Sol-Fa: sales, rankings, and reviews
Sol-Fa[AKGs 2nd Album!]
Released: 10/20/2004
Tracks: 12
Includes Rewrite, Loop and Loop, Siren, and Kimi no Machi Made
After a lot of anticipation, Sol-Fa is finally out! Now could not be a better time for AKG, and I am gonna let you in on some numbers that will blow your mind away!
Sales for Sol-Fa According to Oricon:Initial sales (10/20/04): 300,000
2nd Week sales: 399,407
3rd Week sales: 450,116
4th Week sales: 474,333
5th Week sales: 489,243
6th Week sales: 499,321 My prediction: 40,000 (LOL, I was way off ^ ^! ) Kimi Tsunagi Five M:According to oricon, AKGs first CD originally sold about 20,000 copies. However, now that Sol-Fa has been released, Kimi Tsunagi Five M sales have increased to 30,000!
Oricon Ranking for Sol-Fa:Initial Debut (10/20 - 11/01): #1 on top 20 daily!
(11/09): #10 on top 20 daily!
(11/23): #20 on top 20 daily!
Weekly Ranking(10/24 - 11/08): #1 for 2 weeks! (11/15): #6 for the week!
(11/23): #11 for the week!
(11/29): #20 for the week!
Oricon Ranking For DVD:Initial Debut (11/26): #1 on top 20 daily!
(12/01): #6 on top 20 daily!
(12/03): #4 on top 20 daily!
Sony Rankings during Debut:#1 Best Artist Home Page!
#1 Mobile Phone Ranking!
#1 Sound Clip - Re: Re:
- - - -#5 - Yoru no Mukuo
- - - -#8 - Mayonaka to Mahiru no Yume
- - - -#10 - Rewrite
#4 Best Morrich Video - AKG Digest (advertisement for Sol-Fa)
#4 Best Bit MusicKimi no Machi Made
- - - -#5 - Rewrite
- - - -#10 - Loop and Loop
#10 Top Single - Kimi no Machi Made!
Look at all of those top rankings! Keep in mind Sony has at least 30 different Japanese singers, and AKG is one of the best right now! For the top sound clips, you will also be excited to know that AKG was ranked higher than other top artists like T.M. Revolution and Orange Range! Professional Reviews:-Amazon Japan
The music which overflows, the words which scatter - Major 1st album, Kimi Tsunagi Five M, with Asian Kung-Fu Generation which stands in the apex of a new generation lock band scene, made the 2nd album Sol-fa. Includes the singles Siren, Rewrite, Loop and Loop, and Kimi no Machi Made in this 12tune recording. AKG Fan Reviews: 1. This album has a fresh feel to it compared to Kimitsunagi Five M - - -Japanese Fan
2. Each song is very, very deep - and really requires repeated listenings. - - -Ginga
3. Kimi tsunagi five m WAS a better album. But I think that the flow of this one was the bigger flaw. I really like pretty much all of the songs, but the flow of it just throws me off. - - -Seth
4. The album is great. 24jr is a great song, and the reappearance of good songs like rewrite and loop and loop is just great. When it finished downloading I turned on the first song. I was like, yes thats it. - - -SnowAngel
5. This album seemed a little more softer than usual, but that did not take away from the songs at all. Rasuto shiin, 1 of the slowest songs on the album, is probably my fav right now. It just has a great beat. - - -Bluescreen
6. I really like Rasuto Shiin, this song has a interesting atmosphere. - - -Kaz Kazui
7. Sol-fa is the best cd I have ever listened to. None of the songs are bad they are the greatestE/i> - - -Jon Kerns
8. Even though much of their intensity has gone down, the songs on Sol-Fa still have the unique Asian Kung-Fu Generation feeling. My favorite track on the album is Riraito, but Rasuto Shiin intrigues me for some odd reason. - - -Connie Lu
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