(miss)understood 1st week sales

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Ayumi no Yume

Do you mean turd?
If so, i completely agree.
Though - don't think it's THAT bad of a song.



AND REMEMBER - she just released this after christmas.
People spent all their money.
Wait a month - it'll go up.

i disagree, since ppl already knew that the album was coming on 1/1 wouldnt they save sum $ for the purchase of the album? its not like it came unexpectedly n no1 has the $ to buy it.

Originally Posted by Kikaru

The oricon sales are higher than the Soundscan sales, isn't it? and most people do think the album is released on 1.1.06.

Beat the oricon prediction by 100k though...

edit: I just looked at Soundscan sights, and they are way lower than the oricon ones. For example, Koda Kumi's best and Otsuka Ai's LOVE COOK. Plus it's from December 27-January 1st, so if it can actually sale this much before the sale date, then it would sale more after the sale date.

the oricon prediction wasnt a prediction of the sales #. it was a rating of how well the album will do.

Originally Posted by Brittany

Jeez, I'm thinking that those sales are pretty high for the first week.

Come on, not everybody buys albums in Japan anymore.. they're turning to other programs for music.

i think that statement is just exagerrated. ppl r still buying albums, look how many 1,000,000+ albums there were last year (10). on a yr-to-yr basis, cd sales in japan have increased from 2004->2005. also, more albums were bought in 2005 than in 2003.