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But, I think that even Ayu's marriage would look a little bit worse to the public. Even if Kuu's was shotgun due to pregnancy, Ayu's was still really sudden, plus she married a non-Japanese guy. And that can annoy some people. Then, they got divorced, and I'm sure many people were like "I knew it, marrying that white guy " I agree about wanting Ayu to sell well as a fan. But, the chart position, so long as its in like, the top 10, I'm not too worried about. No doubt avex just cares about how many copies it sells, because that's where the money is. Ayu caring about sales is a bit trickier. She needs to be able to have artictic freedom, but at the same time she needs to please fans and gain sales to help fuel what she wants to do.
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^ Ia.
I think comparisons are good, I always do it between them since in terms of album sales their numbers have been very close together since the past what... 4 albums? Whenever one of them releases an album earlier than the other, it gives an indication of how the other is going to perform. The only thing I hate is when the discussion turns nasty and no one can deny this happens all the time, on every release. The ayu-stans are like 'IT BETTER OUTSELL KUMI'S', kuu-stans retaliate and then it just turns ugly. As long as crap like that doesn't happen (but it always does), I like the comparisons and think it's informative. ANYWAY, I'm really happy with Ayu's first week. She's already passed 100k, hopefully her sales don't drop too fast and are steady. I'm just wondering how much the different versions helped boost the sales? I think from now on, she should continue with the different packagings and versions (as should Kumi), if TV promo is gonna be so sparse
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Hm. A BEST 3, eh?
Let's see what we have... 01 Startin' 02 Born To Be... 03 BLUE BIRD 04 Beautiful Fighters 05 JEWEL 06 momentum 07 1 LOVE 08 glitter 09 fated 10 talkin' 2 myself 11 decision 12 Together When... 13 Marionette 14 (don't) Leave me alone 15 Mirrorcle World 16 Days 17 GREEN 18 Rule 19 Sparkle 20 Curtain call 21 NEXT LEVEL 22 Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ 23 Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ 24 You were... 25 BALLAD 26 Sexy little things 27 Microphone 28 Don't look back 29 Lady Dynamite 30 MOON 31 blossom 32 crossroad 33 Virgin Road 34 Sweet Season 35 Last angel 36 Love song 37 do it again Holy fvck! 38 progress 39 ANother song feat URATA NAOYA 40 Why... feat. JUNO 41 beloved 42 BRILLANTE (and there are also the sentimental ""concert favorites"" MY ALL, RED LINE ~for TA~ and SEVEN DAYS WAR) So, holy fvck. Yup. We have more than enough for an A BEST 3. Perhaps she'll make -RED- -YELLOW- -BLUE- now; for happy songs, sad songs, and songs she can't quite put her hands on. |
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Did previous A BESTs use promoted album tracks?
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People are worried that her sales will fall to a point where her budget will suffer, I'm just pointing out that she never made this much money from live touring at her peak... While all of her tours since 2009 had a good number of dates. Madonna for example, is hardly getting hits on the US, the last being Music, from 2000... and she is hardly getting hits worldwide since Hung Up from 2005... But she still is outselling Beyonce, Britney and Gaga everytime she tours... A Best is a collection of popular tracks, being or not being singles... A Best 2 covers from evolution to Bold & Delicious, so, A Best 3 will cover from (miss)understood album tracks on... What means Ladies Night for example has more than good chances of making it into the compilation....^^ Last edited by Andrenekoi; 27th March 2012 at 09:16 PM. |
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^ actually I would consider Madonna's last hit in America to be 4 minutes... (with timberland and timberlake)
which was just a few years ago. But to comment, Madonna doesn't sell like she use too, but her last concert, Hard Candy is the biggest concert ever (in terms of sales, I think just for solo artist though...) A BEST wasn't just singles though... it was what she thought was best and I think fan Favorites.. Last edited by TeamAyu2004; 27th March 2012 at 09:19 PM. |
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A BEST didn't (of course because there was hardly any "promoted album tracks" back then) but she included A Song for XX and Who..., A BEST 2 did; it did a *****load of them.
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And yeap, Sticky & Sweet Tour is the highest grossing tour ever by a solo act, and the 4th overall (still, it had 85 dates, while all the ones above it had 110+ dates). |
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A hit does not equal a classic and does not mean its in the charts for a very long time. Personally I think anything that makes it into the top 10 is a hit. There are songs that become classics from those hits, but presumably a successful song is something that can reach number 1 (I like to think the top 10 however). |
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Hit is a well-known successful song, I wouldn't put 4 Minutes on this category |
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4 Minutes was played constantly when it came out where I live. It drove me craaaaazy.
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^ yeah.. i remember it being played like crazy as well.
I just think that person has a different definition of what a hit is.. I mean just in america alone, the song sold over 2 million copies. was up for 2 grammys and was reviewed positively... what more could you want from a song? Last edited by TeamAyu2004; 28th March 2012 at 12:33 AM. |
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4 Minutes sold more than 3 million copies in the US. More than double of for example Mariah's #1 Touch My Body. Just saying.
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^ actually if you look on RIAA's website it was only 2x platinum...
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Sorry, but most people I know from the usa don't even know this song was released, actually, those who aren't into Madonna, Justin or pop music from anywhere . Not even her fanbase seens it as a hit... at least, not something on the level of Music or Hung Up everywhere else but the USA |
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^ thats laughable. I have to say that. (random people who don't like pop, so lets all get together and download this Madonna song)
I still don't see your logic. It doesn't matter who downloads the songs... 2 million is still 2 million singles sold (downloads or physical). And this is america alone. Where ever it was released it was at least a top 10 hit. This songs was all over the place for a good portion of its release. and the grammys are people who decide the best music of the year and it got two nominations. (not to say that the grammys are the end all or anyting, but it could be considered a good stepping point) You can't say this song wasn't a hit when everything points toward it being a hit. But this is off track of Party Queen. I totally got my package today! I'm still a little peeved that my half pint glasses are so small.. I mean who drinks a half pint of anything?!? |
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I'd say out of my friends, everyone knows Hung Up and 4 Minutes, but 4 Minutes is more well liked, because of Justin I assume? I knew Hung Up (heard it everywhere), but I didn't actually know it was Madonna lol I think it's generally more popular though, my circle of friends just has a thing for Justin Timberlake lol
Either way, none of us have ever bought anything Madonna. We just acquire the best albums and jam to Like a Virgin when we're drunk. ...and I typed 4minutes into YouTube and Kpop 4minute has more views. Wow. |
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^ lol.. i love Hung Up more as well...
But Justin does have some appeal... |
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浜崎 あゆみ, 浜崎あゆみ, oricon, party queen |
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