Netizens are talking about Idols who sold over a million copies in the first week of release this year. The focus of the discussion revolves around the multiple versions of these albums that were released.
On September 9th, a post summarizing a million sellers garnered attention for providing insight into the strategies employed by the artists and their labels. Indeed, each version of the same album adds value with different album covers, photo cards, and other collectibles. However, it seems the sales statistics are also inflated due to the release of so many different versions of the same album.
According to the list, this year alone 17 idols sold over a million copies during the first week of the release. TXT had 9 different versions, BTS Jimin had 3 versions, BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo had 5, IVE had 9, BTS SUGA had 3, Seventeen had 18, and LE SSERAFIM had 10 versions. aespa, (G)I-DLE, and ENHYPEN all had 11 versions. Stray Kids had 12 versions, ATEEZ had 4 versions, EXO had 19 versions, ZEROBASEONE had 11 versions, NMIXX had 8 versions, and NCT Dream had 24 versions. NewJeans had 11 versions, and BTS V had 4 versions.
Some of the comments are: “So no one is selling one or two versions these days?”
“What do you have to do to release the same album in 24 versions”
“I didn’t know ATEEZ did so well without having to release so many versions.”
“Labels are going wild with these versions smh milking fans to the max.”
“Each BTS member can sell a million copies with the least variations of album versions.”
What do you think?
