He won prizes with his debut.
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While streaming is a way to measure the success of an album, many people still use physical albums to evaluate how much a star is going. Most of the time, low album sales indicate the problems for the continuous promotions of an artist in the future.
The group of girls “nugu” makes a bet with their CEO to sell 100 albums … or otherwise they will melt
Recently, the low album sales of a popular singer have aroused a lot of surprise by the Netizen.
In 2012, Ailee He made his debut with “Paradiso”, immediately attracting a lot of attention with his powerful voice and earnings. The singer has continued to grow in popularity over the years, undertaking solo tours and often appearing in the Ost albums of the popular series.
After the release of his 2021 album, LoveThe star published only the singles until his return on March 20, 2025 with his seventh mini album (I) Moir. And while many singers who perform well in the rankings do not necessarily have the fandoms that mass purchase albums do not record huge sales, the amount that Ailee sold during his first week has left many shocks.
According to the Hanteo ranking, the album sold only 120 copies during the first week of sales, a decrease from its best physical album, ButterflyAnd even a reduction in his latest physical album. In many days of the first week, Ailee has sold less than ten albums.
The streaming performance of the idol also seem to be decreased, with Theater of the circle Not having the track of the title “MMI” listed in the first 100 songs of the week was released in the graphic category of downloads.
In response, many Netizen offered ailee support together with their surprise, commenting on his talents.
I just bought one today to support it (wait for it to arrive next week though) and yes, it deserves better than this 😭 go to support his PLS! https://t.co/xyk9uzrffr
– a certain cat (@nbnykt) March 27, 2025
What are these numbers…. I thought it was well known. As if I don’t expect it to sell 100 thousand, but how it can even break 1k…. https://t.co/tuepax0i8
– 🖤 (@Bongwatorsop) March 26, 2025
His agency is shit in promoting, literally I didn’t even know I was a return, I didn’t see a single teaser/promo/program …… https://t.co/neziyfkk0r
– V 💎 (@shininqdiamond) March 27, 2025
You can take a look at her music video for “MMI” below.
