In terms of sales... to have a record certified "gold" in Korea, there needs to be 5,000 records sold. Platinum is 10,000. In contrast, Japan's "gold" record certification is 100,000, with 250,000 for platinum. That suggests to me that on average, Korea's sales are much smaller than a market such as Japan. Now, if you take a group like DBSK, those numbers look like they'd absolutely dominate the market. That fourth album is 50xPlatinum. With numbers like that, it feels to me that they go out to other markets because they've outgrown the one they've got in Korea. Whereas with JE, while they certainly maintain their spot at the top of the charts, they don't completely kill like that.
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Date: 2009-10-04 12:08 am (UTC)(This is the chart I used for music certifications, btw.)