Clearing up what seems to be a common misconception about TXT's debut

NOTE: This thread is not made to deny their privilege before a smart-ass tries to say that in the replies.

No, TXT did not sell a shit ton at debut. It was simply good for a rookie debut.

I've seen this going around on the forums and on Twitter for a while, so I wanted to shed some light.

TXT's debut album, TDC: STAR, sold 145,098 in March of 2019. That was good for a rookie, 2 years ago.

Since then, I can count 5 other groups that surpassed 145k with their respective debut albums.

Over time, STAR has just kept selling. It's actually been charting in the top 100 of the weekly album chart since it came out (that's 105 weeks).

As of March 2021's update, it has 278,846 sales on Gaon. That's an increase of 133, 748 copies.

TXT's debut had plenty of hype surrounding it, for sure. But back catalogue sales like these (especially since it has 1 version) show that TXT is developing an ever-growing fanbase who stays around for their music and other content.

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Yass, Massive came here with a receipt

I always do.

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Kudos Massive! I do appreciate the clarity of your explanations.

Thank you, succinct is best!

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I feel like the only major boost TXT got out of their pre-debut hype was views for Crown from curious folks wondering what they were gonna sound like.

This is exactly what happened.

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The fact that they just hit 500k with Blue Hour shows that their sales aren't front-loaded, that they have a stable fanbase willing to buy.

Yes, they had alot of hype from their debut. But alot of the hype from that time only really translated to bandwagon stans, who ditched TXT soon after the release of Crown. It took until Blue Hour to match/surpass Crown(+ the fact that they sold alot with a Japanese album), which is enough to show that their fanbase is growing every era, both domestically and internationally.

Anyway thank you for this post

I love this answer, and thank you sis.

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Which are those 5 group?

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I was guessing to myself and got 4 out of 5! The only one I missed was AB6IX. My bad.

You did a nice job though, most people probably would have guessed 3/5.

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Treasure ,x1 and enhypen were given. Reality shows do their work. Shocked about cravity and ab6ix .

They were also birthed from survival show group disbandments. That's the one link in common between all 5.

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From what I saw...

At debut, most of hype was on social media and YouTube

Everyone was curious about them including myself

Then they lost support because they had a bunch of hiatuses

+ a lot of the people who were curious about them were disappointed in the fact that they debuted with a cute concept

I saw a lot of peeps on the TL go "congrats to txt but they're just not for me"

Due to songs like RUN AWAY & BLUE HOUR + JP promotions

they have regained interest and a bunch of fans who now appreciate them for their music

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This is precisely why people don't realize how pivotal TDC: Magic was for TXT's career.

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all I get from this is bg physicals are crazy from the start. 145 k is just not good it crazy good. No wonder companies heavily invests bgs.

145k is a mid-tier amount of sales for a BG.

Actually, few boy groups start out that well. It's only a couple that do, and even fewer can maintain those sales or surpass it.