New single 'Dreamed a Dream' by Tetsuya Komuro out July 31st, 2020

[rainbow_smile]

Can someone remind me how much Ohia No Ki sold on oricon on the first day, please?

[maxikot]

^ According to oricon it was downloaded 5,052 times. Fingers crossed for Dreamed a Dream to reach high weekly! It deserves it!

[rainbow_smile]

Ohh okay, thank you! so Dreamed a Dream sold about half as much I guess it's natural because Japan does seem to prefer balads after all

[Katsuyuki012]

Also take into consideration that Ohia no Ki was her first new song since TROUBLE released.

[Ruan Borges]

Originally Posted by Katsuyuki012

Also take into consideration that Ohia no Ki was her first new song since TROUBLE released.

Yeah, and there was also that promo at the end of M drama final episode, if I'm not mistaken

I'm happy she was able to get #1 daily again

[Katsuyuki012]

^Yep, they aired the commercial after the last episode aired.

[Cahz-]

Was expecting a little more sales, but yeah, seems Ohia no ki got more people interested to check it for being the comeback song.

[AyuGAME]

still to get number 1 for no tie-ins, little promotion is really great. It shows how faithful her fans was

[Katsuyuki012]

Dreamed a Dream is at #13 today. Third place sold 3,611 downloads.

A daily number one is nice but what's more important is how/if she charts weekly (= this week only).

[Daeklei]

I don't like being a hater I was so excited when I found out there was a new song. And I was even more excited when I heard the beginning and knew it was gonna be upbeat. But it just sounds a mess to me. :/ Covers are great though while it is more of the same she looks good

[truehappiness]

The main push was really for that first day, so hard to get longevity from just that.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The main push was really for that first day, so hard to get longevity from just that.

I find it very rare that the songs without tie-ins or something viral attached to them have any sort of longevity, so...not expecting much.

[Katsuyuki012]

Yea, I don't expect it to chart after it's first week. I just hope it gets a top 20 placement for this week and that's it.
That's what I meant with "weekly", I was solely referring to this week, since that's the one that counts.

[jbrat2219]

Does streaming not factor into sales? They haven't integrated that yet?

[truehappiness]

Streaming is its own thing but counts weekly only. Ayu usually doesn't get on that chart because those are sort of insanely high numbers and top 10 is usually 2-3, up to 6 million streams in a week.

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Well, hopefully we see an high rate for Dreamed a Dream on Spotify. It's on repeat here, so I'm glad if I could help with that.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE

Well, hopefully we see an high rate for Dreamed a Dream on Spotify. It's on repeat here, so I'm glad if I could help with that.

Most platforms tend to filter streams when people listen too much on loop

[truehappiness]

Dreamed a Dream seems to be at around 22,000 Spotify plays atm. I wonder if most Japanese fans are using Apple Music tbh. Seems to be about the same rate that Ohia no Ki was being listened to.

It's probably worth noting that after almost a month, Ohia no Ki is at 155k+ plays.

[Cahz-]

Now that I think about it, Dreamed a Dream didn't have a TV-CM like Ohia, did it?

[truehappiness]

Ohia had a bit of a week long tease and then it got revealed during the drama when a lot of people were watching without a title about 20-30 minutes before it was actually revealed. Dreamed a Dream did pretty well considering all it had was social media as a push.