[Utada Hikaru] ʕ•̫͡•ʔ A Vacation for Only Two Hours in the 55th thread ʕ•̫͡•ʔ - Page 16

Katsuyuki012 · #**301** 24th October 2016, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegie

,,...I record the numbers from oricon every single day... and I have been posting the numbers almost everyday here

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Thank you for doing that, btw!

inthezone · #**302** 24th October 2016, 03:33 PM

Great sales, kinda sad it's gonna be her first japanese album to not sell a million

voltron · #**303** 24th October 2016, 03:55 PM

^ Ultra Blue didn't break 1 million (in Japan) did it? I thought it was like 900K in Japan, and then like 1.3 million globally.

amorphose · #**304** 24th October 2016, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegie

^I kinda want Michi, but I'm not sure if an extra pv will generate more sales since it has a cm already.

I'd rather have Tomodachi for this reason. Michi already got a boat load of airplay and was topping the iTunes charts for a while. If they do an MV for that, it really won't help the sales. Now, if they do one for Tomodachi I could definitely see it giving her a sales boost. I still think its possible for her to get #1 or #2 for the year.

kotora · #**305** 24th October 2016, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PURIN

anyways .....

so...
what song do you guys think she will make a video for next ? i'm hoping for tomodachi or michi !

A video of her catching pokemon.

inthezone · #**306** 24th October 2016, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by voltron

^ Ultra Blue didn't break 1 million (in Japan) did it? I thought it was like 900K in Japan, and then like 1.3 million globally.

it probably passed a million

DeepRiver · #**307** 24th October 2016, 08:09 PM

Fantôme is #1 for a 4th consecutive week on Oricon’s album chart, selling 46K additional units!

It is the first original album in over 8.5 years to chart 4 consecutive weeks on Oricon’s at #1 on album chart (since Kobukuro’s “5296”)

http://www.billboard-japan.com/sp/d_news/detail/43449/2 / U.blog

QUEEN !!!!!

bluegie · #**308** 25th October 2016, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by amorphose

I'd rather have Tomodachi for this reason. Michi already got a boat load of airplay and was topping the iTunes charts for a while. If they do an MV for that, it really won't help the sales. Now, if they do one for Tomodachi I could definitely see it giving her a sales boost. I still think its possible for her to get #1 or #2 for the year.

I think right now any mv will generate sales boost. Tomodachi is my second choice. I just hope the upcoming mv will be as good as Nijikan Dake no Vacance.

It will take a great amount of sales boost to become no. 2 though. Arashi will definitely sell over 600K in really quick. Hikki will need to sell over 650K (Sandaime's current total sales at this moment) to at least fight for the 2nd spot.

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Originally Posted by inthezone

it probably passed a million

I think it's still standing at 900 - 910K point at this moment.

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Originally Posted by Tio/Tayumi

Thank you for doing that, btw!

No problem

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URANUS · #**309** 25th October 2016, 04:00 AM

^ So, Hikki needs to sell around 190,000 before the end of November to become #2 yearly. I wonder if this is even possible...She would have to do 40,000 to 50,000 for the next 4 weeks. I feel #3 has already been decided. I'm kind of disappointed but I hope I get surprised at the end of the year.

(I wonder if there's a slight chance that Arashi's album will underperform and end up selling 500,000 overall... I HOPE SO!! )

bluegie · #**310** 25th October 2016, 06:01 AM

I don't really know. Their albums usually sold over 600K on the first week, with the exception of last year, which was over 800K on the first week (and over a million copies overall). I doubt even Sandaime can even compete with Arashi.

But think in this way, she's only beaten by two boy band/group (one is really popular right now, the other one has a huge fanbase). It's not that bad.

thinkingoutloud89 · #**311** 25th October 2016, 12:17 PM

^you're are right. Utah did a great job - and I really think she did not expect it herself. Maybe it gives her juice to do more music.

Katsuyuki012 · #**312** 25th October 2016, 12:30 PM

^^ Also we could still say no. 1 solo album and no. 1 female album! Maybe a too huge and different comparison but like Ayu is #3 of Japanese artists. Only beaten by two male bands! She's the no. 1 solo artist and the no. 1 female artist and because of that and the achievement to be in the top 3 no one really cares about it, if you know what I mean! I mean it's impressive enough that she's placed in the top three and as I said to be the no. 1 solo and female artist! SAME with Hikaru Utada's Fantôme! Like, the same with Ayu just not about overall sales but yearly album sales! It's impressive for a female to sell so much nowadays and to make it to the top 3 yearly albums! Like, Namie goes slowly down too and then Hikki is probably the last female artist from the 2000's who can strongly compete with today's artists (though Namie still has great sales imo but I was talking about _genic and the big drop in sales).

thinkingoutloud89 · #**313** 25th October 2016, 03:32 PM

^_genic had no promotion and was mostly english. isee your point, but I think namies next album will show her staying-power.
Maybe Utahs sales go up again with a third MV (that may or may not exist)

inthezone · #**314** 25th October 2016, 07:36 PM

Fantome sold 800k so far digital sales included
http://www.hmv.co.jp/newsdetail/article/1610251003/

bluegie · #**315** 26th October 2016, 04:26 AM

Fantôme's 1st day 5th week: 3,726 (No. 1)

Weekly sales update:
Week 1 sales: 252,581
Week 2 sales: 103,854
Week 3 sales: 63,207
Week 4 sales: 45,822

Total sales (excluding week 5): 465,464
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Just need 34,536 copies to break 500K

. I think she will get around 20K this week, so she'll definitely reach the goal on the 7th week.

aliceshields · #**316** 26th October 2016, 06:24 AM

500k soon

DeepRiver · #**317** 26th October 2016, 08:52 PM

Manatsu no Tooriame won MTV Japan's Best Video of the Year. The Video also previously picked up the Award for Best Female Video.

mi|kshake · #**318** 26th October 2016, 10:24 PM

I've still not seen the Manatsu PV. I was looking the Nijikan Dake no Vacance PV on YouTube and was surprised that her channel didn't have it and that her recent PVs are all the short versions. I watched iton JPopSuki and, it goes without saying, that it's her best PV in years!

Finally getting round to posting my Fantome thoughts (taken a while as I've had a lot of music to listen to recently!). I'm only on my third listen but so far...

*Ore no Kanojo, Tomodachi and Manatsu no Tooriame are my favourites
*My first listen of Nijikan Dake no Vacance made me go "is that it?" but it is a grower!
*The album flows really well and the singles fit perfectly. I love the feel of it and think it could end up in my Top 3 Hikaru albums

Looking forward to seeing what the last PV will be!

I'm also getting FFX vibes from Boukyaku (Wandering Flame to be exact!)

URANUS · #**319** 27th October 2016, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DeepRiver

Manatsu no Tooriame won MTV Japan's Best Video of the Year. The Video also previously picked up the Award for Best Female Video.

There's a video for that song?? Is Hikki in it? Because I can't believe I missed it.

Baco__ · #**320** 27th October 2016, 05:12 AM

^no, she's not. it was released several months ago, around the time that anime-like PV for hanataba was released.