~July 1st~ A WORLD IS ONE

[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.

[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

[Ranma Matsuri]

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.

But then that ruins the point of a Download Day. lol I've been in plenty and the whole point is to get one song to chart. You're not going to get THAT many people on board with the idea in the first place and if the sales are split in anyway, it's pretty much a waste. Getting one song that is available to everyone is the key to making this more effective. A World is One, right?

That being the case, I think we should go with either MY ALL or something else from GUILTY/NL since those albums seem to be available to most. Curtain Call may be a good choice too since it's also a dedication to her fans.

Another thing, I think we should move this forward to the week the single and DVD is released. Since Avex will definitely be paying attention to the charts then so it'll be a nice little "hello from the international fanbase" and remind them that a nice chunk of their profits that week is coming from us as well.

[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.

[amorphose]

Is there an update on this? Are we doing it? It's next week, no?

[ownsarai]

I can't buy from iTunes...so I will just be playing the heck out of July 1st on July 1st.
Oh and Memorial address on June 30th.