10.10: No. 1 - 13,155
10.11: No. 3 - 7,836
10.12: No.1 - 6,053
10.13: No.1 - 7,536
Est. Weekly Sales: 34,580
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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
I wouldn't be surprised if Fantome's first press was 400k. Utada may be huge, but Ai Otsuka was also pretty big until her hiatus started in 2009. When she returned, LOVE FANTASTIC only sold 6k. And LOVE TRiCKY only sold 5k. Certainly did not expect that, both as a long-time fan, and for the sheer fact that Ai also writes and produces almost all of her music.
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Ai chan was actually less popular before she went on hiatus. Her peak was LOVE COOK, then she started going downhill after that. LOVE PiECE still had decent sales, but everything after that was meh (e.g., HEART STATION was released in 2008 March, sold over a million in the end. LOVE LETTER was released in 2008 December, sold 179K in the end). I always think the time she lost the Ninhon record awards was the moment her fate went south. I still don't know how it would turn out if she was the one winning the award instead of kuu (Planetarium was huge that year. But kuu got a big push by avex after releasing her first best).
Oh well, enough Ai chan. Back to hikki. I think she can go to 500K in the end. She will at least get 50K this week. Hope there will be another Sunday boost again.