Most competitive and less competitive months in kpop?
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The summer months I’ve noticed are the times when all my faves make a comeback
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The summer months tend to be the most competitive.
In recent years November 2018 is probably still the most competitive month I've seen.
Twice, Jennie, RV and MMM all released. I can't think of another month where all 4 of the biggest GG's (even though Jennie's was a solo) had some kind of musical release. You also had EXO and WannaOne release that month, 2 of the top 3 most popular BG's at the time. So you had 5.5 out of 7 of the biggest groups at the time release.
K.will, Dean, Mino and Crush all also released. IU had released mid-October as well with Bbibbi which was doing well going into the month.
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Less > Jan/Dec, smith sep
Most > may, summer and oct
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The way Sistar and AOA both released their MVs on the exact same day
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Less competitive September
Most : during summer
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April 2019 and November 2018 were fucking wild.
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summer right?
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The way Sistar and AOA both released their MVs on the exact same day
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Least competitive - Maybe September 2020
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November 2018 releases from Wikipedia:
1: Mono – Kiha & The Faces
1: Paradise – TST
2: Don't Mess Up My Tempo – Exo
4: Timeless Moment – Spectrum
5: Yes or Yes – Twice
5: Star – Noel
6: Act. 5 New Action – Gugudan
6: Mood Indigo – K.Will
7: Dreamlike – DreamNote
12: M1112 (4colors) – D-Crunch
12: Hour Moment – BtoB
12: Solo – Jennie
13: I – Fly to the Sky
13: Bazzaya – Chae Yeon
14: X: Rebirth of Tiger JK – Drunken Tiger
14: Let’s Part – Nell
15: Early Flowering – Hotshot
15: Inner – Kim Na-young
15: My Secret Terrius OST – Various artists
16: The Third Charm OST – Various artists
18: Player OST – Various artists
19: 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) – Wanna One
20: Wishes – Voisper
21: Dear Me – Baek A-yeon
22: Sun And Moon – Sam Kim
22: Af – Woo Won-jae
22: Some & Love – Nature
23: Regulate – NCT 127
26: Sanctuary – Lovelyz
26: Wake,N – NU'EST W
26: Face – Key
26: Matrimonial Chaos OST – Various artists
27: 05 – Urban Zakapa
29: Blue;s – Mamamoo
29: The Only – The Boyz
30: RBB – Red Velvet
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1: Mono – Kiha & The Faces
1: Paradise1 – TST
2: Don't Mess Up My Tempo – Exo
4: Timeless Moment – Spectrum
5: Yes or Yes – Twice
5: Star – Noel
6: Act. 5 New Action – Gugudan
6: Mood Indigo – K.Will
7: Dreamlike – DreamNote
12: M1112 (4colors) – D-Crunch
12: Hour Moment – BtoB
12: Solo1 – Jennie
13: I – Fly to the Sky
13: Bazzaya – Chae Yeon
14: X: Rebirth of Tiger JK – Drunken Tiger
14: Let’s Part – Nell
15: Early Flowering – Hotshot
15: Inner – Kim Na-young
15: My Secret Terrius OST – Various artists
16: The Third Charm OST – Various artists
18: Player OST – Various artists
19: 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) – Wanna One
20: Wishes – Voisper
21: I Love You1 – EXID
21: Dear Me – Baek A-yeon
22: Sun And Moon – Sam Kim
22: Af – Woo Won-jae
22: Some & Love – Nature
23: Regulate – NCT 127
26: Sanctuary – Lovelyz
26: Wake,N – NU'EST W
26: Face – Key
26: Matrimonial Chaos OST – Various artists
27: 5 – Urban Zakapa
29: Blue;s – Mamamoo
29: The Only – The Boyz
30: RBB – Red Velvet
That's a lot... One comeback per day.... This is nuts
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As I mentioned in a recent thread of mine, I've compiled all available Gaon monthly physical sales data into an Excel spreadsheet.
Because of this, it was easy to calculate the average physical sales numbers for each month of the year, from 2011 to present. The results are shown in the chart below:
GaonMonthlySalesComparison.png
Not surprisingly, sales are low in December, likely due to the holidays and whatnot. However, sales are even lower in January, I imagine because of both the New Year and Korean New Year (which happens toward the end of that month).
Sales then rise through the spring before peaking in the summer months. There is a notable dip in sales in September, and the reason for this is chuseok I'm guessing.
Somewhat surprisingly, sales then increase dramatically in both October and November. It's not quite clear to me why this is the case. Why are sales during this period even greater than in most of the summer months?
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