Hmmm didn't know that. What about Yoasobi? They really I think should have won it last year and if not last year then this year as they have gotten even bigger.
The MAMAs are organized by a Korean company, and JO1 is part of CJ ENM, so it was obvious that they were going to win, this year the most likely is that INI will win, the other group of produce Japan, which also belongs to CJ ENM
Display MoreNew Asian Artist that went to JO1. On Billboard Japan JO1 was ranked #18 for the overall group rankings.
At the same time NiziU was ranked #15, Snow Man was ranked #12, Six Tones were ranked #11 and Yoasobi was ranked #8. All of these artists debuted in 2020 or in Yoasobi's case December 2019. I can see them being ahead of NiziU as technically when the award was given NiziU had not debuted yet but the other groups no way.
On Singles sales, JO1 was ranked #14, 16, while Snow Man was ranked #3,4,5. Sixtones was ranked #3, #5, #6 (#3, #5 were colabs). JO1 had 2 Platinum's but Sixtones, & Snowman had million sellers.
In downloads Albums NiziU was #2 and JO1 wasn't in the top 100 at all.
In download songs Yoasobi was #7, ,#28, 57, #68, #69, NiziU was #17. JO1 wasn't in the top 100
In Streams Yoasobi was #1,23,62,67 and 76. NiziU was ranked #11, JO1 wasn't in the top 100.
By any metric the award should not have been given to JO1 but someone else as there are 4 groups that ranked higher then them.
about the award for best new artist and sixtones and snowman, the agency of these groups, Johnny's, prohibits their groups from being nominated and participating in most awards ceremonies.
The agency also prohibits direct interactions between its groups and groups from other agencies.
another generic group
the effect of digital bulk sales
Japan top group, King & Prince, release today the MV of their new song "Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou".
The song is the main theme of the new Kaguya Sama live action Movie.
Japan top group, King & Prince, release today the teaser of the Mv of their new song "Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou".
The song is the main theme of the new Kaguya Sama live action Movie.
Top asian rookie group, Snow Man, release today the MV of their song "Snow World".
The song was included in their hit debut single "D.D./Imitation Rain", and will also be included in their debut album, "SnowMania S1", released on September 29.
Johnny's group Kis-My-Ft2 release today the MV of their new song Fear.
The song was included in their new single "Fear / So Blue", will be release the next September 15th
Johnny's Jr. group IMPACTors release today the MV of their song Wildfire.
No, I think that democracy it's something exclusive of the white race, and it's not for being racist, but if we look at democracies around the world, they are always European countries or with a white majority (usa, canada, australia, nz, uruguay , Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica).
There are peoples (and races) in which democracy does not work, and if it works it is because it have been applied by force as in Japan or South Korea.
The countries of the Middle East, Africa, and some Latin American countries such as El Salvador or Guatemala need a leader who directs the country in a more less authoritarian way, that is the only way that those countries do not have constant internal conflicts
She's not even top 10 in her country xd
In just 24 hours Kansai Jr group Naniwa Danshi got more than 70k members for their official fanclub.
With these numbers, the Osaka group beat Kinpuri, who had the previous record with more than 60k people on the first day alone.
Naniwa Danshi will make her debut on November 12
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because it hurts them that someone tells them that they are a fandom that manipulates the charts
Display MoreAnd neither need Kpop acts take non-fans seriously.
To them whether a fan buys the album 10 times, or 10 non-fans buy the album once, is immaterial.
Actually given that non-fans rarely would buy anything at all, but mostly consume digitally, the fan is more valuable.
It is same as politics. Parties primarily cater to their already captured base, sure they would like if undecided do vote for them or convert to a follower. But their primary focus is to the captive constituency.
A dedicated follower who would vote each time for the party - never mind the quality of leadership/policy, is more important than the undecided general population.
Just hat these charts weren't supposed to reflect the 'strength of the fandom' but the quality of the song via its general popularity. But strength of the fandom skews those results.
It is for the charts to adapt to that, otherwise as you mention, they will lose credibility - both with non-fans and eventually even with fans, when habituated to this sort of gaming.
let's be honest, actually, in 2021, nobody cares about billboard, oricon, uk chart, gaon, aria chart, etc etc, how many times on the street have you seen someone talk about billboard or uk chart? (or the chart of your country). The only people who care about charts are idol fans.
The rookie group Snowman continues to reap success, its latest achievement was to get in the last 24 hours more than 20,000 new members for its official paid fanclub
This news came after the announcement of his first Arena Tour.
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congrats to Snow Man
We have album of the year 
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so i guess everyones numbers are inflated
fun fact Butter and DYnamite both have more debut week streams than Willow by Taylor Swift or (also more debut week streams than ROM by Gaga & Ari)
Debut week US Streams
ROM - 31.4M
Willow - 30M
Dynamite - 33.9M
Butter - 32.2M
and lets not act like most fandoms on this website doesn't have a funding account
they just don't have enough buyers (ie don'thave a big enough fandom) in the US to have their "funds" make an impact
and precisely that makes what gangnam style achieved even more valuable, a genuine hit
Diverting the topic and avoiding giving evidence, are we?
I'm giving you great evidence xd paypal accounts for bulk purchases, wowwwww, what a big hit xd
