What's the point of charting if you can't even sell albums?

Right? Even if they chart well, if they don't sell well they have bigger risk of disbanding than those who earn a lot of money with albums and tours. Similar to how in metal almost no one charts but still are loaded with money (at least most of them).

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Good thing my faves have both

one single move public would throw you like trash, i would prefer crazy dedicated fans over fickle public any day tbh

Album sales don't bring all that much of money. But it indicates how big your fanbase is and tours can be.

Digitals can put u in spotlight. Just look at oh my girl. All of them have started doing some or the other gig in SK. Hit songs gave them that opportunity.

Both r required to be at the top.

Between a group with good album sales but who doesn't chart at all and is irrelevant in SK
and a group that has low album sales but extremely good charting and digital performance and is known and relevant in SK
Which one do you think will get more CFs deals, Brand endorsements, Acting gigs, Sponsors, and such in SK?
IU has low albums sales but i believe she is making more money than some groups with good album sales? Especially when you consider that they have to split the money between the company and the group and then split the money between the members
But idk you might be right

When will people understand having gp and charting well will never be better than having a strong fandom. The reason why most boy groups last longer and do better is because they have a fandom that will buy and go to their concerts. gp isn’t paying your bills

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you know the trend.. :D

ask iu

she's one of the richest celebs in korea

Hmm ask chungha

Yeah I feel like physicals bring more money

It’s basic maths but some Kpop stans keep denying that. Charting well give exposure though and with that some juicy offers like CFs for example.

I guess by "charting" you mean doing well in streaming. I would say "charting" is a sign that your songs are popular hits, and that mean they probably will played a lot for many years and continue to bring in money. Groups like Girls' Generation, 2NE1 and T-ara have songs that will bring in money from streaming and more far after the groups are gone. Of cource it will go down a lot for each year after a song have been released, but at least it brings in some money. It's a kind of "passive" income, it will bring in money without you need to do anything.

But It's still important to have a strong core fanbase, it's hard to earn any money without if you don't have some kind of virual hit or constanly produce hits popular among the general public.

Because charting indicates public popularity and public popularity brings in CFs and Advertisements. They’re very lucrative and are more important than album sales (regardless of how much albums you sell, groups are not seeing all that money, they’re splitting it with company and production on top of that with each other and writers and producers). CFs are likely only a step below concerts in terms of generating revenue.

Charting helps with almost everything though

Well if you participate in the songwriting or production of a song you'll make more money from royalties, but if you don't have good digitals in the first place it might not be a big difference.

And when people discover you don't need to chart to get CFs or acting stuff once you have a big enough and loyal fandom because you have amazing selling power >>>>

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And when people discover you don't need to chart to get CFs or acting stuff once you have a big enough and loyal fandom because you have amazing selling power >>>>

Exactly. Monsta X barely charts in SK but Shownu had a pictorial featuring a Moschino perfume and it sold out right after that. So he earned a contract with Moschino as their perfume's muse.