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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2008 18:23:24 GMT
Hi Dave, One thing which surprises me here is that given the population of Japan I would have guessed that more sales would be involved - not that this really mitigates the fact that all of this is good news indeed! Jon Hi Jon, that's a good point and yes, it is surprising - I've done a longer reply over in the Worldwide Sales thread here. Cheers, Dave
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Post by grant on Jun 14, 2008 20:51:00 GMT
Well in today's Oricon daily chart, Hayley is up again.... to... number 10! Fantastic!!
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Post by martindn on Jun 14, 2008 22:02:34 GMT
Wow, the top ten! Wonderful! The album has the quality to go much higher of course, but you need people to appreciate that quality. I have a theory that music appeals to us on four levels
Physical, (ie dance music, sexy music) Intellectual (thought provoking lyrics or unusual musical structures) Emotional (or sentimental) Spiritual
My guess is that "Physical" appeal sells more records than anything else. And that Hayley's music has little appeal in that department, you can't dance to much of it, or the intellectual one, but is strong both emotionally and spiritually. It is only a minority of record buyers who like that sort of music. So no matter how good Hayley is at what she does, she will never beat the disco artists.
Martin
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Post by Dave on Jun 15, 2008 14:48:41 GMT
In the daily chart, it's up again... to...
Nine!
So that's 14 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 on consecutive days!
Fingers crossed for the weekly chart in 2 or 3 days time.
Dave
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Post by Richard on Jun 15, 2008 15:01:15 GMT
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Post by grant on Jun 15, 2008 15:13:47 GMT
Hello Dave, Richard and everyone
This is great news - no doubt Hayley being in Japan at the moment is helping a lot as well!!
Best wishes Grant
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Post by martindn on Jun 15, 2008 20:14:30 GMT
I think so too. After all, she sings a song about the joys of hang gliding! Actually it is more likely conventional gliding. Another thing I have in common with Hayley, I was mad keen on gliding when I was 21! Martin
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Post by gra7890 on Jun 16, 2008 9:59:39 GMT
That's Great News I have just caught up with using Joe's method !!!
Absolutely delighted for Hayley.
Graham
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Post by Dave on Jun 18, 2008 2:27:38 GMT
Hello everyone, Hayley has made it into the Japanese top 10 albums! Hayley sings Japanese songs has climbed from 12 to 10 this week - the climb itself an unusual feat for a new album and a top 10 placing puts Hayley's Japanese popularity right up there with the UK. Tjhere were another 14,000 sales this week (generally a lower-sales week than last) making over 30,000 so far and counting! So well done Hayley - what a tour you must be having! Japan Album Chart (Oricon) - Monday 16 June 2008This Week (Last Week) Title - Artist 1 ( NE ) 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALL SINGLES COMPLETE BEST JUST MOVIN ON` - KYOSUKE HIMURO 2 ( NE ) MADAMINU ASHITANI - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 3 ( NE ) RISE AND FALL RAGE AND GRACE - OFFSPRING 4 ( 02 ) MINMI BEST 2002-2008 - MINMI 5 ( NE ) VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY 6 ( 03 ) MACROSS FRONTIER O.S.T.1 NYANFURO - YOKO KANNO 7 ( 05 ) SUPERFLY - SUPERFLY 8 ( 01 ) KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES- - KAT-TUN 9 ( 06 ) THE BEST COLLABORATIONS - DOUBLE 10 ( 12 ) HAYLEY SINGS JAPANESE SONGS - HAYLEY [Westenra] 11 ( 15 ) HARD CANDY - MADONNA 12 ( NE ) UTATABI-MIYUKI NAKAJIMA CONCERT TOUR 2007- - MIYUKI NAKAJIMA 13 ( 08 ) MIHIMARISE - MIHIMARU GT 14 ( 18 ) HEART STATION - HIKARU UTADA 15 ( 09 ) THE RED ALBUM - WEEZER 16 ( 04 ) POPDOD - BEAT CRUSADERS 17 ( 14 ) WAIT FOR YOU - ELLIOT YAMIN 18 ( 13 ) HERE I STAND - USHER 19 ( 20 ) CANDY GIRL - SHION 20 ( ) SEEING SOUNDS - NšEšRšD Cheers, Dave
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Post by Joe on Jun 18, 2008 4:59:16 GMT
This is great news! Hayley is on a roll! Joe
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Post by scoobedoo on Jun 18, 2008 10:42:27 GMT
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Post by Paddy on Jun 18, 2008 11:23:26 GMT
10 ( 12 ) HAYLEY SINGS JAPANESE SONGS - HAYLEY [Westenra]
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Post by Richard on Jun 18, 2008 13:57:34 GMT
I'll quote this post from the "Dark Waltz" thread on the Media board. Hayley has made it into the Japanese top 10 albums! Great News Dave,
Best Wishes,
Graham
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Post by Paddy on Jun 18, 2008 16:07:44 GMT
I'll quote this post from the "https://i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifark Waltz" thread on the Media board. Hayley has made it into the Japanese top 10 albums! Great News Dave,
Best Wishes,
Graham Surely not with a 'Dark Waltz'?
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Post by Richard on Jun 21, 2008 17:20:42 GMT
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