Much like last year, thus far in 2011, the Korean music industry has been dominated by idols. With top idol groups promoting overseas as part of the Hallyu wave, their influence has spread beyond Asia into Europe and South America as well.
With that said, the “report cards” (aka the album and digital sales) of boy groups and girl groups for this year were compared.
–> Girl groups dominate online sales (mp3), while boy groups dominate offline sales (CD)
Girl groups clearly dominated the digital charts. Out of the 51 idol group songs in the top 100, 31 (61%) of those were by girl groups.
In contrast, boy groups had a strong hold over the offline or physical album sales this year. The top 10 album sales for this year (with the exception of KARA at 8th place) were all from boy groups. Super Junior, TVXQ, and JYJ comprised of the the top 3 album sales this year.
Choi Kang Ho, director of the Music Contents Industry Association (which runs Gaon Chart) stated,“For offline or album sales, the majority of the consumers are made up of loyal fans of idol groups rather than regular music fans… Boy groups, who have more intimate fans compared to girl groups, have been showing high album sales.”
<2011 Album Sales Ranking>(1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/2011)-Irrelevant news omitted-
1. ‘Mr. Simple’ – Super Junior
2. ‘Keep Your Head Down’ – TVXQ
3. ‘In Heaven’ – JYJ
4. ‘Big Bang 4th Mini Album’ – Big Bang
5. ‘Fiction And Fact’ – B2ST
6. ‘Break Down (EP)’ – Kim Hyun Joong
7. ‘First Step’ – CNBLUE
8. ‘STEP’ – KARA
9. ‘Mr. Simple The 5th Album Repackage (A-Cha)’ – Super Junior
10. ‘Hands Up’ – 2PM
11. ‘Big Bang Special Edition’ – Big Bang
12. ’2NE1 2nd Mini Album’ – 2NE1
13. ‘Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway’ – Various Artists
14. ‘Take A Deeper Look (EP)’ – Jay Park
15. ‘Pinocchio’ – f(x)
Source: Herald Biz via Naver, allkpop
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