These were the top ten biggest music markets in the world in 2024 according to IFPI

Would be interesting to see how this is calculated. For Japan I would expect video games and anime take big percentage of their music market.

Those are Ive major stream region especially usa

yea you can see all of them over the years on the wiki page:

List of largest recorded music markets - Wikipedia

It's unfortunate because if you look, you'll see prior years provide a more detailed breakdown. But at least on this wiki page, there is no info filled out for recent years.

UK, Germany, France are all such big markets. Makes it even weirder JYP took so damn long before they finally started to somewhat utilize SKZ's numbers there with their new tour.

But even now they're still not doing as much as they should. They don't even have physical distribution in the UK yet (which many other kpop groups have) and still chart there with pure digitals.

And yet people drag China's achievements while they are above Korea.

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And all this proves that GD is a much bigger and more successful artist than Jennie overall.

#1. USA = Jennie

#2. Japan = GD

#3. UK = Jennie

#4. Germany = Jennie

#5. China = GD

#6. France = Jennie

#7. South Korea = GD

#8. Canada = Jennie

#9. Brazil = Jennie

#10. Mexico = Jennie

Overall, Jennie is much bigger 7/10 ( GD 3/10 )

And if you consider China (the 5th largest market), Jennie isn't even far behind.

So, the only gaps that make a difference are Korea and Japan.

But even Korea is behind France in terms of music market.

So overall (global) , it’s definitely Jennie

It's funny because you just gave the data that proves the opposite of what you claim.

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Jennie's not a K-pop artist, so of course he would beat her in a K-pop ranking

She just buried herself with her own evidence lol.

The snake is biting its own tail

It'll be 2030 and Yama will still be doing these GD Jennie threads bc he got upset over others opinions

I live in Brazil and Jennie is huge here, as big as any other A lister foreign act like BP, BTS, Coldplay, Shakira, TS, etc while GD is just known in kpop niche. It's like 80% Jennie, 20% GD here and I'm even being generous.

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I don't believe that for even a split millisecond. I have people in Brazil and I'll ask them myself. Because no way in hell is Jennie an A Lister there. I mean, to compare her to SHAKIRA?!

YOU BLINKS ARE ON THE STRONGEST STRAIN OF THE STRONGEST DRUGS THIS WEEK

So you are doubting me, a Brazilian, bc it doesn't go with your narrative? ok, next time I'll ask an European about South Korea stars and avoid Koreans opinions

And Stray Kids

#1. USA: will do a stadium concert

#2. Japan: will do a stadium concert

#3. UK: will do a stadium concert

#4. Germany: will do a stadium concert

#5. China: could do a stadium concert

#6. France: will do a stadium concert

#7. South Korea: will announce a stadium concert soon

#8. Canada: will do a stadium concert

#9. Brazil: will do a stadium concert

#10. Mexico: will do a stadium concert

They won

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Jennie being a C Lister in America isn't worth more than GD being a S+++ Lister in Japan, China and South Korea. And it's the combination of peak popularity AND longevity that puts GD in a class of his own.

Give it up, Jennie simp. She's done nothing to warrant or merit comparison to an iconic legend like the K-Pop God, GD.

This data strengthens my argument, as it always does.

Claiming ANY idol is much bigger than THE GD should result in a one year ban from all K-Pop conversations.

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Lol, Jennie isn’t declining anywhere in China, US, or Japan.

Just because Oppashi debuted before her doesn’t mean she can’t have longevity too.

You lost this argument the moment you put “Overall” next to your data.

In fact, plenty of K-pop idols are bigger than GD not just Jennie.

The “king” isn’t really kinging in the music market.

Sorry, Yama, the 2nd generation era domination ended ages ago… you’re just the only one still stuck there

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I'll ask my Brazilian friend right tf now if he knows who Jennie is, and if the answer is no, then you're wrong about her popularity in your country. Yes, that's how this is going to work.

Oh, for sure, while you are at it go ask the others +220M brazilians

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And Stray Kids

#1. USA: will do a stadium concert

#2. Japan: will do a stadium concert

#3. UK: will do a stadium concert

#4. Germany: will do a stadium concert

#5. China: could do a stadium concert

#6. France: will do a stadium concert

#7. South Korea: will announce a stadium concert soon

#8. Canada: will do a stadium concert

#9. Brazil: will do a stadium concert

#10. Mexico: will do a stadium concert

They won

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And in more than half the countries it's MULTIPLE stadium concerts each

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And Stray Kids

#1. USA: will do a stadium concert

#2. Japan: will do a stadium concert

#3. UK: will do a stadium concert

#4. Germany: will do a stadium concert

#5. China: could do a stadium concert

#6. France: will do a stadium concert

#7. South Korea: will announce a stadium concert soon

#8. Canada: will do a stadium concert

#9. Brazil: will do a stadium concert

#10. Mexico: will do a stadium concert

They won

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but I was told by someone that if they aren't charting on melon they are not big in korea and therefore those stadium concerts mean nothing.

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And in more than half the countries it's MULTIPLE stadium concerts each

And they will stay a whole week here in Brazil

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You cannot be a top K-Pop group if you're completely nugu in South Korea. That is correct and factual.

If the shoe fits.

Luckily, they aren't completely nugu in South Korea, phew

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And they will stay a whole week here in Brazil

Not long until you see them now!

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Not long until you see them now!

12 days

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I'm sorry, who is the one debuting at #1

I have queried my Brazilian friend

He's never even heard of Jennie.

A LISTER HUH?

He did acknowledge that K-Pop is big in Brazil and guessed she must be a K-Pop idol, probably because I'm the one asking, but a TRUE A-Lister would crossover into the mainstream and not only be known within the K-Pop niche.

Now apologize for lying to me, everyone here and yourself.

If I didn't check the egos and entitlement of you Blinks, nobody else would. David does more harm than good, so he definitely is a detriment to my efforts.

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I'll tell you something surprising and your little head can explode. Shakira isn't known by 50% of Brazil population neither any other foreign act, being known here isn't everybody from my country where we have so many people that don't even use sns, but to be a A lister foreigner you don't need to be know by 100% of the population. Jennie name is up there with the successful pop girls here in Brazil, that's true, you are just clowning your self with this argument that she is a C list in others countries bc GD isn't even considered famous in some.

Jennie trends for her music, fashion, lifestyle, influencer, she is the moment and here she is UP there.

Now I won't apologize for something true I said that you don't want to admit bc it goes totally opposite to your delusion.

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And they will stay a whole week here in Brazil

When???

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When was their last top 50 hit on MelOn?

I'm being generous and lowering the bar to hell for them.

with 'LALALALA', it was like 2 comebacks ago

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When???

They have concerts in Chile March 27 and March 28. I bet they are arriving in Brazil March 29 or 30. They will stay in the country until around April 7 (their last concert here is April 6)

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I trust my source far more than your biased and clearly deluded devotion to that C Lister you want to convince me is a top star in Brazil, when you can't even convince yourself.

I didn't say she's nugu, but you said she's an A Lister. There is a massive spectrum of popularity between the two, and I'm guiding you towards a more realistic perspective and pragmatic understanding of Jennie's relative popularity.

And the facts are that she has done absolutely nothing of note to earn any kind of meaningful comparison to a living legend like GD, who has been producing and dropping hit songs for literal decades, and has proven this year that he is STILL the biggest name in K-Pop and its reigning king.

Quite frankly, you're all just spiteful and hateful that a man you deem as "problematic" or "annoying" continues to effortlessly assert his dominance and put his foot on the THROATS of this industry that he has OWNED since 2007.

The **** has Jennie even done? A couple big hit songs? Ooooooh. So impressive. A whole 6-7 month stretch of releasing moderately successful music and people think she deserves to sit at the table of one of the most successful, popular and powerful generational superstars in the entire HISTORY of this industry?

KNOW. YOUR. PLACE.

If you Blinks keep insisting this girl is on level with or, GD forbid, even higher than His Highness, I will be an unapologetic Jennie anti for as long as I follow K-Pop. I don't want that. You don't want that. Nobody wants it.

So just show some RESPECT.

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You do know I stan GD too, right? So all your delusional and biased opinion against BP and Jennie doesn't make your takes right.

BP influence in kpop is huge and so is Jennie, she is an it girl for a reason, Solo was huuuuge in SK, fashion wise even idols copy her, she did fair enough to kpop and you acting like she is some nugu is laughable when her album success is so visible and waaaaay higher than GD whose only charting where he is doing great is SK and China while completely missing in the others countries and doing ok even in Asia.

You are acting all crazy over nostalgia, BB was huge in their time so was GD, now he still has his fandom and gp SK, but his popularity isn't the same when you see he can't even get streams enough to chart on Spotify, etc. and I'm not saying getting 4M, I'm saying getting 1.3M to chart in the top200.

Impact is different from success. Jennie today is bigger than GD today.

Blinks now claiming Jennie is an A list artist in Brazil, I can’t. It is totally fine claiming that she is more popular than GD. But Jennie isn’t A- list artist anywhere else except China and Korea, and that’s a fact. GP in other countries know BP, but not Jennie herself. Also people only know name of BP, and I bet that 9 out of 10 non kpop related people can’t name a single BP song let alone Jennie’s