Why do kpop fans still discredit chinese album sales?

  • Discrediting chinese album sales has always been a thing in kpop, like discrediting SEA fans support.

    For Twice, kpop fans even came with the excuse years ago that they were lacking chinese sales but they had big sales just because of japanese fans.

    Having chinese fans buying albums is always used as a drag like: "it's chinese bots" or "most of them are chinese bulk buying".

    Do kpop fans think sales should only come from Korea?


    Why do you think chinese sales are still being discredited?

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  • That one company success stan who’s been pulling that all over this forum had previously wished a group under their fave company suddenly got a C-sale boost as well so..


    they just want to dismiss or nullify stuff they can’t weaponize for themselves. Typical salty kpop fans

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    Kpop fans should bow down to Chinese fans or many kpop groups and even their faves included wouldn't sell millions like they do lol

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  • I've said it before, but the blatant xenophobia that gets a pass in kpop fandoms is super gross.


    When it comes to streaming/voting you see the same discrediting of SEA fans efforts.

  • I've said it before, but the blatant xenophobia that gets a pass in kpop fandoms is super gross.


    When it comes to streaming/voting you see the same discrediting of SEA fans efforts.

    This xenophobia is sadly never ending, I remember all the times exo's sales were discredited and kpop fans were mocking them for having chinese sales but guess what even their faves do have them but they be like:

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  • K-pop fans often treat populations of human beings as disposable commodities. They use those numbers as bragging rights for their favorites, downplay such metrics for other groups, and shamelessly exhibit xenophobic attitudes when convenient.

  • I think sales in general coming from any country shouldn't be discredited, they are still sales and it's thanks to these countries that their faves are selling their albums

    of course. most things that kpop fans discredit, shouldnt get discredited.

    i didnt thought you would take my post that serious.^^


    If you fave have low sales. they will discredit you fave for low sales. if that dont fit they will say its chinese sales. if that dont fit its mass buying.^^

  • of course. most things that kpop fans discredit, shouldnt get discredited.

    i didnt thought you would take my post that serious.^^


    If you fave have low sales. they will discredit you fave for low sales. if that dont fit they will say its chinese sales. if that dont fit its mass buying.^^

    Omg I didn't get the joke and thought you were serious before :oops::pepe-peek:

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  • I discredit most everything coming out of that Communist country.

    China is not even fully socialist anymore . They have a very specific economic experience that I don't think any other country ever had. It's mostly socialist in rural areas, while being fiercely capitalist in some urban areas, although not exactly free in the sense of classic capitalists used to believe to be the most productive way to create wealth

  • I never took chinese sales seriously despite my fav group getting a decent % from there. I would never defend the inflation of sales going to the dumpsters and damaging the planet even more :pepe-shrug:

    A sale is a sale. Why dont you take it seriously? You know there are 1.4 billion people from china, and 1 chinabar has hundreds k of people not just 1 person right?


    Traditionally, Japan is known for bulk buying and it is easier for them to do so because of stores actually have stock of kpop albums unlike china.

  • Chinese fans are fans like any other. I think kpop fans like to discredit them because they mass buying and have their own way of seeing and consuming kpop. Anyway it's stupid they also have the right to buy albums, they do nothing wrong. Companies should thank these dedicated fans in China and SEA rather than marginalize them as they are doing now.


    Kpop fans should bow down to Chinese fans or many kpop groups and even their faves included wouldn't sell millions like they do lol

    Chinese fans have an important influence and allow the massive success of many groups for sure, but it's not at all a country for the future of kpop because of the political context between south korea and china. If the tension continues to grow, some groups and society could even pay a high price for having such close ties with China.


    But we obviously hope that the tensions do not increase, it would be disastrous and not only for kpop.

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  • Xenophobia or Racism.


    Pick your poison. Kpop fandoms are very permissive of it where-ever possible. It's especially flagrant because all kpop fandoms(regardless of nation of origin) participate in the same practices.

  • Chinese fans are fans like any other. I think kpop fans like to discredit them because they mass buying and have their own way of seeing and consuming kpop. Anyway it's stupid they also have the right to buy albums, they do nothing wrong. Companies should thank these dedicated fans in China and SEA rather than marginalize them as they are doing now.


    Chinese fans have an important influence and allow the massive success of many groups for sure, but it's not at all a country for the future of kpop because of the political context between south korea and china. If the tension continues to grow, some groups and society could even pay a high price for having such close ties with China.


    But we obviously hope that the tensions do not increase, it would be disastrous and not only for kpop.

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    I agree with you, China is a country at risk for all the tensions but let's hope it won't affect kpop that much and that fans can continue to support kpop groups.

    Chinese fans shouldn't be discredited and being generalized because of the country itself

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  • I mean it’s just inflate the numbers it’s true doesn’t mean it’s not real sales. Like fan sign inflate too.

    Or YouTube views there is a difference between a group who uses ads and not.

    But the one who doesn’t use will get called flop.

    In fact it doesn't make sense for kpop fans to be mad about bulk buy and "inflating sales"

    Anyone is free to do what they want with their money and those sales will give money to companies so they can also pay their groups.

    It's a win win in the end, bulk buy or not chinese fans are real people but get treated like bots

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  • Wait...I will give a better answer to your question I think that’s just jealousy a group with a big fanbase in china will Will have more advantages than a group with a tiny fanbase here. I don’t think that’s racism. People just discredit everything. At least people are aware of China’s selling power. That’s better than saying SEA fans don’t contribute that much just because people have that mindset that Sea fans are poor, while you look at most streams and albums sales they’re behind Korea, Japan and China (sometimes the US for some groups) and I do think they can buy more than korean fans.

  • Idk about discrediting but for me is odd enough to be a 800k - 1million seller, but have 0 albums over 500m in spotify, like how are you stucking in the 200m-400m streams per album yet selling 800k-1m.

    Chinese fans can use Spotify to stream?? I thought they are limited to use platforms like YouTube and many more

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  • Wait...I will give a better answer to your question I think that’s just jealousy a group with a big fanbase in china will Will have more advantages than a group with a tiny fanbase here. I don’t think that’s racism. People just discredit everything. At least people are aware of China’s selling power. That’s better than saying SEA fans don’t contribute that much just because people have that mindset that Sea fans are poor, while you look at most streams and albums sales they’re behind Korea, Japan and China (sometimes the US for some groups) and I do think they can buy more than korean fans.

    Now I got it.

    Yes maybe it's not always racism but a good percentage for sure is.

    Still kpop fans are weird and if a group doesn't have much Chinese fans they drag them for being nugu in China. Then they get Chinese sales and still get dragged for that, they just can't pick a side

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  • they can also buy chinese digitals, and as far as I know the artists that can actually get good digitals in china are a few ones only, BP, BTS, BB, Rosé

    Buying albums means also having photocards etc and kpop fans care a lot about this.

    I am sure many other kpop groups get a good amount of Chinese digital sales but not at the level of big groups

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  • Probably hate China/Chinese in general otherwise I don’t see why the biggest market in the world buying most albums is the most unbelievable shit ever.

    It's just kpop fans discrediting chinese sales as companies are happy with them and in the past when tours were available, groups used to go there for fansigns and concerts. For sure they don't discredit chinese sales, without them many groups as I said, won't sell millions

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  • Idk about discrediting but for me is odd enough to be a 800k - 1million seller, but have 0 albums over 500m in spotify, like how are you stucking in the 200m-400m streams per album yet selling 800k-1m.

    Oh boy. Streaming not = sale. Its ironic isn't? Dont you remember at a time that Blackpink is only known for streaming? Like most haters would make fun of their streaming achievements without sale? I still remember that clearly.

  • Oh boy. Streaming not = sale. Its ironic isn't? Dont you remember at a time that Blackpink is only known for streaming? Like most haters would make fun of their streaming achievements without sale? I still remember that clearly.

    Lol you spilled

    Kpop fans will always find a way to discredit something for real, they change narratives all the time

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