[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread of Sunrise/Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～ -starting over-

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

lol maybe the weekend is gonna boost those sales a bit.

[keikeiaznqueen]

0___0 That's lower than my low prediction. Hmmm, here's hope to surprising numbers during this week after Ayu's TV promo. She's having more TV promo for this single after all.

It seems that Avex really is testing out how well Ayu's singles can hold out. I wonder if they're re-calculating Ayu's production budget to see if she *needs* all that promotion. Otherwise I think Avex might want to relocate all that money to newer artists.

I wanna see Ayu pimped around more though... too bad that Shibuya 109 ad spot was only for Mirrorcle World. It sure was expensive. Did her previous singles before Mirrorcle World get that spot too?

[truehappiness]

Otherwise I think Avex might want to relocate all that money to newer artists.

It seems like for the most part, they are doing that.

However, I feel as though Ayu (read: her management) has been redirecting most of her budget for the year towards her concerts, leaving videos/CDs to suffer a bit. I wonder just how all of this is being handled by avex. Are they happy? Are they content? Are they scrambling around wondering what's going on? In most cases just being present in the top 10 would be enough to satiate a company/group/artist, but... this is Ayu we're talking about here.

[~X2RADialbomber~]

The last thing Avex cares about is how much her singles sell. They ADORE the money they get from her concerts.

[truehappiness]

Sure, but I think they still at least want her to hit #1 so they can say she's still the #1 queen, which she pretty much is of this day and age.

And holy jesus, the concert money. How many billions of yen is that?

[waterballoon]

Oh my God the drop is heartbreaking.

Eeeh, for me, I'm just glad she's still got #1. I don't think it really deserves it.. but still.

[Corvina]

Wow, this is a huge drop for Ayu.
But I've expected something like that, watching all the other female singers sales.
I think S/S won't reach 100k or it will have troubles reaching it at last.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

the economy killed the Japanese female singers seems like the end of an Era

[keikeiaznqueen]

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

The last thing Avex cares about is how much her singles sell. They ADORE the money they get from her concerts.

Yeah, on whole tour thing, I really agree. This is depressing, but the whole "make her tour like mad while she's still popular" thing seems to be happening.

About her single sales though, I highly doubt Avex doesn't care about the sales. They're definitely throwing the bait out there to see how well her accumulated popularity from over the years can do, but they're also careful not to overdo it because they don't want the press to start writing about how she's losing out big time again or anything. (Even though they do it nowadays anyway.) Selling below 100k would be undesirable for Ayu even if she maintains a no. 1. If Ayu got a no.1 with 50k of sales in one week, that would still give the tabloids a field day, I think.

[zyoeru]

Number 1 again is good enough for me, even if the drop is huge. Everything's fine...her sales to ORICON aren't really that important to me.

[TITANIC]

that is what I expected for 2nd day below 20K

[rainydayumi]

oh no!! what a bad drop! is this hr lowest 2 day total since talkin 2 myself??

[TITANIC]

I think B&D is worse 2nd day sales

[Bigtop]

Oh no... The drop could mean that there could be problems competing with Morning Musume - the only way to push herself up are those upcoming TV performances - and oh no, another earthquake...

Wait a minute - I just checked that for Thursday that there was an earthquake on that morning!!! Could the earthquake really be a factor why both Ayu and Morning Musume got those sales drops??? Blame it on a factor outside of music - and maybe people are trying to be safe more rather than shopping right away for single sales - but do not worry, it's only early and hopefully Ayu can continue her dominancy...

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Oh no... The drop could mean that there could be problems competing with Morning Musume - the only way to push herself up are those upcoming TV performances - and oh no, another earthquake...

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

I made a worst case scenario and still it shows that MoMusu won't get the #1 Unless of course there will be surprises and their sales will go up or something.

S/S

36,552
12,873
4,500
2,500
5,500
3,000
=
64,925

MoMusu

23,301
10,946
9,000
5,000
4,450
5,000
=
57,747

The only way MM can get #1 is if their sales will stay the same or will go up.
Or ayu's single selling a bit more or less than 1000 a day for the rest of the week.

[rakeru]

eeeek! with second-day sales as dramatically low as that, can it really stay on top the whole week?

as far as this being the end of an era, i believe so! 0_o but maybe not necessarily for single female artists. in the US, at least, there is no more money in single and album sales. it's all about the tour-- without one, an artist doesn't cash in. it seems Japan is following that trend. and like the US, i think Japan will drop boybands in a few years and (hopefully) embrace single female artists once more.

[Lanz16]

OUCH! That's a huge drop!
More than a half drop is a surprising one!

*remembers MW vs. SCS moments*

[TITANIC]

tomorrow's chart gonna be 6K and day after 6K

my preditction 36K + 12K + 6K + 6K + 8K + 7K = 75K

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by riozz

tomorrow's chart gonna be 6K and day after 6K

my preditction 36K + 12K + 6K + 6K + 8K + 7K = 75K

Yeah, I'd say it has good chances of ending up that way, which is still pretty much ok and that way there are chances it will sell the same as talkin' 2 myself or a bit more. This should teach AVEX to make the singles more desirable for fans in the future.