From what I understand, physical record index is effected by the record sales price. There is a denominator, which would be the album copy’s price. For example let’s say that Hanteo physical record index put $10 = 1 point. You just bought an album that costs $15. Hanteo sales count would count +1 since you bought 1, but record index would add +1.5 ($15 to 10). Bts for example have sold 3m+ albums but it equivalent to 7m+ albums based on their sales price because their album is expensive.
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[BTS CONTENT] BigHit has been for sometime "less is more" on album production and high cost with BTS. Very visible with PROOF.
The "physical record index" shows the market avg price of one album (last year it was $16) and how much its equivalent is to the price of the artists' album pricing. For BigHit, and in this case Proof, has two versions, and both versions, depending on where you get them from range anywhere from $100 -$110. (Not including shipping/taxes). At the time of this screenshot, if BigHit wasn't now the monster we call HYBE, Proof would have EASILY sold 7.3M albums on Hanteo in the 2022 yearly chart.
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