Digitals = song is popular Physicals = group is popular

    That's how you determine the most popular group by year.


    Earlier I made a thread saying f(x) was arguably the 2nd most popular girl group of 2011 after SNSD but some users said T-ara was more popular cause of Roly Poly.


    Digital sales means people only care about the song and not the group. So if we compare both f(x) and T-ara digitals and physical releases that year then we can see f(x) was clearly more popular.


    f(x):


    Hot Summer digital single: Over 3 million.

    Pinocchio/Hot Summer combined Korean physicals: 144K


    T-ara:


    Roly Poly digital single: Over 4 million.

    John Travolta Wannabe/Black Eyes combined physical sales: 86K


    T-ara had the bigger song but f(x) was the bigger group.

    Depends on your definition of popular.


    I think most K-POP fans have come to the conclusion that digitals equals popularity while sales equals fandom power. So, you're argument won't hold in that scenario.

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    You've thought of this for long just to fit with your own narrative

    Having a high digital sales does not only mean it's just the song, it could also mean having a high stream bcoz the group/artist is so popular :cursing:

    Just like IU, BTS and BP. Whatever song they'd release the GP tends to check it out bcoz of their brand. :cursing:

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    Physicals are indicator of the fandom.

    It is a tiresome argument to say "not all fans buy albums", ignoring that "it is mostly fans who buy albums"


    As to the premise of the post, that is a joke too.

    Digitals are often released as singles, can be purchased/downloaded/listened to as singles.

    Whereas with albums, you get a bunch of songs, can't purchase part of it and no one has any idea whether the purchase even plays that album, or which songs on it.


    So this comparison is meaningless. Comparison should be digital vs. digital and physical vs. physical by song or by entire album. Not digital song vs. physical albums.

    But I am talking about 2011. You're coming at this from 2022 perspective.

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