[greggerz189]

A COMPLETE~ALL SINGLES~ will have one week at the top of the chart, at best. B'z is guaranteed to kick her out of the top slot when they debut their album. Honestly, it's a given. People really should pay attention to the way certain artists perform on ORICON. Ayu isn't exactly a shoe-in for the number one position when competing against popular male artists, and I don't understand why avex doesn't seem to comprehend that. Had they waited two more weeks in January to release GUILTY, she would have retained her #1 album streak because KOBUKURO was guaranteed a good 4-week run at #1, and they should have known that in December when KOBUKURO released their album. Ultimately, it was Koda Kumi's Kingdom album that finally pushed KOBUKURO out of the top slot in their fifth week, logically speaking, despite her declining sales, Koda Kumi's album was a prime candidate for the rank one position. In the same regard, it's common knowledge across Japan that whenever B'z releases something, it's going to chart at #1 without a doubt, and yet avex still insisted upon releasing A COMPLETE~ALL SINGLES~ only a week before? Among those on the inside of the industry, news of upcoming approximate album debut dates is not hard to come by, and avex producers did not move the release of A COMPLETE~ALL SINGLES~ even a week earlier. It's rather frustrating. They should plan Ayu's releases like that of Amuro's BEST FICTION. While it was obvious that BEST FICTION was lined up to dominate the ORICON chart (as it was pretty obvious from the gradual increase in Amuro's sales over the past year, a BEST album would naturally be prime for the million-seller achievement, or at the very least, a number one slot on the ORICON chart), the fact that she wasn't opposed by the release of an album from a big-selling artist over the course of her six-week chart-topping run helped the album remain #1. Had the release dates of BEST FICTION and A COMPLETE~ALL SINGLES~ been switched, we might have seen different results.

That being said, best of luck to Ayu and the release of A COMPLETE~ALL SINGLES~. May it chart at #1 for as long as possible, and sell to our hearts' content despite the lack of release strategy amongst her avex producers.