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Originally Posted by douggn
I think the sales just reflect the time we live in. Agreed she doesn't have the biggest fan base she had but also they don't include her digital sales. I think that if it did, her position would be higher as it is a more convenient way for everyday music listener, more so in Japan too. Physical sales are nothing compared to digital sales nowadays, but the music industry still holds onto the whole physical side more. They also don't count overseas purchaces too
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Umm, physical sales are the bulk of the Japanese market, especially when it comes to album sales. Everyday music listeners are inclined to buy singles online (and by singles I mean the single's title track only), but not albums. I mean only one album has been certified digitally by the RIAJ (the Frozen soundtrack which was certified Gold for selling 100k digitally).
If we're talking about singles, the digital market definitely matters, but for albums it's a completely different story.
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Originally Posted by visionfactory
Nothing last forever, except Matsuda Seiko's career  she is like the ayu from the 80's still releasing things even if she's not selling that well anymore  so don't care about ayu, she will never be in misono's case |
She is the new Seiko.
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Originally Posted by Bigtop
Agreed so.
I have to wonder...when will Japan start to make its 'final', 'big' change to digital? I know Johnny's artists won't release music on iTunes, hence those sales numbers, and AKB48, despite they're on iTunes, those handshake tickets that they covet...!
But yeah...eventually CD sales might not matter very much. I mean, there's this recent trend of digital music downloads in FLAC format, which is starting to gain some traction...
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Can you even buy FLAC digitally anywhere in Japan but OTOTOY?
I think a lot of people are thinking that the circumstances in the Western market are the same as the Japanese market but this is false.
I don't think that Oricon will include digital anytime soon. I mean if anything, digital has been put on the back burner by the industry these past few years in light of the discontinuation of the RIAJ Digital Track Chart. They said they were going to retool it a few years ago about but they killed it instead. Since then all we've had to go on are charts from different online stores and RIAJ digital certifications.