For something considered “popular”, these are pretty weak numbers. We don’t have all the data for the entire chart, but we do have what Billboard’s willing to share, which is the top 10.Ĭonsider how well (or really how poorly) something has to perform to make the top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 in this day and age, when album sales are in the toilet and streaming is supreme. This week, we returned to the year 1996 with Dave Matthews Band (YES, Dave Matthews Band) taking the #1 album with just under 300,000 “equivalent albums” moved (this includes streams, they have an algorithm for how many streams equal an album “sale”). #10 was Shawn Mendes’ most recent album, notching 31,000 units. That’s not a typo, just 31,000 measly units. So, we can only guess that the number of units needed to reach #20 is probably quite a bit lower than 31,000.Īgain, Ed Sheeran’s year-and-three-month-old album managed to bring in more equivalent albums than a brand new BTS album. I think this tells you all you need to know about how truly popular K-Pop is in the US. 10 Questions - Developed by: Jim Harris - Developed on: - 148,989 taken - User Rating: 4.0 of 5 - 149 votes - 178 people like it. Maybe if their fans spent more time actually streaming the albums and less time “stanning” their favorite boys on Twitter, that number would be higher. Oh, and by the way, if you have a look at both the Hot 100 and Top 200? You might notice a significant lack of Kpop.
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“Kpop” isn’t #1, a few hardcore, very mouthy fans have made it seem like it is even though Kpop basically sucks. They’re the ones who are buying it and listening to it week 1, but regular music listeners aren’t picking up the slack the next week or the week after that like they do with all the aforementioned pop and hip-hop songs that stick around the charts for months.ĭrake’s “God’s Plan” is STILL in the top 10, and “Nice For What” is back at #1.
THAT is popularity, when people are still listening to your music weeks, months after it came out, and it continues to gain a new audience from more casual listeners.Īnd don’t think for a second Billboard is “bias”. I LOVE YOU BRO BUT YOURE GAY MEME MOVIE.