~July 1st~ A WORLD IS ONE

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

If it's $0.99 like most songs I'll buy MY ALL. I'm not a big fan, so if it's like...$2.99 (I've actually seen songs like that!), I regret to say I'll probably sit this one out. So I'm up for it if I can actually get my iTunes Store to work.

Right now, in the US store, most songs are $1.29 but all of Ayu's are $.99.

Since not everyone would have access to July 1st, maybe My All would be better then? And if we do go for July 1st, we'd have to make sure we all got it from the same album, since there's }{, RAINBOW, and A BEST 2 White all in iTunes.

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

Right now, in the US store, most songs are $1.29 but all of Ayu's are $.99.

Since not everyone would have access to July 1st, maybe My All would be better then? And if we do go for July 1st, we'd have to make sure we all got it from the same album, since there's }{, RAINBOW, and A BEST 2 White all in iTunes.

I was concerned about that, too, but Paparazzi suggested on the second page that we buy it from RAINBOW since it's already the top-selling version of "July 1st." It's definitely important to make this as uniform as possible, though there will probably be a few (well-meaning) people that buy it from H or A BEST 2 instead. That definitely makes "MY ALL" a good candidate.

When I was trying to think of internationally available alternatives to "July 1st," I thought "Sparkle" might be good since it sounds closer to what's popular here (in the US) right now; maybe more non-fans would be likely to buy it when they see it in the top 200? Then again, we have the problem of both the NEXT LEVEL album and the Rule/Sparkle single being available in the US. A GUILTY-exclusive song would be the safest bet, even if it's not as fun as "July 1st" on July 1st.

[spanishfan]

I don't know how to buy from iTunes or other similar websites, and I was thinking about buy }{ single from YAsia or CDJapan (or other shop that counts to oricon) so we could make it to go back to top... 10? maybe, I don't know if we could reach that highg sales... ok it seems almost impossible.

I like your idea but I'm probably not going to take part of it sorry :_(

[RyRyMini]

I'd do it, but I think it should be a song that's available worldwide.

[kendelle]

Nice idea but you have to keep in mind that on Aussie iTunes we can only buy songs from the GUILTY album or the Rule/Sparkle single I guess we can buy the concert videos though - it might be easier to bump her up on the music video charts than on the song charts. Does everyone have access to the video "July 1st STADIUM TOUR 2002 A" or another one? Unfortunately I can't sort her vids by alphabetical order atm so I had to look through manually and that's the only one I saw.......lol

Yeah, Aussie iTunes is great for videos but has almost NOTHING song-wise...... >_<

[ohsixthirty]

well...who cares if each country buys the same song? each country has a seperate itunes chart, so the US could buy July 1st and any country that doesn't have it could by MY ALL or something.

[chloeM]

why dont you guys buy any songs from Ayu, that too will boost her ratings right? they are all Ayu's songs~

[love in music]

Hmm I'd probably do it. So is it July 1st or MY ALL?

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Nice idea but you have to keep in mind that on Aussie iTunes we can only buy songs from the GUILTY album or the Rule/Sparkle single I guess we can buy the concert videos though - it might be easier to bump her up on the music video charts than on the song charts. Does everyone have access to the video "July 1st STADIUM TOUR 2002 A" or another one? Unfortunately I can't sort her vids by alphabetical order atm so I had to look through manually and that's the only one I saw.......lol

That's a good idea! The US (which I think has fewer videos than the other regions for whatever reason) has this video, so I'm willing to bet the other, video-capable stores have this video too. It'll cost a bit more than a song, so I hope that's not a deal breaker for some people.

Originally Posted by chloeM

why dont you guys buy any songs from Ayu, that too will boost her ratings right? they are all Ayu's songs~

Any support for Ayu is good, though the point of this particular "download day" is to get a single song into the top 200, so we'd need to all buy the exact same song (per store).

Originally Posted by identity

Hmm I'd probably do it. So is it July 1st or MY ALL?

The OP suggested "July 1st" for US and "MY ALL" for all other countries, though it's still being contested. We still have a month to decide, at least.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I really like the idea.

The other day someone (well intended) suggested we do a Twitter campaign at Ayu's page asking her to come to America, but that seemed too much like spam and a hindrance to Ayu, so I think this would be a more effective method.

But we need to advertise it in other communities and get a lot of people to join in... let's make sigs!!

[U-GO-BOY]

I think Sparkle would be better because it's the kind of genre the world listens to now so more people will get interested in it..

[Ayuko]

Originally Posted by Zelda-Maker

I think Sparkle would be better because it's the kind of genre the world listens to now so more people will get interested in it..

+ it seems that rule/sparkle is the only single that is available for everyone =)

[Nackar_91]

July 1st isn't available in the Dutch iTunes. I could only get Rule, Sparkle or the Guilty album.

[fuawas]

Originally Posted by Nackar_91

July 1st isn't available in the Dutch iTunes. I could only get Rule, Sparkle or the Guilty album.

Same problem here in Spain. There are more than 400 videos available but only one album and a single xD4

I think it's a great idea, but it'll be hard to chart a song on the top.

[LydenLeaf]

I think it's going to be a bit difficult for some fans living in Asia. You see, majority of the people living in the Philippines don't download from iTunes. There are some who order Ayu's albums/singles through YesAsia or CDJapan and iTunes isn't really known here.

I might not be able to take part in 'Download Day' so I'm just going to help spread the word on Twitter and I'll also try to make signs for the event before school starts again in June.

[thatstacey]

Now that it's June, I thought I'd give this thread a bump. I love the idea of a download day, and July 1st gives us a fun opportunity to theme it. It'd be awesome if we could iron out the details. To summarize (as I understand it):

The initial suggestion by Paparazzi was to buy "July 1st" on July 1st off of iTunes; unfortunately, this song is only available in the US and Japan (and it's available on multiple singles/albums).

To remedy this, there have been at least three great suggestions:

1. People who can buy "July 1st" buy it from RAINBOW, everyone else buys "MY ALL" from GUILTY

2. Everyone buys "MY ALL" from GUILTY

3. Everyone buys the video "July 1st (Stadium Tour 2002 A)."

It's probably in our best interest to make this as simple as possible so it's easier to promote. Personally, I think this involves everyone buying the exact same thing, like "MY ALL" or the video. I really like the video as it allows us to stay with the "July 1st" theme, and it might be easier to make a dent on the video chart than the songs, though--in the US store--it's 1 USD more than the song (1.99 vs .99).

Any suggestions?

[U-GO-BOY]

I think more people will look at the songs charts.. so I'm for 2.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by touchedstar

well...who cares if each country buys the same song? each country has a seperate itunes chart, so the US could buy July 1st and any country that doesn't have it could by MY ALL or something.

I agree with this. I think everyone who has access to July 1st from the RAINBOW album should buy that...and everyone else should buy MY ALL.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Dutch iTunes doesn't have acces to any of her videos whatsoever, so for me option 3 fails

The only option for me is to buy MY ALL!

[2Hurt]

Yes I think option 2 is best ^-^ I will buy MY ALL