[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread of Winter diary ~A7 Classical~

[Corvina]

Digital sales are important, but they were stronger some years ago. At least if you look at digital certifications. There were much more of those around 2006-2007 than there are now. And higher as well. It's pretty hard for most artists to go over 100k now. Also digital album sales are really a lot smaller than those for single songs.

[YukiUsagi]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Digital sales are important, but they were stronger some years ago. At least if you look at digital certifications. There were much more of those around 2006-2007 than there are now. And higher as well. It's pretty hard for most artists to go over 100k now. Also digital album sales are really a lot smaller than those for single songs.

This is exactly what I wanted to say but I don't know how to write. My poor English
Because it's too small, it has no meaning

[js_surrealism]

Digital album sales are, to me, a pretty bad indicator of an artist's relevance and popularity in current pop music.

It's like saying the Beatles are huge right now because people are still buying compilations of their albums. The same could be said of A Best sales.

Of course, Ayu has left a lasting legacy, but the fact that only compilations of her older hits still sell (relatively) well digitally means that people don't really care about her new music now.

From the point of view of a fan who roots for her both as an individual and as a pop artist, that's of course disappointing. At the end of the day though, it is what it is, I don't listen to her for her sales. (her current music generally sucks though, but that's a separate discussion altogether).

But to insist that she's still relevant as a pop artist in 2016 is stretching it a bit. If you're going to compare, compare sales of her current music against the sales of the top sellers' releases in the same period.

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Digital sales are important, but they were stronger some years ago. At least if you look at digital certifications. There were much more of those around 2006-2007 than there are now. And higher as well. It's pretty hard for most artists to go over 100k now. Also digital album sales are really a lot smaller than those for single songs.

Oh you are right, I forgot about that