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Originally Posted by brener
Was this while ago even before Bon Voyage and what is your source?
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Last year there was an uproar of Arashi being number 1 yearly while Exile and AKB sold more so that is said to have been a factor in Oricon discounting overseas sales since last year. CDJapan only recently found out that they were no longer using their overseas shipments after they asked about it.
Here is an email from CDJapan before they made it official that overseas sales no longer count-
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp5qLu-IMAA84bJ.jpg
Also even if overseas sales were counted Kuu doesn't have a fanbase that large as she hadn't even debuted when J-Pop was at its peak in the 90s in other countries of Asia ala Amuro and Ayu. Also I'm pretty sure most of the Taiwan/Asian fans buy the Taiwan press/local press version of an album (instead of the Japanese version due to cost) which doesn't count on Oricon anyway.
Either way 6k isn't a huge difference but I just wanted to clarify this.