Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 394 Tiny Gap
"Sales are..."

"50 million!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto was not surprised or excited at all when he heard this number.

Yes, just calm.

"Oh."

After a normal response, Kiyoshi Sakamoto continued to drink water.

The sense of dialogue between the two was very everyday, which surprised Sakura Inoue, the assistant standing aside and watching the conversation between the two.

"I really don't understand, is it too confident, or is it expected, otherwise how could it be so calm..." Inoue Sakura stared at Sakamoto Kiyoshi's face, as if trying to find something from his expression Excited and happy.

However, no.

You know, the sales of 50 copies in the first week, in the Japanese music scene in 2008, almost no other singer can do it.

Moreover, this is on the premise that the pre-sale sales have exceeded 150 million copies!
Those who will buy Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo album must be his fans.

And the total number of fans is just those people.

Pre-sale, isn't it just to avoid queuing up to buy. . .

Therefore, those who have already ordered the album during the pre-sale period rarely queue up to buy the album again after the album is officially released.

In this way, the sales after the official release will inevitably be much less than the pre-sale period.

After all, every singer's regular fans and fans are those, and they won't increase or decrease all of a sudden.

However, even though the sales in the first week were much lower than in the past, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's new album still made it to the top of Oricon's weekly album list!

Generally speaking, the ratio of the sales figures in the pre-sale period to the final cumulative sales figures is mostly one to two.

That is to say, the pre-sale sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album are 150 million, and the final cumulative sales will be conservatively estimated to reach 300 million!
Judging from the initial sales and pre-sale sales of this album, people speculate that "Sakura Season", which has accumulated more than 200 million copies, is likely to break the record of 300 million copies after a lapse of six years!
And the sales volume of 50 in the first week is a good start for this album.

However, under such good news, Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't react at all. He didn't have a happy expression, but he smiled a little bit, right?
But, neither.

Forget it.

This can be used. Kiyoshi Sakamoto has long been accustomed to the huge achievements he has achieved, so it is barely reasonable to explain it without much reaction.

However, the expression on Uncle Ishida's face as a manager did not show much reaction.

This made Inoue Sakura a little confused.

You know, the more famous and popular Kiyoshi Sakamoto is, the more benefits Uncle Ishida, who is the general manager of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN band, will get.

In such a situation where everyone is prosperous and everyone is hurt, Uncle Ishida actually looks like Kiyoshi Sakamoto to this sales figure, and he doesn't have much reaction.

This had to make Inoue Sakura curious.

This doubt, until Sakamoto returned to the recording of "SMAPxSMAP" again, she got the answer from Uncle Ishida.

Uncle Ishida said to his niece with an expression of "coming here", "That's because I've been used to it for a long time..."

"When the first single sold, I would still scream with excitement; when the second single hit a million, I would laugh from ear to ear; but when the third single, the first After the first album came out, I slowly became numb.”

"Because, when you find out that every time he and THE SUN release an album or single, it will definitely sell well, and you won't have too many surprises and excitement."

Uncle Ishida shifted his gaze to Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was chatting with SMAP and others, and said with a strong sense of pride in his tone, "After all, he is the unique Sakamoto Kiyoshi..."

Sakura Inoue was stunned, but also lowered her head thoughtfully, and murmured.

"Is it unique?"

. . . . . .

Although Sakamoto passed the stage of feeling emotional about his own sales early in the morning, the outside world is very sensitive to this sales figure.

50 in the first week, and the champion of the Oricon Space Weekly Chart, no doubt once again proclaimed to the world that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is the unshakable music king!
Even under the siege of the three groups of singers around the world, "Sakura Season" still stands firm and occupies the top of the major music charts.

This can't help but make the public start to wait and see. What will Universal do next to deal with such an "unfavorable" situation?
Universal was quick to respond.

In order to let the three groups of singers attract the public's attention, Universal resorted to the most favorable and most unstoppable tricks generally used by large companies.

Overwhelming publicity!
It is worthy of being one of the four major record companies in the world. Universal's wealth and wealth are comparable to Sony's.

Under Universal Music's money-sprinkling tactics, in the following week, the entire Tokyo seemed to be occupied by Universal's singers. . .

The subway, the shops on the side of the street, the department stores, and the places where the MVs or music of the three groups of singers can be released were all bought by Universal;

For radio programs, music programs, and variety shows, Universal used its contacts in the music industry to forcefully promote mihimaru GT and perfume.

And GReeeeN, who has never shown his true colors, is in the leading position among the three groups of singers relying on his inspirational song "キセキ".

Until the release of the Oricon sales list in the second week, Universal's strong push tactics achieved very significant results.

On April 4, Oricon Weekly Rankings opened again.

Among the three groups of singers under Universal, mihimaru GT is obviously at a disadvantage.

Eighty thousand!
This is the cumulative sales of mihimaru GT's album after a week and a half of its release.

Such achievements, it can be said, have been reduced to the role of cheering and cheering in this global plan to block Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

The results of perfume are even better.

After 10 days on the shelves, 15 copies were sold!
Although compared with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's 50 in the first week, there is still a lot of difference.

However, compared to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's 22 in the next week, there is only a gap of [-]. . .

This is at least more valuable than mihimaru GT, an electronic music group perfume composed of three beauties, who has been reduced to cannon fodder.

Moreover, the humorous characters and cute conversations of the three of Perfume on the variety show also left a deep impression on the public.

This also promoted the sales of perfume's first album.

Among the three groups of singers, the exposure was the least, and the publicity was relatively the smallest, but that group of singers unexpectedly achieved very good results.

Maybe it's easier to sell singles than albums.

After all, as far as buying habits are concerned, albums (including EPs) are aimed at core fans; for singles, passers-by and junior fans will also buy them.

Moreover, I have to say that the quality of the song "キセキ" is very good.

Under Universal's strong publicity campaign, GReeeeN's single "キセキ" was on the shelves for 8 days and sold an astonishing 20 copies! ! !

Such figures also made this "キセキ" airborne to the weekly crown of the Oricon Singles Chart, and also became the first single of GReeeeN to top the weekly chart.

Although comparing the single with the album, it is a bit bullying Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but Universal does not care so much, especially in Kitano Kenji's view, no matter what, the actual sales of 20 are the closest to the sales in the past two weeks. Kiyoshi Sakamoto's best-selling single.

He consciously ignored the pre-sale sales of more than 150 million copies of Kiyoshi Sakamoto. . .

Just compare it with the sales after it was put on the shelves.

This is also the processing done by his brain in order to win Kiyoshi Sakamoto once.

You know, on the other side, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album sales in the next week inevitably fell, to only 22 copies.

There was only a gap of [-], which seemed to give Kitano Kenji a chance to defeat Sakamoto Kiyoshi in one fell swoop.

If he can surpass Kiyoshi Sakamoto in terms of sales, in his opinion, it will be a victory for Universal.

Therefore, he believes that the faceless combination of GReeeeN is really saving face for himself.

Therefore, Kitano Kenji once again concentrated all the resources of Universal, and strongly promoted GReeeeN and perfume.

Universal sharpened his sword and launched an impact on Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who stood at the top.

They are planning to unseat Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the overlord of sales, in the sales rankings in the next week!
However, in the national variety show "SMAPxSMAP" aired on the evening of April 4, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appearance directly extinguished the enthusiasm of Universal.

For the first time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto participated in all aspects of this issue of "SMAPxSMAP" in his personal capacity.

This shows that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's status has reached the level of a big name in the music world.

You must know that the singers who can participate in the "SMAPxSMAP" Bistro session alone are all top singers with high status and great achievements.

Utada Hikaru, Hamasaki Ayumi, Amuro Namie, Kuraki Mai, Koda Kumi and other singers all appeared on "SMAPxSMAP" when they were the most popular.

Even many first-line singers are only able to appear in the song performance, which is already a great honor.

This time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto not only participated in the Bistro segment, but also sang the title song of his album "さくらのうた" with SMAP and others in the final song performance segment.

In particular, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was holding the guitar, sitting there playing and singing, and the scene of the five SMAP people sitting around him made many fans of "SMAPxSMAP" shout "see you soon!"

As a result, Kiyoshi Sakamoto became the first male singer in the music scene to participate in all sessions of "SMAPxSMAP"!
After the show was broadcast, the effect of "SMAPxSMAP" also made Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album sales rise instead of falling in just a few days.

4 month 15 number.

The crucial third week.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo album sales have risen against the trend and sold 30 copies!

And Universal Perfume's album sales are 17 copies.

Although it has risen slightly, it is also the end of the battle.

However, GReeeeN, which had high hopes, rose sharply under the full-blown publicity effect, and sold 29 in a single week! ! !

There is only a difference of [-] compared with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album sales!
Kenji Kitano, who saw these numbers, stood in the office of the president of Universal Records, looking into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling windows, with blazing flames in his eyes.

"Next week! Next week! Success or failure depends on the next week!!!"

(End of this chapter)