Oricon - Total DVD sales by an artist in history

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

MM's number comes largely from some of their earlier concert dvds and single Vs - they posted some pretty huge numbers back in the day.

I mean the amount from the last year or two of 400k~ DVDs. It's very odd considering that their sales haven't been great DVD wise for the last 5+ years.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I mean the amount from the last year or two of 400k~ DVDs. It's very odd considering that their sales haven't been great DVD wise for the last 5+ years.

Ahhh, I see. Yeah, that is kind of strange. Although over the last year or two they have had a slight upswing in popularity(due to the current success of idol groups across the board basically).

@KarenPang - Yeah, those first week sales are amazing. The total sales are even more impressive - some DVDs went on to sell over 700,000 copies. It's surprising to me somewhat that AKBs DVDs do not sell anywhere near that well considering that their singles sell millions. Also considering that the main appeal of idol groups are the visuals. It really makes it look like a lot of AKBs huge success with singles comes from all the different gimmicks that come with them. Arashi's DVDs on the other hand sell more than some of their music does!