[2006] Complete Weekly Sales Data for some Ayu albums..

Mad_Cactuar · #1 4th August 2006, 04:54 PM

I don't know if this is considered as news or not, feel free to move this thread. It's the complete weekly sales for some Ayu albums, which some of us might have looked for. I know I did.

Ayumi Hamasaki
A BEST

2001/04/09 # 2 ( 2,874,870 )
2001/04/16 # 1 ( 510,160 )
2001/04/23 # 2 ( 240,950 )
2001/04/30 # 3 ( 130,390 )
2001/05/07 # 4 ( 103,250 )
2001/05/14 # 5 ( 89,550 )
2001/05/21 # 9 ( 37,020 )
2001/05/28 # 9 ( 30,890 )
2001/06/04 # 9 ( 24,260 )
2001/06/11 # 16 ( 20,140 )
2001/06/18 # 17 ( 18,370 )
2001/06/25 # 16 ( 14,960 )
2001/07/02 # 21 ( 13,840 )
2001/07/09 # 23 ( 12,570 )
2001/07/16 # 23 ( 10,840 )
2001/07/23 # 21 ( 11,630 )
2001/07/30 # 26 ( 9,530 )
2001/08/06 # 34 ( 8,030 )
2001/08/13 # 30 ( 7,500 )
2001/08/20 # 31 ( 8,060 )
2001/08/27 # 24 ( 10,370 )
2001/09/03 # 37 ( 7,330 )
2001/09/10 # 40 ( 7,880 )
2001/09/17 # 45 ( 5,270 )
2001/09/24 # 48 ( 4,360 )
2001/10/01 # 55 ( 3,820 )
2001/10/08 # 52 ( 5,010 )
2001/10/15 # 42 ( 5,070 )
2001/10/22 # 38 ( 5,040 )
2001/10/29 # 41 ( 4,980 )
2001/11/05 # 76 ( 3,630 )
2001/11/12 # 78 ( 3,490 )
2001/11/19 # 87 ( 3,090 )
2001/11/26 # 95 ( 2,440 )

[3 weeks off charts]

2001/12/24 # 74 ( 3,980 )
2001/12/31 # 68 ( 4,910 )
2002/01/14 # 47 ( 16,270 )
2002/01/21 # 55 ( 4,380 )
2002/01/28 # 72 ( 3,440 )

[42 weeks off charts]

2002/12/23 # 242 ( no data )
2002/12/30 fell from TOP 300
2003/01/13 # 280 ( no data )
2003/01/20 # 254 ( no data )
2003/01/27 # 281 ( no data )

[63 weeks off charts]

2004/04/26 # 133 ( no data )
2004/05/03 fell from TOP 300
2004/05/10 # 293 ( no data )
2004/05/17 # 293 ( no data )

Total sales: 4,291,244

I find it amazing that the album charted for several years. Astonishing. But I don't understand the fact that it was off charts for 42 weeks after being out of the top 100. Does that mean Oricon did not start displaying sales from #101 to #300 until the year 2003?

Ayumi Hamasaki
I Am...

2002/01/14 # 1 ( 1,751,360 )
2002/01/21 # 2 ( 186,780 )
2002/01/28 # 2 ( 104,780 )
2002/02/04 # 4 ( 66,530 )
2002/02/11 # 6 ( 51,050 )
2002/02/18 # 9 ( 30,170 )
2002/02/25 # 12 ( 25,070 )
2002/03/04 # 22 ( 16,050 )
2002/03/11 # 33 ( 10,830 )
2002/03/18 # 45 ( 8,350 )
2002/03/25 # 41 ( 7,420 )
2002/04/01 # 53 ( 6,590 )
2002/04/08 # 76 ( 5,230 )
2002/04/15 # 68 ( 4,500 )
2002/04/22 # 66 ( 3,890 )
2002/04/29 # 56 ( 3,850 )
2002/05/06 # 79 ( 4,190 )
2002/05/13 # 63 ( 5,060 )
2002/05/20 # 80 ( 3,350 )
2002/05/27 # 71 ( 3,210 )

[4 weeks off]

2002/07/01 # 100 ( 2,760 )

[24 weeks off]

2002/12/23 # 298 ( no data )
2002/12/30 # 251 ( no data )
2003/01/13 # 256 ( no data )
2003/01/20 # 264 ( no data )

Total sales: 2,308,112

And this album debuted with sales of (miss)understood multiplied by two. Scary. In a good way. Didn't chart as long as A BEST but damn, it's amazing.

Ayumi Hamasaki
Rainbow

2002/12/30 # 1 ( 1,016,482 )
2003/01/13 # 1 ( 571,027 )
2003/01/20 # 3 ( 96,368 )
2003/01/27 # 3 ( 57,028 )
2003/02/03 # 7 ( 32,780 )
2003/02/10 # 16 ( 21,207 )
2003/02/17 # 22 ( 15,748 )
2003/02/24 # 26 ( 11,171 )
2003/03/03 # 37 ( 6,991 )
2003/03/10 # 59 ( 5,894 )
2003/03/17 # 74 ( 4,364 )
2003/03/24 # 56 ( 4,384 )
2003/03/31 # 110 ( 2,951 )
2003/04/07 # 147 ( 2,318 )
2003/04/14 # 136 ( 1,789 )
2003/04/21 # 162 ( 1,270 )
2003/04/28 # 166 ( 1,092 )
2003/05/05 # 207 ( 1,117 )
2003/05/12 # 189 ( 1,314 )
2003/05/19 # 223 ( 907 )
2003/05/26 # 256 ( 717 )

Total sales:1,856,919

This one charted a lot less and sold less but when compared to today's artists, it's still crazy. I ordered my copy!

Mad_Cactuar · #2 4th August 2006, 04:56 PM

Ayumi Hamasaki
A BALLADS

2003/03/24 # 1 ( 561,127 )
2003/03/31 # 3 ( 129,241 )
2003/04/07 # 5 ( 71,053 )
2003/04/14 # 4 ( 38,427 )
2003/04/21 # 4 ( 22,316 )
2003/04/28 # 6 ( 15,730 )
2003/05/05 # 16 ( 11,627 )
2003/05/12 # 16 ( 11,756 )
2003/05/19 # 23 ( 7,109 )
2003/05/26 # 25 ( 5,708 )
2003/06/02 # 46 ( 4,927 )
2003/06/09 # 49 ( 4,193 )
2003/06/16 # 62 ( 3,013 )
2003/06/23 # 58 ( 2,604 )
2003/06/30 # 81 ( 2,118 )
2003/07/07 # 104 ( 2,452 )
2003/07/14 # 106 ( 2,261 )
2003/07/21 # 93 ( 2,283 )
2003/07/28 # 96 ( 2,328 )
2003/08/04 # 127 ( 1,982 )
2003/08/11 # 135 ( 1,761 )
2003/08/18 # 156 ( 1,523 )
2003/08/25 # 121 ( 2,152 )
2003/09/01 # 166 ( 1,304 )
2003/09/08 # 158 ( 1,580 )
2003/09/15 # 189 ( 1,091 )
2003/09/22 # 188 ( 1,073 )
2003/09/29 # 205 ( 1,051 )
2003/10/06 fell from TOP 300
2003/10/13 # 292 ( 764 )
2003/10/20 # 255 ( 745 )
2003/10/27 # 222 ( 822 )
2003/11/03 # 283 ( 703 )
2003/11/10 # 275 ( 731 )

[6 weeks off]

2003/12/29 # 255 ( 977 )
2004/01/12 # 210 ( 2,876 )
2004/01/19 # 190 ( 1,318 )
2004/01/26 # 240 ( 892 )

[12 weeks off]

2004/04/26 # 279 ( 624 )

Total sales: 924,242

Yeah, A BALLADS. Rumoured to be a million copies presently, it's possible. But it sold this much while it charted. There you have it.

Ayumi Hamasaki
Memorial Address

2003/12/29 # 1 ( 524,028 )
2004/01/12 # 2 ( 306,521 )
2004/01/19 # 3 ( 63,471 )
2004/01/26 # 6 ( 36,190 )
2004/02/02 # 7 ( 24,121 )
2004/02/09 # 16 ( 17,520 )
2004/02/16 # 22 ( 11,479 )
2004/02/23 # 25 ( 9,993 )
2004/03/01 # 36 ( 6,899 )
2004/03/08 # 49 ( 5,537 )
2004/03/15 # 65 ( 3,662 )
2004/03/22 # 64 ( 3,718 )
2004/03/29 # 77 ( 3,259 )
2004/04/05 # 104 ( 2,658 )
2004/04/12 # 90 ( 2,934 )
2004/04/19 # 76 ( 2,793 )
2004/04/26 # 63 ( 2,711 )
2004/05/03 # 101 ( 2,037 )
2004/05/10 # 100 ( 2,476 )
2004/05/17 # 124 ( 1,781 )
2004/05/24 # 134 ( 1,392 )
2004/05/31 # 165 ( 1,142 )
2004/06/07 # 196 ( 1,132 )
2004/06/14 # 168 ( 1,177 )
2004/06/21 # 181 ( 1,088 )
2004/06/28 # 187 ( 1,052 )
2004/07/05 # 282 ( 947 )
2004/07/12 # 198 ( 1,294 )
2004/07/19 # 238 ( 983 )
2004/07/26 # 226 ( 1,023 )
2004/08/02 # 231 ( 1,190 )
2004/08/09 # 144 ( 1,635 )
2004/08/16 # 135 ( 1,601 )
2004/08/23 # 169 ( 1,379 )
2004/08/30 # 156 ( 1,421 )
2004/09/06 # 253 ( 971 )
2004/09/13 # 247 ( 871 )
2004/09/20 # 236 ( 888 )
2004/09/27 # 244 ( 779 )
2004/10/04 fell from TOP 300
2004/10/11 # 256 ( 894 )
2004/10/18 # 292 ( 655 )
2004/10/25 # 249 ( 885 )
2004/11/01 # 274 ( 747 )

[2 weeks off]

2004/11/22 # 298 ( 609 )

[4 weeks off]

2004/12/27 # 225 ( 1,042 )

[2 weeks off]

2005/01/17 # 289 ( 1,712 )

Total sales:1,062,297

The first mini-album to reach 1 million copies and probably the only one. Extremely long chart life too.

All credits to UKMIX forums... Thank god for google too. I was looking for Mika's LEGEND first week sales and got all these. Never got LEGEND's though. Until ~K+ came along. He's a good fella.

truehappiness · #3 4th August 2006, 05:01 PM

I wonder what the odd surges in sales were caused by.. possibly concerts? :O

hallelujah_united · #4 4th August 2006, 05:06 PM

OMFG statto.

Where do you get all these info from anyway?

Mad_Cactuar · #5 4th August 2006, 05:09 PM

Quote:

I wonder what the odd surges in sales were caused by.. possibly concerts? :O

Like A BEST, where the tiny sales suddenly spiked up to 16,000 the next week. Maybe concerts or TV spots? Or dome tours?

Quote:

Originally Posted by hallelujah_united

Where do you get all these info from anyway?

I'm jesus. Sue me.

Oh god I love statistics.

ayu_fan929 · #6 4th August 2006, 05:08 PM

truehappiness: Concerts, new single/album releases etc.

So the 'official' number for A BALLADS is still below 1 million. I know people have said that Oricon confirmed A BALLADS was a million seller, but can someone please find the thread/news about that. I can't seem to find it.

truehappiness · #7 4th August 2006, 05:10 PM

If Ayu can debut at 500k+ and keep stable sales from there decreasing by about 30% a week.. then she could hit a million with the next album. I foresee that happening if she has good covers and promotion :]

andre2907 · #8 4th August 2006, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness

If Ayu can debut at 500k+ and keep stable sales from there decreasing by about 30% a week.. then she could hit a million with the next album. I foresee that happening if she has good covers and promotion :]

She have good promotion. And good covers aren't as important as people think, I mean, Loveppears doesn't have a good cover and it's her best-selling original album. Seasons is her best-selling a-side single, A is her best-selling single. Did they have anything special on their covers? No!

What she needs: good music. People don't like the music Ayu is making now.

Anyway, I don't think her next album will cross the 1 million mark.

immel · #9 4th August 2006, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre2907

What she needs: good music. People don't like the music Ayu is making now.

I think that's pretty wrong, by simply looking at the stats presented here each week...

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#10 4th August 2006, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by immel

I think that's pretty wrong, by simply looking at the stats presented here each week...

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I agree. Some people might not like her music anymore, but lot`s of people love her music; always have and always will

ayu_fan929 · #11 4th August 2006, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre2907

I mean, Loveppears doesn't have a good cover and it's her best-selling original album.

No, Duty is her best selling original album.

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think that it was a bad decision to sell (m)u after Christmas ;D They could've gotten a lot of sales then :] I wonder how much a few weeks' difference could make in sales..

Imo, sales would be the same even if it was released before X'mas.

andre2907 · #12 4th August 2006, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

No, Duty is her best selling original album.

Yes, your right. I actually meant Duty and the horrible leopard cover.

Endlessoul · #13 5th August 2006, 06:49 AM

Great!! I love your job man, I love these stat!

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre2907

What she needs: good music. People don't like the music Ayu is making now.

Anyway, I don't think her next album will cross the 1 million mark.

To some extent I agree with you, but not all. Yeah her current music is no longer as wonderful as the previous IMO. But it's still strong and great. I mean the level has never went down. It is her popularity that goes down results in the sales decreasing. Plus the fact that the whole recording market is not as active as before also makes her album sales go down.

And! I strongly believe that she's still able to make a million hit album this winter!

sakumadrops · #14 20th September 2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre2907

She have good promotion. And good covers aren't as important as people think, I mean, Loveppears doesn't have a good cover and it's her best-selling original album. Seasons is her best-selling a-side single, A is her best-selling single. Did they have anything special on their covers? No!

What she needs: good music. People don't like the music Ayu is making now.

Anyway, I don't think her next album will cross the 1 million mark.

the Loveppears cover is amazing... provocative and sexy, beautiful. Dunno why you don't think so?

edit: LOL i realized this thread is an extremely old bump by above poster... lol...

rusuke · #15 30th September 2009, 12:01 PM

This is nice thread for the infos. I think this should fit on the Databank. Thanks for putting this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre2907

She have good promotion. And good covers aren't as important as people think, I mean, Loveppears doesn't have a good cover and it's her best-selling original album. Seasons is her best-selling a-side single, A is her best-selling single. Did they have anything special on their covers? No!

What she needs: good music. People don't like the music Ayu is making now.

Anyway, I don't think her next album will cross the 1 million mark.

I agree with you. I don't really like what Ayu is making with her music now. People buy music not the cover although covers can help, isn't it?

LOVEppears is my most favorite studio album as far, then A Song for XX, I am...

Duty is Ayu's best-selling studio album by far. A BEST is a compilation album so I don't think it should be labeled with her other studio albums. Maybe?