Forgiveness__Oricon No. 1 __21/08/2003 (first day sales and ranking)

Cheers for yet another Number One~!

[shinji1698]

Planet Chart has & ranked in the top 5.. so you never know if that 70,000 sales number is right.


GO AYU! I noticed that there wasn't a lot of promotion for the single either...

[EdenZone]

agree..... i don't see it in my country either....... they only promote albums ???

Originally posted by ImpactBreaker
LOL isn't that quite obvious heh? But I LOVE seeing these results. Ayu's always the 1st!!!!!

hahah true true, Go AYU!!!!, lol the rest cant even compete with ayu, I bet other artists tryu avoiding relaseing cds when ayus gunna release hers

[Grantith]

Originally posted by luseifer
The reason why [forgiveness] didn't sell as well as the other singles is because Ayu and avex could not take enough time out of the a-nation tour to promote the single. This was said by Ayu herself. She says that the promotion of the next single will be better so let's hope the sales of the next one go up as well.

Can you show a source where Ayu said that? I'm curious to see more about that.

[jerms]

um. or maybe it just didnt sell as well because it only had 4 songs, one of the mixes of which i personally think SUCKS. and one instrumental. thats one original song and one good remix. maybe most people (like myself) would more prefer to just buy the album when it comes out for that one song, since we're going to get it either way. maybe its not worth buying a single for one good remix... =\

hopefully ayu will get the picture that 4-song-singles lower her sales and she'll "have" to add more songs to get more sales.. i sure would love to have the 10 song singles back. even if avex's trying to get rid of her..it would make all her fans just a little less happy with her releases..

[Chrono]

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[ImpactBreaker]

Originally posted by jerms
um. or maybe it just didnt sell as well because it only had 4 songs, one of the mixes of which i personally think SUCKS. and one instrumental. thats one original song and one good remix. maybe most people (like myself) would more prefer to just buy the album when it comes out for that one song, since we're going to get it either way. maybe its not worth buying a single for one good remix... =\

hopefully ayu will get the picture that 4-song-singles lower her sales and she'll "have" to add more songs to get more sales.. i sure would love to have the 10 song singles back. even if avex's trying to get rid of her..it would make all her fans just a little less happy with her releases..

The fault is not Ayu's. It is not Ayu who makes her remixes so that part doesn't depend on her. Due to Ayu's enormous success with 10-track singles, avex exagerated on trying to rise new artists to the top by mass producing remixes albums and singles. At it's peak avex was turbinated with zillion releases which was probably a mistake of the company, making it lose A LOT of money. A lot of avex artists dropped down to a very low patamar and you can hardly ever hear about their releases anymore (i.e dream and H/\L). Then avex shortened on the remixes and tried selling Free&Easy by a lower price with LESS remixes. The salings were as high as any 10 track singles, so that's why avex has been doing that now.

[erikowan]

Ayu only sold for 70500copies the first day, is this considered the worst sales of ayu's single so far.....I am so afraid that ayu will no longer been snatched off her status in Japan like Namie. I hope that the sales will continue to increase....I am so sad san shocked

oh man, >_< *sigh* i hope this isnt somethin tahst gunan continue who knows tho mabey it will go up... i was hoping for good news,, that seems leik a high number to me tho... does anyone have like a list of the total ammounts of other ones...

HANG IN THERE AYU! WE LOVE U!!!!!!!!!

[destiny_ayu]

Wow.. Congrats to Ayu

[tetsuo69]

i sure her slaes will get better.... i just hope i aint wrong....

[SpiceSquad!]

What~~~???? AYU new single only sold not more than 70,200???
That definitly NOT a good SIGN!!!!!!!!!

PREDICTION: first week sales: NOT more than 150,000

[CRAZYBOAT]

70,200 is really good for a one song single.

I'm glad for ayu

[SheFliesHigher]

Of course she's #1.

As for the total amount sold...eh, whatever happens, happens.

[jerms]

lets just hope avex doesnt decide "hey, why not make her albums shorter too?"

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally posted by jerms
lets just hope avex doesnt decide "hey, why not make her albums shorter too?"

That would depend more on Ayu hahah she's the one who makes the lyrics for the songs. I don't think avex has an intention of getting rid of Ayu....I think the opposite - avex is overexposing Ayu....no wonder why some people might be getting tired of her. It's the opposite of what happens to Hikki. Hikki hides on the shadows for 6 months and then come with a new release (sometimes an average song)...people are already so thirsty for something new from Hikki that they quickly rush to buy it....now just think about how many people liked &, are still enjoying it and don't give a damn about ballads? I love ballads but I must say a single with a single slow song is not that super catchy for a must buy. If Ayu had made it a set of ballads like ELT (UNTITLED 4 BALLADS) did or if it had a C/W track, it would have sold a LOT more.

[jerms]

yo gohan. eh. we kinda got that down by now. avex controls the remixs. but i think when impact breaker was talking about "ballads" he was talking about the general type of song, not the album "A Ballads"...

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally posted by jerms
yo gohan. eh. we kinda got that down by now. avex controls the remixs. but i think when impact breaker was talking about "ballads" he was talking about the general type of song, not the album "A Ballads"...

exactly

[miruku]

congrats AYU!