What do you think Ayu can do to boost sales?

[[taskin.ayu]]

As you can see from her lastest number of sales for Secret, they have been kindaa low. So I was wondering to myself, what could she do to boost some sales for any future releases?

Share what you think she could do to get a competitive edge in Japan again. :3 I personally think she should take a break for a while and release a full album out of nowhere with tons of promotion and PVs and tie-ins for every song. XD

[Tasked]

well outside of Japan her sales are boosted with every release. but; yea in Japan we can use a boost. It's almost impossible though. Everyone in Japan already knows Ayu.. So people either like her or they don't. And from the people that like her, a certain stable group of people continualy buy her releases; and that group is declining and changing for two reasons:

1) time.. Ayu has been around for like 9 years and she's non-stop in the charts. Plus; the whole CDmarket is weaker than before.
2) dissatisfaction. Ayu can never please everyone because she has so many different styles of music/videos and images.

So in order to boost the sales again, you need to make that stable group of people happy. If you do that, you can fight the 2nd reason of the fact that the sales are going down. But you cannot fight the 1st reason.

So that means all Ayu can basically do is be sure that she has quality in her songs, in her videos and also in her image. But if you had like every type of music, with 230+ songs and 1500+ tracks, it's getting harder and harder to compete with your past productions.

[truehappiness]

She probably can't boost her sales.

Just look at ELT. They've been out for 10 years and their last 3 original albums sold like..

Many Pieces -> 500k+
commonplace -> 300k+
Crispy Park -> 200k+

And their 1st album was a 2++ million seller..and the 2nd sold around 3.5-4million..

Sales, imo, don't matter once you've been in the business for a while, because if you've sold high at some point in your career, then it shouldn't really matter how you sell in the future since you're still able to stay 'stable' in the industry after so long..

PLUS we need to remember that Ayu's released an UNGODLY amount of CDs in the 8 years that she's been in the business.. O_O Remix albums, bests, singles, albums..

[*Petit*]

Release a best album...?

I don't think she can do much, except go on as she pleases. And continue making good music. If she was to think solely on sales it would probably be a good idea to not experiment as much, but I*d rather her just keep making the music she wants to make.

[..:Hot:Like:Wow:..]

Madonna style publicity stunt or A BEST!

or she could just kill all competition.

[ayu_ayu301]

Originally Posted by Kingofpop

Madonna style publicity stunt or A BEST!

or she could just kill all competition.

HAHAHA i couldn't just help but imagined Ayu put on what Madonna had on in her video "Hung Up, the swimsuit thing.

*shudders*

I love that song to death but the video ... was ... different

[Dustie]

Originally Posted by Kingofpop

Madonna style publicity stunt or A BEST!

or she could just kill all competition.

You mean... like hang herself on a cross on the top of Tokyo Tower?...

Or hang Koda on the top of it?... >D



Seriously, here's what she should do:
Release nothing during the next 10-11 months in 2007, only do the Asia tour, then,
release a triple A-side single in November/December with 3 brand new songs.

I bet it would hit 500,000 mark.

[*Petit*]

^
Or make out with koda and namie naked on kouhaku. That would top madonna.

Break is no way at all to boost popularity.

[Weslicious]

Originally Posted by Dustie

You mean... like hang herself on a cross on the top of Tokyo Tower?...

Or hang Koda on the top of it?... >D

She could adopt Kuu. Cuteness! Or she could do a Madonna style 'adult' book. Or she could give that idea to her new daughter

Didn't she say in the CNN thing she didn't actually even want to take a break. So that doesn't seem likely. I think the asia tour alone will do it. She's never before had outside Japan promotion like that.

[..:Hot:Like:Wow:..]

Originally Posted by Dustie

You mean... like hang herself on a cross on the top of Tokyo Tower?...

Or hang Koda on the top of it?... >D

I was thinking more along the lines of the Madonna/Britney/Christina stunt

but hanging Kuu on a cross would be very good.

must add that Kuu has already passed her time as well. It's not like she will ever outsell her 2005-6 stuff. She already peaked in those 2 years

[oro77]

I just thought about something when I read above posts.
I don't have idea how to boost sales, I don't think there is a way.

As it has been said, there is some stable group buying her release. The fact is that everyone knows Ayu in Japan today. So to "create" new fans, it is almost impossible.

[Amuro_Ray]

I don't want her to release Best Album.
If she releases Best, it is the end of her singing career in Japan.

I think she should slow down the speed.
maybe 1 album every 2 years.

[heartplace83]

1 album in 2 years? that is a NO NO..
take a break? thats another NO NO NO NO NO!
i dont wnat what happened to Namie to happen to her..

i think sales doesnt really matter..just as long as she makes good music, people will buy it.. Ayu rawksss!

I really don't think a break would hurt her.

[..:Hot:Like:Wow:..]

A break wont hurt her as long as she does not have a baby and get married during that break.

might end up like the sexy lady in my set.

[Amuro_Ray]

2 - 3 singles yearly and 1 album every 2 yrs
It is acceptable.

I think it is too rush for her to release every album every year.
she just spent 1 month for mu
maybe less than 1 month for Secret..

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Amuro_Ray

2 - 3 singles yearly and 1 album every 2 yrs
It is acceptable.

I think it is too rush for her to release every album every year.
she just spent 1 month for mu
maybe less than 1 month for Secret..

I don't really think releasing quickly is the problem, I mean, LOOK AT KUMI! I mean, her album is going to sell like hot cakes with what? The two new songs she has on the album, lol (exageration). Ayu has only released 2 singles this year and I think maybe that hurt the sales rather than help that of Secret...?

Another question as well... Is Ayu really that bad when you compare her to other artist of this time? You can't compare to older sales because NOBODY sells like that! I mean, aside from Ku, who is really that much better than her. Actually, Ku isn't a WHOLE LOT bigger really - her sales aren't that much higher. (miss)understood sold more than Ai's "LOVE COOK" and just short of ULTRA BLUE! If you look at the artists of now and how they compare, she isn't doing that bad!

[Amuro_Ray]

Originally Posted by Kingofpop

A break wont hurt her as long as she does not have a baby and get married during that break.

might end up like the sexy lady in my set.

If she takes a break, i afraid that she will lose many fans.
Slow down is better than a break.

[truehappiness]

A break? Ayu's a workaholic.. so.. a break isn't possible for like, the next few years :B

[alternarist]

maybe a world tour will boost her sales worldwide?

i have a bad feeling that that people in japan no longer like ayu.. thats pretty sad.. although Secret is way better than (m) u, sales are worse.. i duno what that means.. haiz..