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People naturally put boy band in the crazy teenage girl category You expect Americans like this bitch here to expect the fact that a FOREIGNER is getting more popular than a their precious little american celebsĪnother reason people automatically hate them is because the style is too kiddish or feminine THEY HAVE TO BREAK A LANGUAGE BARRIER DUM DUM The reason a lot of people like this bitch hate on kpop is because it’s not in English

You can just tell that this was written by a white american person that probables thinks their “cool” now NOTE: Buckley at least understands that all the things he likes aren’t actually popular, and never will be. In other words, it’s basically the exact opposite of the British Invasion in every single way. There’s no takeover, the Korean invasion is like the British Invasion if the Beatles showed up, the few hundred girls screaming at the airport were the only people who bought their music, everyone considered those girls weird nerds, and no other British bands ever reached the same level of popularity as American groups. So, despite the Guardian’s claims, I don’t think Americans are going to have to take an Introduction to Korean course to be able to listen to the radio any time soon. But they aren’t, and the reason is simple: because more people are listening to the other 100 songs on the chart. If Kanye can put out an album with very little hype (compared to his last album) and have every song chart on the Hot 100 (likely almost entirely based on streams), it stands to reason that if K-Pop is so popular in the US, more songs would be charting. 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”. 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. “Kpop” isn’t #1, a few hardcore, very mouthy fans have made it seem like it is even though Kpop basically sucks. So where’s this “Explosion”? Seems more like a small bottle rocket going off during a massive fireworks display of North American pop and hip-hop. Girl’s Generation, EXO, BTOB, Blackpink, or Twice. The other BTS album in this chart is being beaten by a classic rock album that came out nearly 40 years ago, and in a week when none of their members even died. Two spots up at #137 by the way? AC/DC’s Back in Black.

Taylor Swift’s 1989 at #114 (her 2014 release)Īs I made it to #139 I found another Kpop album: BTS’s Love Yourself: Her.

Zac Brown Band’s Greatest Hits So Far… at #77 (that must be an EP, right?).

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The Moana soundtrack at #72 (didn’t that movie come out in 2016?).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.

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. I think this tells you all you need to know about how truly popular K-Pop is in the US. 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. That’s not a typo, just 31,000 measly units. #10 was Shawn Mendes’ most recent album, notching 31,000 units. 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”). 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. Consider 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. For something considered “popular”, these are pretty weak numbers.