red4summer Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) blaming everyone else but themselves (fans) will not push up the sales. if we (dsp, umj, kara and fans) are not united, don't expect sales to continue hitting new highs. the current sales pattern in japan is affecting everyone, not just only kara. everyone needs to get together and work harder in 2013 and beyond. so fans, stop pointing fingers, especially to dsp and umj. the only way to help is to give well structured and constructive criticisms. btw i'm not referring to all posts before mine. just saying in general. Edited November 15, 2012 by red4summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0uki Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Day 1 2. Girls Forever - 28,724 Day 2 2. Girls Forever - 15,163 Total: 43,887 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudiaRox Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 OOOOOOH, I really wanna buy this album.... I must now save money until I get 150 ringgit >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryxshort Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I love the songs in this album! I swear, I like their Japanese albums better than their Korean albums (full length albums). I will definitely buy this album to support the girls! And for the low album sales, maybe it's because of their other products selling, so I guess that's the reason why. We'll see, hopefully the girls will rank higher with this album within this month! Kara fighting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4summer Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) looks like kara (a member) has been invited or "activated" to help promote the album by turning out as a 1-day sales manager (in a particaulr store) today. tomorrow too. (don't quote me as i can't understand the translation fully.) Edited November 16, 2012 by red4summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 looks like kara (a member) has been invited or "activated" to help promote the album by turning out as a 1-day sales manager (in a particaulr store) today. tomorrow too. (don't quote me as i can't understand the translation fully.) I think here 's the translation UMJ has announced an emergency event tomorrow. One of the girls will appear at a music shop in Japan and become a one day store manager. Those who buy GF at the store has a chance to win a signed CD given by the member. ニュー・アルバム「ガールズ フォーエバー」の発売を记念した紧急企画が决定!! KARAメンバーのうちだれか1名が「一日店长」として紧急来店!! 「谁が来るのか?」は当日までのお楽しみ!! 抽选で、「ガールズ フォーエバー」のCDを直接お渡し致します! Credit: grainy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4summer Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) @fantomas thanks but from my understanding it's a 2-day event. if so, i hope to see 2 different members. hmm.. ok who's in japan right now? ps nice effort to pull some sales.. Edited November 16, 2012 by red4summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 @fantomas thanks but from my understanding it's a 2-day event. if so, i hope to see 2 different members. hmm.. ok who's in japan right now? ps nice effort to pull some sales.. I don't know, my guess is some member who is good at Japanese, so it 's either Jing or Hammie/Gyuri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redresonance Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Of course there are factors as to why the sales are quite low, but just for comparing... Day 1 - Girls Forever - 28,724 : Super Girl - 73706 Day 2 - Girls Forever - 15,163 : Super Girl - 55486 "Emergency"? I really don't agree with the word used, makes things seem negative. Or maybe a minor language lapse in translating from Japanese to English (ahh.. not blaming translations or translator), since "emergency" may just be another less suitable synonym to refer to an ad-hoc, quickly-arranged-without-prior-notice kind of event. Personally I don't think it is that serious, but has the sales progressed to such a desperate stage already? Although I mostly don't care about numbers, I have to admit this is getting a little worrying. But at least UMJ is putting in effort to bring up the sales. There are many factors to debate about too, but it will just be speculations on our part. Edited November 16, 2012 by Redresonance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0uki Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I heard that it was Gyuri who went out for the 1-day event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0uki Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Day 1 2. Girls Forever - 28,724 Day 2 2. Girls Forever - 15,163 Day 3 1. Girls Forever - 7,206 Total: 51,093 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseul Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 maybe kara will be sticky again kara's songs always grow on me. Even with songs i think are just okay, i begin loving them every time i hear it another round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4summer Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) look at the fans, i hope today will be the same or better. [c] kj kamiliaduck [c] marchonsvite04 Edited November 17, 2012 by red4summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjy Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 ^ Wow, the store looks packed ! I think everyone wants to see goddess too. Haha Found a few newspaper reports on the event. I think its good to generate buzz . Can't seem to embed yfrog pictures. But here's the links https://yfrog.com/Himg688/scaled.php?tn=0&server=688&filename=u4yo.jpg&xsize=480&ysize=480 https://yfrog.com/Himg824/scaled.php?tn=0&server=824&filename=6xju.jpg&xsize=480&ysize=480 Heard that today is Nicole's turn. Hope today goes well too . Better yet , why not both gyucole together as store managers :D/>..haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARAzy88 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 The thing with record companies, it's about the bottom line. They are in the business of making money, just like any other company. If sales fall below what they expected, then they shift to that "emergency" mode. Super Girl set that bar pretty high so it sounds like, to me anyway, that UMJ was expecting the same type of response or better. But in any case, they are working with 5 hardworking girls that also believe in this album. Smart move to promote the album further having Gyuri do the store manager thing. Judging by Gyuri's response, she also enjoyed doing it. Hey they're already at 50000+. Gold status by next week is not unrealistic, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1s3k1 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) the album is selling much much less than Girls Talk too which is depressing Girl's Talk Super Girl Girl's Forever 10/11/24 11/11/23 12/11/14 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 月 *13,265 ---,--- ---,--- 前作比 火 *22,873 *73,076 *28,724 -61% 水 *19,214 *55,486 *15,163 -73% 木 *13,142 *27,210 **7,206 -74% 金 *11,836 *30,024 ***,*** 土 *11,217 *37,357 ***,*** 日 *10,335 *36,449 ***,*** ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 計 101,882 259,602 *51,093 週 107,403 275,206 ***,*** 累 443,491 745,450 ***,*** Edited November 17, 2012 by k1s3k1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Well, life is that, there 's up and also down, can't forever expect to stay on top Just glad that we can still enjoy watching the girls at least 2 more years And hope for a better result for the future release. Fighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4summer Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) the fans are still there, maybe it's just that this ablum doesn't really fit into the public. there're always next and next&next ablums, we can do it better. 13 months left for umj to get it right. Edited November 17, 2012 by red4summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Today sales = 5,933 (#2) Total sales = 57,026 *praying for a huge weekend boost and stole the #1 spot from Sexy Zone* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badkidz Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 i really like this album! all the new song also catchy and easy listening! totally KARA that we all know. but i haven't heard the remix version, hope it also good. well, just hope the album get more sales. it seems j-kamilia prefer buying the KARASIA Japan. can't wait to see it ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0uki Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Day 1 2. Girls Forever - 28,724 Day 2 2. Girls Forever - 15,163 Day 3 1. Girls Forever - 7,206 Day 4 2. Girls Forever - 5,933 Day 5 3. Girls Forever - 5,588 Total: 62,614 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1s3k1 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseul Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 62k is amazing. 3piecelover (project group with 1 japanese actor, 1 japanese rock singer, and 1 member from ze:a korean pop group had barely 2k for their second single) kara will have their up and downs. The life of a music artist goes in seasons there is a spring summer autumn and winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neopode Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 i'm surprised this isn't selling that well, this is a fantastic album in my honest opinion. Though problems with Japan's Economy has been present for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NA1NSXR Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 I have given the album a lot of chances to sink in because i really wanted to like it but its not happening. I don't think its the economy, I just think the product isn't as good this time around. I find it really hard to believe the person in charge of procuring music for Super Girl is the same person or group of people who did it for this album. That is how different it sounds to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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