'Party Queen' #1 on NINKI chart for 3/21 releases

[Bigtop]

Well, it's not surprising, but already the fact that her peak is the past and the current trends that we are seeing (such as AKB48, Arashi, etc.)...

[AyuGAME]

I wish..she give more promotion to it..
appearing on a bunch of tv show won't be hurt!
at least, her song will do so much better at chaku uta chart!

[stivenoto]

Dont forget some people already bought it online via itunes japan...
So i think this will affect her physical album sales...

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Ahhh this is good news at least! Not that it means anything for sales, but it's still exciting!

[ayu_ready?]

I never trust Ninki, it has never reflected the sales

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Of course not, but it's still nice to see that she's #1.

Umm...silly question, but I'm not sure: does Oricon count iTunes sales??

[ayu_ready?]

are digital sales ever counted at Oricon? as far as I'm concerned, Oricon takes into account only physical sales

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^That's what I thought, I think I was having a brain fart, thinking there was some sort of loop hole for iTunes.

(And if you think about it, there really should be!)

[ayu_ready?]

they say in the US & EU they are already planning to count and take into account digital sales but when I read it it wasn't made clear how to do and how it will influence the artist or his/her income

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Shouldn't be that hard to calculate the sales ... and as far as income goes, I guess that should be up to the record companies.

#offtopic, but I'm surprised that BENI ranked higher than JAMOSA on the ninki. LOL

[TeamAyu2004]

i thought that the US already counts digital sales...
itunes is huge here and i think thats were most of the sales come from now-a-days

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Exactly...Japan needs to jump on the band wagon.

Personally though, I much prefer having my physical copy.

[pimenta]

I hope it sells more than 200k.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^I feel like that's reaching, but I'm right there with you lol