The agencies hadn't cultivated the international lunatic base yet.
The agencies hadn't cultivated the international lunatic base yet.
Do you know panormal ?
This is thing
1st gen: physicals were still a thing in general. Digitals didn’t dominate yet.
3rd/4th gen: Kpop huge growth internationally
2nd gen: neither
China, that's the answer
1st gen: physicals were still a thing in general. Digitals didn’t dominate yet.
3rd/4th gen: Kpop huge growth internationally
2nd gen: neither
But according to this theory physical sales should even even lower than 2nd gen because nobody even has CD players anymore and everything is digital
with first gen i feel like they could hit 1M sales easily because the only way you could listen to music was through cd’s and cassette tapes that were in the albums. this is why even old western acts (like the beates) have sold hundreds of millions of records.
by the time second gen rolled around, social media and streaming sites were introduced. you had youtube and other platforms to listen to music. also, kpop was still a niche and not very popular worldwide.
with third gen, kpop is at a massive scale worldwide. there’s fans in almost every corner so i’m not surprised to see even less popular groups these days outsell most second gen groups who were extremely popular in their prime.
But according to this theory physical sales should even even lower than 2nd gen because nobody even has CD players anymore and everything is digital
It’s just a way for support... I once asked if million seller group fans actually listen to music through cds and 80% said yes... but I think they are lying lol
But according to this theory physical sales should even even lower than 2nd gen because nobody even has CD players anymore and everything is digital
do u really think kpop fans buy albums for the cd? it’s for the photocards, stickers and other goodies in the albums. i’m not sure whether second gen groups were pulling the same random photocard tactic to boost sales like everyone else is doing now...
If you look at times when piracy was at its highest point, of course physical sales were lower than before.
If sales are doing better today it's because 1/ the market grew and has now reach a global audience, and 2/ albums are no longer a mere CD in a jewel case but they're treated as some kind of collectibles, with mulitple versions and random goodies, designed to appeal to this newfound and devoted audience.
But according to this theory physical sales should even even lower than 2nd gen because nobody even has CD players anymore and everything is digital
International kpop fans make up the difference. Buying physicals are part of the Kpop fan experience and international fans are brought into it without questioning it. It’s a fandom bubble thing. I might be wrong but I don’t think korean physicals sales grown since the 2nd gen and that’s probably because they don’t see Kpop as such a completely separate genre with it’s own rules like many international fans do.
with first gen i feel like they could hit 1M sales easily because the only way you could listen to music was through cd’s and cassette tapes that were in the albums. this is why even old western acts (like the beates) have sold hundreds of millions of records.
by the time second gen rolled around, social media and streaming sites were introduced. you had youtube and other platforms to listen to music. also, kpop was still a niche and not very popular worldwide.
with third gen, kpop is at a massive scale worldwide. there’s fans in almost every corner so i’m not surprised to see even less popular groups these days outsell most second gen groups who were extremely popular in their prime.
Great answer. The rise of YouTube meant no one had to rush out and buy an album. They would just wait and buy it later which meant some fans never got around to doing.
Now it seems like fans buy albums only as a way for bragging rights. And with the competitiveness between groups now bulk buying is at an all time high.
International kpop fans make up the difference. Buying physicals are part of the Kpop fan experience and international fans are brought into it without questioning it. It’s a fandom bubble thing. I might be wrong but I don’t think korean physicals sales grown since the 2nd gen and that’s probably because they don’t see Kpop as such a completely separate genre with it’s own rules like many international fans do.
It's not really western ifans but rabid Chinese fangirls who imagine they are 'feeding' their biases by bulk buying albums. It's a motherly thing
It's not really western ifans but rabid Chinese fangirls who imagine they are 'feeding' their biases by bulk buying albums. It's a motherly thing
Yes China is a big part of the sales. But not sure I would label the behaviour “motherly”...
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