[Charts & Rankings] Rule/Sparkle - ORICON STYLE

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by Dan.C

When I saw the 24k+ index all my emotions were scattered.

Although it is about 10.000 less than Days/GREEN first day's index sales (35.000), it's still good, considering that D/G was a double A side and it had PVs for both songs.

If R/S gets at least 10.000 second day's index, there is no way it won't get no.1 sales for this week.

Just as keikeiaznqueen said, longevity please !

Considering a soon album release & knowing Ayu's sales pattern, I think longevity is out of the question.

But I'm really happy with these sales, because hardly any effort has been made to promote the single, and yet it sells great. So I'm happy about that.

[Dan.C]

Originally Posted by Melrose

Considering a soon album release & knowing Ayu's sales pattern, I think longevity is out of the question.

When I say longevity I mean something like at least 2-3 weeks after NEXT LEVEL is released (so about 7-8 weeks grand total).

B&D's chart run was 7 weeks and, at those times, it sold 130k.

It would be great for R/S to chart for the same period of time and sell somewhere around 100k.

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by Dan.C

When I say longevity I mean something like at least 2-3 weeks after NEXT LEVEL is released (so about 7-8 weeks grand total).

B&D's chart run was 7 weeks and, at those times, it sold 130k.

It would be great for R/S to chart for the same period of time and sell somewhere around 100k.

Ah, like that. I thought you meant in sales, not with staying in the charts. Because the sales will most likely be completely dead after a few days. xD

[SolarAngel]

Originally Posted by Dan.C

When I saw the 24k+ index all my emotions were scattered.

Although it is about 10.000 less than Days/GREEN first day's index sales (35.000), it's still good, considering that D/G was a double A side and it had PVs for both songs.

If R/S gets at least 10.000 second day's index, there is no way it won't get no.1 sales for this week.

Just as keikeiaznqueen said, longevity please !

Dude you've got to calm down. D/G's first day sales index was 26k and Mirrorcle World's was 22k (if i remember correctly cos i'm not double-checking any facts) so this is somewhere in between and it's waaay better than what i expected. When i was checking the oricon website, my only thought was "please don't stink" and a 20k+ first day sales is great!

Compared to the other releases who released with under 10k, the no.1 is in the bag so relax and enjoy the ride

[KarenPang]

considering that she's the only 1 that has 24K+ & subsequently flumpool & abs's sales figures are in the 5-6K+ range , I'm quite sure that she has a good chance of staying #1 at this rate , ie. if there're no futher upsets in time to come

[Dan.C]

Originally Posted by SolarAngel

Dude you've got to calm down. D/G's first day sales index was 26k and Mirrorcle World's was 22k (if i remember correctly cos i'm not double-checking any facts) so this is somewhere in between and it's waaay better than what i expected. When i was checking the oricon website, my only thought was "please don't stink" and a 20k+ first day sales is great!

Compared to the other releases who released with under 10k, the no.1 is in the bag so relax and enjoy the ride

Sincerely, I wasn't expecting this kind of index for the first day. Almost every thread opened on AHS where the discussion focused on R/S mentioned the terrible lack of promotion (SunshineSlayer was one of the first which pointed this out when talking about her visit in Japan) and the fact that NL's release announcement would just kill R/S (I don't think I've seen someone not to agree with this, except those who put very high hopes on DBE). Another threat was represented by some of the artists which would release singles/albums on the same day and so they would steal one from each other's sales.

Considering the above mentioned elements, and my somewhat pessimistic character, I honestly feared for the #1 streak. Not that breaking the streak would mean that ayu's music got worse later, that is for the listeners, taken one by one, to decide. Also, not that Ayu wouldn't become the artist in Japan with the most no. 1 consecutive singles. All of these criteria would have had significance 7,8,9 years ago, when Ayu didn't had the status that she has today.

The reason I feared the most was that if the streak would be broken, this would imply the end of a beautiful friendship (dis-quoting from Casablanca) between Ayu and Japan's music industry. Losing the streak,and not getting back on dominant positions, would give more chances to other jpop female artists to claim the sovereignty that Ayu created. This would mean less promotion for her, less attention from the media and, ultimately, less fans. The outcome of the latter would probably be Avex's loss of interest to promote Ayu as it's main artist and try to replace her. It is like the domino effect - one piece falling after the other. And I don't want it to happen, although it will eventually do.

(if i remember correctly cos i'm not double-checking any facts)

Btw, you should check what you are saying or you could mislead others who take your word for granted. Or, even worse, your sayings shall not be considered trustworthy anylonger.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Dan.C

This would mean less promotion for her, less attention from the media and, ultimately, less fans. The outcome of the latter would probably be Avex's loss of interest to promote Ayu as it's main artist and try to replace her. It is like the domino effect - one piece falling after the other. And I don't want it to happen, although it will eventually do.

As sad as it sounds that will happen sooner or later (hopefully much later). Anyways remember that we are kinda used to having the nice indexes on the first day of Ayu's single sales. Let's wait & see if it doesn't drop a lot tomorrow Surely she'll get #1, but it's too early to celebrate the sales XD

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

As sad as it sounds that will happen sooner or later (hopefully much later). Anyways remember that we are kinda used to having the nice indexes on the first day of Ayu's single sales. Let's wait & see if it doesn't drop a lot tomorrow Surely she'll get #1, but it's too early to celebrate the sales XD

That talk about Ayu losing popularity always...~_~

[ayumisrael]

Wow that's awesome =DDD.
I'm so glad!!! It did way better on the first day than I thought, I was like "at leat have an index over 15,000 T_T..." but it's over 24,000 that's really good for the circumstances of no promotion and people knowing the album coming in a month + not as mainstream single.
I just have to say that ayu has it.

[miroro]

yeah!! great sales considering that there's no much promotion!!
this is my ayuu

[TITANIC]

YATTA.. ayu rocks.. I didnt expect it sold more than 20K.
hope tomorrow sell above 15K for the index

[AyuGAME]

that's pretty high number...and looked at position 2 and 3 sales number...
i think ayu already secure her number one spot for weekly chart

[Linza-mo]

#1 ! Good Job Ayu !

[CHAS_AYU]

Updated.
Congrats to Ayu! #1!

[tourniquet]

it's over 9000!!11 that's all that counts.

[maikaru]

Consider that she did even perform on TV..
or anything.. ahaha
I was really surprised she didnt perform it.
But I guess because she was in LA..

[AyumiBest]

Its not that low but please I hope it'll get #1.
Hopefully tommorow it won't get much lower.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

yaay

another #1!!



thank youuu for the officials

[KarenPang]

awesome that she debuted at #1 ,

[Aisha_Angel]

44k isn't too bad. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. This amount alone is something to be proud of considering the conditions of the market.