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[Naver:KRN] SHINee Jonghyun 'It's a pity that physical cd market is dying"


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Just because SM artists excel over other companies artists in the Physical Sales category... doesn't mean that they themselves can't do better... The physical market IS dying and that's just a fact. I for one am not a fan of this as for me, the feeling of having your favorite groups' album in your hands are far greater than downloading them digitally off a music provider...

 

[+7130, -2384So is that why you guys are turning a lot to the acting industry...

 
Ignorant. Album sales barely even covers the costs of album production + promotion fees... (Even if they were to sell millions - this would be to assume that the physical market wasn't dying). Idols just go into acting because that's just another branch of entertainment... and being performers, I don't see why this wouldn't be expected... and some might just have a genuine interest in acting.
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He didn't lie.

 

But I think he missed the main point that Albums are expensive as fuck, idk how much they cost in Korea but in my country for buying albums is expensive not only that but those albums don't come with photo-books or photo-cards like Kpop albums.. They are really plain and so when you can get music off the net for just a few bucks why bother going and getting a physical copy..

In Korea, albums (Physical) costs as little as $7 US Dollars to buy.

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Oh so it's not that expensive either, I guess...

But tbh if you convert that into my country's currency it's still a little expensive especially if I count the shipping amount and everything too OTL T__T

 

I guess in the end all those easily available streaming facilities and internet literally everywhere is the major factor for Korea then...

Nuh... just that people in Korea has basically no time to run out to the stores and buy albums anymore...

 

Kids are either always stuck in school or doing extra curricular activities while adults work and work and work and work and work and work and work and work. So yeah, it's FAR MORE convenient to get digital albums rather than physical. It doesn't help that the market is oversaturated with idol groups now as well, where as back then, where were only a hand full so it was easy to keep up with your favorite groups and run to the store when they release their album. Nowadays, there's literally a group releasing an album everyday... so it just gets sorta...... boring? Useless? etc.

 

That's why airplay is one (if not the most) important form of promotion for groups now (and probably why digital sales are stressed). People are always out and never home, so whatever your exposed to depends on what you hear in the street or see in the TVs are restaurants, shopping centres, stations etc.

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If you're buying single albums, then maybe. Otherwise it's about double that. Last summer I got 2 Davichi albums from êµë³´ë¬¸ê³  in Daegu. Mystic Ballad was 14,500 won, the other was a compilation for almost 20,000 won.

haha that's why I said ''as little as'', there's simply too many forms of albums (Mini Album, Deluxe, Collectors, Limited) to group them all in one price, hence why I said what I said :P

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