Gaon Chart to revamp their chart to match the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's suggestions

[Taecmetothefloor]

Gaon Chart usually releases a new chart every week, but this week was an exception. Not only so, but the official Gaon website went back all the way to the final week of June, and then deleted every Digital chart onward.

 

There's no specific reason as said to why, but the definite thing is that Gaon Chart has announced that they'll be revamping their charts to take downloads more into account as the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism suggested.
 

SEE ALSO: Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism reveal new plans to prevent chart manipulation

 

Gaon Chart will be increasing the weight downloads have on chart placement, and there will be separate genre charts. Not only so, even if one person repeatedly streams a song, the number of repeats counted for the chart will be limited. 

 

Source: Electronic News via Nate

 

Credit: Allkpop

[김민주]

Fucking hell I just want to see how EXO did. they were #1 in downloads so I'm sure that they will get #1 on weekly now though

[Jack Dawson]

Well darn it I wanna see this weeks chart...

 

At least I know EXO got number 1 downloads on Melon

[Schitstainz]

Why only June though?

[abraa]

GAON is a mess this year.

 

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this, because GAON is supposed to track how much money is made from the songs, not try to hunt sajaegi which should be the job of Melon and the other charts.

[Myth]

The Korean music industry is a complete and utter embarrassment.

[silicon soul]

Damage has been done though.

[Си�у Пак]

Gaon, get your shit together.

 

My boys are coming back starting next week, and we dont need charts problems now.

[Taecmetothefloor]

Why only June though?

Good question

[Brown Bear]

And with that, SISTAR's domination will end.

[Dream Boy]

Damage has been done though.

Not really they erased all the July data. I think they're re-doing the charts with those inflated numbers.

 

[shaysonic]

http://onehallyu.com/index.php?/topic/18020-gaon-to-revamp-its-system-goodbye-stream-sajaegi/

[김민주]

GAON is a mess this year.

 

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this, because GAON is supposed to track how much money is made from the songs, not try to hunt sajaegi which should be the job of Melon and the other charts.

Actually I wonder is there any proof to this? Gaon seems to follow billboard and billboard is based ok a point system that has nothing to do with monetary gain.

[Taecmetothefloor]

http://onehallyu.com/index.php?/topic/18020-gaon-to-revamp-its-system-goodbye-stream-sajaegi/

lol sorry apparently our thread got posted at the same time XD

[Schitstainz]

GAON is a mess this year.

 

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this, because GAON is supposed to track how much money is made from the songs, not try to hunt sajaegi which should be the job of Melon and the other charts.

That's what they're doing though. It'll focus more on downloads, which is where all the money is.

[abraa]

So first this thread got locked and then the second 

Actually I wonder is there any proof to this? Gaon seems to follow billboard and billboard is based ok a point system that has nothing to do with monetary gain.

GAON doesn't follow Billboard. They are separate lists with different criteria.

 

I don't see how this change will affect sajaegi as Koreans don't seem to care much about GAON, the average Korean is more likely to check Melon for charts.

 

It will just make GAON less relevant as streaming is a better way of checking the longevity and popularity of songs.

 

 

That's what they're doing though. It'll focus more on downloads, which is where all the money is.

Hmm. I don't think anyone here has any numbers on how much money is made through streaming, but downloads are very cheap so even a million downloads doesn't mean that they make much money.

[lalala]

Downloads is where the money is at anyway. Probably a good sign for boy groups in my opinion.

 

DOWNLOAD CHART:

4. Big Bang – “BLUE†– 3,365,275 Downloads
5. Big Bang – “FANTASTIC BABY†– 3,339,871 Downloads
20. Big Bang – “MONSTER†– 2,363,148 Downloads
30. Big Bang – “BAD BOY†– 2,216,784 Downloads

 

AGGREGATE CHART:

5. Big Bang – “Fantastic Baby†– 289,919,209 Points
10. Big Bang – “Blue†– 262,850,290 Points
14. Big Bang – “Monsterâ€
59. Big Bang – “Bad Boyâ€

[WhaleWhisper]

gaon shouldn't be policing this

[Taecmetothefloor]

Downloads is where the money is at anyway. Probably a good sign for boy groups in my opinion.

 

DOWNLOAD CHART:

4. Big Bang – “BLUE†– 3,365,275 Downloads

5. Big Bang – “FANTASTIC BABY†– 3,339,871 Downloads

20. Big Bang – “MONSTER†– 2,363,148 Downloads

30. Big Bang – “BAD BOY†– 2,216,784 Downloads

 

AGGREGATE CHART:

5. Big Bang – “Fantastic Baby†– 289,919,209 Points

10. Big Bang – “Blue†– 262,850,290 Points

14. Big Bang – “Monsterâ€

59. Big Bang – “Bad Boyâ€

I thought they don't really make a lot more money with digital downloads and such because the sites get a of it, or was that wrong? 

 

And just curious as to why you think it's a good sign for boy groups when most don't usually do that well digitally minus a few exceptions?

[Dream Boy]

lol sorry apparently our thread got posted at the same time XD

 

I reported your thread because I thought I posted first but you actually posted first, sorry. 

 

I'm glad Gaon is fixing the download charts numbers, because the inflated numbers wouldn't have been fair to the year end chart.

[Mel]

Great. MelOn should fix some issues as well.

[mglsts]

I'm curious to see the results after this happens...

[lalala]

I thought they don't really make a lot more money with digital downloads and such because the sites get a of it, or was that wrong? 

 

And just curious as to why you think it's a good sign for boy groups when most don't usually do that well digitally minus a few exceptions?

No one gets rich from music whether physically or digitally, but many musicians in Korea are living pretty comfortably off digital sales.

e.g. Leessang, Roy Kim, Dynamic Duo, Busker Busker etc...

 

Digitals cost $0 to distribute, then site gets 50%, then rest 50% is usually split into thirds, 1 for company, 1 for artist, 1 for composer.

If every one of your song sells, and you don't have a gazillion member in your group, then it's decent money.

For physicals CDs are super cheap in Korea $5-8USD depending on the number of songs.

So let's say production only costs 40%, then the rest is split between manufacturer, distributer, seller, and what's left to company/artist/producer.

 

 

Boy groups all do better on the downloading chart than the aggregate chart. (with some exceptions...cough Beast cough Block B...) Ballads usually get more streams because people put them on loop.

[김민주]

So first this thread got locked and then the second

GAON doesn't follow Billboard. They are separate lists with different criteria.

 

I don't see how this change will affect sajaegi as Koreans don't seem to care much about GAON, the average Korean is more likely to check Melon for charts.

 

It will just make GAON less relevant as streaming is a better way of checking the longevity and popularity of songs.

 

 

Hmm. I don't think anyone here has any numbers on how much money is made through streaming, but downloads are very cheap so even a million downloads doesn't mean that they make much money.

I don't mean it's literally affiliated with billboard, I mean it tends to copy the way billboard work

[Sa1zo]

No one gets rich from music whether physically or digitally, but many musicians in Korea are living pretty comfortably off digital sales.

e.g. Leessang, Roy Kim, Dynamic Duo, Busker Busker etc...

 

Digitals cost $0 to distribute, then site gets 50%, then rest 50% is usually split into thirds, 1 for company, 1 for artist, 1 for composer.

If every one of your song sells, and you don't have a gazillion member in your group, then it's decent money.

For physicals CDs are super cheap in Korea $5-8USD depending on the number of songs.

So let's say production only costs 40%, then the rest is split between manufacturer, distributer, seller, and what's left to company/artist/producer.

 

 

Boy groups all do better on the downloading chart than the aggregate chart. (with some exceptions...cough Beast cough Block B...) Ballads usually get more streams because people put them on loop.

I get you point but new albums in Korea are not that cheap they are usually 10$-15$