Japan's no. 1 vs Korean's Options

[whiteosama]

According to http://www.jpopasia.com/charts/

Japan's no. 1 top hits: Meikyū Love Song - Arashi
Views on Youtube: 5,835

Korean's no. 1 top hits: Wonder Girls (원더걸스) - Be My Baby
Views on Youtube: 8,323,505

Japan is a lot richer and technologically more advance than korea, just ten years ago japan still more popular than korean, why now korean seem so much more popular than japanese? what is the reason?

This post has been edited by whiteosama: Nov 16 2011, 11:39 AM

[chiuchimu]

According to http://www.jpopasia.com/charts/

Japan's no. 1 top hits: Meikyū Love Song - Arashi
Views on Youtube: 5,835

Korean's no. 1 top hits: Wonder Girls (원더걸스) - Be My Baby
Views on Youtube: 8,323,505

Japan is a lot richer and technologically more advance than korea, just ten years ago japan still more popular than korean, why now korean seem so much more popular than japanese? what is the reason?

Maybe if you typed it in Japanese you get better results:
嵐　迷宮ラブソング　PV Youtube
1,142,638
(5,835) lol.

Also, the Arashi song is average hit, even the oricon album sales of 47563 prove that. On the other hand, this isn't a usual Wonder Girls single, it's a comeback after a long absence. It's obviously going to be a mega hit.
That's not a fair comparison. Besides the majority of Japanese watch NicoNico not Youtube.


am I saying Jpop is bigger than Kpop on Youtube? No! No! No!
Kpop is much bigger on youtube than Jpop. That's a fact. I am pointing out the ratio is often exaggerated and very bios. 5 thousand hits instead of 1 million? That's clearly misrepresentation.

Here is a Jpop example that has: 54,226,209
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkHlnWFnA0c
I'm sure the Wonder Girls will top that. But 54 million on a website that most Japanese don't go to? Jpop also has fans around the world.

[whiteosama]

Maybe if you typed it in Japanese you get better results:
嵐　迷宮ラブソング　PV Youtube
1,142,638
(5,835) lol.

Also, the Arashi song is average hit, even the oricon album sales of 47563 prove that. On the other hand, this isn't a usual Wonder Girls single, it's a comeback after a long absence. It's obviously going to be a mega hit.
That's not a fair comparison. Besides the majority of Japanese watch NicoNico not Youtube.


am I saying Jpop is bigger than Kpop on Youtube? No! No! No!
Kpop is much bigger on youtube than Jpop. That's a fact. I am pointing out the ratio is often exaggerated and very bios. 5 thousand hits instead of 1 million? That's clearly misrepresentation.

Here is a Jpop example that has: 54,226,209
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkHlnWFnA0c
I'm sure the Wonder Girls will top that. But 54 million on a website that most Japanese don't go to? Jpop also has fans around the world.

whoaaaa...thank you for the information, I didn't know much about J-POP or K-POP but so many times I see K-POP on the front page of youtube, this is just an eye opening, looks like they are not that far apart!
AKB48 vs Girls Generation

54,268,463 views vs 57,743,266 views

[samnang]

for the longest time, japanese music videos would immediately get pulled from youtube and other sites on copywrite grounds. no youtube = no global popularity.

jpop just hasn't made itself very accessible to the rest of the world, unlike kpop.

This post has been edited by samnang: Nov 17 2011, 04:43 PM