What's more important: Physical sales, Digital sales or Youtube views?

[Lexurite]

What's in your opinion the most important thing a Kpop group should have? High physical sales, high digital sales or high Youtube views? Make your own ranking and explain!

[Twice slay yo life]

twice has all of them

[blank]

twice has all of them

[bellendciaga]

physical sales > digital > youtube views

 

all three are important but physical sales are where the mula is so

[Affley]

A proper balance of all

 

Voted for physicals > digital >>>>>> youtube

[lovesound]

 

twice has all of them

 

[Solfa]

CF deals

[valentinna]

Ugh this is the 3515478454153151684815th thread i see asking for the same thing

[sadako]

china > korea

 

t-ara makes more money than all the groups mentioned here

[Vitalis]

Concerts >>>

[bye.]

All cuz they bring money 

[tsugu]

Digitals for korea popularity, physicals for money + fans and youtube for international popularity; it's pretty subjective; imo whichever one gives a group awards is the most important 

[amatea]

albums bc albums mean fans

 

fans who go to concerts

 

reason why Sistar disbanded even though they had the public in their pocket

 

no concerts = no money

 

concerts and cfs is where the money's at

[Belkiss]

Tours

[Zeeza]

CF deals

[amatea]

anyone else notice how everyone voted YT views as the most irrelevant

 

[missa]

physical cause albums mean fans and fans mean concerts and concerts are where all the big bucks are

[liveandletdie]

Physical > Digital >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YT views

[Minnie._.]

Digital > Physical > Youtube

 

Digital more for relevance in Korea and Music Shows Points heavy on Digitals, Physicals 2nd cause MuBank

 

And yep Twice has all.

[MochaLatte]

Of course it's digital, physical, then Youtube views (if you're talking from the "home/Korean" public perspective)... this is a no-brainer... why else would all the music shows use digitals for its highest percentage in counting overall points?

and there are many artists who sell really well physically but have really low digital scores and don't end up winning any music live show trophies or awards... whereas those who do extremely well digitally don't need to sell well physically and still reap all these awards at the end of year ceremonies (ex: SISTAR), but obviously being a triple threat is the best (BTS, BIGBANG, EXO, TWICE)

 

for "fans", it's all

(digitals & Youtube for public recognition & fandom growth AND physicals for their own idols' "good" -> like the effort they put in the comeback is worthwhile and when their own idols are selling well = more fansign meetings & concerts <3 so win-win for both)

[Serenee]

I had a hard time choosing between digital and albums because they are both important.

 

Album sales = fandom = concerts = money

 

But I ended up voting for digital. Why? Because it's easier for a group with good digital sales to grow a fandom than a group with good album sales to have a hit, imo. High digital sales = more exposure on radio, TV shows = fandom growth and CFs if everything works well.

 

In last place comes Youtube views. Sure, it's exposure, but a group can survived with only digital or psyhical but not with youtube only.

[sage14]

Digital for relevance and exposure in s.korea, physicals for fandom and concerts. Both are pretty important and the most successful groups do well in both areas

[WonderJoyous]

Digitals represents the public, while physicals is fandom power, personally I consider digitals to be the most important because it means their music is recognized by the public, I have seen plenty of groups with very lackluster digitals but good physicals, are you going to tell me this is good? The public doesn't know them and fan bulk-buying won't change that.

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

twice has all of them

 

yaaaaaaaasss  

[kalon]

obviously digital, physical, then youtube

 

 

youtube has no value. sales mean cashhhhh.