Why hasn't BTS surpassed Backstreet boys yet? (1 Viewer)

[Drew_B]

And for those who think they have let me remind you that BB "Millennium" album from 2000 sold 25 million copies. One album outsold BTS whole career. This is also more impressive considering American music fans don't bulk buy.

And for those who say BTS haven't peaked yet you have to remember they are getting older. Groups don't get more popular in their 30s and 40s. If that was the case then Backstreet would be selling 100 million an album today.

Just some food for thought for Army.

 

[OnlyCalB]

The consumption of music is vastly different now than when it was in early 2000's. CD's/Albums were very important back then but now music consumption has turned to online streaming with a multitude of online music sources.

Therefore, the overwhelming majority of music artists don't sell nearly as many albums as they would if they were active in the early 2000's. There are certainly some exceptions as some artists still sell 10's of millions of albums but for the most part, online music streaming is more popular and will continue to grow, changing the importance of "physical" album sales.

Music industry experts suggest that "psychical" albums won't be around much longer and will instead be digital only along side the current online music streaming format.

 

[Chaeee]

that title is the most Drew thing I’ve seen all day😂

 

[Magician]

It might be bc the easiest way to listen to music was to buy the CD
Many people only stream nowadays

 

[OnlyCalB]

It might be bc the easiest way to listen to music was to buy the CD
Many people only stream nowadays

This is a TLDR to my comment above. I should have kept my comment way more simple but instead I wrote a novel.

 

[Bopper]

Because BTS can’t ‘rock their body right’.

 

[Drew_B]

The consumption of music is vastly different now than when it was in early 2000's. CD's/Albums were very important back then but now music consumption has turned to online streaming with a multitude of online music sources.

Therefore, the overwhelming majority of music artists don't sell nearly as many albums as they would if they were active in the early 2000's. There are certainly some exceptions as some artists still sell 10's of millions of albums but for the most part, online music streaming is more popular and will continue to grow, changing the importance of "physical" album sales.

Music industry experts suggest that "psychical" albums won't be around much longer and will instead be digital only along side the current online music streaming format.

Do you think Backstreet Boys would be just as successful if they debuted a few years ago?

 

[OnlyCalB]

Do you think Backstreet Boys would be just as successful if they debuted a few years ago?

Honestly, I don't think they'd have sold anywhere near as many albums now as they did back in the day. If they debuted say, 5 years ago, they'd be part of an industry taking a significant shift towards digitalisation. Although they had a lot attention from the general public (as casual listeners) as well as their fandom, the consumption of music from the casual listening market is pretty much exclusively online (as opposed to what was once previously the purchase of physical albums). And whilst perhaps most of the fandom would still buy a physical album today, a lot of the fandom would stick to their music streaming. Overall, a decline in physical sales.

As for being just as successful in the general sense... Digitalisation of the music industry doesn't mean being "less successful". In fact, music has more ways of reaching people now than it did before and if you take a look at the success of One Direction and BTS (groups that were/are active during the modern era of the music industry) I'd say success depends simply on what the public want and who draws in the biggest fandoms for longevity.

 

[Tickita]

Obviously, BTS don't want it that way

 

[ChiaraStar169]

I actually kind of agree, but then I don't. On the one hand, without the Backstreet Boys, there would be no BTS bc they paved the way for modern boy bands. (not saying BTS didn't pave the way - they paved their own way, and that's not my point) But on the other, you have to keep in mind that the '90s and the 2020s are two completely different eras. Our means of getting music was very limited back then (physical copies, radio, and MTV), and now that we have digital music, that's becoming more prominent and fewer and fewer people are buying physical copies anymore.

 

[Bopper]

Obviously, BTS don't want it that way

I’m glad somebody else came here ready with a Backstreet Boys pun

 

[raymondchouku]

And for those who think they have let me remind you that BB "Millennium" album from 2000 sold 25 million copies. One album outsold BTS whole career. This is also more impressive considering American music fans don't bulk buy.

And for those who say BTS haven't peaked yet you have to remember they are getting older. Groups don't get more popular in their 30s and 40s. If that was the case then Backstreet would be selling 100 million an album today.

Just some food for thought for Army.

Honestly, if BTS did outsell B2B it still wouldn't mean s**t to me. The true metric is if in 20 years people in the west can name 5 bts songs.

I don't really care for Katy Perry, but I could prolly name ten of her songs. Can people in the west who don't actively listen to bts name ten songs? Also, what airplay are they getting in the west.