~Chart & Sales~ talkin' 2 myself Single

[fanmail]

of course it'll pass 100k. just not in the first week =\

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by namiie

Someone posted a quote from another forum earlier analyzing the effects of OTHER record labels on the music industry. Ayu and Kumizon are both on avex and suffered sales slumps after the summer; "glitter" and "FREAKY" both sold more than 100k the first week and t2m and "Ai no Uta" haven't. It's probably because the mu-mo connection now allows people to download in advance, thus less people buying the physical singles. It happened for Tohoshinki too. I don't know about EXILE though.

Whereas Laruku and other bands on different labels had relatively consistent first week sales.

Well, couldn't Avex have just cut down on downloading like instead of letting the whole single be for download but letting one song be for download? That's the solution I prolly would have done but than again I'm not AVEX excutive or manager or whatever. It's like Avex want both things to happen: Good downloading and good physical sales...but that ain't happen no more since consumers have there own mind now! *sigh*

@MemorialAddress08: It'll be okay! Like fanmail said, it'll pass 100k but not in it's 1st week...the same happened to B&D.

[fanmail]

lol. I don't. I buy CDs and then download them from iTunes. ROFL.

lol. I can't wait to see the full mu-mo sales.

[Yukitora]

Considering this single's A side was avaliable for full free download prior to the release, should we really be surprised?


(my personal answer: no v.v)

[Luv ~Venus~]

True

Why the **** would Avex do that for? That's quite retarted!

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

True

Why the **** would Avex do that for? That's quite retarted!

Because obviously they get more money for this, it's avex after all ^_^.
I don't think that they'll do stuff that will make them get less or loose money.

[Impracticable]

Yes. Avex just LOVES getting more money ...

I'm sure they got money somehow by letting it go for "free"

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Impracticable

Yes. Avex just LOVES getting more money ...

I'm sure they got money somehow by letting it go for "free"

I was talking about mu-mo legal downloads, not the free download.
Obviously most of the people download the single legally and not buying a physical copy, so avex gets more money for those legal downloads.
Generally and on mu-mo etc.
Thus we see not so high sales on physical copies.

[Lee_Hamasaki]

what is the different between mu-mo and chuku-uta?

[fanmail]

chaku-uta is ringtones, not full length I don't think?

[ayumisrael]

There chaku uta full and there's chaku uta just ringtones. XD

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Lee_Hamasaki

what is the different between mu-mo and chuku-uta?

I think "Chaku-Uta" = mp3. mu-mo is one of the many companies that distributes them?

Originally Posted by namiie

Someone posted a quote from another forum earlier analyzing the effects of OTHER record labels on the music industry. Ayu and Kumizon are both on avex and suffered sales slumps after the summer; "glitter" and "FREAKY" both sold more than 100k the first week and t2m and "Ai no Uta" haven't. It's probably because the mu-mo connection now allows people to download in advance, thus less people buying the physical singles. It happened for Tohoshinki too. I don't know about EXILE though.

Well for FREAKY and THSK's SUMMER, it's pretty obvious why they had the spike in sales - it's because of the multi-song single effect. As for glitter/fated it had more promotion (with the Distance Love thing) and it could be because not many people in Japan actually like talkin' 2 myself?

EXILE's 1st week sales have also been consistent and they're part of avex. (SUMMER TIME LOVE released in May had 90k 1st week sales and Toki no Kakera/24karats released in August had 95k 1st week sales)

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

I think "Chaku-Uta" = mp3. mu-mo is one of the many companies that distributes them?


Well for FREAKY and THSK's SUMMER, it's pretty obvious why they had the spike in sales - it's because of the multi-song single effect. As for glitter/fated it had more promotion (with the Distance Love thing) and it could be because not many people in Japan actually like talkin' 2 myself?

EXILE's 1st week sales have also been consistent and they're part of avex. (SUMMER TIME LOVE released in May had 90k 1st week sales and Toki no Kakera/24karats released in August had 95k 1st week sales)

Let's not forget that still EXILE is a bit popular boys band XD

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Let's not forget that still EXILE is a bit popular boys band XD

...but it seems that EXile just became popular, am I right?

[ayu_fan929]

^No, they were pretty popular throughout their 6 years.

[Maxker]

I think it's doing "bad" (it's not really doing bad, she's #1 after all) because young people enjoy it. (according to the poll from Oricon) and youngsters are the most prone to download songs legal / illegally...and after all, mp3 downloads by mu-mo started 3 weeks before the actual single was out.

From the Avex pdf: (And this was back in March...)


http://www.avex.co.jp/e_site/press/2008/070518.pdf

[Luv ~Venus~]

^Where's EMI and Sony? I'm sure they contributed alot to the mu-mo exceeding 1 million membership!!!

[Maxker]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

^Where's EMI and Sony? I'm sure they contributed alot to the mu-mo exceeding 1 million membership!!!

Mu-mo is owned by Avex

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by Maxker

Mu-mo is owned by Avex

Oh, wow! That's a slap in the face! Jeez they have a club, several sub-labels, and popular artists: What else does Avex own???

[Maxker]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

Oh, wow! That's a slap in the face! Jeez they have a club, several sub-labels, and popular artists: What else does Avex own???

yeah, they are powerful



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