How SM groups doing so well digitally?

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Itzy is not doing well because they are releasing trash songs after wannabe.

Skz,txt, enhypen, treasure never did good on charts anyways

txt has the most gp friendly song I don't understand why they can't do better

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NCT doing well on charts?

OP whatever your smoking i want some too

maybe it will get me to think sticker is good aswell

considering their polarizing experimental non gp friendly music they are quite doing good, are they only only after bts or maybe svt? I guess they are very huge fandom

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to be honest. aespa, joy and taeyeon are the only ones doing good. others can't even crack 1m uls after 5 months.

I mean compared to other big 3/4 groups except bts & BP ofc

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considering their polarizing experimental non gp friendly music they are quite doing good, are they only only after bts or maybe svt? I guess they are very huge fandom

not really NCT is doing better in digital than svt now

NCT dream charting totally outcharted svt ready to love

and i can't remember what was svt rank after 2 weeks to compare with NCT 127 cb

but this year NCT is definitely the best BG in chart and physicals behind BTS

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All-kill where?

Flo all 11 songs in top 13, melon real time all-kill, first music show sweep since wanna one's Energetic

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txt has the most gp friendly song I don't understand why they can't do better

Bad vocals and generic concept.

Also not at people here forgetting SHINee. DCM is the best charting bg song after BTS releases this year. Hot sauce following them and Sticker already outcharted all songs from 4th gen and 3rd gen bgs (except BTS, Seventeen OST and nct dream ofc) this year

digitally in korea only right? coz I don't see sm acts charting in UK, US, Japan top 10? I highly doubt any international charting.

I gotta agree with aespa and taeyeon. aren't they the only ones who even reached gaon top 10?

I'll agree with this once I see which songs are in year end charts

NCT is not what I consider charting well, just ok for bg standards due to their fandom mostly

aespa is the only one hard carrying sm though?

NCT songs are not hits. They aren’t even EXO or Shinee at their peak level hits on the charts. For being at their peak it’s actually very poor for an SM group. They seem amazing because everyone else is really bad. SKZ,TXT are new groups. It took NCT 5 years to get to this average charting by amassing a fanbase. Give it time, so will the others. As for aespa, a big3 GG is always destined for success more so than others.

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As for aespa, a big3 GG is always destined for success more so than others.

lmao what about itzy then?

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lmao what about itzy then?

They had a huge hit at debut didn’t they. They couldn’t sustain it. Who knows that can happen for Aespa too. Maybe after a new shiny Hybe/JYP/YG group debuts, Aespa may fade too. But these big3 GGs always have that initial hype. Even Red Velvet this year had one of the highest debut ULs. Whether that popularity can be sustained depends on whether SM can consistently give them songs that Korea likes. But people are definitely more open to liking a GG song from big3 than anyone else.

It’s amazing how NCT is simultaneously nugu but has a big fandom.

It’s amazing how NCT doesn’t chart while simultaneously topping the Gaon chart (NCT Dream Hot Sauce.)

It’s amazing how people think songs aren’t “gp friendly” while the actual GP apparently has no problem with a song like Next Level.

talent wins

Is it that hard to believe a top company would succeed to this level? They've defined K-pop for a while now.