~Chart & Sales~ talkin' 2 myself Single

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

*raises hand* I'd rather download it (buy it!)

@ayumirael: It would be total chaos among the Ayumi Hamasaki fans on here. lol

lol I'm an ayu fan and I'm not a total chaos, and don't even think that those sales are bad, 'cause at the end they aren't.
I would say that the sales are BAD when they'll be 50,000 in total or something low like that.

[thugz_passion]

Originally Posted by Lee_Hamasaki

again with this number 1?!?!? do u understand that one week at number one where there aren't any very good single is not synonym of good? This single is a flop! I really can't believe it but this is the truth . It will be the the 30th-40th best selling single of 2007! how can u considerate it good???! Ayu is the queen of jpop not a normal female singer

you also have to think about other singles that are already released. people aren't just limited to buying the singles that are released that week. people can buy whatever they want. in this case people chose to buy t2m. they didnt have to but they did. so yes #1 does equal good.

[Ayumiko]

I don't understand why ppl make such a big fuss over her sales. Seriously she's not the only one with low sales...and the sales she have now is not that bad compared to others. You can't expect her sell as much as she used to..its just too hard nowadays unless she have a huge tie in..like a drama (ex. hikki) Ayu is selling close to koda who is suppose to be popular...and she's been in the industry for almost 10 years now and her peak was long passed...doesn't that mean anything? Actuallly talkin' 2 myself's first week is higher than ai no uta. (even though it might not sell more than ai no uta in the long run) but isn't that pretty good already? She can still be compared to young female artists nowadays and that is amazing to me already.

The songs in this single is a improvement from her recent singles and that is enough for me.

[4ever*ayu]

^10000% agree with you, Ayumiko!!
ayu will always be the greatest singer, the best lyricist, as long as she makes music i will always love her no matter what!!

btw, congrats for #1 weekly sales to ayu!!

[kournikova]

well its good though she still manage to be no.1, but rather from saying "why the sales is so low" I think it would be wise if we introspect with ourselves.... we dled the track and how many of US buy the actual physical single? I think not 100% of us buy it... and it is only on AHS... not in other forum.... and that play a HUGE drop to the sales if you say "because we are not from japan" then japanese people will have the reason "spending 1000+ yen for a physical cd, getting only 5 tracks + 2 pvs is not that worthy while we can dl it from international forum for FREE" ^^

peaceeeeee neee

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

At least it will be ranked, which is not bad at all.
Most aren't ranked.

Well if a single charts on the weekly TOP 200 then it will be ranked by Oricon for the year end. I remember in 2005 there someone on livedoor put a list for the TOP 1000 singles of the year and I think there was more that the person didn't post up.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

Well if a single charts on the weekly TOP 200 then it will be ranked by Oricon for the year end. I remember in 2005 there someone on livedoor put a list for the TOP 1000 singles of the year and I think there was more that the person didn't post up.

LOL I'm sure ayu wasn't that far downXD maybe her older older singles might've been there I suppose ^_^

[ayumixfan]

njanja I understand what you are saying, but her sales shouldn't slip too much. She still has to stay above a minimum standard. I know Mu-Mo has affect the sales , but still this is pretty bad =( She shouldn't release stuff to just aim for high sales but she should release something to at least chart well. Ayumi isn't out of the spotlight yet, she can still get back in, but I'm afraid that if she keeps experimenting, people might not buy her material which means she will get less attention from avex =(! And plus we can't compare her to another artist like Kuu and hitomi, just because they aren't doing as well doesn't mean ayu should slump too. I dunno I just hope she doesn't end up like Ami =( who btw is a good singer in my opinion

[Luv ~Venus~]

Ayumi will never be forgotten....she's done too many great things for people to forget about her. She inspired people with her voice, style, lyrics, records (lol) and so on. I really don't care about her sales nowadays but rather her #1s. I just want to see how longing she can keep it up..hehehe. People should look at the fact that Ayumi IS still in game. She still sales like crazy and IS still popular. Can u say that much for hitomi (as of popularity) and Namie (as of single sales). Nope, u can't! Like what 100s of people have said in this thread, there will be a day when Ayu isn't selling like crazy and the same goes for Hikki, Kumiko, Namie, Ai Otsuka, Yui and other popular female artist. So quit all the whining and crying....it's not needed...AT ALL. Just face it and stop all drama at her sales and move with ur lives!!!!

[njanjayrp]

Exactly ^^.And I was just saying that Ayu was doing great compared to other artists atm which still makes her "popular" and stuff.So let's just patiently await for the new single and hopefully an album in the next 6-7 months .

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

Ayumi will never be forgotten....she's done too many great things for people to forget about her. She inspired people with her voice, style, lyrics, records (lol) and so on. I really don't care about her sales nowadays but rather her #1s. I just want to see how longing she can keep it up..hehehe. People should look at the fact that Ayumi IS still in game. She still sales like crazy and IS still popular. Can u say that much for hitomi (as of popularity) and Namie (as of single sales). Nope, u can't! Like what 100s of people have said in this thread, there will be a day when Ayu isn't selling like crazy and the same goes for Hikki, Kumiko, Namie, Ai Otsuka, Yui and other popular female artist. So quit all the whining and crying....it's not needed...AT ALL. Just face it and stop all drama at her sales and move with ur lives!!!!

I've never seen this side of you before..I like it

I'm not concerned with the actual sales in general though, but it baffles me that it sold so much worse than glitter. I guess they like songs that sound like every other pop song released in the summer.

Originally Posted by Ayumiko

The songs in this single is a improvement from her recent singles and that is enough for me.

That's what I cared about the most, and that's why I'm far from disappointed with talkin' 2 myself.

[Deep snow]

is this low or what?

[Kaiouforever]

This single as a whole (song + PV) was just not up to par with her usual works. I was especially disappointed by the "decision" PV. However, I like the first A-side and the PV was fairly interesting...I just felt so disconnected from this single for some reason. It didn't have the same Ayu feel that most of her songs have.

In any case, I can't wait until her next single, and I hope it's very creative and imaginative...and hopefully it'll sell more!

[ayumisrael]

t2m went up to #5 today, as I said it will be 5/6 weekly (maybe even 4 but I think 5/6).

[TITANIC]

okay went to 5..
i hope the end of week this single same with glitter it's about #4 weekly chart..

[Cyria]

I was hoping for great sales since I loved the single so much, so this is somewhat disappointing.

[somethinglost]

I believe this single will still sell about 110-120K, which is good. I'm just happy that ayu took a risk and finally released a full-on rock single, she usually pairs her rock songs with more upbeat pop tracks or ballads. That, for me, is some good that comes out of this single - maybe ayu is willing to be more unexpected with her releases? ;D

[SheFliesHigher]

I just can't believe Glitter sold better than this.

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by SheFliesHigher

I just can't believe Glitter sold better than this.

No offense but it's reality.....suck it up!


It's not the end of the world for Ayumi. She will still release and she WILL still sale!

[Lee_Hamasaki]

#4 today good