Has Kpop surpassed Western music?

    Do you feel like Kpop has become more relevant than Western music this year?

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    Outside of the west, kpop is becoming equally on par with western music lately. Expect from Harry Styles, there's no outstanding performer globally this year.

    nooooooo. for kpop stans yes. everyone else no. still very much niche. still very much "oh, a group of asian men, is that called a bts?"

    define “relevant”


    with critics, it’s definitely FINALLY getting more attention and being seen as an important “movement”


    if you care what suburban normies think, then radio and Uggs are what is relevant

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    Huh?

    Kpop artists are making more noise than western artists globally (excluding the west). Western artists have no consistency in making hits neither do they have a sizeable fandom anymore. Weeknd, JB, Taylor, Ariana, Doja and Megan are the only relevant ones who have some fandom but they haven't released much music/hits lately. So I consider only Harry Styles is doing well.

    Yep kpop plus the internet killed off the disney/nick pop factory.

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    Noooope, BTS came close with their back to back singles from 2020 to 2021 (butter, dynamite, ptd, my universe etc) but still couldn't penetrate the market fully and fell flat this year as most of their songs are underperforming now. If they maintained the momentum maybe they would have breached it but they fell hard. As for other kpop acts not one of them is even close to achieving western numbers. So nope kpop didn't surpass western music industry in any form.

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