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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yes I know. My point is, if the artists didn't care about their sales in any way, shape, or form, there wouldn't even be a need for record labels to exist. But, that's why its called the music business and by virtue of the fact that it is indeed a business its ultimately about making money. From Ayu to Koda to the tiniest artist on the label they are part of that business and therefore are always going to be concerned at least somewhat about sales. Of course they all care about their fans too, but money/business is also a part of the equation and not a small one. For example, every artist these days have multiple versions of the same album/single and to be frank, that has nothing to do with the fans and all to do with making money. I'm not even saying its a bad thing or that it is even the artists choice to do it, just that its not something that should be forgotten about.

Exactly. I find it funny when people say that *insert an artist name* doesn't care about the sales. And while I can understand that many of the older and established acts might care less, the newer acts are prolly concerned a lot. Ayu's job is to be an artist/performer and she gets payed/earns money from her job activities.