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Originally posted by Ashrock
Impressive indeed
When all is said and done, the final sales will be 4M at best thou  |
4M physical singles is impossible for any country
The only single to ever sell that much in just one country is "Candle In the Wind/Something In the Way You Look Tonight" and that was a charity single released twice (once for the death of Marilyn Monroe and then the lyrics were slightly changed for the death of Princess Diana).
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Originally posted by Jack. Bauer
Eh their May singles don't sell well because of the sexualisation (I mean it doesn't hurt ofc), it's because it's the single that has the voting cards for the group elections. People buy thousands of copies of it so they can vote for their favourite girl to win.
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It's not just sexualization. They put out their best, most-appealing-in-Japan material in summer and also their most expensive music videos.
The video for this song is seriously a masterpiece.
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Originally posted by Pastoral
SMH.
None of you seem to know how singles for AKB48 work in Japan.
So the girl group has over 100+ members and they have thus 100+ different single covers for every single. Fans will buy the single with their favourite members as the single covers repeatedly to help them win a competition among the group members. The members with the highest single sold will be selected to perform in renowned theaters.
Let's use Fifth Harmony as an example. If 5H is like AKB48, "Worth It" will be released with 5 different single covers. Fans will buy the single to support their favourite members in the group. The top 3 members of the group get the chance to perform on GMA and even VMAs. |
Except Fifth Harmony would only get 1,000 extra sales at best. AKB first had to establish their fanbase through their Akihibara theater and they deserve all kinds of praise for that genius marketing.
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Originally posted by Jack. Bauer
Hunty you misunderstand.
First of all these are physical sales, meaning around 8 bucks a pop, and secondly they just sold 1.5m of them in a single day, not even a week.
Given that, I'm pretty sure that them selling a maximum of 2 million copies (since AKB rarely sell more than about 300k after the first day) is probably still more profitable than a western fave selling 10 million copies of a digital single.
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The cheapest version of their single is $12
And their music sales aren't even the biggest part of their revenue
Those are pure physical sales. I can't stand AKB48 but they're slaying right now. I wish that all japanese fanbases were as dedicated as the AKB fandom. 