How to make #1 monthly single??

[Steel]

How?! Money not working, me angrey

30,070,000 yen production value, viral marketing campaign, hit new single?

AAAAAH FCUUUUCKC VIRAL MARKETING FAILED! NET LOSS OF -19,720,500

I hate you Glace Brise, simple as. But even had it worked they likely still would've beaten me. I assume I have more money but they have more fans? How do I accrue fans ASAP? Money isn't an issue I'm just tired of being stuck in chapter one cause rival group seems to always get first place.

[Spud the Spud]

Group handshake event so hardcore fans buy more copies, plenty of fans, select choices that are popular with your fans for creating the song, don't release any singles for a full month prior. That's it.

Example, if I wanted the best outcome for my next single I'd go with (and idk if this would be exactly right for your group and how you've built them up), Group Handshake, Pop, Happiness, Cute. That gets me plenty of broad appeal, Hardcore fans like it at 180% right now, and thanks to the group handshake (at my current skill level) they'll buy 48% more copies).

I release number 1 singles pretty much every time now, just doing that. Obviously wouldn't have worked without enough fans to make it happen, so you need a fanbase first. Well, tbh I change things up as I'm trying to skill up different stuff, but you get the point.

[Steel]

I've been waiting for a month, but I'm save scumming this single to try and pin down what works, last time I did handshakes it failed but I will try

[Spud the Spud]

I was editing my last comment while you responded, and added another paragraph. It may be helpful to you.

[Steel]

Ah, alright. My group leans more towards cool then cute, but my main concern in this instance then is trends. Is it worth following them or if I make a song popular enough will it shift what is losing popularity?

[Spud the Spud]

I've never paid much attention to the trends, tbh, so I don't know about that.

I did remember one other thing though. Skill level of your staff. I have 2 dance studios and 2 recording studios, one of each for production and one of each for coaching. I also have an office worker focused on production as well, and all of those are at the highest level I could hire them at. That also helps in producing a good product that people want. That helps quite a bit.

[Sai Kyouji]

Forget about Viral. Try Edgy or Sexy and build around it. They are easier to manage.

[\\F.A.B.// Lucius]

Titus, I did first after NOT continuing the story until I had more than 100k fans. Just don`t start the rivalry, and then you will get enough fans and energy to keep increasing your fan base while your rival will be way behind you. I was suffering every run like you, until I read in another thread that you just have to not continue the story and then you have all the time in the world to build your agency.

Have fun!

[Andrew]

If you're already save scumming just save at the end of the month before they put the chart out. The chart and sales, aside from your singles, are random, so just reload until you get first.

[Steel]

I will try everything listed, but some questions on the story portion.

Lucius, you said not to continue the story, at which point though? Cause I'd hate to have to restart, I'm on chapter 1 where my story goal is number 1 monthy single to continue but I'd hate to hear that I've soft-locked myself.

[Ibrins]

Fanbase is key. I've been going with digital releases only, and it took me about a year to grow my fanbase enough to beat the rival company on the singles charts. Needed something like 250-300k fans to get around 200k single sales, which is what the rival is hovering around at. I think this needs to be rebalanced a bit, 'cause I don't think you should be arranging concerts worth 100mil yen and still be on chapter 1, haha.

[\\F.A.B.// Lucius]

Originally posted by Titus "Witch Hunter" Steel:

I will try everything listed, but some questions on the story portion.

Lucius, you said not to continue the story, at which point though? Cause I'd hate to have to restart, I'm on chapter 1 where my story goal is number 1 monthy single to continue but I'd hate to hear that I've soft-locked myself.

BEFORE THAT! Just don't advance AT ALL.

Start a new game, and as soon as you can manage your idols, IGNORE the story. I found out that the game expects you to have built a fan base before proceding because the rate of new fans your rival gets every month is (to me) impossible to follow (and I don't want to wait until my fan base is more than 200k to beat him). The point is to have a single chart where your rival is not present. They only show up after the story in the TV channel where you meet them. So before you do that event, make your fan base like 100k fans, and then when this 1st place single challenge shows up, you will be the unmatched winner in the first try. There is absolutely no reason why we should rush the story while not being prepared for the challenges ahead.

[Steel]

I thank you all for your answers, with that said I was finally able to get top single with individual handshake event, I went with happiness as everyone ended up liking the song then but casuals.

[Dead2Rights]

I always seem to have more luck establishing a sister group first and then having them get the #1 spot. I'm not quite sure why they always seem to perform better than the main act, but they do. Possibly it's because they can select their own appeal? I generally just focus on hardcore fans and male fans.