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Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
Their sales are super-inflated due to stans buying multiple copies to participate in handshake contests. Oricon doesn't do the one receipt-one sale rule like Billboard does. That's why the drop is so unnatural.
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I don't see how that lessens their achievements. A person super connected to your music that is willing to buy multiple copies is worth a lot more than two casual fans who only buy one copy each. I like that their charts reflect that.
And Billboard doesn't have a one-receipt, one-sale rule. You have to buy like 20+ copies for them not to count the sales and that's only to keep labels from buying their own albums. Oricon has the same rule.
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Originally posted by MirrorcleMonster
Im still amazed by the numbers. No Yuko, no Acchan, no Tomochin, no Mariko, no handshake, no voting codes, no extras, I was expecting around 890-900k for first week. Eventually the record is gonna be lost, probably this fall or next spring, but what they have achieved is legendary
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So very true. I still miss EVERYONE
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Originally posted by Ari Auris
THE DROP 
Is there a reason why they have such amazing first week sales but fall a ton during subsequent days? |
Promotions generally end after the first week now in Japan because a song is released digitally a couple of weeks before the physical single is released and the music video is released two weeks prior. Physical singles hardly ever sell well unless you have a big stan base because the GP can buy the individual parts prior.
AKB actually has good longevity in comparison to other physical single releases
