[Article] AKB48 First Week Sales 513 453, Best Record in 9 Years For Female Artist

[Crystal_Ageha]

^* Holy. ****.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

omg.....


if i was rich i would do that for ayu and alan

[Polyrhythm]

No you wouldnt....cause there's only one Ayu and one alan....and they don't need votes to get on their covers.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

not for that you silly just for the sales.

[Polyrhythm]

Oh lol....just bribe Oricon

[LEOyumi]

It's so good to see a girl group selling good for once. AKB48 is really, really good. Their songs and PVs are very well produced, and they're all very good idols. Although I don't really like their live performances, I've never seen them singing live

[visionfactory]

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[*Petit*]

If the sales curve is like that of a normal AKB single it means that the grand majority of the purchases have gone to wota. Ayu's sales patterns are similar (but less front loaded) as well, which means that mostly her hardcore fans buy her stuff. DOn't fool yourself. A casual fan wont obsessively seek out release dates and few of them will be buying the single on the first day compared to wota, and this goes for any artist except those who have very heavy marketing. If this single doesen't end up selling more than 600k in total you do the math. It doesen't mean the group or their music is "bad" or anything, it's just the way the music market in *** works these days...

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

^yeah thats right (looked up wiki )

But its ridiculous! I think this is one of my biggest pet peeves about J-Pop. They create all these "generation-based" groups that make artificial, sugary pop music with music videos of under-aged girls dancing around in skimpy outfits singing about things they can't even understand, while in the process of making huge sums of money while the girls barely get any of it. (sorry I just really dislike it )

Also, all these "generation" groups like AKB40, Morning Musume, etc. WTF?! Why don't they just call it "groups that change their line-up to appeal to paedophiles once a girl starts to look beyond 16"?? It is messed up! I actually read once that like 50% of Morning Musume's profit comes from over-seas buyers, of which 90% of them are creepy middle aged men!!!! (I think the same statistic applies to Johnny's Juniors haha )

its very sad but so true ...... sadly this band in bikini will appeal to the wrong people . the cover and pv helped a lot to push this to sell high .

its like koda kumi and her ero kakkoi that made her sell over a million album ( exerpt she wasnt under age but still attracted a good amount of perv lol )

the 700 copie guy disgust me , those girls could be his daughters at 30 years old it would be time to grow up and stop looking at very young girls who are almost half his age ....

[Ranma Matsuri]

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

I like how everyone's like....wow 500k copies....must be all them otakus. They must be soooo obsessed and buying so many copies. Can't we use that same psychology for other artists too?

ikr? I don't like'em much myself but I'm not going to demean their sales by pinning it mostly on pervy old otakus (which I do take offense to as I could be considered an otaku ). I remember seeing in one of Ayu's sales thread someone did a poll among students about who their favorite artist was and such and I do recall seeing AKB48 ranked high among males and females. Momosu and other idol units have obsession hardcore fanbases powering them too but they don't sell nearly as much (well, these days). The fact is that AKB48 is "in" with the hipsters right now just like Ayu, Hikki, and Momosu used to be. That's why they're selling. End of.

[tetsuo69]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

Yeah, this is a picture of that guy, he appeared on TV it's crazy

i bet the boygroups have crazy fan girls doing such things as well.. cuz i dont think that many people like crappy music they release XD

[jimex289]

I love them.

Originally Posted by LEOyumi

It's so good to see a girl group selling good for once. AKB48 is really, really good. Their songs and PVs are very well produced, and they're all very good idols. Although I don't really like their live performances, I've never seen them singing live

Agreed. They have one of the most creative and thoughtful producers in the industry producing their music. He basically redefined the meaning of "idol", setting AKB48 apart from all other proclaimed idol groups such as Momosu.

[Polyrhythm]

I wonder how much it cost to make the Ponytail to shoushou PV.......@_@ Between the transportation for all those girls.... accommodations in Guam....the helicopter....lol Their PVs are probably gonna be cheap and crappy for a long time after that.

[visionfactory]

^ well they new PV is made of almost recycled material but it's really touching!

From new album SET LIST Kanzen Ban: "Anata ga Ite Kureta Kara" PV

[keikeiaznqueen]

And it's interesting to note that "Best Record in 9 Years" refers to AKB48 beating Ayu's evolution record 9 years ago. Although Hikki's Can you keep a secret? is the newest single on the list there (only a month or so after evolution though.)

[happiholic★]

Well, I will say that I really like the song River (although it sounds like they are saying liver). And I think these girls deserve their congrats, even if their fanbase is somewhat odd. I'm sure these girls just want to sing and have their music heard, no matter who is hearing it. Kinda like I don't think Kuu was walking around in a bra before Avex picked her up, but I know she just loves making music and did anything she could to be heard.