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Originally Posted by KarenPang
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Pretty decent ranking but still somewhat weak physical sales.
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Originally Posted by KarenPang
I don't use Spotify so I can't comment but regarding FLOWER FLOWER's discography blocked outside of Japan , I'm not surprised
It's a Sony thing so it's hardly surprising . Artistes under them such as UVERworld , SID , Hirai Ken & etc also have the same problem which I feel is really annoying
That's why the past YouTube videos that FLOWER FLOWER posted on their account in the previous page of the thread , I decided to rip & upload them as I'm able to bypass them even though I don't live in Japan myself
I don't know why purpose this serves though  but Sony fails to understand that there're so many people outside of Japan who're willing to pay & listen to their managed artistes , not just in Japan alone
End of the day don't they want to make more $ ? I don't get it |
That's what really upsets me. Those Sony protectionist policies. That's why, aside a few exceptions, such as miwa (this was older, but around the start of SMEJ acts starting to pop up on YouTube, only to find out it's geoblocked outside of Japan) and Sakamichi (Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46, derived from AKB48), I am not interested in Sony acts for the reason of YouTube being way too protectionist (which is the geoblocking outside of Japan). Okay, some of the acts such as those Sakamichi groups and SCANDAL now have a Vevo channel for non-Japanese viewers, but shouldn't there be more artists from SMEJ like miwa and FLOWER FLOWER that should have a Vevo channel for us foreign fans? (Isn't even Sony part of the Vevo consortium?)