Top 100 Best-Selling Music Artists

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by hpg23

South Korea is also a economic powerhouse in terms of CD sales, so nowadays

I was always under the impression that piracy was very high in S. Korea since the best selling album of the year sells about 300K copies.

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

I was always under the impression that piracy was very high in S. Korea since the best selling album of the year sells about 300K copies.

people tend to forgot the artist and the music change and sometimes when artist dont sell much might also be because music wise it doesnt sounds as good or interresting . look at gaga she is a great exemple she sold millions of copy even though we have mp3 and people dl illegally her tour was so packed tickets sold out in a few hours for the staple center ....

i think that if artists makes good music it doesnt stop people from buying even though illegal dl are strong they often promote the artist .

i just think korean music in south korea those past few years isnt as good as before , also i notice compare to japan artist dont have much extra " gifts " its always a poster that come with the first press nothing extraordinary . i think if korean company start copying avex and do lucky do , small concert or interview in the street or shop and start giving better gift albums would sell way better people always love good freebies

i also notice korean artist tend to do a lot of repackaging of their album months later with extra tracks or new cover or adding postal card but people already bought the cds it doesnt really help pushing the sale higher

an other things some atist produce mini albums ( cf bi rain and lee jung hyun for exemple ) and than put all those song in a full album ...i dont think its very smart sell wise because fans tend to expect full new albums not only a new mini album combine with the old one to make a full album

( dont missunderstand i m the first to rush as soon as first press albums come out )

[Nackar_91]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

I was always under the impression that piracy was very high in S. Korea since the best selling album of the year sells about 300K copies.

Actually, I think I read somewhere that the Koreans love to download and that legal downloads for both singles and albums is relatively high, but don't quote me on that.