[Charts & Rankings] 10th Album: NEXT LEVEL - ORICON STYLE - Page 12

njanjayrp · #**221** 25th March 2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

But I haven't seen this written anywhere official. It seems more like supposition at this point. Anyways, bottom line for me at this point: When you look at the sales alone, they don't look too bad. But then in comparison to Trick, they don't look that good. We'll see what happens late tonight.

Ku's index wasn't 1.7 but lower in the end. And what ayumisrael said is true, it was posted on Ayu-china and the encore press isn't gonna be shipped till April. The first USB press is gonna be counted for today (25th).

**ayumisrael** · #**222** 25th March 2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

But I haven't seen this written anywhere official. It seems more like supposition at this point. Anyways, bottom line for me at this point: When you look at the sales alone, they don't look too bad. But then in comparison to Trick, they don't look that good. We'll see what happens late tonight.

I do agree with you in that context, but hopefully NL might drop less than TRICK did in daily and weekly sales, so we just need to wait I suppose...
The USB count and the other version might "help" in that case.

sparkle glitter · #**223** 25th March 2009, 11:03 PM

Those sales are HORRIBLE. This is what she gets for including 4 interludes instead of 4 FULL SONGS in an album. I hope she'll learn her lesson from this.

**ayumisrael** · #**224** 25th March 2009, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sparkle glitter

Those sales are HORRIBLE. This is what she gets for including 4 interludes instead of 4 FULL SONGS in an album. I hope she'll learn her lesson from this.

ayu had million selling albums with 3 interludes :x
Also in fact the sales aren't really bad =P (with no comparisons to other stuff). They are pretty good.

v3lun420 · #**225** 25th March 2009, 11:12 PM

1st of all, isn't this album supposed to be released on 25th? If this is the 24th figure, just like Kuu's latest single/album (forget) that released one day before, the real 1st day sales should be tomorrow right?

2nd, I am too lazy to go to Utada's thread, but she got higher NINKI index than Ayu's. May I know Utada's 1st day sales? Or if possible her 1st week sales, so I can compare, because usually sales won't be too much of a different.

Andrenekoi · #**226** 25th March 2009, 11:14 PM

Japan's economy it's broke...

I think people have more things to worry than buying albuns...

~Inori~ · #**227** 25th March 2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by v3lun420

1st of all, isn't this album supposed to be released on 25th? If this is the 24th figure, just like Kuu's latest single/album (forget) that released one day before, the real 1st day sales should be tomorrow right?

I just realized that the date says 24 not 25. O.o

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2nd, I am too lazy to go to Utada's thread, but she got higher NINKI index than Ayu's. May I know Utada's 1st day sales? Or if possible her 1st week sales, so I can compare, because usually sales won't be too much of a different.

Her first day sales were like 24 or 27k. For the week she got 73k or 77k. Not sure.

pommy48 · #**228** 25th March 2009, 11:16 PM

oh...@_@ what are her sales for her other albums? for 1st day~

**ayumisrael** · #**229** 25th March 2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by v3lun420

1st of all, isn't this album supposed to be released on 25th? If this is the 24th figure, just like Kuu's latest single/album (forget) that released one day before, the real 1st day sales should be tomorrow right?

2nd, I am too lazy to go to Utada's thread, but she got higher NINKI index than Ayu's. May I know Utada's 1st day sales? Or if possible her 1st week sales, so I can compare, because usually sales won't be too much of a different.

It's not the case with NL though, CD's dates in japan are always on Wendnesdays and are being sold a day before (on Tuesday) that oricon can count and show the stats on Wedneday.

hikki's This Is The One first day were 27,213.

baoanhnguyen · #**230** 25th March 2009, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by RikkuChii

AYU IS DOING FINE.

hahahahah i love that!

~Inori~ · #**231** 25th March 2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's economy it's broke...

I think people have more things to worry than buying albuns...

That didn't stop Arashi from selling 502k in their first week nor did it stop Ikimonogakari, Kumi, DCT and Remioromen from selling way over 200k.

baoanhnguyen · #**232** 25th March 2009, 11:25 PM

first thing this morning before going to school i thought it was 99200 (index) i freaked the f*u*k out! i was like "omg it might break 500k first week"...but then i realize that Oricon started posting actual sales...........way to rain on my parade! i am actually quite happy with the sales though. At least it'll go Platinum first week (hoping)!

Im predicting that NL will sell somewhere between 261k-275k its first week....but then again, im not a scientist.lmao.

Sophia ~ The goddess of Wisdom · #**233** 25th March 2009, 11:31 PM

I think the economy is really taking a hit on all the album sales, I mean all the big artists have seen a decline in their sales. But I think Ayu will still have a large sale number if we count all the sales outside of Asia, which is where most of her sales are now. =D

SunshineSlayer · #**234** 25th March 2009, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sparkle glitter

Those sales are HORRIBLE. This is what she gets for including 4 interludes instead of 4 FULL SONGS in an album. I hope she'll learn her lesson from this.

I doubt it is because of the interludes, because she has always had them. Though I agree that it doesn't make sense to have 4 interludes in a 14 track album - 17 or 18 track album then yes. I think it has more to do with 2 things - the economy might play a factor and a good chunk of her fans may simply just not like this style of album. Also she neglected TV promotion for too long.

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's economy it's broke...

I think people have more things to worry than buying albuns...

While Japan's economy is being effected, at least when I was there in February, it was no where near as bad as the US one.

Kaiouforever · #**235** 25th March 2009, 11:53 PM

If she can hit 500k, that would be a miracle.

shineestar · #**236** 26th March 2009, 12:15 AM

Well she got #1, great, and hope she sells even more. ^^

mimi.chan · #**237** 26th March 2009, 12:31 AM

YAY! for ayu! #1

somethinglost · #**238** 26th March 2009, 12:43 AM

I think it's interesting that some of you are freaking out over her sales when we all know many here haven't even purchased a copy.

Anyway, I don't think the sales are bad, and there is no use making excuses for why her album isn't doing good, or reasoning with those who think the sales are bad. It's a product, it will do well if people want it, it won't if people don't want it. It's not like Ayu is so new artist who needs to build her popularity and credibility, she is known and whenever she releases an album it is known.

Just relax everyone, Ayu will be fine and she will continue to make amazing music for us even if she doesn't sell 5 million copies of this album.

That said, I'm going to ignore the sales, pop in my "NEXT LEVEL" CD and enjoy it! ^_^

a_kingdom21 · #**239** 26th March 2009, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Kolongi

That didn't stop Arashi from selling 502k in their first week nor did it stop Ikimonogakari, Kumi, DCT and Remioromen from selling way over 200k.

they r 1st week n ayu 99k is 1st day its different..
n they r single which cheaper than album..

~Inori~ · #**240** 26th March 2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by a_kingdom21

they r 1st week n ayu 99k is 1st day its different..
n they r single which cheaper than album..

Person said Japan was broke so I posted the highest sells for all type of music. Just making a point.