Is a group that doesn't sell 100k albums in first week a failure now?

Quote from icyruios

Anyways, saying that a group is a flop for not selling 100k is like saying you are a flop in life for earning $1mil a year because you don't compare to Bill Gates's annual income I mean we are all humans right so if you don't aim higher and compare to the top you are a F.L.O.P

This. As long as you're making money in your career, you aren't a failure. This mindset is toxic af. If it applied to regular people, everyone in this forum would likely be considered a failure.

No there's lots of groups that don't sell many physical copies and are still great groups. If you think about it; B3+HYPE groups are the only ones that ever really sell more than 100k physicals in that amount of time. Not selling physicals has nothing to do with actual talent.

Quote from icyruios

Anyways, saying that a group is a flop for not selling 100k is like saying you are a flop in life for earning $1mil a year because you don't compare to Bill Gates's annual income I mean we are all humans right so if you don't aim higher and compare to the top you are a F.L.O.P

Bill Gates is flopping. He have growth wealth only 33% during pandemic while Elon Musk have growth 600%

100K used to be the milestone if that's the right word for GG (I think) but like others have said the increase in kpop's popularity has meant that more groups are able to achieve that but it's still quiet a feat especially for newer groups...

and like others have said at the end of the day $$$ in your bank account is all that should matter and whether one can make a decent living as an idol