I think this deserves its own thread instead of being buried in the Official Digital Thread.
They have tied an all-time career achievement in just the 8 months they've been active with only their debut and one comeback.
Only 6 songs in total.
This level of digital dominance, for a group that did a no-teaser/no promo debut, is jaw-dropping.
And the scary thing is they're not even close to their peaks yet. This is just the beginning of their ascent 
kpop fans rapidly turning into stats merchants like football fans
soon they'll be comparing heights and weights to prove their faves' superiority
kpop fans rapidly turning into stats merchants like football fans
soon they'll be comparing heights and weights to prove their faves' superiority
Kpop fans have been analogous to sports fans in how they compare stats for years. This isn't the hot take you think it is.
Nor is this a thread about some meaningless or arbitrary metric, so your particular use of the analogy falls flat.
it kind of is meaningless
it kind of is meaningless
Correction: You provided completely meaningless commentary to a meaningful accomplishment.
Glad we got that all sorted out.
There is no precedent for what NJ has accomplished in a mere 8 months, so I don't feel comfortable comparing them to any of their predecessors.
This conversation would almost be entirely about IVE instead if not for NJ rewriting record books nearly every month.
Both groups are setting the bar stupidly high, and I can already see the shade that will be thrown in the future if you don't pull off the video game numbers NJ and IVE did in their rookie years.
kpop fans rapidly turning into stats merchants like football fans
soon they'll be comparing heights and weights to prove their faves' superiority
actually they already have with idol's height!
but it was a twitter drama so...
There is no precedent for what NJ has accomplished in a mere 8 months, so I don't feel comfortable comparing them to any of their predecessors.
This conversation would almost be entirely about IVE instead if not for NJ rewriting record books nearly every month.
Both groups are setting the bar stupidly high, and I can already see the shade that will be thrown in the future if you don't pull off the video game numbers NJ and IVE did in their rookie years.
My take was just from the ranking you shared, interestingly newjeans and twice have 15 weeks and IVE and Blackpink have 8 weeks. Other than that, it’s too soon to tell imo.
And yeah I do agree that IVE and newjeans have set the bar very high for rookies. I’m sure babymon will be one of the first to be subjected to this scrutiny sadly (since they will be the one debuting first).
That’s even with some controversies both Korean and international kpop fans tried to get them on.
My take was just from the ranking you shared, interestingly newjeans and twice have 15 weeks and IVE and Blackpink have 8 weeks. Other than that, it’s too soon to tell imo.
And yeah I do agree that IVE and newjeans have set the bar very high for rookies. I’m sure babymon will be one of the first to be subjected to this scrutiny sadly (since they will be the one debuting first).
Maybe not initially but Baby Monster will most likely be more successful of the 3, as Ive and New Jeans are more suited to the Korea preferences.
My take was just from the ranking you shared, interestingly newjeans and twice have 15 weeks and IVE and Blackpink have 8 weeks. Other than that, it’s too soon to tell imo.
And yeah I do agree that IVE and newjeans have set the bar very high for rookies. I’m sure babymon will be one of the first to be subjected to this scrutiny sadly (since they will be the one debuting first).
Oh, I see what you mean. But yeah, I can already see NJ and IVE's ridiculous accomplishments being used to bash the groups that come after them 
To keep with the sports analogy, it's like when Michael Jordan came through and set the bar so incredibly high that all the players who followed were considered failures if they didn't reach those same heights.
NJ is about to redefine what dominance looks like, just like Jordan did 
You do realize that Ive just ended them with a B side right?
You do realize that Ive just ended them with a B side right?
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You do realize that Ive just ended them with a B side right?
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longevity
It is not much of an accomplishment beating a 3 month old song in the charts.
Many years back when Melon was more popular, people used to mock "big" groups that got outcharted by songs released a couple of weeks earlier. Now like you only need 1 in 1666 Koreans streaming at 9am and you have a #1.
Ive imo intended to release a song in mid Jan, which is why the went on Running Man at the time so that it would help promote the song. However they got scared and postphoned to avoid NJs so that they wouldn't be crushed again. So now you have a massively long hiatus, when previously they were coming back every 3 to 4 months, and Ive releasing 2 songs at the same time and album of 11 songs, instead of 2 minis one in mid-Jan and one now.
Anyway #EVERYBODYKNOWS, and one group is now getting all the top A grade CFs and the other group not.
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