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Pann: 2016 SM solo singers and their stats 

- Entered Melon at #5 on the chart

- Sold 36,5** copies the first week (3 fan signings)

- No music show wins

- IMZ album review: 2 and a half stars

- Entered Melon at #3 on the chart

- Sold 72,5** copies the first week (7 fan signings), also the most first week sales out of all idol solo albums

- 4 music show wins (The Show, Show Champ, M! Count, MuBank)

- IMZ album review: 3 and a half stars

- Entered Melon at #20 on the chart

- Sold 31,0** copies the first week (8 fan signings)

- No music show wins

- No IMZ album review

- Entered Melon at #2 on the chart

- Sold 38,6** copies the first week (5 fan signings)

- 2 music show wins (The Show, Show Champ)

- IMZ album review: 4 stars (highest out of all Soshi songs)

- Entered Melon at #3 on the chart

- Still calculating first week sales

- Still promoting on music shows

- IMZ album review in progress

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1. [+143, -2] It seems that when SM allows some of their senior idols to release solos, they let them pursue the type of music that they personally want. They already know that their singers have built up careers of their own by now so they dont care whether it appeals to the public or not. They realize that people who like them will listen to it and continue to support them.

2. [+127, -13] Ive never listened to SuJus solos so I dont know about them but Ive been enjoying Taemin and Tiffanys albums and it makes me so sad to see them get slammed so hard for their digital ranks ?? their album quality is awesome ?? Jonghyuns too but his digital rank is so bad ??... Please dont judge your singers based off of their rank on Melon... their albums are actuall really good.

3. [+124, -24] Koreans in general like upbeat hook songs so there are often times that SMs style doesnt work with the public. I like that SM singers continue to push forward with their style irregardless of all that.

4. [+53, -3] I was listening to Tiffany and Jonghyun this morning and realized that when SM puts out idol groups, they do concepts according to what SM wants but when they put out solos, they let the singers choose what style they want. Its like theyre being compensated for for being forced to do concepts they might not have necessarily cared for as an idol group. SM clearly doesnt care about digital chart rankings with their solos and it seems more like, "Okay, you do whatever you want for your solo whether you get in the top 100 or not but listen to us when its time to promote with your idol group"

5. [+39, -5] Theres also the stereotype that only stupid fangirls listen to male idol songs so men dont tend to listen to them unless its some hip hop song. Once they actually listen though, they end up liking it but its getting them to initially listen thats hard. Its especially worse with SM songs.

6. [+36, -1] SM really does sell a lot of physical albums though ??? Looks like they all sold over 30,000 copies alone ???

7. [+27, -1] Jonghyuns Deja Vu debuted at #1

8. [+24, -5] Tiffany sold a lot more copies than I thought. I figured since shes a female idol she wouldve sold 20,000 at most but she surpassed 30,000. Taemins stats would be perfect if he had a higher digital rank. Not bad IMZ review, good album sales... theres potential there.

9. [+21, -0] SMs music is modern pop. Theres no average K-Pop influence in it. Taemin and Jonghyuns music quality is up there and Tiffanys music is 100% pure pop with Korean lyrics. The publics poor listening standards is to blame for SMs low digital rank. The public is too used to your average K-Pop song. I was surprised at SM after listening to NCTs Seventh Sense. Theres a reason why music critics always rate SM so high. Its just that the publics listening standards arent as high.

10. [+21, -0] All you need is about 100,000 core fans and your music career is set for life. SM singers in general have about 100,000 core fans so they make money and promote just fine even with low digital ranks. The biggest money makers are physical sales and concerts ??? 

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