Ive and Gidle RAK  The way I won 

Watch Seventeen next comeback pull 7M  

At this rate, will top BGs pull like 10M preorder by next year 

Digital (In Korea)

1. NJ

2. IVE

3. GIDLE

4. aespa

5. LSF

 

Album:

1. aespa

2. LSF

3. IVE

4. GIDLE

5. NJ (only because they haven’t released an actual album, likely to be 1st or 2nd)

 

Relevance in Korea right now (to me):

1. IVE

2. NJ (cuz they haven’t released)

3. GIDLE (smashing rn)

4. aespa (Spicy did abit better than Unforgiven locally so far, and whatever varieties they/Karina are on get so many views)

5. LSF

 

touring wise I think only aespa has an actual tour so far right? so that remains to be seen. aespa has a lot of work to do to rebuild what was lost during Girls era to catch up but they’re still doing great methinks. seeing the reactions from crowds at festivals leads me to believe they’re still super popular.

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41 minutes ago, Ryan said:

NJ is coming back soon right?

early July

honestly I think the sales of kpop artists will remain stagnant soon idk these jumps just isn't attainable in the long run 

gidle smashing again with queencard

 

I was told that they’d be flopping after nxde  

 

2 minutes ago, jeanie said:

honestly I think the sales of kpop artists will remain stagnant soon idk these jumps just isn't attainable in the long run 

Exactly! Stagnation is going to hit them hard and I can see such a decline that selling anywhere above 500k will look remarkable.

It wouldn’t be ktrl K-pop thread if y’all weren’t trying to diminish Gidles consistent growth  i find their growth so impressive 

 

SKZ with 5m pre orders  kpop sales are so unserious now

but i'm stanning anyone that demolishes the ugly bots so let's go bang me chan and co

cant wait until the next kpop group scans 10M first day

 

8 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

SKZ with 5m pre orders  kpop sales are so unserious now

but i'm stanning anyone that demolishes the ugly bots so let's go bang me chan and co

These numbers seem so unreal. It's not that I dont believe them, but – I don't get how an artist in Korea could move millions of preorders, when an artist from the USA, a country with a much higher population, can't. 

GIDLE is giving me this gen’s MAMAMOO

the ugly bots being ended by 2 different boy groups. insane  

 

6 minutes ago, ks_dollar said:

These numbers seem so unreal. It's not that I dont believe them, but – I don't get how an artist in Korea could move millions of preorders, when an artist from the USA, a country with a much higher population, can't. 

they have a pretty huge fanbase like seventeen so I believe these sales

the reason why kpop albums sell this much is because of photocards. basically, more group members = more sales

 

btw, how many album versions does skz has?

lol 5M pre-orders but the first day streams is going to be like 1.7M-2M

 

physical sales really means nothing nowadays for k-pop 

Gidle seems popular as a group but have no relevance outside of their group name.

 

both Soyeon and Miyeon tanked with solos. I don’t think people actually care about them outside of their novelty songs. Since tomboy they’ve been very gimmicky with the songs which is great for digital success but no one is going “Yas gidle is my fave group” 

Edited May 30, 20233 yr by Gaia

5 stars will probably outsell MOTS:7 first before FML does.. 

 

MOTS: 7 is at 5,037,554 sales FML is at 4,601,656 while 5 star preoder is at 4.9m 

STRAY KIDS 

 

And there's "just" around 900k from China. The way they would get over 4M pre orders regardless the cbars is INSANE

 

  

will be nice to see if skz will also end up charting decently in korea since this time seventeen has managed to bag an actual stable top 10 song on melon but idk skz is still nugu in Korea much more than enhypen...  it's gonna be weird how they have like 4.9m sales internationally but cant even enter top 100 on their own home country  ive never seen a much bigger disparity of popularity in kpop

Using accumulated career stats make me sense when newjeans shat down the throats of every other 4th gen gg with their two releases

 

Those pre-orders are ridiculous. The fact that they don’t correlate with the actual popularity of the group makes them more insane

14 minutes ago, Gaia said:

Gidle seems popular as a group but have no relevance outside of their group name.

 

both Soyeon and Miyeon tanked with solos. I don’t think people actually care about them outside of their novelty songs. Since tomboy they’ve been very gimmicky with the songs which is great for digital success but no one is going “Yas gidle is my fave group” 

Also they aren't from a big company. It's an uphill battle for them.

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the way physicals are quickly becoming irrelevant… congrats to stray kings though. 

19 minutes ago, Gaia said:

Gidle seems popular as a group but have no relevance outside of their group name.

 

both Soyeon and Miyeon tanked with solos. I don’t think people actually care about them outside of their novelty songs. Since tomboy they’ve been very gimmicky with the songs which is great for digital success but no one is going “Yas gidle is my fave group” 

Proof that everyone doesn’t need a solo career tbh. Some are better when part of a sum. 

Most searched female idols in Japan in 2023:

1. Sakura

2. Sana

3. Wonyoung

4. Momo

5. Chaewon

6. Rei

7. Tzuyu

8. Winter

9. Nayeon

10. Mina

 

Japan’s obsession with Twice is still going strong