[Oricon] 11.12.2010 Ayu Ranks No. 7th In Total Sales For 2010

Values are in millions of yen.

Ayu sold about 2.83 billion yen worth of CDs/DVDs this year. 678 million yen came from singles, 1.3 billion yen from albums, and 866 million yen from live DVD sales.

Ayu placed 7th for the year. Arashi was 1st with a whopping 16.8 billion yen in sales! I think she counts as the top solo female artist if Ikimonogakari is counted as a female-led band. Not sure. Pretty impressive considering she's been around the longest out of most of these acts

Past rankings:
2009 - 9th - 3.436 billion
2008 - 2nd - 7.188 billion
2007 - 2nd - 7.057 billion
2006 - 5th - 6.893 billion
2005 - 4th - 6.908 billion
2004 - 5th - 5.4 billion
2003 - 1st - 10.5 billion
2002 - 2nd - 11.5 billion
2001 - 1st - 24.5 billion
2000 - 1st - 21.7 billion
1999 - 5th - 19.7 billion

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[Info] 29.08.2010 Ayu's 49th Single "crossroad" Sales Boost Up At Amazon!

Reminder: Please read this piece of information in a positive way ok?
This is not something that will make Ayu look bad but it indeed helps her in some way :)
We all know that even without the sales status, many people still refer her as one of the best of the best Japanese female solo artists in Japan and Asia :)

Nevertheless, Ayu is still a very much respected in Japan & Asia Music industry :)

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Below is the archive of Ayumi Hamasaki’s pre-sales rank of her single ‘Crossroad’ in amazon Japan from August 19th – August 28th.

"crossroad"'s highest ranking was at 156th on August 20th before any info about Jaejoong’s appearance in song ‘Blossom’ revealed. However, once the information about Jaejoong’s participation was released on August 27th, the sales boosted up to 5th on August 28th, the next day.

Coincidence? Kinda hard to believe it was, since the rise is too sudden and extreme.
In any case, we all know Ayu Hamasaki is still one of the recognized J-Pop Queen

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[Info] RIAJ Certification For You were ... / BALLAD single: Gold

RIAJ certified You were ... / BALLAD Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies in Japan. Congratulations Ayu!!


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[Ranking] Overall Sales Ranking 2009

The Overall total sales ranking 2009!
Ayu ranks no. 9! not bad!!

2008/12/22 ~ 2009/12/21 with with
Amount of sales positions Artist

*1　14,461　嵐
*2　12,932　EXILE
*3　*6,895　東方神起
*4　*5,374　B'z
*5　*5,200　The Beatles
*6　*5,182　GReeeeN
*7　*5,181　Mr.Children
*8　*4,694　Michael Jackson
*9　*3,436　浜崎あゆみ
10　*3,255　絢香
11　*3,216　DREAMS COME TRUE
12　*2,929　関ジャニ∞
13　*2,882　KAT-TUN
14　*2,710　倖田來未
15　*2,596　コブクロ
16　*2,521　GLAY
17　*2,436　SMAP
18　*2,362　KinKi Kids
19　*2,160　福山雅治
20　*2,059　安室奈美恵
21　*2,043　Superfly
22　*2,031　Perfume
23　*1,968　いきものがかり
24　*1,895　レミオロメン
25　*1,768　UNICORN
26　*1,618　NEWS
27　*1,503　UVERworld
28　*1,483　加藤ミリヤ
29　*1,481　倉木麻衣
30　*1,361　ANX－ダイジェスト－邦楽

More of the ranking list here

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[Oricon] Oricon Yearly Top Rankings for Singles, Albums, and Total Sales

Oricon has announced the 2009 Top rankings for Singles, Albums and Total Sales.

Ayu's NEXT LEVEL album ranks no. 16



Ayu's singles Days/GREEN, Rule/Sparkle and Sunrise/Sunset ~ LOVE is ALL ~ respectively rank no. 26, 43 and 50



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[Info] RIAJ Certification For NEXT LEVEL: Double platinum

RIAJ has just updated its site and Ayu's latest album NEXT LEVEL got a certification Double Platinum for shipment of 500,000 copies in Japan

Congratulations Ayu!!!

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