Releases so far:
November 8th, 2012 - LOVE [mini album with 12 tracks, 3 new songs. Song 4 u, Missing, and Melody. Song 4 u and Missing have PVs.]
December 8th, 2012 - again [mini album]
Summary:
- Normally, releases are done on Tuesday/Wednesday to try to get as many sales as possible during the Oricon week in a 'traditional release pattern'
- Instead of that, Ayu is releasing on the 8th of every month starting in November to commemorate her debut
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Ranking is not important, but rather the day that these are being released
- She wants to thank the fans who have followed her by releasing lots of songs
- We should also expect more surprises along the way
- The article hints at the possibility having 5 mini albums in 5 months with 3 songs each (which would make sense given that it'd total 15 songs for the 15th anniversary as pointed out by Mami-chan) since Ayu mentioned 'releasing a lot of new songs'
- At this time, whether the releases are singles, albums, DVDs, and so on is not known but they will stick to the release date of the 8th (今後もシングル、アルバム、ＤＶＤなど種類は未定だが、記念日にこだわり毎月新譜を発売する。 )
Originally linked by tokyoxjapanfan and another fan
Quote:
Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan
"The 8th is 'Ayu Day': 5 Consecutive Months of New Releases"
If I read the article correctly, it states that releases are, for no other reason, released the way they are in order to garner as many sales as possible within the Oricon week. Instead of honoring that form of release pattern, Ayu is honoring/commemorating the 8th of the month, her debut. The ranking is not important, but rather the day on which it is released.
She has also stated:
「たくさん新曲も発表させていただきますし、これまで支えてくださったファンのみんなへの感謝 の気持ちを込 めた企画も考えていきたいと思っています」と話しており、毎月の記念日をファンとともに楽しん でいくつもり だ。
Rough translation? She wants to thank the fans who have followed her throughout the years by releasing a lot of new songs. And that she tends to enjoy every 8th of the month along with her fans.
http://www.nikkansports.com/entertai...5-1022572.html
This Oricon article also states that we should expect further surprises as well.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2017090/full/ |
If anyone can fully translate the articles, it would be great!
If we do end up getting five mini albums with three new songs each, 15 new songs would be awesome, but the price at which it would come... is a bit heavy. It's 12075 yen if you buy all CD+DVDs, or 7875 yen if you buy all CD only versions. And for most of us, that doesn't include the shipping costs as well. There are discounts here and there but that's usually just at Amazon.