[Charts & Rankings] NEXT LEVEL Official Sales & Positions Thread II ~the opening Run~

[marekcarey]

if there will be a magical weekend rise of sales like in MW it will get another number one for this week DDD

[keikeiaznqueen]

^ Woah, I had no idea TITO had promotion in such a way. XD In any case I suppose quantity of promotion isn't really the main factor...

It's starting to become apparent that Avex is holding back on the amount they spend on promotion for Ayu. XDD Technically they might earn more money that way because perhaps the previous years have shown that the returns from the large amount of promotion isn't really coming back to them for Ayu (since she already has a high budget for production). They didn't snag the usual Shibuya 109 spot this time, did they? -hope i'm not wrong on that-

[sanzo2011]

she can't be #1 and Nl'll be her lowest selling studio album ! that makes me sad .

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by sanzo2011

she can't be #1 and Nl'll be her lowest selling studio album ! that makes me sad .

NEXT LEVEL already got #1 weekly.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

NEXT LEVEL already got #1 weekly.

I think he meant in the second week.

[~Inori~]

^Yeah that's what I'm thinking too.

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by Furashubakku

Well, Ayumi's 2nd week sales are fairly abysmal, but we have to consider the recession, I mean, whoa, her albums cost quite a lot compared to British and American artists who are much more well known than Ayumi.
But there is a possibility that the people of Japan are tired of her, but who can say? She's still in the top 3 at least, which is something. To me good record sales aren't all that important really, because a lot of Japan's best artists regularly fail to make the top spots in ORICON.
We've just gotta calm down about her losing her placements, she's had 10 fantastic years of being number 1, so what if her records falter a little.

But having said that, avex have been so stupid releasing Rule/Sparkle, NEXT LEVEL, and now PCDL 08-09 more or less at the same time.
They should have released NEXT LEVEL more towards the summer after releasing Rule/Sparkle in March, then NEXT LEVEL/Curtain call in April, then NEXT LEVEL in May, even a month after each other is better than nothing. Also, she should have performed Rule more than once, Sparkle at least once, and maybe NEXT LEVEL and Curtain call.
I mean, a TV live for promotion really isn't a lot to ask for, it's not like it'll hinder her tour preps.

And maybe the USBs will bump her sales a little, but not THAT much. It's okay, two low selling albums isn't a lot. ;P

^^ That's my two-pennies worth. xD

Everyone is forgetting that Oricon does not count digital sales~
It could be much slightly higher than we think~~
Of course, it won't be a huge change.. but if you count those, it's more.

But I agree.. of course this album should not have been released now.
But Avex wanted to get as much money as possible on the day all those albums released.
It wasn't a competition, it was just.. get money money money!!
Ahaha.. wow..

Of course we also know that she should have made SOOO many appearances.
She made more appearances promoting A Best 2, and that was only a best album.
This is a new album, so I was expecting much more appearances...
It was a bit sad.
Of course if she appeared more, I think people would want to buy the cds.

But she has sold out concert, adding more dates all the time.. ahaha.
So there's nothing to worry about.
I guess people just cannot afford album, DVD, singles, and concert tickets at the same time.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

people shouldn't worry too much!


and if you do, you guys should buy another copy if u got one already lol

[ayumisrael]

Yeah, and meanwhile Days/GREEN is the best selling solo female singer single of the year by far (excluding that enka singer's single I forgot her name) XD.
So we shouldn't worry at least yet.

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Furashubakku

Well, Ayumi's 2nd week sales are fairly abysmal, but we have to consider the recession

Having huge 2nd week drops doesn't have anything to do with the recession.

Originally Posted by keikeiaznqueen

They didn't snag the usual Shibuya 109 spot this time, did they? -hope i'm not wrong on that-

If you look at one of the pics in that promotion thread, you see EXILE's new single on there.

[TITANIC]

she'll be so lucky if 2nd week can sell 80K++

[Lanz16]

^ Im lookin' forward to that one too!
Is NL is around 270K from now?

Anyways, I just bought NL CD+DVD today!
FINALLY! I ordered one!

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

buy it guys!!

[waterballoon]

Thanks for sales update!

[Ayumi27]

I like the fact that NL is actually mantaining relatively high sales now, still not dropping dramatically this week

[greenteadrinker]

Oricon is a little bit backward, they should count in digital sales, just like the Billboard charts do...

Despite the drop in the second week, NEXT LEVEL is probably going to chart in second place for it's second week and that's quite good considering that DCT's is partly a compilation and Tohoshinki had massive promotion.

[~Inori~]

^Everyone has their preference and that's Oricon's physical sales only. Although ever artists sales would be higher as everyone seems to be buying their music online now.

[njanjayrp]

I doubt the digital sales would make the sales look a lot better.

[~Inori~]

We can hope it would.

[kirei_ayumi]

I'm glad that ayu made it over 250k