[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Somehow, I don't know if some people are thinking realistically or even within the realms of possibility when they're thinking of sales for Ayu.

She is not going to sell 100,000+ on the first day with an original album anymore. Even Namie Amuro was barely able to do that with 110k or so. (Ayu's GUILTY which was released on a surprise date of 12/25 sold 60,000 on its first day)

Ayu fans really are quite the drama queens and know how to try and convince other people that Ayu is "doing badly" when she's really already in the top 40 YEARLY ALBUMS with just her FIRST DAY.

Point is: These sales are great! Don't let anyone who thinks Ayu should've sold 100,000 / 200,000 / 400,000 first day tell you otherwise. They're living in la-la land. (To note: Ayu's first day is higher than two best-of albums that were released earlier this year.)

Random - I've seen Ayu fans do some crazy things. When HEAVEN wasn't #1 in its first day and dipped to #3, people were saying it was like the end of the world. She got #1 in the end. Ayu sold 60k on her first day [12/25] with GUILTY and people thought she was done for with sales! (The #1 first week and #2 overall for GUILTY didn't help things either. Curse you, 5296!) This also happened when forgiveness sold "only" 220k or so, or when Startin' sold 190k... and especially when Shuchishin came from nowhere and pissed everyone off by getting the #1 spot for most of the week that Ayu sold MW.

In fact, during A BALLADS (2003), she sold about 400k first week with a "remix"/"remixed ballad" album and there were people who said "These sales are terrible! What happened to Ayu?" So I suppose that this isn't a new thing with Ayu fans, and anything that isn't absurdly high is both disappointing and too real for most fans for some reason. Maybe it's something that Ayu fans just do because she's been #1 for so long.

There's nothing wrong with those wanting the sales to be higher. We love Ayu and want her to continue her success. I doubt any of us have any dissociation with reality for wanting the sales to be similar to NL's. Thanks for the sales lesson and the comparisons, but really you can try to be less condescending; after all with your 'curse you 5296!' you show that you're not too different from the rest of us who are less than satisfied with the sales.