Demographics of people who buy albums of male and female idols according to Aladdin

BTS it seems have no age limit. I'm 50's and like them. They appeal to "oldies" too.

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Yea I know a lot of ARMY who'd be considered older too., though I'm sure other groups, esp before 4th gen, have older fans as well.

Probably not to the extent of BTS though.

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Yea, I agree that BTS stands out amongst others in appeal spanning generations. What about your daughter? Is she into KPOP?

She likes some of it mainly second gen stuff and has a good playlist that we listen to together in her car.

A random comment but imo this chart just proves that girl groups are somewhat always marketed towards males regardless of when it comes to kpop. International fans tend to assume that kpop girl groups have similar fanbases to western girl bands when that’s not true at all.

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A random comment but imo this chart just proves that girl groups are somewhat always marketed towards males regardless of when it comes to kpop. International fans tend to assume that kpop girl groups have similar fanbases to western girl bands when that’s not true at all.

nah...it just proves that BGs are 100% marketed towards fangirls and GGs are geared towards GP...which includes both males and females.

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nah...it just proves that BGs are 100% marketed towards fangirls and GGs are geared towards GP...which includes both males and females.

GP really don’t buy albums tho.. these groups are pulling big numbers and it’s even missing some groups.

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isn't that why ggs have less sales?

Less sales is not the same as no existent. GP don’t buy albums, you can see this with artists that do great at charts but have sales on the hundreds.

damn IVE got a hella auntie fans

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a little extrapolation is fine. There's nothing controversial in saying the obvious which is ggs have gp and bgs don't except for bts.

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I'm not saying it's controversial - it's definitely not - but it's also not something that this data is applicable to as it's only giving stats on fans - the ones who do buy albums.

True.

I think a conclusion that could be drawn from these charts in the OP is that girl groups have a larger percentage of male fans in their fanbase, while boy group interest seems to be completely dominated by female fans.

However much this will influence marketing is another discussion. But I can imagine that for boy groups the marketing and promotion for albums will be more focused towards female fans, while for girl groups promotion and marketing will be more evenly spread, keeping into account both male and female fans.