[Koda Kumi] The 146th Thread - The New Album is epic. I bought a copy, how about you? - Page 12

krauterol · #**221** 26th January 2012, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

WTF WITH SALES OH GOD NO!!!

Do u guys think she'll be gone from now on then? like, "I have a baby now, I worked on my new stuff 24/7 but people do not want it, okay, I'll quit"

wtf wtf wtf

really? :s please guys, don't be dramatic!
almost 60k in two days, so probably she will surpass 100k at the end of the week. Still holding #1 spot (what exactly means that is the best selling album of the week. Yeah, it's pretty obvious, but it seems there are people that needs to hear that to realise)
two of her singles this year reached the top of legal downloads on chaku-uta (Poppin' love for two weeks).
Her last concert in Tokio Dome was sold out (Fantasia), and it was just some months ago.

Do you REALLY think that she will think that she has to quit from the music market??
Obviously there's a lot of work on JAPONESQUE, and she deserves better sales, but be realistic guys, she's still strong in the music industry. There are lots of musicians with lots of talent that NEVER will reach the marks she's doing nowadays. And forget her peak, it won't happen again, but it's still nice how 10 years later since her debut she's still capable to put her album on the top of Oricon.

SheFliesHigher · #**222** 26th January 2012, 09:32 PM

Yikes on the sales. I do like this album overall. I appreciate that she tried some different things like the acoustic tracks, but my favorites are the more "generic" club beats like Escalate.

Tracks 1-5 are all very strong. This first part of the album is great.
Tracks 6-10 are rather weak, EXCEPT for "In The Air", which I love to bits.
The rest of the album is good, except I don't like "ai wo tomenaide" or "All for You".

Her english isn't all that great on most tracks, which surprises me a bit, because I felt like she had improved.

I might like Deja Vu better, but this album is certainly nothing to pass up. It's too bad the sales are so low.

happiholic★ · #**223** 26th January 2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

WTF WITH SALES OH GOD NO!!!

Do u guys think she'll be gone from now on then? like, "I have a baby now, I worked on my new stuff 24/7 but people do not want it, okay, I'll quit"

I don't think Kuu would be so spiteful, especially because I feel that Kuu is a singer because she loves singing, not for the money or the fame.

Bad Wolf · #**224** 26th January 2012, 09:54 PM

^ exactly. people in japan might make this seem like a reason for her to jump ship and retire, but i hope that kuu will listen instead to what she wants to do.

krauterol · #**225** 26th January 2012, 09:58 PM

like the lyrics of Candy:

no,no.. I'm not about money..

haha xD

AyumiAi · #**226** 26th January 2012, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady~Deviance

^ That was very entertaining and a pleasure to watch. Great editing work on your part. I loved it!

Wow...I know a few individuals on this forum, myself included, predicted lower sales but not to this degree.

I still believe that 'Japonesque' will past the 200k mark eventually.

I really doubt it, Dejavu barely managed to reach 200k and with second day sales like those... >.<

TeamAyu2004 · #**227** 26th January 2012, 11:02 PM

it will go gold!

maze · #**228** 27th January 2012, 10:07 AM

thanks for the translations, tenshi

I feel like the lyrics for this album are different, like more deeper and strong.
she really did a good job with Japonesque, the more I listen to it the more I love it~
I'm so proud of her right now.

need my copy to watch all the PVs, damnnn

ryben · #**229** 27th January 2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

@Luna62: I already saw them but thanks for posting ^-^

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No Man’s Land (translation)

Spoiler:

Thanks for translating, most relatable lyrics atm. Right up there with Work it out!. Kuu is love.

AyuGAME · #**230** 27th January 2012, 10:34 AM

Third day : 10015 (position 1)

Total so far : 69.717

TITANIC · #**231** 27th January 2012, 10:56 AM

urrghh she deserves much better sales. at this rate I think she won't be able to hit 100K

tenshi no hane · #**232** 27th January 2012, 11:20 AM

Pity she's getting such low sales. It's a really great album imo. I can't wait for my copy to arrive

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ESCALATE (translation)

Spoiler:

xLuna&1LOVE · #**233** 27th January 2012, 11:38 AM

Maybe they have overlooked the promotion?

No, allright. It's only the 3rth Day. And it seems she is still selling, soo... do not lose hope/

AyumiAi · #**234** 27th January 2012, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TITANIC

urrghh she deserves much better sales. at this rate I think she won't be able to hit 100K

I'm pretty sure it will manage to hit 100k, maybe not first week but eventually T_T

George · #**235** 27th January 2012, 12:40 PM

Can someone please post the covers for JAPONESQUE? (HQ preferably but anything will do. Especially looking for the limited edition cover) Thank you.

krauterol · #**236** 27th January 2012, 02:11 PM

I've already seen all JAPONESQUE pv's in HD. Some of them are way better to see on huge screen and with good definition. No man's land and Slow for example, epicness! And Brave is sooooo wonderful! Even ESCALATE in HD is awesome. Boom boom boys is even better, but All for you is my fave, so cute the ending, she's so thankful with her fans!!

Corvina · #**237** 27th January 2012, 02:59 PM

Her sales are absolutely ok!
She will sell about 100k within the first week, and so far the sales are about the same , just a bit less, like Dejavu. I'm so happy actually, cause I expected even less than that!
And like somebody already mentioned, she's still outselling most of the other female solo acts out there.
What did you guys expect? Why are you crying?
I totally can't understand you right now.

Anyway, recochoku sales for today:

Chaku Uta full:
#46 Brave (#36)
#71 Boom Boom Boys (#53)
#86 Everyday (#69)

Chaku Uta:
#46 Brave (#36)
#51 Boom Boom Boys (#46)
#56 Everyday (#52)
#71 Love Me Back (#97)
#85 No Man's Land (-)
#89 Slow feat. Omarion (-)

Videoclips:
#12 Boom Boom Boys (#11)
#41 So Nice feat. Mr.Blistah (#59)
#48 Brave (#41)
#49 V.I.P. feat. T-PAIN (#39)
#50 Lay Down (#35)
#56 Everyday (#51)
#71 Love Technique (#61)
#82 Love Me Back (#69)

Movies:
#21 Boom Boom Boys (#15)
#24 Brave (#33)
#25 So Nice feat. Mr.Blistah (#52)
#36 Love Me Back (#27)
#51 ESCALATE (-)
#55 All for you (#68)
#57 Everyday (#22)
#67 Love Tecnique (#54)

RBT:
#12 Brave (#8)
#39 Slow feat. Omarion (#47)
#49 Everyday (#70)
#53 Boom Boom Boys (#54)
#63 Love Technique (-)
#66 Ai wo tomenaide (#53)
#73 No Man's Land (#59)

Ayu_Love · #**238** 27th January 2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Heavenly

Found an artistic video here, with which i fell in love, and i decided to make it a video for INTRODUCTION ~JAPONESQUE~.

What do you think about it ?

That's amazing, I love it!

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Originally Posted by happiholic★

I don't think Kuu would be so spiteful, especially because I feel that Kuu is a singer because she loves singing, not for the money or the fame.

This, of course! I don't think Kuu cares about sales as much as the joy she gets from singing and being 'koda kumi'. She always stays true to who she is as 'koda kumi', for her fans and for herself, even if she knows that she can get bad rep from it. If she cared about sales, she'd be styling younger, dressed up as a school girl and dancing around, singing in a hit pitched note like AKB48. As they seem to be the craze at the moment. She's nearly 30 though, which I suppose is considered 'older' in Japan. (Which is stupid.) And like people have said, tbf, she's been around for 10 years as is still managing to hit the top spot at Oricon.

Of course I am worried about the sales of JAPONESQUE, I did think it would do a little better, but considering there has been no lives yet or very little TV promotion, it's doing OK! And to be honest, I want to see what the digital sales are, as Kuu seems to be a stronger digital seller, I think.

I don't believe Kuu's sales will go up again, the sexy-cute era is gone, But she is still getting #1, her concerts are still being sold out, and she still has a huge fanbase that loves her. She also is moving to a stage in her life where music will not be her main job anymore, shell have a child to raise now. BUT her music IS improving over the years, as she in finding more inspiration. I mean, JAPONESQUE is awesome, so I have high hopes for the next album! I just want her to make good music.

kaled kalil · #**239** 27th January 2012, 04:05 PM

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Her sales are absolutely ok!
She will sell about 100k within the first week, and so far the sales are about the same , just a bit less, like Dejavu. I'm so happy actually, cause I expected even less than that!
And like somebody already mentioned, she's still outselling most of the other female solo acts out there.
What did you guys expect? Why are you crying?
I totally can't understand you right now.

This. I'm surprised that she might sell about 100k in the first week, I was really expecting less than that.

Minttulatte · #**240** 27th January 2012, 04:23 PM

Well, even though the sales aren't as high as we wished, it doesn't really matter because the most important thing is the music itself. I also believe that Kuu isn't really doing this for the money. I can't imagine her even thinking that way, she just isn't that kind of a person imo.

JAPONESQUE's pure perfection and that's all I need to know. <3