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Posted by Yaki-Jones Saturday, September 9, 2023

Netizens talk about Idols who sold over a million copies in the first week of release this year

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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."


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  1. aespa
  2. ATEEZ
  3. BLACKPINK
  4. Jisoo
  5. BTS
  6. V
  7. Jimin
  8. SUGA
  9. ENHYPEN
  10. EXO
  11. (G)I-DLE
  12. IVE
  13. LE SSERAFIM
  14. NCT Dream
  15. NewJeans
  16. NMIXX
  17. Seventeen
  18. Stray Kids
  19. TXT
  20. ZEROBASEONE
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xPaulettex
xPaulettex Allkill VIP 13,739 pts Saturday, September 9, 2023 0
Saturday, September 9, 2023

It’s shows more of an achievement the less versions of an album you have.

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hakmyeon
hakmyeon5,001 pts Saturday, September 9, 2023 1
Saturday, September 9, 2023

wait... why did nct dream have TWENTY FOUR VERSIONS OF AN ALBUM??? i'm genuinely curious what's the difference between them...

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