why do so many male groups and idols have the NCT album phenomenon?

    baekhyun : 1million + album sales yet his song didnt even last long in the charts..

    NCT: 2million + nowhere in the charts except nctzens most streamed spotify song charts

    STRAY KIDZ: 1million+ album sales nowhere in the charts

    and the other 4th gen boy groups?


    Discuss.

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    Because they've got fans willing to buy their albums?

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    1million fans but none of them willing to stream? sounds like cbars my friend

    Are cbars not fans or what :pepewhat:

    Stray Kids have no Z in their name, first of all. ;-)


    Also, NOEASY was one of the biggest Spotify debuts among kpop groups this year, it's only Korean digital streaming that's not the best, but it improved too (SKZ managed to win 6 times on music shows!)


    They have a huge fandom, it's simply that most of it is located outside Korea.


    Nowadays it's just harder to chart for boy groups. The gp is not as interested in idols as it used to be. I can talk about SKZ only, but they never got a lot of promo there, and also Koreans tend to not keep up with JYPE bgs, Got7 didn't have a massive Korean presence either when Stray Kids debuted, so they couldn't get a ton of attention through their seniors either.

    Most of Stray Kids audience is international, so who listen to their music won't listen on domestic plataforms. And they are the 5th most streamed K-group overall on Spotify, so It definitely means something.

    Isn't NCT the best charting boy group in korea this year minus BTS - NCT dream reached Gaon no 1, 127 charted for several weeks on the melon 100... OP needs to try again

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    charting #100 is really a lowbar to say that they have been charting my friend

    Melon top 100 not melon #100, it's ver difficult to enter the top 100, few groups can do that and even lisa and twice the feels didn't last long there

    Because people listening to the music and purchasing albums aren’t just in Korea?


    Because Melon ULs are on the decline?


    Because the Korean GP cares less about idol music?


    There are lots of reasons if you’re really looking to discuss and not to shade, but it doesn’t seem like you actually are by the groups you picked.

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    1million fans but none of them willing to stream? sounds like cbars my friend

    Cbars are still fans, aren't they?

    because physicals leave more money for the artist, with my favourite group (disbanded) in which I was quite invested, I bought albums but didn't stream much at all

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