Without Chinese fanbars, girl groups sales would tank

The majority of sales from big selling gg like aespa and blackpink comes from China. Twice has Japan. Without this, these groups wouldn’t be anywhere as big sellers are they are. Streaming yes. Sales? No.

Is there anything wrong with having sales from China only? If not then why does it matter.

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Is there anything wrong with having sales from China only? If not then why does it matter.

Kpop was banned in China for years over some political drama. Back then the only groups still selling were exo and t-area. That reality could easily happen again, this is China we are talking about.

Relying on Chinese sales for longevity is stupid

First of all, the groups mentioned above have good sales without sales from China, ex: Blackpink, they sold 1 million without the sales from China, do your research properly.

2nd of all, Japan is isn't China, two different countries. Cbars exist in China, not Japan, learn your geography.

3rd of all, Chinese sales come from people too, general knowledge.

And finally, without Chinese fanbars boygroup sales would 'tank' too, where do you think they get those sales from? Out of thin air?

out of 1.5 M blackpink only had 600k from china the rest is from international fans this applies to groups like aespa, Ive etc

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First of all, the groups mentioned above have good sales without sales from China, ex: Blackpink, they sold 1 million without the sales from China, do your research properly.

2nd of all, Japan is isn't China, two different countries. Cbars exist in China, not Japan, learn your geography.

3rd of all, Chinese sales come from people too, general knowledge.

And finally, without Chinese fanbars boygroup sales would 'tank' too, where do you think they get those sales from? Out of thin air?

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When did I say they are the same don’t play dumb man. Japanese fans are the audience Kpop groups have been benefiting most from for years. They are loyal

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The majority of sales from big selling gg like aespa and blackpink comes from China. Twice has Japan. Without this, these groups wouldn’t be anywhere as big sellers are they are. Streaming yes. Sales? No.

Blackpink still sold a million without china. They are fine

not you being a salty bg stan 🥺

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Kpop was banned in China for years over some political drama. Back then the only groups still selling were exo and t-area. That reality could easily happen again, this is China we are talking about.

Relying on Chinese sales for longevity is stupid

But that stuff is out of anyone's control. If China decided to ban kpop then there's not much any label find do about. For the time being it's the smart decision to make money from China while it's open.

Besides what other options are there? Japan requires tours and sometimes appearing on shows, China doesn't give a shit, they'll buy regardless if idols even visit which saves a lot of money. Rest of Asia is still growing but it's still a much smaller market. The west is opening up but it's still too be tested, the sales from there are still lower than Asia and it takes more money for American promo. Plus there no guarantee of sales in America for everyone, a brand new group like new jeans isn't going to smash sales in America in the same as they already so in Asia/China.

So at the of the day it's useless try to predict the economy especially as we fans don't earn anything from sales. Just let the sales come from where ever they do.

I've never really understood the whole idea behind Cbars. Why do they exist? What stops other countries from having them? I find the kpop community really weird.

boy groups don't sell in China?

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I've never really understood the whole idea behind Cbars. Why do they exist? What stops other countries from having them? I find the kpop community really weird.

They're just fan clubs that buy albums. That's it. That's nothing wrong with it. Anyone can do it if they want.

But because it's China everyone's suspicious and everything must be fake or cheating in some way. It's borderline xenophobia how fan behaviour in China is looked down upon but fans doing the same or even more extra things in other counties is excused.

Why are gg sales being treated differently than bg sales?

And why are Chinese sales being treated differently than sales in other countries? Chinese are people too.

Without Chinese sales, gg sales have increased the past 2 years too due to international kpop growth, digipacks, handshake/fanmeet lotteries etc.

Blackpink would still be a million seller without china. Good try though lol

glad all my faves will do well with or without cbars