[Translation] [2013] ayu loses sales record to AKB48 (Article)

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by ayu-michan

thanks for translations! man this is a really shock, I never thought AKB48 would break her record... it just seems to me that I would accept it if it's koda kumi or namie, but akb48? ...
but no matter what, we all know hamasaki still beat them by her songs ,but it really is, quite a shock.

I won't put too much into it. The sales went skewed when they started the general elections thing. Crazed AKB48 fans actually do buy tens of thousands of copies just for that voting ticket to support their fav girl.

This single, and the previous record holder (Manatsu) were both election singles, which I think is what pushed them to reach the record mark. I've heard both, they're really quite mediocre generic pop for me..