[Charts & Rankings] Ayu, The Supernova of Asian Entertainment [numbers are questionable]

[ka♡ri.]

Asian Media refers to Ayumi Hamasaki as "The Supernova Of Asian Entertainment". Reason for this is her absolute knockout against competitors in revenue so far in 2009. The information is taken from the news agent Sina.com and ent-163.com


Continuing this trend, it is likely that Ayumi again scoop the place of most serving female artist in 2009, and the person with the highest income. If so, will she top this position for the third year in a row. Both in 2007 and 2008, she was voted the female artist in Japan with the highest income from the album and DVD sales. She also topped the list in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Only off Koda Kumi under the peak of her career in 2005 and 2006.

After the subsequent invasion of Asia in 2007, she was again crowned the "Highest grossing female artist of the year", a position it looks like she will make in 2009. Note that there are only Ayumi Hamasaki and Koda Kumi as solo artists on the list, the rest are either the band or duo's.



from http://ayu.no/news.php

[Kingdom]

go ayu and kuu! also love how they are the only solo females in a world dominated by boy bands

[Lanz16]

WOW!
She beat those famous bands and JE artists!

Thanks for posting the news!

[yuki_unmei]

Wow that's great, thanks for the news!

[zyoeru]

That's fantastic. ^^

[maze]

that's awesome, ayu and kuu but I think the numbers are incorrect =/

original source -> http://ent.163.com/09/0702/18/5D85G72T000334I9.html

[4ever*ayu]

Originally Posted by Tsubasa2591

that's awesome, ayu and kuu but I think the numbers are incorrect =/

original source -> http://ent.163.com/09/0702/18/5D85G72T000334I9.html

according to this source the number for ayu is 219mil RMB (chinese yuan), convert to USD is 32.051745 million U.S. dollars !!!!!

[rakeru]

Originally Posted by 4ever*ayu

according to this source the number for ayu is 219mil RMB (chinese yuan), convert to USD is 32.051745 million U.S. dollars !!!!!

Originally Posted by aloopy

btw that's "only" about 3mil us dollars. i thought she earned more than that.
oh well she can buy alot of shoes with 3mil

$32M and $3M? that's quite a difference. according to Google, approx. 31 billion yen is about $325 million US dollars.

which one is right?!

[aloopy]

Originally Posted by rakeru

$32M and $3M? that's quite a difference. according to Google, approx. 31 billion yen is about $325 million US dollars.

which one is right?!

yeah 325 mil is about right, i made a mistake lol

[duque]

a bit expected..but still omg!!
thanks for the info

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

wow, thanks gooooo ayu~

[happiholic★]

I'm so happy for Ayu and Kuu, two of my favorite singers!

[aloopy]

grats to ayumi, kumi and all the boybands lol

just wondering.. how come ayu is higher than kuu? didn't trick sell more than next level + kuu had the whole remix and duet album going on? :S

[Ayumiko]

^Maybe ayu gets a certain percentage for whatever its sold...and that percentage is more than koda? I dunno.

[kendelle]

What great news! I'm glad that Ayu is so much above everyone else in the first chart, and she's still holding well against those group acts too! *__*

Originally Posted by aloopy

grats to ayumi, kumi and all the boybands lol

just wondering.. how come ayu is higher than kuu? didn't trick sell more than next level + kuu had the whole remix and duet album going on? :S

This figure would come from photoshoots, total CD, DVD sales (including back catalogue), concerts, lives etc.

Kuu may have more sales but Ayu's WORTH is higher (as in she might not sell as many things, but the price of them is higher, making her income more).

Hope that helps a bit?

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by aloopy

grats to ayumi, kumi and all the boybands lol

just wondering.. how come ayu is higher than kuu? didn't trick sell more than next level + kuu had the whole remix and duet album going on? :S

Oricon doesn't really report the sales from all the stores in Japan, plus Ayu's singles sold better than Ku's

Good to hear that both of them made it to that list~

[love in music]

that's my girl

[BluishDays]

^_^ That's good news

[Kingdom]

i'm not 100 percent sure, but is ayu's income counted from other places in asia instead of just japan? the article doesn't really elaborate on that. that would explain it though, seeing as ayu is more popular through asia as a whole than kumi.

and i guess it's counting the sales from a complete, right? since it was charting in december still. + ayu's tour dvd, and her singles sold more than kumi's.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by juicy

i'm not 100 percent sure, but is ayu's income counted from other places in asia instead of just japan? the article doesn't really elaborate on that. that would explain it though, seeing as ayu is more popular through asia as a whole than kumi.

and i guess it's counting the sales from a complete, right? since it was charting in december still. + ayu's tour dvd, and her singles sold more than kumi's.

That's such a cute picture of Kumi!

And I think you're right, I think it's from all of Asia. Otherwise, I don't know how she could pull that figure off...