[Charts & Rankings] A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ - Oricon Style

[4ever*ayu]

Originally Posted by riozz

both version got #1 and #2 at Jbook
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/bun_realrank_10/

thx, riozz
what is that jbook chart based on?? Oricon?

[Partino]

^thanks for the info

but what's the point of putting the same album with even the same songs in the same chart...

not that I'm not happy but ... WTF?!?!

[MissElin_]

Oh higher today. Thats good news. ^^

[Max_ZZZ]

LOL well now i just hope it can pull a MY STORY and get 1 mill =D
MY STORY:
Week # Week Rank Sales
1 #1 574,321
2 #3 194,556
3 #3 190,471 <--- seemingly impossible
4 #4 38,792
5 #8 22,693
6 #13 15,781
7 #19 11,109

[marekcarey]

Originally Posted by Max_ZZZ

LOL well now i just hope it can pull a MY STORY and get 1 mill =D
MY STORY:
Week # Week Rank Sales
1 #1 574,321
2 #3 194,556
3 #3 190,471 <--- seemingly impossible
4 #4 38,792
5 #8 22,693
6 #13 15,781
7 #19 11,109

i havent known that my story had such a great first 3 weeks sales and then such a big drop! but still lets hope AC can sell a milion. its a compilation and those usually chart for long fime than normal studio album.

[*Petit*]

^
Probablyit will break 500k tomorrow..

[Ayumi27]

My Story had an incredible 3rd week! If the sales hadn't dropped as they did, My Story would have sold 1,200,000-1,400,000. Anyway, I guess that won't happen this time, but I'm satisfied with the sales of AC so far

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Ayumi27

My Story had an incredible 3rd week! If the sales hadn't dropped as they did, My Story would have sold 1,200,000-1,400,000. Anyway, I guess that won't happen this time, but I'm satisfied with the sales of AC so far

But MY STORY's 3rd week was actually 3rd+4th week so the sales were combined because it was oricon's start of year rest.

[SolarAngel]

Well she did have a fantastic CDL. Was the third week's sales after the concert? I won't be surprised if that factored in for the 3rd week spike. Thanks for the My Story charting post. This gives a little hope for A Complete's one million.

[Ayumi_lover]

i really belive in million!!!!

[greggerz189]

If she hit or surpassed 500k in the first week, I would freak out. ^O^ That would be really great.

[marekcarey]

If it sells 19k tomorow, 500k will be surpased

[bondingo]

I don't see why sales passing the 500k mark is such a big deal. I know they don't mean it literally, but everyone saying, "C'mon Ayu, you can do it", makes absolutely no sense. Ayu isn't wandering around the streets with a pushcart selling A COMPLETE.

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by bondingo

I don't see why sales passing the 500k mark is such a big deal. I know they don't mean it literally, but everyone saying, "C'mon Ayu, you can do it", makes absolutely no sense. Ayu isn't wandering around the streets with a pushcart selling A COMPLETE.

Okay, wow. Bondy, you totally just made me LMFAO at your comment.

IMO, they want her to get to the 500k mark just like all of her albums. There's nothing wrong with that as they think that getting to 500k or more will mean she's still a top seller and that she's up there with the big dawgs. I think this particular time they want her to achieve the 500k- million mark because the kween uff heep-huup broke the 500k her 1st week and a million in only 3 weeks. =/

@Truehappiness: You prolly already know this but compilations are bound to do good for big artists even without huge promotion or such. Hikki released her compilation and she only had like one or two rinky-dink magazine promotions and that one CM promotion and that did well. Although sales are nowhere near that time, it's just the fact that like you said, AC would be doing waaaaay better than its doing now despite AB2 being released last year.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

@Truehappiness: You prolly already know this but compilations are bound to do good for big artists even without huge promotion or such. Hikki released her compilation and she only had like one or two rinky-dink magazine promotions and that one CM promotion and that did well. Although sales are nowhere near that time, it's just the fact that like you said, AC would be doing waaaaay better than its doing now despite AB2 being released last year.

Using Hikki as an example is like comparing someone's sales in the U.S. to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

ARE YOU CRAZY? Jesus, at least think before you compare. I mean MJ didn't have to do diddly (or just about) and the rerelease of Thriller still did amazingly well.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

@Truehappiness: You prolly already know this but compilations are bound to do good for big artists even without huge promotion or such. Hikki released her compilation and she only had like one or two rinky-dink magazine promotions and that one CM promotion and that did well. Although sales are nowhere near that time, it's just the fact that like you said, AC would be doing waaaaay better than its doing now despite AB2 being released last year.

In a way that's true. Many people release best albums with very little to no promotion. Ayu is one of the rare ones that actually promoted the A Bests on TV when they came out. I was sure Namie would do some tv performances of Best Fiction, but she hasn't and it's still sold so well. (I'm kinda disappointed she didn't do any)

As long as Ayu's sales don't totally nose dive tomorrow, she will at least get the 500 mark.

[truehappiness]

I've sorta learnt to not give a bejeezus about sales anymore.

They complicate things.

Though I'd have to say that with just about no previous/current promotion for A COMPLETE, it's doing extremely well. Had this been the Ayu we knew like 3-4 years ago, she'd have been on every show imaginable every day of the week.

[Raleigh]

Well personally I think it's doing quite well considering she just had a compilation released last year and she's not exactly promoting it that much anyway. If I had bought A BEST 2 last year, probably I wouldn't even consider purchasing A COMPLETE because it would be a waste of money. Most of these are on A BEST and A BEST 2 anyway. Somehow the packaging and the promotional campaign seemed more geared towards those fans who have followed Ayu's career for years and would like to look back at her career. Or fans who'll just buy anything released by Ayu.

A BEST 2 had a massive promotional campaign with her performing and being constantly on tv and magazines, while this one seems to be getting even less promotion than a single would, apart from the billboards. The photoshoot wasn't that "huge" either. It seemed to be a side project to the 2009 calendar thing and we only got a few photos. The dress looked suspiciously recycled. The rest were recycled from her single discography. So in the end I'm quite satisfied with the sales and I'm pretty sure avex are too.

[luna7996]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Well personally I think it's doing quite well considering she just had a compilation released last year and she's not exactly promoting it that much anyway. If I had bought A BEST 2 last year, probably I wouldn't even consider purchasing A COMPLETE because it would be a waste of money. Most of these are on A BEST and A BEST 2 anyway. Somehow the packaging and the promotional campaign seemed more geared towards those fans who have followed Ayu's career for years and would like to look back at her career. Or fans who'll just buy anything released by Ayu.

A BEST 2 had a massive promotional campaign with her performing and being constantly on tv and magazines, while this one seems to be getting even less promotion than a single would, apart from the billboards. So in the end I'm quite satisfied with the sales.

well said.

[njanjayrp]

Every sales-related topic ends (or never does end until the new release) like this. It's pointless ^^ There is a number of reasons why the sales are as they are, and they are not bad at all considering everything. AC is doing good. It will not probably reach a million, but I doubt that AVEX has invested half the money they spent to promote A BEST 2, plus I almost did nothing to help either.