Out of all the 3rd gen gg why has bp had the most longevity in Korea?

    all the other top 3rd gen gg haven’t been able to sustain their top spot there (not including omg bc they had their breakout in 2020 rather than 2015-2016 like the rest)


    I just learned they only 3rd gen gg to be top 50 each year on Goan end of the year.


    Yet even with new gg like aespa blowing up bp we’re still the top gg in Korea 2021 on Gallup??


    even with no comeback bp have been able to stay the top girl group in Korea while other who were putting out music weren’t? How does that even work lmao

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    It's difficult to say, even their underperforming song (Kill this love) is a pretty big hit. Koreans just always loved them since whistle and the fact they went on to become such a recognized group all over the world just increased their brand even more

    us starved blinks have been trained to stay loyal to blackpink

    we are fully prepared to wait until we can hobble out of our retirement homes to watch their next comeback

    People get bored of groups that are always in their face, so BP has the benefit of long hiatuses. Every BP comeback is new and exciting unlike other 3rd gen ggs who have been promoting 2-3 times a year for several years already. Although it notable that BP delivered two songs 4 months apart in 2020 that both did 15+ weeks in top 10. I can't think of any other gg that's pulled that off before


    Also before 2019 YG was arguably the biggest digital powerhouse out of all these big companies. All their 3rd gen groups have had massive hits which not every company can say, and we all know that 2NE1 and Big Bang also did extremely well. I guess they just have the most GP friendly music?

    Because they have the least releases, when you release constantly it has bad effects as the public isn’t too interested but since Blackpink has litttke to no music but have endorsements, the public is still loooking forward to them. They are like a rookie group based on discography , hardly any variety shows, Yg hides them a lot from Korean media so of course the public is always curious compared to red velvet especially twice that jyp made a commodity with how frequent their comebacks where

    bp has an exclusive feel unlike other manufactured ggs.

    hiatus tactics always worked out everytime with them

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    No, please don't start something! D:


    Just answer the question. I think Blackpink remains the top girl group because they have the most listeners and fans. Simple. There you go, OP! Best answer, confirmed.

    OK, let's try! ^^


    BP isn't the only one having longevity. If you mean the biggest and most popular, then yes, they are probably number 1. Has a huge international followers. 3/4 members spoke English, which helped tremendously in connecting with international fanbase. People think they are cool, hip, chic, whatever the case, they're popular. Blinks are trained by YG year in and year out, to be starved of contents and any little sparks regarding BP will rallied up a mob. Not downplaying their skills, but they are from YG. No matter how much you hate to see this sentence, it is the truth. If they weren't from YG, they will get popular in time but won't be as fast. It doesn't even have to be BlackPink group with current members, it could literally be any other names with any other trainees and they will still be the same. Being in an established companies provided you with connections, and connections in an entertainment world is GOLD. You will have things lined up for you without moving a finger because your boss/shareholders need to increase company values. The YG brand is huge, once the ball starts rolling the door to opportunities will open up. They market Blackpink once a year, like how western artists does it and also, only 1 Teddy. Also post-2ne1 starved YG stans.



    Twice debuted 2015, they are also 3rd gen. MMM 2014, Red Velvet 2014, Dreamcatcher 2017, and there's plenty more debuted from 2014-2017, those are all 3rd gens. Most are still active, however, if they are being compared to BP's popularity then it's like a rock vs a mountain. But the topic is longevity and not popularity, so there are still alot of 3rd gen GG active and not just BlackPink. Maybe it should be titled differently to 'Why is BP the only popular 3rd gen GG?', but then this title has been used and asked so many times lol. Im sure there's someone who also commented the same as me.


    At the end of the day, the more fans you have, the longer you live...I guess? lol


    BP members can just upload a 15 seconds video of cover/singing and it'll get millions of views. While any other groups who even posted a full song or comeback won't get the same, must be nice to have that many fans. Ahh.. I sometimes am envied of how big their fandom is; but it is fine, just happy that my groups still make music.


    :cutes: :cutes:

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    Because they have the least releases, when you release constantly it has bad effects as the public isn’t too interested but since Blackpink has litttke to no music but have endorsements, the public is still loooking forward to them. They are like a rookie group based on discography , hardly any variety shows, Yg hides them a lot from Korean media so of course the public is always curious compared to red velvet especially twice that jyp made a commodity with how frequent their comebacks where

    Nah that doesn't make sense. RV disappeared for more than a year and it didn't help them

    because they rely on korea the least of all the 3rd gen gg

    koreans seem easily impressed by western achievements, so even if they would start to lose some relevancy in korea, their huge succes globally would keep koreans interested in them


    for example twice relied mostly on korea (and japan) & once they started getting a bit of lower numbers 1 cb/few cbs, it felt like the public just gave up even when their music certainly hasn't gone downhill.

    POSSIBLY, if bp also relied on 'only' korea, ktl could have been their fancy/m&m for korean gp

    BP's global popularity helps them in SK too, regardless of what a certain fandom has to say about them actually being irrelevant globally. You have big actors like Gong Yoo and Lee Jung Jae mentioning BP's worldwide fandom and calling them the biggest gg, variety shows naming them the global gg, Amazing Saturday literally holding up the Korean flag for Jisoo and Rosé when they last appeared, the President mentioning them more than once in speeches, not to mention literally placed 0.1% below the President himself in a survey about which figures positively shape Korea's image worldwide...clearly BP's global popularity is recognized by Koreans which helps their image there too and keeps them relevant

    longevity in what sense? if its in time then Apink is there to prove you wrong

    BP don't come back often this creates a lot of anticipation and also give their team time to ensure a certain standar of quality they don't fall below and often times when they do it's in years when they have a bit more content than usual or split focus.


    See 2019 when YG pushed world touring and the comeback was A, their first real EP and B, a bit of a re hashed song. KTL barely scraped into the top 50 and had not very good longevity. If it was not released so early into the year it wouldn't of been in the top 50 at all.


    We see a similar them in 2020 HYLT did well and exploded and eventually faded with LSG having the opposite effect a slow but long burner. In between we had a big collab and we saw some over saturation as Ice Cream was just not successful in Korea. 3 songs in 1 year produced a flop, imagine if BP dropped 3-4 comebacks each year like others do, would you still expect that same level of quality to be upheld and with it GP anticipation and longing? Yeah probably not.


    Look even in 2021 after 2020 had a ton of BP content, Rose under performed releasing in Feb and barely scraping 350m points, very poor by BP standards and with Lisa solo totally bombing a lot of that untouchable shine has started to slip away.


    If we look from the Summer of 2020 trough to 2021 with solo's that was actually some of the highest output BP had in their careers and with just that we saw cracks, now think if they were a group with say 70 to 100+ songs like some others from 3rd gen, yeah.

    Hylt stayed in top 100 for over a year, and in top 10 for 16 weeks I wouldn’t call that fading away. Ice cream did top 10 on melon. Not the best longevity but it didn’t flop tbh, it wasn’t promoted in Korea either


    And solo members never do as well as the group digitally, unless it’s an it member. Rose actually did pretty well and Lisa is the only one that flopped.


    Tbh the hiatus help bp a bit but bp itself still did amazing, I don’t think their shine went away. But your right when you come back often it’s easier to have a mess up on the charts.

    ktl spent 6 weeks in melon top 10 so i don't know what you mean by barely top 50. it was also released at the height of the burning sun scandal so the underperformance in korea was more likely related to that.

    lsg did well in korea. internationally it was weaker but i think thats cos it wasnt a hype girl crush type song but also yeah it was released very quickly after the previous release. but i think thats normal, no one does well with super quick succession releases (like 1 month apart). Look at twice scientist, bts - on and ptd etc. all did very poorly by those artist normal standards. so i don't think you can conclude that bp specifically relies on hiatuses. i think they would do well with releases 6 months apart

    i dont think the solo releases really prove anything cos obviously bp are more popular as a whole compared to individually except maybe jennie. i doubt rose and lisa wouldve done much better even with a greater gap between previous releases. i think rose wouldve done a lot better with a korean release. lisa just isnt popular in korea.

    People who think hiatus is the reason bp do well is just trying to find excuses. Hylt and lag are pretty much on the same level. Pwf was bigger than whistle. Both released in the same year. And ktl didn't do bad. I know many ggs these days can't chart close to that level anymore. Also ppl dragging ice cream should see how badly other english songs from kpop groups do. Bts being the only exception.

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    People who think hiatus is the reason bp do well is just trying to find excuses. Hylt and lag are pretty much on the same level. Pwf was bigger than whistle. Both released in the same year. And ktl didn't do bad. I know many ggs these days can't chart close to that level anymore. Also ppl dragging ice cream should see how badly other english songs from kpop groups do. Bts being the only exception.

    *lsg

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