[Sept. 6 - ORICON] BB 11th Week + Current Yearly TOP 30 ranks

[immel]

When does the ORICON year end? Isn't that quite soon? Maybe ULTRA BLUE won't have time to pass.

[summersnow]

thanks for the info!! This is great! Blue Bird is still selling! ^^

[Mirai Noah]

Thanks for the info!

[Dustie]

Originally Posted by immel

When does the ORICON year end? Isn't that quite soon? Maybe ULTRA BLUE won't have time to pass.

Oricon year ends with the end of November.

I think ULTRABLUE sales are better than MUs. Hikki released her album not so long ago, while Ayumi's album has been out half a year now - despite time differences, they have so far sold in compareable amount, meaning ULTRABLUE is selling faster. It might indeed sell more than MissUnderstood.

[Ayumiko]

I also think Ultra Blue will pass (m)u..but I thats ok

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by immel

When does the ORICON year end?

Nov. 15-21 will be the last week of Oricon 2006. All Nov 22nd releases and beyond will be considered as part of Oricon 2007. That means there is only 11 weeks left in the Oricon year.

Originally Posted by kournikova

hehehehe nice stats... and you know.... in my opinion ayu is surely certified as a diva and senior in avex... so they do not put ayu ini direct competition into another artist... or maybe avex does not let ayu to do this and that things as often as before to make some room to other competitor or new comer singer... so I think avex wants ayu to be like madonna..... and does not really care with their singles/album sales..... just put the best effort coz the legal download for blue bird itself is 700,000++

Well the avex doens't put her in direct competition with another artist is because she has a record/streak to protect.

And remember then 700k in downloads is only ringtones. The number for full song downloads hasn't been released by avex yet. (Most downloads on Chaku-Uta are ringtone downloads anyway)

Originally Posted by darkswordz

let's hope NW will only overtake (m)u after the oricon year

I think NW and (m)u will be close. NW has been averaging like 2k each week. Kobukuro is going get lots of promotion in the coming weeks with their release of their best album in late September and a tour as well, so their weekly sales might spike up.

Originally Posted by Choyan

heyheyhey~ XD! Ayu's (m)u ontop of KATTUN's Best of KATTUN album! XD

JE albums don't do well anyway. They're single sellers.

[nodoka]

I hope Ayu's new stuff blows everyone else away! Thankies for posting.

[ayu1m]

I know it will blow me away

[norain]

I hope that ayumi is the original female album, she needs a #1 and not to be beaten by utada again, but I love ultra blue, lol

[darkswordz]

^i dare say ayumi is used to it, but at least MA was on top of utada's exodus when the oricon year ended in 2004

[Princess_Of_Roses]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

02 1,746,775 'BEST ~second session~' - Koda Kumi *96th best selling Japanese album*

GEEZ
Thats alot

ohh sorry this ayu..
her sales are really good..im happy for her

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by darkswordz

^i dare say ayumi is used to it, but at least MA was on top of utada's exodus when the oricon year ended in 2004

I don't think that really counts.

[cybermoomba]

YAY! my girls are doing great!

mika, kuu, hikki, ayu woohoo!

[ayuflareup!]

I wonder who is the BEST selling ALBUM in JAPAN, since KEN already sold 2 million copies but he is still in 69th haha~ who is no.1??? Did this person sale over 8 million copies?????~~ XD??

[immel]

Utada Hikaru sold over 8million copies of her debut album.

[Dustie]

Which has sold 10 million copies up to date...

That was freakin' amazing. I wish I could have been in Japan in the Automatic - Movin' on without you - First Love releases era...

[freedreamer]

Off topic for a while..but i heard she was the first to bring in English into pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ songs?...I was stunned by 8 mill thou...no one is gonna beat that now with downloads and all...

Back to Ayu...I hope her sales will pick up now...and i hope the people there will not be discouraged to buy the album because of the two singles so far, which i think are nice hehe...

11 weeks and no new single... Oh the unfair pain. BB/BF are old news already.

[truehappiness]

Eh, any day now.. any day now..

[jeffycue]

there's a lot of good singles there.. cool! thanks for the info!