What is the best way to determine peak?

ye don't really. Its really hard to call peaks.

Touring power is the ultimate measure of popularity and renown.

Album sales were a good criteria 25 years ago too but nowadays it's really not enough. Plus, establised artists don't even have to release new material.

Years after the act has peaked, so i guess 'Time will tell'.

The only way to tell a 'peak' is when success is when the success is already going down, so you never know when you're in there.

And some artists can have multiple 'peaks', like Taylor.

When the artist career has come to an end, that’s when you can find their peak. For now no one knows

To add, in finance, using charts to determine peak. It's usually a good indicator.

You can’t tell a peak until after a group has peaked and declined... and even then you don’t know if they’re suddenly going to have a massive revival!

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When the artist career has come to an end, that’s when you can find their peak. For now no one knows

Nah, you don't need to wait till the end or even years to tell..... to give examples G-Friend's peak was pretty evident at least 2 years ago, and also on a less obvious level it is clear TWICE has peaked... you don't need a massive decline to be able to tell when it has occurred...

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Nah, you don't need to wait till the end or even years to tell..... to give examples G-Friend's peak was pretty evident at least 2 years ago, and also on a less obvious level it is clear TWICE has peaked... you don't need a massive decline to be able to tell when it has occurred...

G friend has peaked because they have ended.

What if twice next cb proves successful? Your prediction ends up being wrong so my point is still correct in many scenarios

K-pop groups' life expectancy is so short anyway, it's not really relevant to talk about peaks and such.

In retrospect. That's the true answer.

Just don't

I think when the group already has been out for a couple of years + their sales start to not increase, even decrease by each comeback and the hype around their new releases isn't as big as it used to be. maybe they will get more views (because of ads) and more wins than previous eras (lack of competition) but digital and physical sales not increasing is the signal imo

for example got7, they kept increasing social media numbers and their individual popularity, but it was obvious they hit their peak before leaving jype. digitals weren't increasing, physical numbers were stagnated, etc

same for twice, they keep increasing views and spotify? numbers but it's obvious their best physical and digital sales were years ago

google trends