New Record for Ayu with NEXT LEVEL !

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by ian lim

GUILTY is number 2 rite??? I dont really understand what oricon trying to say.

in 2008 she released AC and got #1 so she has album #1 every year

[Blasterion]

well anyways.. Congrats to Ayu! ^^

[Lanz16]

Its quite confusing.

First of all: MY STORY didn't release on 2005.
Second of all: GUILTY killed her #1 streak.

And lastly: I don't understand what ORICON charts are saying but its good to hear that she made another impact to her career.

Thanks for the info! ;D

[sanzo2011]

it's in first week ! GUILTY lost #1 when ORICOn combined 2 weeks ! My story was released on 17/12 and at that time Oricon had ended 2004 chart so Ayu had another #1 for 2005 ( i think that ^^ )

[Not~Yet]

Originally Posted by Lanz16

Its quite confusing.

First of all: MY STORY didn't release on 2005.
Second of all: GUILTY killed her #1 streak.

MY STORY was released in late 2004 so it was counted to 2005 Oricon charts, because the oricon chart year starts earlier than the year actually changes.

GUILTY didn't get #1 in 2008 but A COMPLETE did.

I hope that cleared it out to you

And also to those who don't really understand, in short, she is the first artist to have an album hit #1 in its first week, every year for 11 years.

[PinkShinigami]

And people says that Ayu is missing popularity Even if she is, she's still being bigger! Yay!

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by kyuutii_hanii

And also to those who don't really understand, in short, she is the first artist to have an original studio album hit #1 in its first week, every year for 11 years.

No. Because A BEST, A BEST 2 and A COMPLETE are counted. It's just albums in general, not specifically studio albums.

[AyuHamasaki01]

Awesome news!

[KarenPang]

definitely a piece of news worth celebrating for , congrats

[waterballoon]

RAINBOW, Memorial address and MY STORY were all released in December of 2002, 2003 and 2004 respectively. Due to that, the Oricon year that they were counted in was pushed back by a year.

So, this beautiful record looks like this:

1999: A Song For xx/LOVEppears (both got #1 weekly IIRC, so Oricon counts either one of them for 1999)
2000: Duty
2001: A BEST
2002: I am...
2003: RAINBOW
2004: Memorial address
2005: MY STORY
2006: (miss)understood/Secret (same case with 1999)
2007: A BEST 2
2008: A COMPLETE
2009: NEXT LEVEL

GUILTY is also in Oricon year 2008, and although it got #2 weekly, Oricon counted A COMPLETE to represent 2008 for Ayu instead.

Congratulations, Ayu!

WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But wait,what about GUILTY?
EDIT:Never mind.

[zyoeru]

Nifty!
It's a good job avex tried to suck money out of people with A COMPLETE then isn't it?

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

great!! thanks!!

[anzures2]

emmm??
but....Guilty was #2 ¿? o_O

[JackieRos]

AYUMI IS BETTER THAN MADONNA
wow
OMEDETTO (wrong spelling) AYU!

[~Inori~]

Originally Posted by anzures2

emmm??
but....Guilty was #2 ¿? o_O

Yes, but she released A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ , which was #1, giving her #1 for the year of 2008.

[brener]

yeah. GUILTY was #2
(on the REAL first week it was #1, but because it was released on January 1st and was already been sold in the last week of December, they got together the two weeks and it lost for ARASHI or else, if I'm not sure. Remeberin' that ORICON doesn't work in the last week of December). That's happend also with I am... and (miss)understood, both released in January 1st.

and congrats to ayu \o/

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by brener

yeah. GUILTY was #2
(on the REAL first week it was #1, but because it was released on January 1st and was already been sold in the last week of December, they got together the two weeks and it lost for ARASHI or else, if I'm not sure. Remeberin' that ORICON doesn't work in the last week of December). That's happend also with I am... and (miss)understood, both released in January 1st.

and congrats to ayu \o/

kobukuro, not arashi XD.

[Lanz16]

Originally Posted by kyuutii_hanii

MY STORY was released in late 2004 so it was counted to 2005 Oricon charts, because the oricon chart year starts earlier than the year actually changes.

GUILTY didn't get #1 in 2008 but A COMPLETE did.

I hope that cleared it out to you

And also to those who don't really understand, in short, she is the first artist to have an original studio album hit #1 in its first week, every year for 11 years.

Now, you've made it clear!
Thanks!

[Nayaichigo]

this is cool! congrats ayu!