Should Dancing be weighed as important as Singing ability?

[Hero]

Personally, I've always though that singing is much more important that the ability to dance. I mean, idols are primarily singers and the item that they are trying to sell are their songs (i.e. vocals). Dancing is just a way that they advertise/promote the product. 

 

A lot of being able to sing relies heavily on talent, whilst I personally believe dancing is much easier to learn and become good at through rigorous training.

 

I guess this question can be extended to whether vocalists are more important that dancers to a group, because I always rationalize that a group could always do without their best dancers, but not their best vocalists. The dancers within idol group could always just be background dancers anyways.

So, what do you think? Is singing more important than dancing, and are vocalists more important that dancers?

[Guest Kami_removed]

vocals are more important to an actual mp3.

 

so obvious vocals

[High Fructose Yoongi Syrup]

no

 

 

Personally, I've always though that singing is much more important that the ability to dance. I mean, idols are primarily singers and the item that they are trying to sell are their songs (i.e. vocals). Dancing is just a way that they advertise/promote the product. 

 

A lot of being able to sing relies heavily on talent, whilst I personally believe dancing is much easier to learn and become good at through rigorous training.

[Skibop!!]

vocals then stage presence then dance

[LeeTheBee]

I think it depends how performance-heavy the group is. A group like Shinee or Vixx needs all good dancers, but not necessarily all good singers (Minho can hold a note, but he's still the weakest. Same with Ravi). 

 

And then like EXO has Kai and DO. Kai is an AMAZING dancer, but not a good singer. DO is an amazing singer, but not a very good dancer.

[Gen_ki]

It depends on how much the group relies of performances. 

[ehmy]

No. It's much harder to sell dancing. 

 

However, I personally have stanned people solely for their dancing. It's an important ability, but in much harder to sell in the Korean entertainment world.

[Onehallyu#1NiceOppaKW]

75% dance 25% vocal.

[llyx]

I agree, dancing is less important than singing in idol groups. You can practice and train hard to become a dancer, but there are many who are born without a singing talent. Dancing is still important though...........hard work and performing skills. 

[Grape Soda]

imo dancing should be weighed higher since you have to learn how to do it. some ppl can just naturally sing well but you have to train and train to dance well.

 

as a singer of course sing should be weighed higher but in general dancing over singing

[ì…�]

I agree, dancing is less important than singing idol groups. You can practice and train hard to become a dancer, but there are many who are born without a singing talent. Dancing is still important though...........hard work and performing skills. 

agree. Singing is very hard you can just tell your diaphragm (or chest for falsetto) to sing like this and sing like that. 

 

 

But if your good at both then your blessed.

[Athena]

imo dancing should be weighed higher since you have to learn how to do it. some ppl can just naturally sing well but you have to train and train to dance well.

 

as a singer of course sing should be weighed higher but in general dancing over singing

There are natural dancers as well though.

[Tadpole.]

Singing>dancing.

[Gabriel Celeste]

vocals is more important, with dancing unless youre the main dancer of the group, you dont need to be that great as long as you can keep up with rest

[Kyuliss]

Depends on the group, some groups are highly performance based. Even then though it'd only be about equal since no matter how amazing the dancing is if the singing is shithouse the performance will be extremely unpleasant.

 

I've never tried to learn how to sing, but I disagree with the "you can get good at dancing through training" because some people just don't have it no matter how hard they work, same as singing.

[fgt]

never

 

and the artists I listen to don't/hardly dance anyway, so dancing really isn't important to a lot of us

[Seulo]

Yes. Most kpop groups don't just rely on vocals so yes.

 

And you said dancing can just be taught while singing is a natural talent but the same thing applies to dance/dancers. There are those with natural ability and those without.

[blazeaire]

Works for 2PM

[alllysone]

Singing is more important than dance because its ultimately music.

 

I don't want to discount dancers but I think its easier for a main vocal dance uniformly than for a dancer to hold a note.

 

Personally I look out the vocals than the dance in a performance. But that's just my personal preference

[Schitstainz]

SMH @ anyone choosing dancing over singing.

 

If these idols wanted to just dance, they should have joined a dance crew and became back-up dancers. There are thousands of other trainees who would kill to debut in a group that actually sings. 

[versace]

Groups with strong singers but weak dancers>>>>>>>>>>Groups with great dancers but weak singers

[Carlos]

Well, u can't sell dancing on your CD, and people can't hear your dancing in their mp3.

 

Of course like or not, being singer/idol, vocal >>>> dancing. If u want to sell your dance, or if u want people prefer dancing>>>singing, be cheerleader, not singer or idol

[Gen_ki]

While singing is important, don't forget this is the idol industry, where they promote mainly through music programs like Inki. 
A good choreo is eye candy. For example, look at Kiss&Cry. I love Domino Game, but I cannot watch them live. Their choreo is not interesting to me. 

[nandakke]

i never paid attention to any idol dancer before. I thought of them less important than the singers of the group. But then i saw Kai and i changed my mind.

[dove galaxy]

Groups with strong singers but weak dancers>>>>>>>>>>Groups with great dancers but weak singers