do Singaporeans get their albums on the exact date that the album is released?

[chloeM]

um, i am from Malaysia and i know Malaysians wait for a month after the album releases..

but this time it's gonna be different... i need to get the album on time, so do singaporeans get their albums on the exact date that the album is released?

[jiarongisme]

You mean local press being produced in Singapore? If that's the case then no, the earliest we had a Singapore press album was 1 week after the actual release date, and that was Secret.

Warner Singapore's really lazy nowadays especially when there's a K-Pop boom here. So it'd take an even longer time for them to produce lol. There's no guarantee if we'd get the photobook AND poster too.

Usually HMV would bring in the CD Only version of the album from Japan on the night of the release in Japan though. But I'm not really sure if they are still bringing them in punctually. Beware though, they usually cost around S$55-S$75.

Hope that answers your question.

[murasakinohana]

Originally Posted by chloeM

um, i am from Malaysia and i know Malaysians wait for a month after the album releases..

but this time it's gonna be different... i need to get the album on time, so do singaporeans get their albums on the exact date that the album is released?

We getting the album on the exact date? We can only dream on lah chloeM.. LOLx. Here in SG, we get the releases 1 or 2 weeks after the official release in Japan.

[alternarist]

Singapore never gets it on time. i remember there is one single that Karen announced that it was released on the same day as japan. I forgot which. But that happened only once.

So its almost impossible for the album to be released on the same day. Anything with DVD usually takes very long in Singapore.

[nanakopy87]

haha.i think if you want to get a copy on the release date,the only way is pre-order it @ cdjapan

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

You mean local press being produced in Singapore? If that's the case then no, the earliest we had a Singapore press album was 1 week after the actual release date, and that was Secret.

Warner Singapore's really lazy nowadays especially when there's a K-Pop boom here. So it'd take an even longer time for them to produce lol. There's no guarantee if we'd get the photobook AND poster too.

Usually HMV would bring in the CD Only version of the album from Japan on the night of the release in Japan though. But I'm not really sure if they are still bringing them in punctually. Beware though, they usually cost around S$55-S$75.

Hope that answers your question.

looks like the same thing here we only got the You were.../BALLAD single about 2 months after the official release

and yeah k pop boom is everywhere and almost all the store have lots of their album collection compare to the jpop album

[murasakinohana]

Originally Posted by AyuWorld

and yeah k pop boom is everywhere and almost all the store have lots of their album collection compare to the jpop album

not really.. we still have los of jpop cds/dvds here in SG

[wildconnetta]

The TW press is out 2 days after RnRC is released, btw

(TW Had to wait 3 weeks before BoA's IDENTITY was released. That's why I got Korean press )

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by murasakinohana

not really.. we still have los of jpop cds/dvds here in SG

haha yeah same here just from what i can see the propotion is just not really satisfy me,oh maybe i just want to see more jpop stuff specially Ayu nwey it's ok though just hoping that they would be more fast to distribute the album here

[KarenPang]

I seldom see OS press of jpop material being made available on the same day as Japan's

but it has happened before but not artistes under avex . I seen that happened quite often before for artistes that're under Sony BMG who frankly to me , they do a much better job producing S'pore presses of jpop material of their artistes as compared to Warner who has a hi & bye heckcare attitude

Also with a censorship board in my country , it doesn't help that material for jpop comes in odd timings of the year . Sometimes , I don't even see an OS press album/single being made available here at all , be it with or without DVD & it also depends on how popular a particular artiste's here too

Originally Posted by Cherrilove

(TW Had to wait 3 weeks before BoA's IDENTITY was released. That's why I got Korean press )

for BoA's case , avex Taiwan has to translate Korean to traditional chinese with regards to the translation sheet which explained why it took a lot more longer than usual

her singles like TOHOSHINKI do get released 2 days after the release date in Japan cos it's just a single & not an album

[chloeM]

oh my... then i'll just have to wait a month after release date back here in malaysia~~ thanks you guys for the information~

[KarenPang]

bo pian Chloe

both S'pore & Malaysia have censorship boards unlike Taiwan & Japan . If not things will be dealt with a lot more faster/efficient

& there's also tax too >_<

[AyuWorld]

so sad,i just wish that we have Avex Trax Malaysia or Singapore lol XD

[chloeM]

Karen, haha, Hokkien also come out... bo bian have to wait lo~~
AyuWorld, it would be nice if they have an Avex Malaysia~~~ i would love to travel to that place more often~!

[KarenPang]

there used to be an avex office in S'pore but they sadly closed their doors a few years back >_<

[AyuWorld]

huhu...why they close it? >.< if we have TW press, it'd be nice if we have SG press XD

i just can dream that Ayu's album will come with the english transcription~~

[nanakopy87]

lol.you expect them to translate the lyrics into english?i rather read masa translation.haha.more efficient

[asmAyumi1992]

Urm... ChloeM, I live in Malaysia too. But I often see the album released in Malaysia is about 1 to 2 weeks after the Japan released. I don't think the album is quite late anyway.

You Were../BALLAD also, I've saw it before this, is about 3 weeks after the Japan released.

I don't think that will take a month to release in Malaysia. I live in Ipoh and often buy albums and singles of Ayu at Music World, Ipoh Parade or in a store beside the music instrument store in Jaya Jusco Ipoh.

P/S: Actually PCDL is quite late released here.. Idk if RnRC also will quite late like PCDL.

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by nanakopy87

lol.you expect them to translate the lyrics into english?i rather read masa translation.haha.more efficient

no i mean the talking part,that is what i wish that i could understand as for the lyrics i know i can read massa's translation

warner music Malaysia should include the transcription in english~

@Asmayumi that is fast for Yw/B as i saw it in the store here after about 1 month a half

[asmAyumi1992]

^Yeah.. That's why I quite feel a little weird for what you said about this.

Oh, I do really want Avex Trax Malaysia. It could be really interesting!

Warner Music Malaysia also should include the English lyric AND Malay lyric