Steve Choi spits fax about who is truly the top act in Korea wbk.
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Since when ranking of groups depends only on circle data?
It doesnt, i prefer Melon Weekly actually, but Gaon collects data on all the streaming services. I dont like their digital points system (it represents revenue apparently, each digital point equals one Korean won IIRC), since i think only ULs should be tracked.
But for something like this, where Steve Choi is actually comparing UL counts between songs in the aggregate for all Korean streaming services, Gaon is the best source.
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Is it me or does it feel like we might be one step away...
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He had already have so many completely bullshit takes (that went against any numbers), that I am not going to take his words as truth.
Even if he presents data he blatantly misinterprets it
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This man is bias af. I thoughts everyone know that.
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So for those that are curious, the Y axis represents Gaon sales and the X axis represents Korean ULs.
Nobody cares about sales anymore so the Y axis is fairly irrelevant. Except for nugu groups and groups struggling to break out of course, and for soloists (he called Chaeyeon the breakout star of 2023 and Yena the breakout star of 2022 ) who need to grow fandoms.
The X axis basically shows domestic popularity of the comebacks of 2023, tracking ULs in Korea.
And yes, someone above was right, this dude is the guru of Korean charts, director within Gaon itself. Although i have my beef with their digital point system and think it needs to be overhauled, and though i think Melon Weekly is the best chart in Korea for assessing Korean popularity, Gaon is the highest authority when it comes to objective data collection in Korea.
I just realized something...there are SIX Izone members reflected in his summary. That's effing amazing. That's 75 percent of Izone's 8 members who are musically active in Korea. Only Eunbi and Yuri are left out, and Yuri is about to become the biggest name in Kpop next year when Squid Games 2 hits. My heart is so full right now
Bruh, it’s 30 days of UL data.
If he did the whole half year cumulative UL data I’m curious how it would come out
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Spitting is gross.
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When you said Steve Choi, I thought you meant this Steve Choi
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“What does unique listener which is specific to ONE SINGLE country have anything to do with WORLDWIDE sales number”
You are conflating 2 different issues.
The album sales are indeed worldwide, but only because all the international kpop stans funnel their purchases through the domestic recognition of Hanteo and Circle organizations.
He's simply counting what's literally measured as Circle Album sales, and Circle digital points (domestic platform streaming). The fact that international album sales are mostly funneled through Circle is not this guys fault, nor means his data is wrong. If Spotify want to open up their domestic Korean artists to Circle points from International Streaming I'm sure he'd welcome that too.
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What does unique listeners on a Korean chart have anything to do with sales that are worldwide
At least add Spotify/YouTube/QQ data if you wanna be thorough with the whole “they don’t deserve their sales” narrative
Kpop became more worldwide, but Japan still rank first when it comes to album sales. Then you have China and US, then the rest.
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My nugu faves are not on the chart, I will ignore it and claim is bullshit so I can walk away happy.
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When you said Steve Choi, I thought you meant this Steve Choi
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Holy hell this is hilarious lol. Please tell me this is fanmade and not some Hybe shit. Please
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It doesnt, i prefer Melon Weekly actually, but Gaon collects data on all the streaming services. I dont like their digital points system (it represents revenue apparently, each digital point equals one Korean won IIRC), since i think only ULs should be tracked.
But for something like this, where Steve Choi is actually comparing UL counts between songs in the aggregate for all Korean streaming services, Gaon is the best source.
no, the ranking of groups doesn't only depend on digital charts (whether Melon or Gaon)
it depends on a combination of factors and you know this damn well
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It doesnt, i prefer Melon Weekly actually, but Gaon collects data on all the streaming services. I dont like their digital points system (it represents revenue apparently, each digital point equals one Korean won IIRC), since i think only ULs should be tracked.
But for something like this, where Steve Choi is actually comparing UL counts between songs in the aggregate for all Korean streaming services, Gaon is the best source.
no, the ranking of groups doesn't only depend on digital charts (whether Melon or Gaon)
it depends on a combination of factors and you know this damn well
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