マレーシア・ニュース

マウィのアルバムが爆発的人気

[ クアラルンプール ] マウィーのアルバム「ライヴ」が爆発的ヒットをとばし、社会現象となっている。昨日（25/8）現在、８万１千枚のセールスを記録している。発売１週間にしては異例のヒット。
アスマウィ・アニ（２４）はジョホールバル出身で、アカデミー・ファンタシア（AF)で３位に入賞したのをきっかけに、メディアでひっぱりだこになっている。「ザ・ベスト・オブ・マウィ・ワールド」はＣＤ価格がＲＭ21、カセットはＲＭ16.80で販売されているが、予想を上回る発注に急遽生産に追われている状態のようだ。

[ 8月27日　2：48　ＭＣＳ]

解説）マレーシアで最も成功している女優シティー・ヌル・ハリザを凌ぐのではないかと言われている、今最も勢いのある歌手。マレー系の間で人気が高い。

ニュース・ソース

81,000　ＵＮＩＴＳ SOLD
Sale of Mawi's live recordings reaching dizzy heights

[ KUALA LUMPUR ] The phenomenon that is Mawi rages on with repeat orders for his album of 'live' recordings.
As of yesterday evening,81,200 units have been sold.
The figure sets him apart as possibly the fastest selling act in the first week of release,and definitely the first of its kind for a debut effort which is not even a studio album.
Asmawi Ani,24,who hails from Kulai,Johor,won the third instalment of Akademi Fantasia(AF) and since then,he has been the darling of the media for his rags to riches story.He comes from a religious background in a Felda settlement.
The Best Of Mawi World,selling at Rm21 for CDs and RM16.80 per cassette,is produced by Maestro Records and Zezz Entertainment and distributed by Life Records.It features recordings of the 12 songs performed by Mawi in the AF series.
Zezz Entertainment Group managing director Mohd Firhad Amat confirmed the figures.
"On the first day,we shipped out 24,000 units nationwide and these were immediately snapped up," he said "Yesterday,at noon,the production side reported repeat orders totalling 17,000 within the last 48 hours.
"Within 24 hours,another 41,000 confirmed orders were received,bringing the total to 81,200."
Nasyid group Raihan,which holds the all-time record of more than 700,000 units sold for their debut album,Puji-Pujian,in 1997,also holds the record for fastest selling album in a day.
Their second album,Syukur,in 1999,had a first day ship-out of 50,000 units.
One of the closest competitors is Jamal Abdillah's Aku Penghibur,an album featuring the singer doing covers, which has sold 38,000 so far.
The sale of that album,was spurred by the popularity of one of the songs,Gadis Melayu,which was also one of the song 'assignments' coverd by Mawi during the weekly Akademi Fantasia concerts.

[The Malay Mail 26/8/2005]