Question about national hits

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We've been talking about this for years.

And we're still at square one.

OP seems new...she must've missed this wonderful thread...

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Move Over National Hit, Here comes Really Really Top Big Hit Song based on Korean data and metrics

This paper was co-authored by selfmate and @keaji

The term National Hit has caused mass confusion, debates, arguments, fights, fanwars and discussions between people in the kpop community and beyond

Thus, we of the kpop megachurch research division in our infinite wisdom have decided that the use of the term National Hit is out-fashioned and outdated and not suited to kpop moving in the 21st century.

We therefore have used multiple sources covering the journal articles, literary sources, online…

selfmate

Feb 8th 2021

Quote from sweettaylor

Hello:)

I have wondered when a song is considered a national hit and who determines that?

Songs like Good day, Gee, Growl, Cheer up etc mostly come up when talking about National Hits. Is that something we can claim just because of good charting or is “national hit” a special title given by the gp only?

A song doesn’t need to be the No 1 or get paks on charts to be considered a nh, right?

Can somebody tell me if Davichi and Ailee have national hits? Or could somebody give me a list of a general consensus of 2nd and 3rd gen songs that are agreed to be nh?

Or link me a different thread where I find an answer

Thanks!

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national hit is a hit that many people in the nation know

so even if the song is selling high, chart high but if people dont know its not national hit