[Charts & Rankings] Official Oricon Thread ~50th Single L~

[waterballoon]

yay a climb!

[TITANIC]

Yuhu top 5 ahead

[ayumisrael]

4th Day
Position: #6
Sales: 1,290
Total Sales: 77,449

[adantatu2]

Her sales are lower this week, i hope better sales tomorrow ^_^

[brener]

Originally Posted by adantatu2

Her sales are lower this week, i hope better sales tomorrow ^_^

me too, I want so much that this single reaches 100k

[ayumisrael]

5th Day
Position: #6
Sales: Later
Total Saler: Later

[Cherry Dynamite]

I don't even frequently read news about Ayu but I do know she changed her creative team.
There are other possible reason for firing people maybe she wanted something new, and personally I think it's a good change because you can't work with the same people without being redundant.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

Originally Posted by Cherry Dynamite

I don't even frequently read news about Ayu but I do know she changed her creative team.
There are other possible reason for firing people maybe she wanted something new, and personally I think it's a good change because you can't work with the same people without being redundant.

i agree..considering her long career she needed to change an renew or she could repeat herself

[TITANIC]

ohh she hasnt able to hit the top 5 yet?

[ayumisrael]

5th Day
Position: #6
Sales: 1,195
Total Saler: 78,644

[Mirrorcle Monster]

It deserves loooot more...

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Yeah ikr, her most famous songs like Days, BLUE BIRD, SEASONS, Sunrise are all your standard J-Pop fare, which is why I don't think it's like she stopped making "amazing" music just because she doesn't have good tie-ins.

Btw, you're right that Ayu goes against the trend by releasing whatever she wants and all that, but if we've noticed, her recent singles have all been 'safe' songs...

- Days/GREEN
- Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
- You were.../BALLAD
- MOON/blossom
- crossroad
- L

Almost all the songs in there are ballads/pop songs, so it's like yeah she's going on the safe route; maybe to ensure a #1 weekly for her streak, maybe to keep the public moderately interested in her, I dunno either lol.

Her "unique" stuff are mostly always album tracks or at most B-Sides... alterna, ourselves, Don't look back are the 3 songs off the top of my mind that are either B-Sides, not the main song in a maxi single or an album track. Even for Last angel on L, which could arguably be the "different" song, also isn't the main song on L. Heck it didn't have a PV.

Also, her last single with a rock song was... Mirrorcle World? But that's a 10th Anniversary special single, so if we disregard that, it would be talkin' 2 myself, which was like 3 years ago lol.

Nothing wrong with her going down the safe route, but I think everyone should at least understand why she's releasing singles in this way and genre lol

Sory to quote a post so back but i havent been keeping up with this thread and when I came in, i was lost haha.

Yes, I think Japanese LOVE their form of happy-sounding jpop and generally, kawaii, feel-good, radio-friendly music which can go along way. Personally, I've never really felt that any pop song in Ayu's single discography as something not pop..it feels like, yes like what others have sad "Power pop" because they are definitely stronger than the general JPOP. I mean, as long as singles are being sold, we can expect something not too strange and beyond the Japanese audience's type of music. it NEEDS to be sold.

While for albums, I definitely see Ayu being very creative. songs like until that Day..., 1 LOVE, Marionette, Microphone, LOVE'n'HATE...these are songs that I wont see them being huge radio hits and common favs among the GENERAL audience. But Ayu releases them.

She could really just release a whole of "You were..." and "MOON" and "M" and "Days"...because its a safe zone of music coming from Ayu herself. I still think her ballads like MOON and M are something that is unique from Ayu and no other artiste honestly.

Originally Posted by emiko

Ayu is a very special artist, and honestly, I don't see the rules applying to her as much as they do for other people. In any case, I think Ayu knows by now what needs to be done, and that she doesn't have to be led or told what to do.

In any case, if you know anything about Ayu, you know that she isn't going to be jerked around or made to do anything she doesn't want to without a fight lol Stubborn, she is

Yes I definitely agree. Ayu HAS the power. I mean, being a kpop fan as well, some songs are just plain ridiculous but they can be huge hits...and I really wonder if the idols themselves singing these songs truly...have any say over what they want to sing.

leaving kpop aside, some jpop artistes as well seem to be overpowered by their company...esp those currently being sidecased. And seeing Ayu participate in the production of her material thru documentaries convinces me that she has a Direction.

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on the side note, im actually really happy with L's sales...it's much more stable compared to her other recent singles. it just goes to show that there is still a main fanbase
of course, being a 50th single, i wished it would hit 100k at least but well, i blame it for the lack of promotion really

[ayuinh.k?]

some random news from taiwan...
L is #1 on the g-music j-pop/k-pop chart with 14.64% of total sales from that week

crossroad only got #2 with 12.46% on its week, but it was up against SNSD's GENIE and taiwan is experiencing a huge hallyu wave right now just like japan, so its still good

[ayumisrael]

6th Day
Position: #8
Sales: 1,286
Total Sales: 79,930

[AyumiAi]

so around 80k sales total after second week,
not so bad >.< still deserves more

[brener]

80k in the 2nd week and had an increase today *-*

[Andrenekoi]

^Curious... who? xD

[joshohhhhh]

she should try working with producers/directors she has never worked with before.

[brener]

Originally Posted by joshohhhhh

she should try working with producers/directors she has never worked with before.

yeah, or maybe with the "I am...", "RAINBOW" or "Memorial address" producers...

[Lanz16]

any updates ayumisrael?
New L Single chart thread please!