(miss)understood 1st week sales

[gakkun]

Source: Soundscan

CD+DVD: 297,987
CD: 78,261
total: 376,248

Not sure if these are accurate. Soundscan is known to give lower figures than Oricon ones. Guess we'll have to wait for Oricon figures to be sure.

EDIT: it seems the figures are out already - Yahoo Japan quotes Oricon that (miss)understood sold 654,000 copies in the first two weeks.

[ayu-marco]

Originally Posted by gakkun

Source: Soundscan

CD+DVD: 297,987
CD: 78,261
total: 376,248

Not sure if these are accurate. Soundscan is known to give lower figures than Oricon ones. Guess we'll have to wait for Oricon figures to be sure.

actually, the sales is much better in Oricon
the sales always is 50,000 - 60,000 more than that stated in SoundScan Japan
therefore, that means (miss) understood sales is about 420,000 - 430,000
please note that most of people think the album is released on 2006.01.01
I think the sales in the second week would not drop to the half of the first week. It would be about 280,000 in the second week I guess

Two weeks: 700,000

[Ayumi-Yummi]

Soundscan figures look low, but I read what "ayu-marco" wrote and that sounds about right. I hope she sells 1 million+ in a month, Go Ayu!

[ruixiong89]

(miss) understood certainly deserves to be a another million selling album! Go Ayu go! I think the album would do really well ... (and yes, Ayu has been one of the few artistes who is able to secure secure steady sales)

[kournikova]

huah.... nearly low.. wondering why sales are pretty low these days..... blame ipod hihihihihihi

[andre2907]

I hope this isn't the official number.

Anyway, no that's not a good first-week sale for Ayu. That's lower than Ai Otsuka, Koda Kumi and Boa last albums, so don't blame music programs or iPod [WTF?! Why would iPod would make albums sell less?]

kournikova: probably.

[jasjasss]

im thinking its low because she changes her image / hair .. and also its because prolly the song she is promoting ATM .. Bold & Delicious ...
she should know that she should stop performing that song .. its a no no...
look at when she was performingi this song at the Music Station super live .. The viewers were not excited at all .. she should perform new songs from her album like rainy day / (miss)understood or criminal

[zeroshin888]

Originally Posted by jasjasss

im thinking its low because she changes her image / hair .. and also its because prolly the song she is promoting ATM .. Bold & Delicious ...
she should know that she should stop performing that song .. its a no no...
look at when she was performingi this song at the Music Station super live .. The viewers were not excited at all .. she should perform new songs from her album like rainy day / (miss)understood or criminal

100% agree with you for the B&D performance, where people looked insipid and seemed like they were just waiting for her to stop... and clapping because others were.... And she should totally perform new songs from her album.... that's all we hope for. =)

[elepop]

376,248 copies is for the first week? I thought maybe first day... but first week?

I certainally thought it would have sold way better. But Ayu really promoting this album. She promoted a lot for "B&D" but not much for the album.

[Mad_Cactuar]

I wish people would stop faulting the album now. Its so sad to see the sales so low. I feel so dissapointed, this is an amazing effort. If she doesnt sell well then its a question of popularity and age over talent and work.

[Sweer]

I still have faith this album will sell a lot
this album has so many amazing singles to offer, plus the new material... its definitely worth every penny, cent, yen, whatever

[Endlessoul]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

If she doesnt sell well then its a question of popularity and age over talent and work.

I agree. I used to think that Ayu could be on the top for another 5 years. But the fact doesn't go this way. It's so sad to see that Ayu is going down now. She's still popular, but not as popular as we expect. She needs a rest, or she needs a hit song. Common songs are another problem she has.

I hope the sales will be better. I hope (miss)understood can break 1 million somehow.

[ayu_fan929]

just wait 2-3 more days for the oricon results to come up. n soundscan's figures a bit lower than oricon's so wait & see.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

just wait 2-3 more days for the oricon results to come up. n soundscan's figures a bit lower than oricon's so wait & see.

Yeah plus I can't believe it sold so low.

[bernardation]

every time that everybody starts to say that she's going to sell a lot or conquer a lot of popularity, in the end i always get very disappointed.

like what happened to HEAVEN, i'm feeling very sad seeing the sales numbers.

[elepop]

Originally Posted by bernardation

every time that everybody starts to say that she's going to sell a lot or conquer a lot of popularity, in the end i always get very disappointed.

like what happened to HEAVEN, i'm feeling very sad seeing the sales numbers.

"HEAVEN" did really really well. Even great. It sold 325,526 copies.

Better than "fairyland".

[bernardation]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

"HEAVEN" did really really well. Even great. It sold 325,526 copies.

Better than "fairyland".

to me that's pretty low compared to what people were expecting from this single.
and let's not forget that HEAVEN was on a movie soundtrack, what brings a lot of popularity.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by bernardation

to me that's pretty low compared to what people were expecting from this single.
and let's not forget that HEAVEN was on a movie soundtrack, what brings a lot of popularity.

yeah true you do have a point there. It's a pity since HEAVEN was such a beautiful ballad.

[jasjasss]

she hasnt promote her album at all ..
she hasnt perform any album tracks yet
at least she did Walking Proud for MY STORY ~