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Originally Posted by Antipika
Some poor artist can easily sell more than 500.000 copies (in a small country)... Even in 2004 with peer to peer and piracy...
So i don't think that internet downloading is an excuse for low sales. The sales dropped about 25% (in France, since 2000) i don't know how many percent for japan. But even if the sales has dropped by 25%, 1.250.000 [1.000.000 + 25%] for a 130 millions ppl country it's poor for a greatest artist like ayu.
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Britney Spears barely broke 300,000 first week with "My Prerogative" in the US. We also have to factor in the shrinking Japanese industry (many other artists have had poor sales: Hikaru Utada's SINGLE COLLECTION sold 2.8 million, which is poor since Best collections sell very well in Japan, and her Dareka single broke 300,000. Even L'arc~en~ciel's SMILE sold far below from the platinum status they usually get)