Article about 'crossroad' on AllKPop

[wildconnetta]

ugh. really?

Prince JaeJoong of the Midas touch: Ayu’s sales explode!

Crowned with the title "Queen of J-Pop", selling albums has never been an issue for Ayumi Hamasaki. But the ‘Queen’ has her eyes set on a loftier goal – to shatter the record for the most #1 singles sold on the Oricon chart, and she’s enlisted the help of a certain ‘Prince’ to make her dream come true.

JaeJoong was approached by the star to appear in a PV for her previously released single, ‘blossom’, and he commented, “Ayumi Hamasaki is a big senior in my record label, so when I received the offer to appear in her PV, I was really happy. Although I feel a lot of pressure, I’ll try to do it perfectly!”

Prior to the release of the news, ‘crossroads’ ranked at 156th on the Amazon Japan site. Official statements revealing JaeJoong’s PV involvement were released on the 27th, and 24 hours later, the album’s sales had skyrocketed to land in the 5th position overall.

Could this be a coincidence? The rise is too sudden and too extreme to shrug off.

The PV is included exclusively on the ‘crossroads’ CD+DVD package which is scheduled to be released next month on September 22nd.

Source: amazon.co.jp, Yomiuri Shinbun, Ayumi Hamasaki Official Website, TV-Asahi

AKP.

Really? They think Ayu will get #1 because of JaeJoong? And haha at 'crossroads'.
Seriosuly though, this is really degrading for Ayu. They're also saying that JaeJoong is causing Ayu's single sales to go up. Lol. No.

[love in music]

How is it degrading? It's just the truth about what happened. I wasn't offended by this at all

[Ranma Matsuri]

I think we all knew that crossroad was going to get that #1 anyway but yeah, JJ fans have helped boosted the sales and this could possibly give her her highest 1st week sales in a while... like identity said, it's nothing but the truth of the matter so what's to get offended about?

[Kingdom]

lol, but it's the truth.

[nanakopy87]

i agree with everyone here.its a truth.in my opinion,the pre-order ranking will not suddenly raise from hundred to 5th position because of the tracklist/cover.so,i kinda agree with the article

[emi♡]

yeah, people are going to have to accept that um, Jae's involvement is going to raise popularity/sales a lot...or well...already did I guess lol

But like people said, she was gonna get no 1 anyway...

Avex should have had like...blossom pv part one, and then part two on a separate version of the single lol that would have really been funny.

[AyuGAME]

for now...i will eat it chew it and let it go...

[Yoake]

you can feel a strong nationalism in that article.

It's normal that her sale rise up. If Ayu appears in a TVXQ pv their sales'll rise up too because a lot fo fan'll buy the cd.

But I don't think she'll be #1 only because of him.
After all M/b was #1 while there are almost none promotions. It's a proof that she really is the queen. ^^

[noisy_harmony]

Who cares for Allkpop? Seriously.

[truehappiness]

the pre-order ranking will not suddenly raise from hundred to 5th position because of the tracklist/cover.so,i kinda agree with the article

Actually, it has happened before on several occasions, haha.

[joshohhhhh]

sales are sales.

[LacusClyne]

i'm sorry..but i don't find it offending.. it is the truth, THSK have a lot of dedicated fans that will buy anything with their beloved artists.

even my THSK's fan friends had asked me to buy 3 copies of the CD+DVD already, so it's no shock that more THSK fans bought it too

[tetsuo69]

i think the rise had something to do with that guy appearing in the pv but im sure ayu would be able to bring 70 - 90k and beat koda that week. either way thanks to that guy fangirls for the boost

[NintendoHTF1242]

Guess these TOHO fans have never heard of youtube/dailymotion/other sites for the PV ahaha. But yeah, it's pretty obvious he made it rise up. Nothing wrong with that. Just avex being avex.

[Andrenekoi]

^Nops, just Ayu being Ayu... People tend to forget our queen of jpop is also the queen of j-marketing

If it was Avex, they would put a Toho member on Koda's video too and wait until the money enter on their pockets <3

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^Nops, just Ayu being Ayu... People tend to forget our queen of jpop is also the queen of j-marketing

If it was Avex, they would put a Toho member on Koda's video too and wait until the money enter on their pockets <3

They actually did that (with all Toho members ), it was just that back at the time Kumi was more relevant than Toho so it didn't work that well~

Even though I dislike the fact that the single will sell better just cuz of JJ, I have to admit their marketing ideas are sometimes brilliant~ it's better to suck on the remains of DBSK while their popularity still lasts.

[tetsuo69]

^

avex just want to make sure ayu breaks the record

[AyUmIXx]

too bad, but IT'S THE TRUTH..
Fangirls are so so so so so dedicative to their idols.. moreover it's the idol groups era these days if compared to the soloists...whatever goodies they release of the boys, it's just gonna sold out like HOT CAKES! even though I don't refer JYJ as an idol group anymore~

so, alone, I'm sure that Ayu's single gonna make no. 1 on the chart.... but in here.. it's the SALES that we're talking about... JJ's gonna help Ayu to sell more than her usual standards~
but like someone said in earlier post, Ayu could sell well even without promotions if compared to the soloists' standard of sales..so she's still very strong among other soloists, period.

but somehow, i want to think that the pre-sale ranking goes up also because of the covers too.. even just a little, but I believe, it's included~ haha~

[waterballoon]

The truth hurts, deal with it.

[majrakun]

Prince Jaejoong with Midas touch? I guess that kinda works. Ayu could've gotten No. 1 easily, but unfortunately Jaejoong is probably the main factor in the boost of sales, oh well.