[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread -A Classical- ~Intro to 2013~

[YUKARI]

congrats, ayu!!! yaaay so happy about it!! this album definitely deserves #1!

[freedreamer]

Congrats to Ayu!!! She could definitely have reached Yuming's record if everything went well last year. but i guess this makes A CLASSICAL's #1 all the more special.

What i saw on Facebook was that:

for ORICON:
1. This is the SECOND Classical album to reach the #1 position
2. The FIRST Classical album to reach #1 position on the week it was released

[KarenPang]

2nd Week

2nd Day
Position: #21

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-01-15/more/4/

[AyUmIXx]

wow A CLASSICAL is doing so gooooddd!!!!
where most of the international fans got disappointed over this release, but clearly japanese fans love it..

[TITANIC]

really unexpected to see A Classical with a horrible tracklist and cover hit #1. Congratz Ayu

[Minttulatte]

What was the first classical album to hit #1 on Oricon if A Classical was the second? :O

[truehappiness]

It was a compilation album of classical music used in various TV programs and movies called 'image'.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_(...83%90%E3%83%A0)
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3.../dp/B000051TAX

It sold 1.45 million overall and is still selling today. Ayu's accomplishment however is that she's the first artist to have an individual classical album become #1... or something like that.

[Surreal17]

#1!Yay!

[ayumisrael]

1st Week
Position: #1
Official Total Sales: 25,049

2nd Week

1st Day
Position: #12

[norwegian blue]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

1st Week
Position: #1
Official Total Sales: 25,049

Am I the only person who thinks it's weird that in a country of 130,000,000 people, a cd can be number 1 even if only 25,049 people buy it?

[BlackSilence]

^^lol it's just as surprising with the whole world i think xD

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by norwegian blue

Am I the only person who thinks it's weird that in a country of 130,000,000 people, a cd can be number 1 even if only 25,049 people buy it?

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

[calltome]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

i've always wondered that, 7 million copies only?? I've always heard that japan has a bigger population than that.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by calltome

i've always wondered that, 7 million copies only?? I've always heard that japan has a bigger population than that.

Didn't understand you on this one...

[norwegian blue]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

I know that, that wasn't the point. The point was that even in my country with only 5 million people, 25 000 isn't a particularly good sales number.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by norwegian blue

I know that, that wasn't the point. The point was that even in my country with only 5 million people, 25 000 isn't a particularly good sales number.

thats not really true for norway platium is 30k for albums and 15k for gold. For singles its 5k and 10k . including downloads. And it's one of the countries where people spend most on music per person on average...

[TeamAyu2004]

congrats ayumi!

I wonder what the smallest first week sales are... lol, this as got to be pretty close!

[LONJJONG]

Nobody expected this, huh? Haha
Congratulations for another record and hopefully LOVE again can get #1 too

[inspire_rmx]

Congrats!! I'm so happy with the No.1. The sales are pretty decent for a classical album

[ayumisrael]

Most people aren't music purchasers and if they do they probably use illegal means or legal digital means.