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Originally posted by nmskalmn
Found another article with some more info:

Hikaru Utada sold a total of a total of 3,590,000 albums (10,990 million yen), and 2,140,000 singles (2,360 million yen).

In 1999 Hikki sold 12,750,000 CDs (28,130 million yen). This year it was 5,730,000 CDs (13,350 million yen). What a shocking decrease!

http://www.nikkansports.com/news/ent...021212-05.html

Was there any info on how many copies she sold by releasing Distance? I know the sales were lower, but it still shocks me how big of a nosedive Hikki's sales took.

Here's what confuses me. Hikki is like many artists who release a single in a time span of many months instead of every 2-3 months like Ayu. (A good example of this is Namie Amuro who lately releases new singles in time spans of 4 months or more.) Sure fans would be eagered to buy a new release after a long wait, but it still doesn't add up. Ayu's had more releases and have had high sales numbers for each one, yet Hikki releases new music less, every now and then surpassing Ayu's releases as number 1 in sales, but never for long. How could Hikki beat Ayu if her releases do not top Ayu's sales charts except for possibly a week or 2 and still beat Ayu in annual sales? It's absolutely bogus.