[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~A ONE~

[//ABEST]

this shows that Colours wasn't that bad in public eye i thought it had low sales because of the style of the album but this is the proof i was wrong

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by //ABEST

this shows that Colours wasn't that bad in public eye i thought it had low sales because of the style of the album but this is the proof i was wrong

The general public does not really care about Ayu.

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

The general public does not really care about Ayu.

Yeah, since the time she stopped selling 200k+ copies you can say she's been relying on her fanbase, but now with her sales dropping and dropping can we assume that her fanbase is getting smaller and smaller ?

+ AKB48 can't break ayu records because they're a group (and a huuuuuge one) whereas ayu is a soloist.

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

Yeah, since the time she stopped selling 200k+ copies you can say she's been relying on her fanbase, but now with her sales dropping and dropping can we assume that her fanbase is getting smaller and smaller ?

+ AKB48 can't break ayu records because they're a group (and a huuuuuge one) whereas ayu is a soloist.

Numbers don't lie and ayu's fan base getting smaller is one of my biggest concerns. Last/zutto/walk got a lot of attention so there's hope. Aren't akb48 the primary 48 but there's like 5 other 48 girls groups? Just wondering.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by melissalove

Numbers don't lie and ayu's fan base getting smaller is one of my biggest concerns. Last/zutto/walk got a lot of attention so there's hope. Aren't akb48 the primary 48 but there's like 5 other 48 girls groups? Just wondering.

She still attracts 300k+ people to watch her live every year, between Arena Tours, CDLs and festival performances, and she is only behind Namie on that department nowadays if I'm not wrong.

Younger generation doesn't care about her recent releases, and people who follows her (and watch her live) are over that age you buy everything an artist released just because it has their name on the cover... So, she isn't having massive hits or selling loads of copies, but she is far from being irrelevant or even at risk of getting there.

I still believe she would benefit a lot sales-wise of stop having yearly releases and tours.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

She still attracts 300k+ people to watch her live every year, between Arena Tours, CDLs and festival performances, and she is only behind Namie on that department nowadays if I'm not wrong.

Younger generation doesn't care about her recent releases, and people who follows her (and watch her live) are over that age you buy everything an artist released just because it has their name on the cover... So, she isn't having massive hits or selling loads of copies, but she is far from being irrelevant or even at risk of getting there.

I still believe she would benefit a lot sales-wise of stop having yearly releases and tours.

People should also take into account that perhaps people simply download Ayu's songs and albums nowdays.

[KarenPang]

3rd day on the 2nd week - #10

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2015-04-15/