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You can disagree but it would be incorrect.

How are obsessed fans literally buying hundreds of albums EACH an good indicator of a group's overall popularity? You know what that indicates?

Fandom size.

BlackPink didn't release their first Korean album until 2018. Were they not a top group until they did?

Cosmic Girls had slightly higher album sales than Mamamoo in 2019.

Do you think they're anywhere near Mamamoo in overall popularity? The answer is no and it's not even close.

Two of the most successful girl groups EVER, Wonder Girls and Sistar, had relatively poor album sales.

With girl groups, relevance with the general public has always been of critical importance.

For instance, GFriend still has great album sales, but their digitals have declined tremendously and nobody considers them a top group.

Album sales will get you in the record books, but if you don't have any hit songs you'll be nothing more than a footnote when people look back on your generation.

SNSD had huge album sales but also HIT SONGS.

Twice and BlackPink are the same now.

So you can disagree with me, but it doesn't make what I'm stating any less true.

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