A lot of fans throw album sales as the primary indicator of popularity/success because that's the only thing they've got.

  • I said what I said.


    People put this stat on a pedestal and the end all be all of success because for most international fans thats what they see, when in reality most groups especially nowadays have little general public appeal and presence in the domestic market.


    Obviously does not apply to all groups, but in a general sense for most groups.

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  • bg stans are really being shown all the corners of the room lately.

  • For popularity streams are many times more important than album sales and those who deny are coping

  • It’s interesting tho because people will say this then be the first to shout when their own group hits a major album sales goal or talk about their charting on Billboard, which is tied into album sales. It’s only a problem or not valid when it’s someone else.

  • BG fandoms and MYs I'm looking at you


    It’s interesting tho because people will say this then be the first to shout when their own group hits a major album sales goal or talk about their charting on Billboard, which is tied into album sales. It’s only a problem or not valid when it’s someone else.

    no one said it's not valid? its just that fans brag about these and completely ignore all other fields because their faves are tanking there lmfao it's not hard to understand

  • Preach! What are you really if you can't pull anything outside your fandom/bubble?

  • certainly the story of current million sellers

    cannot even get album certifications worldwide

  • Nct 127's Sticker album charted in Belgium, Croatia, Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Japan, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US

  • Honestly sales of any kind isn't a good indicator of popularity or success. I'm a multistan and there is no way I could be able to afford to buy things from all the groups I stan. A lot of my k-pop friends are also multistans and they buy basically just their ults things when they can. Not everyone can buy anything from k-pop groups.

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