I found a chart but I'm not exactly sure how to read it.

127 BOA BOA 4,293 29,999 4,322

I have the full chart so I thought it was number, name, album name, sales this week, sales last week and then total sales, but if 29,999 is the number last week why wasn't it added in the total?

It's supposed to be
Sales this week = 4,293
Sales last week = 29 (don't know what that's about )
% Change compared to last week = 999% (that's the standard number they put for a debut)
Total sales = 4,322 (4,293 + 29)

Ah that makes much more sense. The chart had some many commas I wasn't sure what was what.

Expect the numbers to jump on April 7th!! Us Canadians fans are waiting patiently...

The last place I'd expect BoA to promote herself is on MAPLESTORY >___>

THE REAL REASON why the numbers are so impressive is that for some reason SM or FONTANA decided to backorder the album or something wrong happened
thats why people weren't able to buy in stores, even though they wanted to, i got 2 copies at best buy and that was it

the numbers are typical for foreign artist in america because they release the album first and then decide on their singles, completely opposite of japanese music industry
after the artist release its album, they start to promote it with their lead single. if their single is HOT then their album will start to sell

I KNOW BoA CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA, BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE ON THE RADIO ASAP!

MAYBE THE REASON WHY SHE'S NOT GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO PERFORM IS THE FACT THAT SHE HAS A TOUR IN LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE, SO SHE HAS TO START TO REHEARSE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF! =]

haha i know, but hey its promtion so it can be anywhere!

If that tour is that case i hope she dosent overwork herslef again with the radio promotion that BoA said she would in an interview
BTW does anyone knoe where she would go for the tour?

BoA needs more promotions (X_X) . . .

Seriously it's been quiet lately (.__." ) ~~

I do hope I Did It For Love Single will become successful . . .

I also hope they make Obsessed as a single, that song is something that would be a hit if it was played in the radios A LOT.

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Seriously, it will be more quiet next week
Because she will come back to Japan again.
4/4 at Springroove 09: http://www.springroove.com/09/
6/4 at BoA Release Party “BEST&USA” - Thank You For Your Support

SM should give us a little new info, right now

GAH!?!?!

What's with the Japan promotions?

BoA seriously needs MORE U.S. promotions.

When are they going to start the US promos? May? (O.o) ?

I mean I don't mind BoA being in Japan but I just hope SM Ent. won't delay her promotions like 4 months after the release . . . .

i thought BoA had the Itunes 360 or w/e want all her radio station roadtrip thing

^and I'm waiting for her PSP promo And I'm mostly waiting for her iPhone promo - I'm hoping she can connect with Apple and somehow (highly unlikely) get one of her songs on their ads. Eat You Up would have been perfect around the time it was released XD

Well her sickness is probably going to delay her promotions. Even if it takes that, I'll accept. I've been sick many times before and to think I have to get up and work under limited days rest would SUCK.

Think BoA are handling the promotions ok. But SM needs to decide what they want. They can't have her promote in Japan and US at same time. Focus at one area, especially since she needs to do alot more PR in the US. They also need to focus on getting new fans not just pleasing thoose that knew her from before.

Well her promotions in Japan are under Avex not SM.
Honestly, I don't think SM would have anything to do with Japan.
That's the best part of working under two different labels.
They both want you to be here, there, and everywhere all at once.

Plus Japan is where she is making the most money right now.
So it makes sense.

true that would suck when i had a fever i was in bed for like 3 days and coundent do anything and even after that i had to force myslef to go to school and it was a lot on me


ture they need to attract more new BoA fans...ive tryied my best to show all of my friends BoA new English songs they all enjoyed it but they said it would be better if it was on radios so i hope Sm startes there Radio play and MV on tv things soon

Well SM are her "main" label with Avex taking care of the Japan market. With that SM should have planned the whole thing better so that the agreements they have with Avex wouldn't interfere with her US launch.

What I don't understand is how could she only sell ~4000 copies? On her facebook, she has like 30,000 fans. :[

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She'd probably sell more if her album was sold in stores.. but unfortunately most people have to order on Amazon.. (which is ok for people who are used to ordering online however most would rather buy it at the store)

I was checking her FB, and this means only 13% percent of her FB fans bought the album.
Like Jini said, the album is missing from stores, but also.. many of her fans are in Asia (facebook is international). If they did buy it (and I hope more than 13% of her fanclub purchased an album), it would probably be through YesAsia or something that does not count towards Billboard.

I heard the album is being sold in Forever21? Apparently my friend saw her cds there.. I'm gonna check it out tommorow and smack myself in the face if they are there. (I've been looking for her album everywhere!!!)

I'm confused BoA Debuted at#20 on itunes album charts on march 19, with her album while Utada debuted at 19. and there calling it more of a success. is it really?

What do u mean?
Who called it a success???

From what I gather Utada peaked at #18 and got there faster and is falling slower than Boa did.

If it means anything however, I don't think Utada's first week will outsell Boa's first week. Boa was doing well on both iTunes and Amazon while Utada seems to be selling mostly in just iTunes. Boa's album was also available in stores and although it was/is extremely hard to find, when we're talking about numbers as low as 4000 copies it does make a difference.

It'll be interesting to see how Utada does when the CD is released in May.

My thoughts exactly. It's just freaking stupid having her jet back and forth, back and forth. It's wearing her down, making her sick, and limiting the promotional activities she can take up in America because she has to jump on a plane every 5 minutes.

If you're going to try and break America, you go there, you stay there, you work hard and you promote yourself everywhere. I don't know what they think they're doing, and amazing as BoA is, this is too much for one person to deal with. It was one thing hopping from Japan to Korea, but it's pretty unreasonable to make her go on those awful long flights so often, and then expect her to keep up with her manic schedules @.@

Could it be that the 30k accounts for the fans around the world?

news update

I did it for love MV will be out soon



From Crazyasian @ soompi.com

zomg, I heart youu

Cannot wait for it. Darn my iTunes cash is lower than a dollar now. I have to build it up just to buy this MV!!

And random lol - the beginning of Scream kept reminding me of something but I couldn't figure it out until now: ADVENT CHILDREN ! lolzers. Not everyone will get me otherwise so Man if I had the right equipment and everything along with some unused footage of Diane Martel's Eat You Up, I can make a fanmade music video with AC footage

Well, BoA's Best & USA album already released and she's probably finishing up promotions for it now. Then, she'll probably (hopefully) focus on the States then. I think they just wanted something to bring in some more revenue, just in case this album bombed. But 4000 copies WITHOUT ANY HUGE/MEDIUM PROMOTIONS is pretty darn good.

Strange how all of my Canadian friends think that BoA's songs don't sound mainstream. They said it sounded "Weird, but hella catchy." How is BoA's debut American album weird? I thought it was pretty mainstream myself.

That is pretty weird, considering a lot of Canadians love Lady Gaga (not to compare to BoA in anyway but just for the fact the songs are all dance tuney). But yeah it definitely does have its mainstream sound. O well as long as they love it. My Canadian friends got into BoA mostly from the MSN ad, which helped a lot in a small way, if you ask me And to my surprise, they'd look up BoA's past works - past Japanese/Korean works and actually fall in love with it.


EDIt: Yay HMV.ca listed her album. The supplier is Fontanna North. So don't forget Canadians, we got get it at the release date. I just hope we won't face the same "where's the album" crisis the US fans did !

Not if you factor in the cost of album production, the series of unused music videos, the namebrand staff, producers, MV Directors, songwriters, and dance choreographers enlisted to bolster BoA's survival chances... Dir en grey is far less popular than BoA, has far fewer US support (no MTV, no KiisFM, no radio airplay whatsoever), has virtually zero namebrand powerhouse producers backing their debut, didn't have enough money to promote Glass Skin MV, used an album packed with, of all things, JAPANESE SONGS (WTF were they thinking???), are distributed by an indie metal label that I've barely heard of, and they debuted much higher than BoA at 114 and sold slightly above 6000 in it's first week... Consider all the amt. invested by SM into this project, the outcome was no where near the input...

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I guess that is true. I'm not feeling a lot of disappointment actually, like some people, since promotions haven't started. I'll start crying (out of anger or joy.. Let's hope it's joy) after promotions are over. I believe in SMe... Haha!

And YES! HMV listed it! I can't wait! I have to tell all my friends hehe!

Yeah to be honest I'm not disappointed either.

The promotions SM Ent. are doing right now is so . . minimal.

I'll wait and see first what BoA has in store for America in the future ~

4000 copies is not a delighting number.Anyway,I don't fell disappointed.This is the first time.Her first Japanese album didn't do well,right?I have to believe in BoA and pray for a brighter future.

Look quick! Imeem featured a beautiful picture of BoA for Best of January!

i think she can get more album sold if sm will do a decent promotion, just like utada

LISTEN TO MY HEART did well in Japan. That was her first #1 album and her first album to be certified million by the RIAJ.

Well, in Canada, it's doing pretty well. I know this because the most popular girl in my school actually knows BoA now. She's white and listens to like Lady Gaga or Britney Spears, so her knowing BoA is a pretty good sign as she's pretty closed minded. She said MuchMusic has been playing BoA's MV repeatedly, so yeah.

But just in case, I'm buying 12copies

thats nice to here my teacher was playing tunes today while we were doing labs in science and then I did it for love came on it was BoA! l yelled BoA!!! and she was like James you know her and i was like i Love her!!

LMFAO so thats a good sign but it was my student teacher thats in collage

12 copys damn i only 5 so far

I was right, Utada debuted this week at #178 selling 3000, and Boa debuted #127 selling 4000, so Boa officially had a bigger debut than Utada.

(...of course this is ignoring Utada's was just a digital release LOL).

Was it a while back ago? I'm wondering if the huge decrease in CD-purchasing numbers might make their American attempt very different from BoA's. I mean, seriously, for a lot of the big-named artists who debuted and got successful a long time ago are experiencing CD sales numbers that are exponentially decaying...

But I definitely do think they needed to have BoA's CD available in more stores... Making it a treasure hunt probably hurt its potential... x_x;

I remember that I told my drama teacher about Eat You Up and then he made a dance routine for us. Everyone loves that song now in our drama class, which is around 55+ kids.

I hope BoA gets better and gears up for amazing promotions. Wasn't there some kind of idea to get BoA on Ellen or Oprah? I love Ellen, and it would be so cool to see BoA perform. Ellen vs. BoA in a dance battle! And we all know who would win =)

Ellen!

Just kidding... Haha. But yeah, seeing her on Ellen would be amazing! It's one of the few performance chances in the U.S. where a lot of age groups will be watching. Plus, getting to know someone like Ellen in the entertainment industry would never hurt (I doubt she'll have any good musical connections, but in this competitive industry, the more big-figures know you, the better, right?)

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Haha yes Ellen would definitely win! Her move when she would spread her legs apart and go through the coffee table would blow BoA's mind!

I can just imagine it now... BoA dancing and singing, while interacting with the audience. And then, the audience would get a free copy of BoA's CD and after listening to it, they'll tell everyone to buy it. Sales go up... TA DA! Sucess. Haha, only if it could be that easy.

Its good to hear about other people getting to know her
I havent heard anything from the people in my school sadly. T_T
About the availability, well I know for sure the HMV on Dundas and Yonge near Eatons centre
is getting in five copies on tuesday Two of which have been put on hold ;D
I checked today randomly and the guy told me someone already put a hold on a copy
and said I should probably put a copy on hold too since they're only getting five.
So those wondering about availability, just ask a store near you ! xD
I shoulda gone back to the HMV in eatons to see if they were getting it too
but was too tired to go back.

(Edit: *cough*IjustrealizedIstupidlydidn'tevenspecifywhere* For reference, I meant in Toronto >.<

Credit: Uriboa

only #127, thats very disappointing

Thanks for the updates (^__^)!

Can't say I'm ecstatic about the sales, but at least she almost made it into the Top 100. Hopefully it can sell another 1,000 next week...?