Mini Album threads (merged)

[immel]

The people who go to her concerts seem to me to be pretty established fans. And a LOT of people go to much more than 1 performance.

Like, when she asks on the Yoyogi peformance in AT05 if anyone saw her fall in the Saitama Arena it's kinda like half the audience that raises their hands.

:|

[truehappiness]

Usually they don't.

I think that kanariya was a totally hidden track.. as that tracklisting ended with Who... and flower garden too I think.

But I think that might've been it. With this album, I bet they're debating to include a bonus or not..


ASFXX - ended with Present only
LOVEppears - kanariya not shown in booklet
Duty - girlish shown in booklet without lyrics
I am.. - flower garden not mentioned in booklet
RAINBOW - +, not mentioned, but was 'there' independent+...
Memorial address - Memorial address, mentioned
MY STORY - none
(miss)understood - none
:<

[bluegie]

oh i dun think it's that hard... LOL.. look at me.. I've been her fan since the end of 1999 and I'm still here. I've already survived from the "ayu's so boring to me" era so I guess I won't give up on her until she's retired*** then i will cry

gosh I dunno CHEM is releasing their best album.. damn I always hope that they will release one.. no money for two albums... and for sure ayu/hikki will be my first priority. That means i will get the mini for sure ..

[truehappiness]

CHEMISTRY's last original album: 2 CHEMISTRY Fo(u)r 120,033
CHEMISTRY's last remix album: didn't even chart in top ten :|

[bluegie]

oh yeah... i never treat the + sign in indepdent+ as the name of the hidden track .

so if there's a bonus + a hidden, i guess we can still say the album has 8 official tracks .

[truehappiness]

I call it + or 'more than..'

It was called '+' on ayuready, but 'more than..' on like.. sites. D:

[immel]

how's + pronounced... purasu?

[bluegie]

their album sales declined since One x One (which's the only CHEM album I owned). I guess the best album should be able to get over 400K sales overall (their first two albums were big hits back then). Nonetheless I dun think CHEM will be a threat for the ayu-mini (geez it sounds like iPod mini). Their second week sales should be less than 300K, and ayu first week should be over 400K.

[truehappiness]

Probably.

I don't think it's ever been said in concert though.. has it?

[immel]

No, it's never been performed, I'm pretty sure. And I don't think she has mentioned in any MC/talk that is recorded/released.

[ayu_fan929]

Well I'm still guessing their earlier works will attract the buyers...I think they were like the 1st group to have their debut single pass 1 million.

[immel]

At least we'll see if she really is on a decline with her overall sales.

(m)u was her worst selling album this far, if this album makes it to way less sold copeis I'm pretty sure we can expect more and more declining sales in the future, even if 2007 will be a great year.

[Choyan]

a hidden track would certainly be nice... XD

[ayu_fan929]

What do you mean by way less?

[truehappiness]

Basically, if it sorta sells a lot less than 870k

I have a feeling it'll 'reach' up there.

Ayu mini-albums really should be considered albums in their own right. So much larger in terms of content than most other minialbums..

A PV for each main song <3

[bluegie]

at least ayu's sales declines in a steady pace... it's not like her sales dropped from 2 million copies to 800K.. if the mini album's overall sales is around 700K, it should be acceptable.

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

Well I'm still guessing their earlier works will attract the buyers...I think they were like the 1st group to have their debut single pass 1 million.

yeah, but I dun think the 2nd week sales will be that strong. Look at Ken Hirai and Kuu's second week sales.. None get over 300K. First week sales are always the strongest (Ken's best and kuu's second best almost 1 million copies).

[truehappiness]

Ken Hirai, I can understand cause he had 10 years[?] worth of music on UTABAKA but.. eh... that other one.. bleh.

I hope Ayu sells a lot :>

[immel]

@ayu_fan929 - Like... ending up with 600-700k sold copies.

A mini album shouldn't reduce her sales by that much, if you take a peek at the success of Ma. Although... Ma really was extraordinary, and I don't think this album will make it there.

It'll probably have way lower sales because it's lacking quality/originality, compared to Ayu's earlier releases.

[cybermoomba]

So it is true. Well, I'm glad for the new material but I'm not thrilled about it being a mini-album

It's going to be a very weak mini-album IMO

The singles were not that great this year

[truehappiness]

Well, simply speculating sales probably won't do anything.

I think this album will likely surprise us, as there was no 3rd / 4th single that was like 300k++ worth of sales.. :|

People are so raring to go probably <3