I can understand now why Kpop companies now focus on western markets

It is amazing it took this long for the companies to realize that the K-O-R-E-A-N market was worthless and worse than useless.

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It is amazing it took this long for the companies to realize that the K-O-R-E-A-N market was worthless and worse than useless.

except for senior singer

well korea only has a population of what 50m?

the rest of the world has more and thus more potential customers...

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except for senior singer

Well, she is owned by Korea's biggest digital music seller so it is like her playground

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well korea only has a population of what 50m?

the rest of the world has more and thus more potential customers...

Plus it has an aging pop. Its birthrate is low so there are fewer younger people, and more older ones sticking to trot, and even some youngish singers are leaning toward trot because the money is there.

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Plus it has an aging pop. Its birthrate is low so there are fewer younger people, and more older ones sticking to trot, and even some youngish singers are leaning toward trot because the money is there.

if you know how big is trot in korea - I know that it's korean traditional music but how big is the industry of trot artists so to speak

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if you know how big is trot in korea - I know that it's korean traditional music but how big is the industry of trot artists so to speak

It is basically Japanese enka combined with some modern elements (ballad, rock, pop, dance, even rap)

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2021 Gallup Poll Results

So Gallup 2021 has been released! For those that dont know Gallup Poll is a yearly survey conducted in each sector of Korea to choose their favorite actors, comedians, singers, & TV personalities with polling taking place 3 times during July, October, and November this year. The survery is broken down into age groups 10s-60s for each category and since this forum is for kpop I'm just going to be posting the results for singers/songs this year lol.

Ages 19-39
Songs Top 10
1. Butter
2. Dynamite
3.…

kiwijoon

Dec 20th 2021

Among the popularity list from 2021, for over 40 pop, other than BTS (at #5), the rest were trottists.

Enough said

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It is basically Japanese enka combined with some modern elements (ballad, rock, pop, dance, even rap)

Thread

2021 Gallup Poll Results

So Gallup 2021 has been released! For those that dont know Gallup Poll is a yearly survey conducted in each sector of Korea to choose their favorite actors, comedians, singers, & TV personalities with polling taking place 3 times during July, October, and November this year. The survery is broken down into age groups 10s-60s for each category and since this forum is for kpop I'm just going to be posting the results for singers/songs this year lol.

Ages 19-39
Songs Top 10
1. Butter
2. Dynamite
3.…

kiwijoon

Dec 20th 2021

Among the popularity list from 2021, for over 40 pop, other than BTS (at #5), the rest were trottists.

Enough said

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interesting cheers mate

if u are a group that korea keeps ignoring and can find an audience outside, that basically saves your career, like dreamcatcher and ateez did