and then

Mirrorcle World single has made its debut on the Oricon Daily charts at number 1.

Additionally, ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD- and -SILVER- entered the weekly album charts at number 6 and 8, respectively. They are at positions 8 and 9 on the new Billboard Japan Top Albums chart.

• See ayu-mi-x 6 in Ayu-VogueNET’s discography
• See Mirrorcle World in Ayu-VogueNET’s discography
• Oricon Style
• Billboard Japan

Additionally, ayu trance 3 and ayu-ro-mix 2 are also up for purchase.

Now only days away from the official release, Ayu’s official site has updated with streaming previews from the upcoming remix collection ayu-mi-x 6

• Official Site

Sponichi Annex has posted an interesting article about Ayu’s career overseas. Although the main focus was the in-depth involvement of Western DJs on ayu-mi-x 6, the article did give us one interesting tidbit:

今年の元日に発売したアルバム「ＧＵＩＬＴＹ」の収録曲は１２日に、日本人アーティスト史上最多タイとなる世界２５カ国へ配信されることが決定。うち欧米諸国は１９カ国となっている

The album GUILTY, released New Years Day of this year, will be released in 25 additional countries on the 12th. 19 of these will be Western nations.

Mark you calendars! It’ll be interesting to see what comes of this article–if anything.

• Sponichi Annex: Ayu International Remix Album Release (by way of AHS)

The official site has updated with the gorgeous covers for Ayu’s latest remix collection!

• Official Website
• Ayu-VogueNET Discography

I’m not entirely sure when this happened, but the tracklistings for the upcoming ayu-mi-x 6 albums have been reworked. Although there are no new or missing tracks that I can see, the official site changed the overall presentation of the list, including the order and how the remixes are named.

• See the updated ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD- in Ayu-VogueNET’s discography
• See the updated ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER- in Ayu-VogueNET’s discography

The 12″ vinyls listed at HMV have now been announced on Ayu’s official website. These Limited Edition vinyls will run for 1800 yen a piece, with the official release date of April 9th.

• Official tracklisting and release information

French fans and special news reports allege that Ayu is back in Paris, this time without a Panasonic crew in tow. What she’ll be doing in France is unknown. Thanks visitor WaKe for confirming the rumors!

• Ayumi Hamasaki à Paris (Orient-Extrême)

Ayu’s official site made back-to-back updates announcing three new releases. Ayu’s first international tour, 2007 A ~Tour of Secret~ is finally coming to DVD March 12th! It’ll be packaged with a new documentary about this milestone concert tour.

The next two are part of a collection: the sixth ayu-mi-x. Nearly five years after the release of the last ayu-mix, ayu-mi-x 6 is finally set to be released March 26. ayu-mi-x 6 will be available in two formats: gold and silver, each with a different tracklisting. Unlike many of the past ayu-mi-x collections, both versions have dance mixes.

• 3/12 LIVE DVD『ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A 〜Tour of Secret〜 “LIVE + DOCUMENTARY”』
• 3/26 Remix Album『ayu-mi-x 6 - GOLD-』『ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER-』