Has any other boy group done it? (1 Viewer)

JJbaker · 22 May 2020

I know alot people like to compare EXO and NCT
saying they cant compare etc etc

but the hype exo had at debut was insane...
and they were able to keep that amount of popularity since debut...

Im not a exo fan
[was nearly one once until my bias left]

but i honestly i dont think any group has ever compared to actual fan level..

sales wise yes there might be alot groups what can compare now..
due to more availability etc

but
there only current groups what were somewhat close
maybe txt and itzy

but even than doesnt feel as insane
plus txt fans dont even feel like txt fans << i know some are me being one but you get alot bts fans claiming to be txt fans

itzy fan base is pretty quite also

bts wasnt popular at debut before someone says bts..
same with ateez and loona also nowhere near same level

Ahsoka · 22 May 2020

Stray Kids maybe? The thing about that is that it limits groups to big 3 groups because other than those, the only one I can think of that was super popular at debut was BAP and their fanbase diminished, and JYP is known more for girl groups than boy groups. While Ikon are flops by YG standards and Winner got done too dirty to ever have a huge fanbase, so that kind of limits it even more. But for me id say Stray Kids yeah

Taehyun · 22 May 2020

everglow

Taehyun · 22 May 2020

wait boygroup.... i don't read titles

Evergreen · 22 May 2020

Infinite. They really made it.

amourpinks · 22 May 2020

shinee? I'm not an old kpop fan but they seem to have always been popular, they still have a pretty decently sized fanbase as well.

NASA · 22 May 2020

Now that you mention it EXO really did have a lot of hype and a pretty sizable fanbase waiting for them at debut, I can't really think of anything like it

JJbaker said:
i know some are me being one but you get alot bts fans claiming to be txt fans

I always thought this was going to be the case but just in terms of the MOAs I know, not many of them actually stanned or even seem to like BTS that much. Armys gave TXT a lot of hype but I don't think they necessarily gave them any more fans, I find that really interesting. The hype from Armys as well as the anticipation of being BTS' 'successor' gave them a lot of anticipation overall but not fans, the people who did become fans recognised TXT for being TXT, not as BTS's younger brother group or successor therefore I don't think the hype and anticipation surrounding TXT before debut really influenced their actual fanbase size that much. I would compare their hype level to Exo but not the popularity

QueenB · 22 May 2020

I can't think of too many boy groups.....Twice may be comparable
EXO is interesting though because they were big in terms of a fanbase but didn't have much recognition from the public until 'Growl'. SM has a good strategy for building a fanbase cause they know where the money is at.

daesuki · 22 May 2020

amourpinks said:
shinee? I'm not an old kpop fan but they seem to have always been popular, they still have a pretty decently sized fanbase as well.

I'm not well versed in fanbase histories that much,, but I believe their fanbase wasn't too big at the start? It was a pretty average sized fanbase for SM. I think their fanbase blew up somewhere in the beginning, but it didn't start out booming like EXO's

daesuki · 22 May 2020

SuJu, maybe. Seo Taeiji and the Boys? Idk, a little too old for me to know. I'll ask my mother. Winner? They were dubbed monster rookies at the huge and immediate success, but as I left the fandom sometime in 2014/2015, I don't know how steady the fanbase stayed.

amourpinks · 22 May 2020

daeunraine said:
I'm not well versed in fanbase histories that much,, but I believe their fanbase wasn't too big at the start? It was a pretty average sized fanbase for SM. I think their fanbase blew up somewhere in the beginning, but it didn't start out booming like EXO's

but wasn't exo small in the beginning? I always hear their fans talking about how people called them "the failure of sm" or something like that.

daesuki · 22 May 2020

amourpinks said:
but wasn't exo small in the beginning? I always hear their fans talking about how people called them "the failure of sm" or something like that.

They had a big fanbase, but their songs weren't that well-loved by the whole of Korea or something. Commercial success didn't come as quickly as the larger fanbase, but they were still huge I think.

Bopper · 22 May 2020

amourpinks said:
but wasn't exo small in the beginning? I always hear their fans talking about how people called them "the failure of sm" or something like that.

Mama sold a decent amount of albums, but nobody turned up to fansignings, and EXO-M spent most of their time in China. They then disappeared for fourteen months until XOXO came out, which got them wins but people belittled them for that. Then Growl was the repack song which blew them up.

Ahsoka · 22 May 2020

daeunraine said:
I'm not well versed in fanbase histories that much,, but I believe their fanbase wasn't too big at the start? It was a pretty average sized fanbase for SM. I think their fanbase blew up somewhere in the beginning, but it didn't start out booming like EXO's

Shinee swept all the rookie awards unlike Exo, but then again no other huge groups debuted in Shinees year I don't think like Exos did. Fanbases in general were smaller in Shinees day though

daesuki · 22 May 2020

Vikki said:
Shinee swept all the rookie awards unlike Exo, but then again no other huge groups debuted in Shinees year I don't think like Exos did. Fanbases in general were smaller in Shinees day though

True true. I think fandoms started getting noticeably bigger during 3rd gen kpop?