Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 733 BUG-like Producer

It is not only a great honor to be a guest in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's solo concert, but also a great opportunity to promote himself to the public.

As the chief producer and project director of Nogizaka, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is naturally happy to see that Nogizaka46, a new idol girl group, can be recognized by the public.

After all, to recognize Nogizaka46 is to recognize his production ability. . .

The short appearance at the Thanksgiving Festival allowed Nogizaka46 to be on the Yahoo real-time search list on the second day, and the ranking also jumped to third place, second only to "Sakamoto Kiyoshi Thanksgiving Festival" and "Sakamoto Kiyoshi's [-]th debut anniversary" Two trending words.

In the overwhelming publicity that followed, Nogizaka46's first single also ushered in the day when it was officially released.

The same as the day of debut in the previous life, Nogizaka46, who has changed a producer in this life, officially debuted on February 2nd!

However, the debut single is not the "curtain song" "ぐるぐるカーテン" (surrounded by curtains) that was complained about, but "So long!"

Boxes of neatly bound records were shipped to major record shops in the Tokyo area.

Under the proposal of the confident producer Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the first batch of CD shipments reached an astonishing 25 copies!
This kind of shipment is unmatched by the entire Sony, except Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN!

Even the old Japanese band L'Arc~en~Ciel (Rainbow Band), which is from the same company as Nogizaka, released a single "CHASE" at the end of last year, and the sales volume in the first week was only more than 7 copies!

In terms of shipments, in sharp contrast, there is another new singer under Sony, Aimer, who released a single on the same day!

Sony's mystery singer who officially debuted last year, Aimer has become a new star in the music world with her faceless and machine-resolving voice.

However, the shipment volume of her third single "雪の雨る街/冬のダイヤモンド" is only [-] copies!
A big company like Sony Music has launched new singers like this. It can be seen from the side that in today's Japanese music scene, the physical sales of solo singers are really bad. . .

It has to be said that solo singers’ record sales are appallingly low, big-mono singers and established bands are barely making ends meet, and idol groups rule the record market—this is the status quo of the Japanese music scene.

Judging from last year's Oricon charts, both the single chart and the album chart are dominated by idol groups headed by AKB and Arashi.

Only THE SUN relied on a movie theme song to become the only non-idol singer group in the top ten singles annual charts.

In this music world known as the "Idol Sengoku Era", Nogizaka's prospects are still very bright.

Although judging from the market research conducted by the Statistics Department and the Oricon chart's estimated data on the day before its release, Nogizaka's first single should sell more than 15 copies in a single week.

However, it still seems a bit difficult to achieve a weekly sales volume of 25 copies.

You must know that in the context of the continuous shrinking of the physical record market, in today's Japanese music scene, if a physical single can sell more than [-] copies in a single week, it is enough to be called a big hit.

Not to mention 46 copies in a single week, [-] to [-] copies are enough for Nogizaka[-] to successfully win the Oricon weekly singles chart!

Not to mention 15 copies!

It can be seen from this that Yasushi Akimoto's AKB48 has successively set a record of selling more than one million copies in the first week, how terrifying it is!
However, even if other first-line singers and bands are blown up, it can't hide the reality that Nogizaka was pressed to the ground by AKB.

After all, Nogizaka's opponent, AKB48's single, starts with a million dollars casually!

10,000+, less than a fraction of others. . .

However, what the public and Sony did not expect was that they still underestimated the influence of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and also underestimated Nogizaka46, an idol girl group called "AKB Formula Rivals". . .

. . . . . .

One week later, Tuesday is the day when Oricon's sales are updated.

Sony Music headquarters building.

All the operation members of Nogizaka gathered in the conference room.

Before they knew it, almost everyone held their breath and stared at Yoshio Konno holding the form, waiting for him to announce the sales figures of Nogizaka's first single.

Only Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on a chair with his hands folded over his chest, had only strong confidence in his eyes.

Judging from his expression, he seems to be very confident about Nogizaka's single sales.

That's right, whether it's the reaction of the concert or the praise of music critics from all walks of life, they all indicate that the sales of Nogizaka's single will not be so low.

That being the case, what was he worried about?
Yoshio Konno, who has attracted attention, did not keep everyone waiting for too long:
"So long!'s first week sales were..."

"23 copies! Ranked first on the Oricon List!!!"

Since he recognized Akimoto Yasushi's methods of attracting fans such as handshake rolls and raw photos, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also shamelessly used this set on Nogizaka.

Nogizaka 46's single disc is almost the same as AKB. It is also divided into several versions such as Type-A and Type-B. It also comes with handshake rolls, raw photos and other fan-attracting tools.

Judging from the feedback from major stores, there are not a few people who go to buy Nogizaka 46 singles.

In addition to being curious and wanting to see what level of idol otaku the new idol girl group produced by Kiyoshi Sakamoto is, there is a very interesting statistic that makes Nogizaka operators all look respectfully at it. Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a calm face.

That is: more than half of the customers who bought singles were fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto!
In other words, there is such an astonishing sales volume, a large part of the credit should be credited to the producer Kiyoshi Sakamoto!

This is why Sakamoto Kiyoshi is so confident.

Because, he is not Akimoto Yasushi, he is a superstar with huge influence and millions of fans. . .

Sakamoto Kiyoshi!
Just judging from the fame and sales bonus given to the group by the producer, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is the best Akimoto Yasushi!
The name "Sakamoto Kiyoshi" alone is enough to make Nogizaka's single sales skyrocket.

Not to mention, Kiyoshi Sakamoto tried his best to not only let Nogizaka46 be the spokesperson of LINE, but also let them be the stage to reveal the new song at his thanksgiving festival!

This kind of treatment is simply envious of girls from other female idol groups in the entertainment industry. . .

Looking at my own producer and comparing it with others' producers, I can't help but bow my head and sigh.

"Ugh..."

Why is the gap between people so big?
It was also because of this that when it came time to select Nogizaka's second-term students, the number of applicants reached a new high. . .

Of course, that's a story.

(End of this chapter)