Apr 15 2008
Mirrorcle World is #1 for the week at the Oricon Style charts. It is her 18th consecutive #1 single — 30th total — and makes her the top female artist in terms of #1 singles. Since her debut in 1998, she has had at least one single hit the top spot each year. Nakamori Akina set the previous record in 1990. Congrats Ayu!
Apr 08 2008
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.
Jan 08 2008
This news is arguably dwarfed by the blog post read round the world. Since the original Team Ayu post, the story has been picked up by news agencies the world over.
Jan 03 2008
After having been released nearly a week in advance, GUILTY has made its “hot shot” debut at #7 on the United World Chart.
Dec 26 2007
After a surprise early release, GUILTY secured the top spot on the daily charts. Hopefully it will be able to maintain its position until its official Janauary 01 street date. Congrats Ayu!
Dec 22 2007
Popular mobile download service Chaku-Uta has posted its rankings for the top 100 ringtones of the year. Two of Ayu’s songs made the list, including “JEWEL” at #50 and summer anthem “glitter” at #73.
The top spot was held by Utada Hikaru and her song “Flavor of Life (Ballad Version)”
Dec 18 2007
Continuing its year-end summary, Oricon Style has declared Ayu to be among the biggest earners of 2007. She comes in at number two with 7.3544 billion yen (approximately 65 million USD), trailing label mate Koda Kumi by a mere .3 billion yen.
Oricon calculates revenues based on CD and DVD sales. Previously Ayu released an average 10 singles, at least 3 DVDs, and an album for every year she held the top spot. Considering she only released two singles and a two-part single collection in 2007, these numbers are especially impressive.
In addition, Oricon has published its official list for the top selling Japanese singles and albums of 2007. Ayu’s glitter/fated came in at #39 while talkin’ 2 myself finished up at #79. A BEST 2 -WHITE- and -BLACK- came in the previously-reported 5th and 7th place. Congrats Ayu!
Dec 16 2007
With 2007 coming to a close, Orcion Style has posted a list of the best selling albums and singles thus far.
Only releasing two singles this year, Ayu still managed to crack the top 100 with both, glitter/fated coming in at #58 and November’s talkin’ 2 myself reached #78.
Her highly anticipated single collection fared better. Both A BEST 2 -WHITE- and A BEST 2 -BLACK- are within the top 10 albums of the year, -WHITE- at #5 and #7 respectively.
Oct 10 2007
MuscTV recently published lists of Japan’s top selling singles and albums, as well as the albums with the best first week sales. Ayu made all three lists with multiple releases.
Top Albums (in tens of thousands)
Top Singles (in tens of thousands)
Top First Week Sales
Sep 25 2007
talkin’ 2 myself is officially Ayu’s 29th #1 single having finished its first week at the top spot on the Oricon Charts. Congrats Ayu!
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