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

[freedreamer]

i like the constant sales haha

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Zemus

http://www.nhk.or.jp/songs/archive/090401.html

DCT was the guest in the latest NHK SONGS episode that aired on wednesday. It was dedicated to their 20th Anniversary and they performed four songs. They have also appeared on radio a few times.

Thank you! Now I know why... moreover it's their 20th Anniversary... great job on DCT's part as well.

[greenteadrinker]

And in comparison Ayu did like one radio show and one TV appearance to promote NEXT LEVEL?!? This is by far her least promoted album. What's up with Avex...

[TITANIC]

^ i think avex and ayu now concern to AT 2009 that's why she didnt perform alot of TV live or magazine

[joshohhhhh]

o,O How did DCT's sales go up so much?

[jbrat2219]

I'm glad the sales are rather consistent! Even if it lowered a little bit.. I kind of knew she would beat DCT anyway... I just really hoped she would.

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by joshohhhhh

o,O How did DCT's sales go up so much?

their album always sell very well
much much much better than Single

[SolarAngel]

I getting irrationally jealous of DCT's consistency. Gah, looks like ayu's sales will go below double platinum this time.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by SolarAngel

I getting irrationally jealous of DCT's consistency. Gah, looks like ayu's sales will go below double platinum this time.

Yeah but it's a best album... I think A COMPLETE sold just as well so no surprise DCT's album is now. Especially for music legends in like them. Don't worry, we have to remember those encore USBs xD; They're our last hope for decent sales. But even with out them, I think Ayu's doing okay... just okay. I mean she's not beating Kuu or DCT, but look how close she is to them. So she's obviously not doing HORRIBLE compared to others really. Everyone's doing horrible xD hahaha.

[~Inori~]

^Actually it's a studio/best that comes with a live DVD.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by riozz

^ i think avex and ayu now concern to AT 2009 that's why she didnt perform alot of TV live or magazine

People keep bringing up the tour as a reason, but I really don't think that is it. Touring and tour preparations never stopped her in the past. Look at 02 for example when she was constantly on tour and constantly on TV. In fact just about every year until recently she was always on tv, even during her tour and tour preparations.

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Yeah but it's a best album... I think A COMPLETE sold just as well so no surprise DCT's album is now. Especially for music legends in like them. Don't worry, we have to remember those encore USBs xD; They're our last hope for decent sales. But even with out them, I think Ayu's doing okay... just okay. I mean she's not beating Kuu or DCT, but look how close she is to them. So she's obviously not doing HORRIBLE compared to others really. Everyone's doing horrible xD hahaha.

It's a new album and some versions have the option of getting a best album of their singles from the last couple of years. No different really than all of the extra gimmicks that Avex uses for their albums.

[ALfromHELLSING]

I think sales are good. I just wish she was #1. Cause album definitely deserved #1 monthly.

[Kilyk]

Wow NEXT LEVEL looks like it will cap off around 375k.....this is....bad.

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

People keep bringing up the tour as a reason, but I really don't think that is it. Touring and tour preparations never stopped her in the past. Look at 02 for example when she was constantly on tour and constantly on TV. In fact just about every year until recently she was always on tv, even during her tour and tour preparations.

Isn't it her closest album release -> 1st tour date though? However, they could have done some more promoting for Rule/Sparkle though.

[emi♡]

^yeah that was odd...

I figured they didn't do any promotion because she was saving it all for NEXT LEVEL or something lol

and then...nothing... lol

oh well...with sales being the way they are everywhere...I'm not sure how much more sales "normal" promotion would have gotten her.

[HamasakiKUN]

lowest selling album, right?

[~Inori~]

^It's too early to know for sure. But it looks that way.

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

People keep bringing up the tour as a reason, but I really don't think that is it. Touring and tour preparations never stopped her in the past. Look at 02 for example when she was constantly on tour and constantly on TV. In fact just about every year until recently she was always on tv, even during her tour and tour preparations.

it's different,
in 2002 Ayu release I am... on 1st january 2002 and Arena Tour start on 27th April. she has much more time for preparation.

how about this time??
album was released on 25 march and tour start 11 april.
less than A month excatly

[ayumisrael]

The only rational explanation for the lack of good promotion is the tour.
She has to rehearse since she has no time for TV stuff, more than the given magazines etc.
That and avex must rely on the tour as a promoter itself.
The tour is going to promote the album after all and we might see consistency.
Also they might rely on the USB sales but that we will see on Wednesday, could do nothing or could bring some goodness.

The differences between tours and albums in previous years were longer.
She always released albums on December/January and the tours started between 1 month to 3 months from the albums' releases.
In this case she has 3 weeks to rehearse, she just couldn't let herself promote too much the album obviously or she would mess the rehearsals.

[TITANIC]

finally she reach the peak chart in Taiwan G-music japanese with sales 33,9%
http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx

and G-combo #2 5,02% behind Jolin
http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx

5music taiwan chart reach the peak as well with sales 33,5%
http://www.5music.com.tw/CDTop.asp?top=2