[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~Party Queen~ II

[Delicious n Bold]

1. I find Inspire to be a year-round epic track. It feels summery but I listened to it all winter and it made my day just a bit more epic lol.

2. I hope Ayu releases something like Next Level. In all honesty, it's her not her best album but I LOVEEE it. Even the covers, believe it or not. The photoshopped tattoo thing doesn't bother me. Even the placement of tracks didn't bother me. Maybe it's because I love electronic songs as well as ballads to bits.

3. The comparison between GUILTY and Party Queen unfortunately suggests that people may not like leopard print.

[AyuGAME]

the promotion did works!!!
at least she ahead of ABC now...

[sinfonietta]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

3. The comparison between GUILTY and Party Queen unfortunately suggests that people may not like leopard print.

I'm a total sucker for leopard print so I'm loving it on the CD covers.

[relmy]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

3. The comparison between GUILTY and Party Queen unfortunately suggests that people may not like leopard print.

and that when Duty was released, everybody LOVED leopard print.

and now only Ayu does

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I wonder if Ayu is pissed at them, lol. I mean, everyone says she doesn't care about sales but come on, you know it probably feels good to have that #1 album. Especially considering the darker place she is in right now, I'm sure it hits hard to think "wow, I'm only selling this much now. wow, I lost out to a fellow label mate..." etc.

I think she must be...I remember she said during a RnRC interview that she'd love to have another million seller and big hit

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by sinfonietta

I'm a total sucker for leopard print so I'm loving it on the CD covers.

Same here, I love leopard print and that's why I also like Party Queen's covers. It's too bad that 2 of the 3 CDs that feature leopard print aren't as successful as ayu's other albums. I tend to notice that ayu gets serious when she wears her leopard print XD

[Deep snow]

Top 5 again. 'Tis a good day for humanity.

[pimenta]

I'm happy she's back to the top 5 <3

[Kouyou]

Some of my favorite Ayu albums are Duty, GUILTY, and Party Queen. It must be the leopard print.

[sinfonietta]

Originally Posted by Becky

Some of my favorite Ayu albums are Duty, GUILTY, and Party Queen. It must be the leopard print.

Leopard print instantly ups the overall quality. and it's f'ing sexy

[Kouyou]

Originally Posted by sinfonietta

Leopard print instantly ups the overall quality. and it's f'ing sexy

THIS.

[Delicious n Bold]

I think that the SURREAL cover is the best usage of ayu's leopard print.
I mean, what's not fun about a sexy cat girl singing about her love?
The single cover also gives you this 'what-does-she-look-like-from-head-to-toe-in-that-get-up feel' while Duty and the SURREAL PV DVD(?) give it away It's just the sexy mystery of leopard print in SURREAL's case.

[samt2910]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

I think she must be...I remember she said during a RnRC interview that she'd love to have another million seller and big hit

it must be quite frustrating for her. i can tell she really did put a lot of effort into this album and then to see it not reach the top... it must be tough. especially because i don't think the lack of sales necessarily has anything to do with the music itself.

having said that, as a fan, i am still proud that it managed to get to #2 without any physical singles released beforehand.

[Deep snow]

Hm. I don't dislike leopard prints; I think they look great on SURREAL (because it's BW it's somehow more kickass for me), Duty and GUILTY, but on Party Queen it's an eyesore. Pink-yellow-brown leopard print don't...fit, methinks (neither do pink and yellow for me, so there you go).

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

I think she must be...I remember she said during a RnRC interview that she'd love to have another million seller and big hit

I'm pretty sure any artist would love that though lol.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by yamadashun

i dunno if this is mentioned before, that there are some similarities in between the 2 albums that broke the consecutive number 1 record, GUILTY and Party queen:

-both have the "-TY" as album title.
-both have leopard print
-both were outsold by an album with 4-digit number as title
-both have 14 tracks
-both have iTunes leak
added
-both have digital single before the album release
-both were released after ayu broke up with her boyfriend/husband

WOW! That's really freaky!

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I'm pretty sure any artist would love that though lol.

she kinda HAS to say it as well.

I mean, if she goes around saying she doesn't care about sales and stuff...it's not really the best thing :/ It might be the truth, but idk it's a tad disrespectful lol


Anyway, I do think it's weird that Avex would release both of these albums on the same day, unless there was just, not another week to release

[AyumiAi]

At first I was sad about the fact that PQ only got to number 2 but honestly the album is so good that I coulnd't care less and am just enjoying it

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by emi♡

she kinda HAS to say it as well.

I mean, if she goes around saying she doesn't care about sales and stuff...it's not really the best thing :/ It might be the truth, but idk it's a tad disrespectful lol


Anyway, I do think it's weird that Avex would release both of these albums on the same day, unless there was just, not another week to release

maybe avex underestimated & didn't expect ABC's 2012 to sell even better than ayumi ? :O

Don't forget , avex also released AAA's 1st B-side compilation Another Side of #AAABest on the same week as Party Queen & 2012 . AAA is obviously not a threat to ayumi in any single bit but I do think for ABC's case , it was a scenerio of underestimating how unusually well 2012 would overtake if not oversell Party Queen down the line

Let alone , the 1st week sales of 2012 has outsold the whole total sales of ABC's 2009 album Q.E.D. too :O

I still think that if Party Queen were to get released in April , it would have gotten #1 easily with 0 promotion since there're no big major artistes putting out albums next month , well not that I know of

[TeamAyu2004]

I think the reason why they did all three was because it was the end of the year from them...
So avex stocks when no matter what. And thats all they really care about, how much money they make.