Picture this. In hindsight, a smaller act only needs 27 more points to achieve #1 on major music show broadcast, beating an industry titan. Here's where it gets tricky.

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Oh boy.

Do. You. Think. The. Company. Made. The. Right. Call. By. Not. Weaseling. Their. Small. Artist. Into. Winning. A . Major. Music. Show. Trophy? They. Only. Need. To. Boost. The. Score. By. 27. Points.

No. I. Understood. What. You. Were. Saying. Just. Didn't. Know. Who. You. Were. Talking. About. Also. Yeonjung. Wasn't. Rigged.

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lmao, I'm sorry, bestie. I was reffering to pd48 and pdx.

Oh, okay!

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when u say titan i can only think of bts or iu

on topic, i need more info than the fact that its a smaller act

is it a rookie about to get their first win?

If it is IU, I can think only of Laboum. I don't know how close the difference was. Anyway we now know the reason, though not sajaegi - mass corporate buying deal.

On that note, Ive looks to win over IU in these weeks. Though Ive is no underdog and Winter sleep not a typical commercial release.

Sajaegi these days is on the next level

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I have nothing but respect for Laboum. Them pulling off that little stunt was legendary.

Do we have a WhyKnock fan ?

Discount tteokbokki beats Kpop anytime for Koreans.

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care to elaborate?

i'm sure it improved since the old days

Inside Sajaegi, K-Pop's Open Secret

In the digital era, accusations of surreptitious chart manipulation are common throughout the world — in South Korea, it's called sajaegi.

www.npr.org

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"Sajaegi has been around for a long time," argues Shin Daechul, a renowned musician who debuted with the legendary rock group Sinawe in 1986, and who now also works an artists' rights advocate at Bareun Music Cooperative. In the digital age, Shin tells NPR, "the media have changed, but the idea is the same. The methods have just gotten more covert."

I don't really get it, but is it about points in music show?

Since I used to watch Mubank regularly (only to watch the MCs :shyy: ) , I noticed how some small acts can get bigger points and winning over big acts. Mostly because these bigger acts released the album weeks or even months ago, so the points are getting smaller despite being nominated. While small acts just had a recent comeback so they have more points for broadcast, physical sales, digital sales.

I remember how Dynamite getting nom for 3 months, and keep winning, but sometimes also didn't. Depend on which artists get nominated atm.