high prime and dropped flat.
We also have to remember, including myself, that other artists don't do so amazing singles-wise either. Take GreeeeN for example; they've had amazing sales with Kiseki for example and their albums sell very well but other well known songs like Setsuna and the bulk of their singles haven't even sold 100K.
Basically, I mentioned other artists for comparison with their popularity and sales and I've come to the conclusion that sales =/= popularity.