"Heart Attack" from fans to AOA
AOAへファンたちから『Heart Attack』
Girl group AOA has entered the top 5 of the US Billboard World Albums chart.
According to the US Billboard on the 3rd, AOA's 3rd mini album "Heart Attack" has entered the 5th place in the World Albums chart for the first time.
The World Albums chart is a chart based on the sales of all albums around the world, and it is the highest ranking for a Korean singer.
Earlier, Billboard praised AOA as "the best concept among the K-pop groups making a comeback recently," and paid close attention to their progress.
Billboard showed great interest by analyzing AOA's musical characteristics and style concept, as well as the music video for "Heart Attack."
"Heart Attack" ranked first on China's largest music chart, UinYueTai's V Chart, with a near perfect score of 99.00.
The song is also popular in the Chinese-speaking world, having been introduced on the main pages of major Chinese music sites such as Baidu Ranking, TencentQQ Music, and Weibo Music.
The success of AOA, who is popular in the Western and Chinese-speaking world, has also attracted the attention of the overseas music industry.
AOA, who are promoting their third mini-album with the title song "Heart Attack," ranked first on MBC Music's "SHOW CHAMPION" broadcast on the 1st.
AOA, who released their album on the 22nd of last month, took the No. 1 trophy in their second week of activity and were the first to smile in this summer's girl group battle.
(From K-POP News)
K-POP girls who are going overseas must first receive the love of female fans like friends.
After practicing singing and dancing thoroughly, the next thing they need to do is to think about how to promote themselves.
One way to do this is to try to learn the language of each country they visit.
★ AOA was chosen as the number one "Champion Song" on MBC Music's music program "Show Champion" on the 1st.
The candidates for the Champion Song that day were MAMAMOO's "Um Oh Ah Yeh," BIGBANG's "Bang Bang Bang," SISTAR's "Shake It," AOA's "Heart Attack," and EXO's "Love Me Right."
AOA and SISTAR are in a fierce battle over who will be the winner of the championship, with almost identical comebacks.
The music video for AOA's third mini-album "Heart Attack" recorded over 5.3 million views on YouTube in one week, far surpassing SISTAR's new song "Shake It."
It's catchy music that appeals to viewers with the energy and brilliance of girl groups.
On the 3rd, SISTAR and AOA competed for the top spot on KBS 2's Music Bank, with SISTAR emerging victorious.
However, looking at the number of YouTube hits and their momentum in the Top 5 on the US Billboard World Albums chart, AOA are competing closely with SISTAR on the domestic charts and TV songs, but the reaction of overseas fans to AOA is heating up day by day, and they are threatening to pull away from SISTAR.
What is creating this difference...?
Is it possible that the difference in number of members, 7 to 4, is too big...?
Nicole, former member of KARA, is doing a bit well, but K-pop solo singers like IU and Ailee have not been able to make it to Japan as they had hoped.
Both of them have top-level singing ability in Korea...but it must have been a shock to them, and we haven't heard any calls for them to try again.
BoA's success in Japan was a good time. They were blessed.
Nicole's solo career was also met with low response despite the high expectations. This is the difference between being in a group and being solo.
Or rather, it seems that a K-pop solo singer who can sing pop songs and produce hits on the same level as BoA won't appear anytime soon.
With enka, there may be the occasional hit that reaches the general public, as in the past... but maybe a song like "pop enka" in between might come out.
For example, songs sung by Girls' Generation or KARA may be revived as "summer songs" as time goes by.
★ "Heart Attack" reached number one on China's largest music chart, UinYueTai's V Chart, with a near perfect score of 99.00, and has been featured on the main pages of major Chinese music sites such as Baidu Ranking, TencentQQ Music, and Weibo Music, making it popular in the Chinese-speaking world. AOA's success, which has earned them popularity in Europe, America, and China, has also drawn interest from the overseas music industry.
And it's not just in Europe and America. AOA's popularity in Japan is also following in the footsteps of Apink as a rising girl group.
If you look on Twitter, you'll see a wide range of voices talking about Seolhyun, Jimin, Choa, and Mina.
AOA has a lively seven members.
Overseas fans find their favorites from the many members, just like choosing a friend.
It goes without saying that it's easier to choose from seven members than from four.
Fans choose members who are good at singing, good at dancing, or charming, and create a network around that group and their favorite members.
This may be what is starting to show its strength.
If SISTAR can't go out into the world, does that mean that K-pop four-member girl groups can't make it on the world stage?
KARA has also become a four-member group, and their popularity is gradually declining.
Actually, even though they are a four-member group, 2NE1 is gradually gaining popularity.
If we don't understand the mechanism behind 2NE1's popularity, it may be difficult for a four-member girl group to succeed.
I wonder if the popularity of the seven-member group AOA will be able to take root in Asia...
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