[3/22] 'Secret' 16th Week Sales

[ayu_fan929]

I don't think it's wrong for people to think of these albums are separate albums. Do people think "ayu-mi-x II: US+EU", "ayu-mi-x II: Orchestra" and "ayu-mi-x II: JPN" as 1 album?

[Peger]

The main problem i have with thinking of A BEST 2 as one album is that, given their close sales, it seems highely likely the same people were buying each version, so if it was released with only one version, sales wouldn't be much higher that WHITE's sales. It's also possible that the fact there are two versions discouraged people from buying it due to the expense, and one 2CD version would do a lot better. Oh well, it's impossible to know now.

[ayu_fan929]

If it was just one version, I think it would've sold maybe as much as (m)u?

[truehappiness]

Eh.

I try to just not think about it at all. lol

[somethinglost]

Originally Posted by Peger

It'll have to stay consistent and chart for 35 more weeks to do that, so i kinda doubt Secret will hit 700k

Sigh, yes I realize that, but I can dream.... ;]

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Peger

The main problem i have with thinking of A BEST 2 as one album is that, given their close sales, it seems highely likely the same people were buying each version, so if it was released with only one version, sales wouldn't be much higher that WHITE's sales. It's also possible that the fact there are two versions discouraged people from buying it due to the expense, and one 2CD version would do a lot better. Oh well, it's impossible to know now.

LOL, I doubt everyone was willing to buy both as they were quite pricy, they were given a choice, sure, some people bought both, but I guess most of them didn't.And besides AVEX only cares about THE AMOUNT OF CDs sold, and in case everyone did buy both, than AVEX did a pretty good job, anyway, as they "milked" more money, and its good to see that 650 k of people would spend so much on Ayu.But as I said, I doubt what u said.

[ayu_fan929]

^Well the difference between the 2 isn't big so isn't it evident that many people bought both?

[My Rainbow]

is Secret still charting?

[ayu_fan929]

^No. It dropped after 16 weeks of charting. I think it's the fastest to drop out of the 8 studio albums + 1 mini-album.

[nodoka]

i wish this one had sold more...

[evolution7931]

Anyone know what it's sold in the past few weeks. Apparently the chart positions have been like this:

86 - Week 17
88 - Week 18
91 - Week 19
93 - Week 20
98 - Week 21

From Wikipedia, so of course it's probably lies. Still.. ? Any updates/info/?

[ayu_fan929]

Week 17 - Did not Chart
Week 18 - Did not Chart
Week 19 - 621 copies (Rank: 297)
Week 20 = This past week.

EDIT: I just looked at the 'Secret' Wiki page - since when were Jpop CDs released in North Korea?

[Peger]

Since like forever

[Peger]

Does anyone know if Secret charted this week?

[MsMiyabi]

I looked for sales I haven't found a thing.

[I_you_me]

ow... TT_TT

[tourniquet]

come on, we all want our 666.000 copies sold, just for the fun of it. chart, dammit.

[ayu_fan929]

I looked at the TOP 300, it didn't chart.

[evolution7931]

I'd just like to point out that "Secret" has sold almost exactly the same amount of CDs in Japan as Madonna's album "American Life" (2003) sold in America. Coincidence? Yes. XD

[Sim']

Originally Posted by evolution7931

I'd just like to point out that "Secret" has sold almost exactly the same amount of CDs in Japan as Madonna's album "American Life" (2003) sold in America. Coincidence? Yes. XD

Oh, thanks for this information =)

I'm sad it didn't sold THAT good, it's really an excellent album =/