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Milk_Bot

How big were EXO's songs among the GP?

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So everyone knows that Growl is EXO's super mega hit which brought them to stardom and introduced them to the world, and is hailed as one of the greatest kpop songs of all time, being their "representative" song. However I don't hear as much buzz about their other tracks in general. How big really were their other tracks now or during the time they came out? To my knowledge I know that Kokobop and Power were mega hits but I'm not sure about their other songs.

Posted Oct 17, 2021, 4:32 PM UTC

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Icy_Eye1391•

IMO The biggest songs among GP were growl , CMB , Kokobop (best selling exo song in melon) .. you also have songs like first snow which top the charts whenever first snow happens in Korea (8 years old song) .... for the solo stuff , I think stay with me by Chanyeol and punch was really big in Korea

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Aggravating_Voice847EXO-L ♡•

Call me baby is one of the most charting boy group song in melon I’ve heard.

universe is one of the most streamed songs in melon.

First snow just returned to charts today.

And chens beautiful goodbye has high ul’s in melon

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Milk_BotOP•

Right I forgot about Universe! I remember it being one of their longest charting songs

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vernorexia_EXO-L ♡•

Agreed with most of these comments. I also think their older songs have held on much stronger towards the GP. Like you still see Miracles in December and The First Snow trend whenever winter starts. Their barely promoted Winter special tracks also perform well in charts.

I think in recent times, their OSTs and also solos do well with the GP, but I still think their most well known hit amongst the public of South Korea is Growl. People of all ages have sung and danced to it.

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StickyShenanigansXIUMIN•

Overdose, from what I remember, garnered a lot of attention in the West, so much so that it created a new wave of kpop fans unlike in 2016-17. It wasn't until Call Me Baby came out that more people began to believe in the hype and actually take their popularity seriously; I can recall seeing so many people reacting to them, from new eris to full blown YouTubers. If Growl was what made them popular in Korea, then (in my opinion) Overdose/CMB made them popular in the US/UK. Obviously Monster era was a sensational hit, but I wasn't super involved in the fandom at the time so I can't say much on that.

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vivitotheanna•

i think in terms of baekhyun’s career, he did very well on his solo albums as well.

not to mention, loveshot blew up

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Special_Suggestion29•

Love shot as well was a pretty successful song, but I don't have the numbers in mind, it was also a dance that a lot of other celebrities replicated ^^

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ChanshinesExoEXO-L ♡•

I think their newest song that had some recognition with GP was probably Universe. Love Shot could have been big if they promoted it more. After that well..EXO basically vanished from the public eye. They don't promote so I don't know how gp was even supposed to know about their releases tbh.

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The_Red_CurtainEXO-L ⭐•

Tempo/Love Shot/Obsession all had a lot of attention for boy groups too, they had the highest digital index on Gaon of any songs released by bgs (besides BTS) for 2019/2020

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khaki_ksoo•

There were a few,, all the ones mentioned by yourself and in the comments and from what i remember LMR was also quite popular with the GP and should have been much better but kexols didn't back the song

In terms of solos, OST's do well like chanyeols stay with me, chens everytime. Chen also did well with beautiful goodbye and now kyungsoo is quite popular with the gp with that's okay being super popular for an unpromoted station song and now with his solo album i'm gonna love you is quite popular

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Milk_BotOP•

I know that Love Me Right is quite popular in Korea, do you know why Kexols didn't back the song?

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The_Red_CurtainEXO-L ⭐•

LMR did very well in Korea it had 11 wins and did very well on Gaon. Even now a lot of kexols are super nostalgic for that song.

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khaki_ksoo•

But from what i remember at the time there was a lot of talk about kexols boycotting the song because yixing was a part of it (it was not long after tao left so there was a lot of anger directed towards yixing just because he was the last remaining chinese member and he was basically treated as though he had left even when he reassured everyone that he was staying)

LMR did well regardless and was popular with the GP but it had potential to do even better, i think if it were released at a more stable time for the group it would have been huge

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The_Red_CurtainEXO-L ⭐•

huh interesting at the time all the K-EXOLs I knew loved it and them pushing it on me was what finally cemented my own EXO-Ldom at the time (I lived/live in Korea). Maybe that was just my own social circle tho I guess.

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bananajunEXO-M•

Miracles in December and the first snow are still listened to whenever winter comes in SK, classics like overdose, call me baby, and monster were all extremely beloved for years after their release internationally while in SK they didn’t make AS big of an impact (they were still hits, just didn’t gave noteworthy influence), with the first two generating a lot of new kpop fans. Love shot became a very trendy song and at one point everyone knew the dance, universe is well liked, kokobop is probably the third most popular is Korea besides growl and love shot

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The_Red_CurtainEXO-L ⭐•

Their biggest hits are Growl, Call Me Baby, Love Me Right, Ko Ko Bop, and Universe. Pretty much everyone over 15 in Korea knows these.

The First Snow has great longevity too and trends every winter, definitely their most popular b-side

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Rude_Nature_1732•

They are all amazing!❤

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Bergenia1•

In terms of overall sales, they were the biggest band until BTS came along

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alwaysspill•

why are ppl disliking?

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Bergenia1•

I don't know. Perhaps they interpret a factual statement about album sales as a criticism? It seems odd. I don't base my appreciation for music on who sells the most records. I like bands based on the music they record.

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atalantata•

i think it’s also to do with you talking about sales while OP’s post has to do with GP recognition. sales are pushed by fandom, which is not what OP is asking about. streams and charting are more what they want to know, so it seems like you’re bringing up bts for no reason, which we know in the exo fandom can bring drama. i think it’s more precaution than anything

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Bergenia1•

I guess it might have been clearer if I'd also compared them to other bands. The more complete answer is that Big Bang were the kings of the charts until EXO came along, with SJ showing surges of dominance. Just offering the bit of info I have, as an item of general interest.

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Luffytheeternalking•

Same. If the music is to your liking who cares about other numbers.

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