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Old 4th December 2006, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by immel View Post
At least she'll have a chart position with the album. Can't imagine avex decided to release it the date they did. Maybe the charts doesn't matter too much.

Did ORICON end up extending the year?
I always thought it mattered to them, that's why their "big name albums" come out in December/Janaury = the beginning of the year. But then again, both LOVEppears and Secret came out 2 weeks before the end of the year.

Yep. Oricon 2006 is extended to 55 weeks.

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Originally Posted by Terri View Post
How horrible. An artist of her status and talent should at least go over 300k. Those sales can be implied to amature artists, which Ayu obviously is not.

Can't people just go out and buy the record? Her popularity in Japan alone is still outrageous, so I doubt she's loosing thousands of fans.

By the way, does anybody know which album (from Ayu) had the most sales? Although sales are basically irrelevant, I am curious...
Not that many artists can sell over 300k 1st week you know. The last female to do it was ayaka, which is even more amazing since it was her debut album.

A BEST (4.23m)
Duty (2.9m)
LOVEppears (2.56m)
I am... (2.32m)
RAINBOW (1.856m)
MY STORY (1.132m)
Memorial address (1.062m)
(miss) understood (0.87m)
Secret (0.386m)

Last edited by ayu_fan929; 4th December 2006 at 10:43 PM.