charts discussion AKB48 continues decline, sells 270k on first day

[iamstrong]

 

[Indie Go Mind]

I mean a history of their recent sales would be appreciated to actually see their "decline"

[iamstrong]

13 minutes ago, Indie Go Mind said:

I mean a history of their recent sales would be appreciated to actually see their "decline"

They used to sell 1 million copies in a day from 2011-2020, but their decline started last year.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48_discography

[Taylena]

No Kkura unnie

No sales

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

Didnt they sell millions and competed with the 2000s-2010s pop girls WW

[simplywohoo]

2 hours ago, iamstrong said:

They used to sell 1 million copies in a day from 2011-2020, but their decline started last year.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48_discography

Is there a theory why?

[Kyle-x]

12 minutes ago, simplywohoo said:

Is there a theory why?

They used to sell copies by the truckload because they contained tickets for "handshake events" to meet the members of the group. After COVID things had to change because of restrictions and most things are online now instead so their sales have become a third of what they once were. If those events return I could see the sales going up again. They used to release multiple singles a year but since then they've only released 1 single a year as well.

[simplywohoo]

18 minutes ago, Kyle-x said:

They used to sell copies by the truckload because they contained tickets for "handshake events" to meet the members of the group. After COVID things had to change because of restrictions and most things are online now instead so their sales have become a third of what they once were. If those events return I could see the sales going up again. They used to release multiple singles a year but since then they've only released 1 single a year as well.

Ah interesting, thank you very much 

[getinthezone]

Their sales have always been a farce anyway