BTS are also on UWC album chart at #4 with 3.8m+ units. Not only the highest charting Korean but Asian artist. Seventeen, Stray Kids, NCT Dream are also there. All ahead of Blackpink. OP is just exaggerating with the title since Blackpink are the only Korean artist on the UWC songs chart. Let them celebrate.
But BTS and no other Korean artist on the more relevant song list? Damn. Impressive for BP.
Can't you just read the whole fucking article? I'll copy and paste to make it easier to you:
Before you start scrolling (and commenting), keep in mind that this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List. Talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Sure, many of the people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch, and boundless range. Others have rougher, stranger, or more delicate instruments. As our write-up for the man who ended up at Number 112 notes, “Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t have what most people would call a good voice, but boy does he have a great one.” That could apply to more than a few people here.
It's region blocked for me, so I had to find the list elsewhere sans the article.
But I see, the list isn't about talent, just a few random opinions from the writers, I see. That makes more sense why the list makes almost no sense.
I'm curious what their definition of "singer" is? Celine Dion didn't make the top 200 when she could easily be top 10. Kelly Clarkson only 194 despite being the most technical vocalist of the current generation. Meanwhile Taylor swift, a decent singer, is above either of them lol.
Many singing communities are trashing the list since it's not showing good vocals, rather popularity.
I mean, it's true but even I wouldn't go this far.
BTW, you want a long lasting song on Melon?
I give you
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I still get sad when people forget about this song. Those of us that listened to Kpop during 2nd Gen saw the impact and how it was almost as big as Gee, ended up blocking SNSD's Genie everywhere, and ended up the 2nd Gen song with the longest longevity (maybe the longest longevity of any Korean song ever).
Timing is usually BTS' biggest enemy. I will never forget when BTS dominance was just starting in 2017 with DNA, they came back on the same day as IU. If not for that and other unfortunate happenings (like Dynamite blocking LGO and Butter blocking PTD) we might have had 3 more #1 hits on Melon daily and weekly. But I will take BTS being the most digitally impressive group with not only their main tt doing well but also many of their unpromoted and promoted bsides. Especially with Euphoria being so big as it was when Jungkook only performed it at concerts but found it's way to an HBO show by the same name. Iconic. And Mic Drop still hold it down with 10 weeks in BB100, IN 2017 before 2020 BTS even was a thing.
Timing is indeed a big factor. Some groups got unlucky like BTS and BP, which both would have at least 1 song to get #1 if not blocked by themselves. Some groups got lucky like Twice that often released songs during dead periods.
Reminder that Yet To Come tanked and BTS are over
Can we not.
Looking at 3rd Gen Groups that debuted in 2013 or later, I calculated the average length of time each group lasted at #1 on Melon Daily. Only listed groups with at least three Melon Daily #1 hits. For 3rd Gen it's only 7 groups. There are a couple pre-2013 debuted groups that got bigger during 3rd Gen that could be included, such as APink, but I decided against that since I only had data from 2013 forward.
We talk about the top 10 a lot, and we talk a lot about "impact" but we never really look at how long the true peak of a song really lasted for.
Was surprised that many long lasting songs didn't actually ever reach #1 on Melon Daily. Was also surprised about songs that hit #1 on Gaon but never on Melon; it must have been due to downloads.
Here are the numbers:
1. BTS - 120 Days / 4 Songs - 4 Weeks and 2 Days per #1 Song
2. Blackpink - 63 Days / 3 Songs - 3 Weeks per #1 Song
3. Ikon - 47 Days / 3 Songs - 2 Weeks and 1.67 Days per #1 Song
4. Twice - 99 Days / 9 Songs - 1 Week and 4 Days per #1 Song
5. Mamamoo - 14 Days / 3 Songs - 4.67 Days per #1 Song
6. Red Velvet 8 Days / 3 Songs - 2.67 Days per #1 Song
7. Winner 10 Days / 4 Songs - 2.5 Days per #1 Song.
Dynamite (75 days) and D4 (30 Days) have the longest charting songs at #1 by Boy Groups and Girl Groups of the 3rd Gen.
3 YG groups, 1 SM group, 1 HYBE group, 1 JYP group, and 1 RBW(?) group made the list.
Do with them what you will.
My takes:
Dynamite and Butter make up 90 percent of BTS' four songs to reach the peak on the Daily Chart, but the fact their average reached 30 days is amazing regardless.
Blackpink has the highest average impact for girl groups, as I'm sure everyone expected.
Ikon also propped up due to one huge song, with 40 of their 47 days being due to Love Scenario.
Twice had many songs that peaked at #1 to then quickly fall, not having too much lasting impact outside of Cheer Up/TT.
Mamamoo having more longevity at the peak than Red Velvet was the biggest surprise for me.
2NE1 had 9 number 1 songs and the most digital success of any female group in South Korea as far as downloads. Dara was regularly ranked with Suzy, above Yoona, during the 2009-2011 peak as far as visuals. I wouldn't say they only had a "couple" hit songs nor lacked visuals. They weren't as visual focused as groups like SNSD etc were.
Incorrect. My last alt got banned by one of the Once mods. Johnny wasn't even online, I checked. Unless he is usually on invisible and up at like 4am (assuming he's in North America)
Nope that's not me. I'llPray4u here. Made a new account just to say this, even if it will be banned. Don't want someone that's not me associated with my brand. Thank you.
