When singles use to sell ALOT

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by andre2907

I know that. That's why the sale numbers were posted, to compare sales then and now, you don't have to state the obvious.
It always been more realistic to buy the album w/ the songs from the single in it. Singles sales are declining because of download.
And BTW, album sales are still declining. In 2003 more albums were sold then in 2005.

Combined total sales of the Top 50 albums of the year:
2005 32,320,732
2004 29,259,465
2003 29,732,880
2002 38,316,120
2001 56,368,710

2005 albums sold more than 2003 albums by about 2.6M

Combined total sales of the Top 50 singles of the year:
2005 17,623,441
2004 16,299,111
2003 19,174,236
2002 20,765,120
2001 32,463,340

2005 singles sold more than 2004 singles by about 1.3M. if single sales were really affected by DL, then y would we have an increase this yr? yes, i do admit DL is part of the problem, not 100% n when u compare it to other countries, japan's DL "problem" isnt really that big

link: http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/view...=asc&start=225 [its in 1 of the posts]

I know that. That's why the sale numbers were posted, to compare sales then and now, you don't have to state the obvious.

i mentioned that cos u mentioned this:

But this charts are from ONE WEEK in 2000. While Seishun no Amigo numbers are impressive, the others arent, I mean, the 7th position was selling more than SMAP 'Triangle'.

y mention the obvious when we can c that SMAP'S 181,908 achieved #1 in 2005, while it can only acheive #6 in 2000.

btw, its "Seishun Amigo" not "Seishun no Amigo"