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Originally Posted by Corvina
Just wondering - so those sales are less creditable, ause less people bought more copies compared to more people buying single copies? Why?
I mean, nobody is forcing anybody to buy anything, looking at it objectively.
You can dislike them as much as you want (not a fan either), but they had quite a big impact the last ten years.
So I agree with Voltron. Even if they fade away within a year now, they will be remembered.
Also compared to Ayu, who made a huge part of her sales in a time, where physical sales were much higher than they are in the last years, AKB48 was popular in a time with steadily and heavily declining physical sales ( and no, digital isn't that big, it"s just about 10% of the whole Japanese market).
Though Oricon should separate groups and solos in their ranking for sure. That's strange.
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This so much. There are teams of people behind both Ayu and AKB who have put in a lot of hard work and dedication who may get some much deserved validation from this.
And I don't even know why numbers mean anything. There are plenty of amazing aritists who barley sell. We all know Ayu makes great music, numbers aside.