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Posted by Germaine-Jay Saturday, May 4, 2024

Netizens speculate Seventeen's album sales for '17 is Right Here' were manipulated

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Netizens are speculating Seventeen's recent album sales were manipulated.

Seventeen's '17 is Right Here' album has been breaking records on music charts, but some netizens are questioning how the album could have sold 5 million copies. The topic is trending on community message board Pann after one netizen shared the infographic of sales below along with a message explaining the rationale behind their skepticism.

The poster wrote, "With this kind of buzz, they should be #1 on the 'Billboard 200,' and they could be touring all around the world in stadiums. It's impossible to sell at this level only in Asia, and the only countries where physical albums are being sold are Korea and Japan. With only those 2 countries alone though, it's impossible to sell 5 million copies with just buzz alone. In the end, what drives physical sales are US, Europe, and other Western markets, and you need to blow up over there as well, but they don't have any reaction in Western countries. So how is it that Seventeen can sell at the level of Taylor Swift? It's hard to even spot Seventeen's album on European charts in UK, France, Germany, etc. If you look at other countries or even Japan, it's strange for a group to sell this many copies. When you look domestically, it's strange to have a group like Seventeen selling this much when they've never been at the hype level of EXO, BTS or Wanna One."

Other netizens commented, "I can agree with this. The moment HYBE's acquisition news was out, they started jumping to 700K in first week sales, but they didn't have a single hit. After that, they just kept climbing, which was suspicious," "What you're saying is offensive, but it's true selling 5 million is a bit weird," "You sound rude, but you're also telling the truth," and more.

The speculation follows reports Seventeen's '17 is Right Here' albums are being dumped on the streets of Shibuya, Japan.

What are your thoughts on the issue?

SEE ALSO: Watch Seventeen perform 'Love, Money, Fame' feat. DJ Khaled on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

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Arjey
Arjey-499 pts Saturday, May 4, 2024 1
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Only three songs on Spotify in the whole discographi with 200mill. streams.For such a group really bad.So the 5mill.alben are obviously unrealistic..........

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Chibibeast91
Chibibeast913,035 pts Saturday, May 4, 2024 3
Saturday, May 4, 2024

The problem is also the fans with their obsession for the photocards. A lot of website actually show the albums of seventeen on the streets and not only in japan. Instead of multiple versions of one photocard, agencies need to keep only one. Already we will see the difference. It's not about the artists themselves at this point it's more a question of responsability and this is for every groups not only Seventeen.

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