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Fewer than 4 in 100 K-pop groups ever sell 300,000 of an album: study

Nearly half of Korean idol groups vanish within three years of debut, and only 3.55 percent ever sell 300,000 copies of a one album, an analysis of...

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Fewer than 4 in 100 K-pop groups ever sell 300,000 of an album: study

Nearly half of Korean idol groups vanish within three years of debut, and only 3.55 percent ever sell 300,000 copies of a one album, an analysis of...

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