Having less members is more beneficial than having more members

I agree but i personally prefer more members cause then there's more different personalities and variety(?)

The perfect number for me is 5 or 7.

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I agree but i personally prefer more members cause then there's more different personalities and variety(?)

I agree but at the same time, it makes it difficult to focus on ur bias and that sometimes can be annoying

Yeah soloists make bank for sure.

There are Pro and Cons:

Pro of having less members: less expensive because of less clothing needed, less make up artist needed

Con:

1. Dance choreography. The bigger the group, the more diverse choreography and formations you can have.

2. More members mean more merch you can sell.

Of course. I don't think anyone will be denying that in terms of profit for the members, the less amount of members the more they will gain from their gross income.

That's why it's really beneficial for big groups to have their solo/subunit activities in conjunction with their group promo.

Agree. Like SVT had a few bops, but never got interested in them because there's just too many members. Can't be bothered.

You can simplify the math a lot better than that but that's kind of true

In general I am drawn more towards smaller groups because they’re easier to get to know and differentiate

There’s all these groups with hella members I’ve just not been able to get into

Like I find most of them unnecessary bodies? That would make no difference to the music

I think more members is better for dancing you can hide the weak dancers then lower member groups. Also can create more unique dance routines.

Everyone knows these but the more, the merrier

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Yeah soloists make bank for sure.

not really though, since solo artists tend to be less popular and sell less than idol groups. it's hard to be a successful solo artist.

completely agree I think 3/4 is perfect! I would love a 3 member group with all rounders! closet to that is aespa with 4 all rounders :) I think any more than 7 and It's just filler members

but it really isnt the case ALWAYS

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in what ways then explain

I mean the purpose of a forum is discussion so I'd like to hear your opinion

you heard my opinion, do i need to explain?

it speaks for itself

having less members is not always beneficial because i dont think the amount of members rlly matter i mean look at snsd and twice as well as izone, all successful, number of members dont really matter, well atleast not to me.

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in what ways then explain

I mean the purpose of a forum is discussion so I'd like to hear your opinion

it is mostly the case that your op is true, i myself prefer groups with less members andd that why i dont look to stan nct or svt ect.

i dont really care tho, if a group is good ill stan.

If they don’t have songwriting or production credits, most artists/musicians make the bulk of their money off tours, endorsements and merch, where they typically have a larger percentage, not album sales.

But within this specific discussion, there’s a potential chicken and egg component here - are people purchasing more albums because there are more members (i.e. there’s a member that suits every taste.)? So, by adding members, are they potentially increasing their profits, particularly in those more profitable areas of tours and merch, compared to a soloist? So the album is serving as the “loss leader” to get people interested in the real moneymaker. Since 2008, the top selling album in Korea has been a group, not a soloist.