Feb 06 2008
Lips: Sales Figures
Woo hoo! On its first day charting ‘Lips’ has come in 1st (of course) with an index number of 86,096 which puts them at first day sales of 150,000-160,000 copies depending on what kind of modifier you use. The index number is above “Yorokobi no Uta”, but slightly below that of ‘Keep the Faith’, though only slightly, and I think that ‘Keep the Faith’ was a better song, or at least one that was marketable to a wider range of people. I’m going to go ahead and say that KAT-TUN’s popularity is continuing to grow, and this single is shaping up to be another huge success for them.
I’m also a big fan of the female side of the music-focused idol industry (hello project), and I will support them to the bitter end, but I’ve got to say, it feels good to be able to cheer for the winning team once in a while.
You know, it’s been said many a time before, but it’s amazing that Johnny’s, a franchise that was started so long ago, has such popularity today. I mean, take the old example of a group like SMAP, still topping the charts after how many years has it been now? In America, a group or singer is lucky if they can maintain top popularity for a year or two, but these groups release chart topping singles over and over again. It’s kind of astounding, and the Johnny’s franchise has only been increasing in popularity recently.
Number of Johnny’s Singles in the Yearly Top 20 for….
2002- 0
2003- 3
2004- 3
2005- 4
2006- 9 (including 3 of KT and 1 w/Kame)
2007- 9 (including 5 of the top 10)
I see no reason to believe that 2008 can’t be even better.
All the best,
~Celestia~