[Article] AKB48 First Week Sales 513 453, Best Record in 9 Years For Female Artist

[Amrai-chan]

^ Apparently there was this one guy who bought 700 copies so his favorite member could make it into the ranks for the senbatsu elections.

Anyway, not all AKB48 fans are Wotas. I've heard from people who've seen them live that they actually have a good amount of just plain old fans a good amount of who were female.

I'm really glad for the girls.

[visionfactory]

Originally Posted by Amrai-chan

^ Apparently there was this one guy who bought 700 copies so his favorite member could make it into the ranks for the senbatsu elections.

Yeah, this is a picture of that guy, he appeared on TV it's crazy

[*Petit*]

If the sales curve is like that of a normal AKB single it means that the grand majority of the purchases have gone to wota. Ayu's sales patterns are similar (but less front loaded) as well, which means that mostly her hardcore fans buy her stuff. DOn't fool yourself. A casual fan wont obsessively seek out release dates and few of them will be buying the single on the first day compared to wota, and this goes for any artist except those who have very heavy marketing. If this single doesen't end up selling more than 600k in total you do the math. It doesen't mean the group or their music is "bad" or anything, it's just the way the music market in *** works these days...

[tetsuo69]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

Yeah, this is a picture of that guy, he appeared on TV it's crazy

i bet the boygroups have crazy fan girls doing such things as well.. cuz i dont think that many people like crappy music they release XD