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Carats kept leaving hateful comments and falsely claiming that this gap comes from the difference between a full album and a mini album, so I organized the facts. This was never about full album vs. mini album. ARMYs bought more expensive versions, while Carats bought cheaper ones, and the physical record index reflects that almost exactly. price per copy FML $12.75, HAPPY BURSTDAY(full album) $13.85, ARIRANG $18.53. FML (mini album) Total sales: 4.548 million copies Weighted average actual price per copy: $12.75 Hanteo physical record index per copy: 1.092 Record index ÷ actual price = 0.08564 Sales / price by version: Standard (Random): 2.393 million copies / $15.18 CARAT Ver.: 1.596 million copies / $9.68 Weverse Albums ver.: 404,000 copies / $9.05 KiT Ver.: 155,000 copies / $17.15 FML had a high proportion of lower-priced versions like the CARAT version and the Weverse version, so even though its total sales were very high, its average price per copy was the lowest. That is why its physical record index per copy was also the lowest. HAPPY BURSTDAY (full album) Total sales: 2.5198 million copies Weighted average actual price per copy: $13.85 Hanteo physical record index per copy: 1.179 Record index ÷ actual price = 0.08514 Sales / price by version: Standard (Random): 1.2911 million copies / $16.92 DAREDEVIL Ver.: 963,200 copies / $9.91 Weverse Albums ver.: 129,600 copies / $9.05 KiT Ver.: 135,900 copies / about $17.16 (The set costs $34.31, so that comes out to about $17.16 per copy.) HAPPY BURSTDAY had a slightly higher average version price than FML. As a result, its actual average price per copy also went up compared to FML, and its Hanteo physical record index per copy rose along with it. ARIRANG Total sales: 3.9813 million copies Weighted average actual price per copy: $18.53 Hanteo physical record index per copy: 1.586 Record index ÷ actual price = 0.08559 Sales / price by version: Standard (Random): 2.5272 million copies / $17.23 Living Legend Ver.: 1.0646 million copies / $21.56 Weverse Albums ver.: 240,300 copies / $9.91 LP: 119,600 copies / $31.40 Modern Korea Vinyl: 29,600 copies / $38.56 ARIRANG was not just driven by standard versions. It also had a large share of higher-priced versions like Living Legend, LP, and Modern Korea. That is why its actual average price per copy was the highest among the three albums, and its Hanteo physical record index per copy was also the highest. Overall comparison For all three albums, the value of record index ÷ actual average price per copy comes out to nearly the same constant. FML: 0.08564 HAPPY BURSTDAY: 0.08514 ARIRANG: 0.08559 In other words: Hanteo physical record index per copy ≈ actual average price per copy × a constant in the 0.085 range That means when the actual average price goes up, the physical record index per copy also rises at almost the same rate. At least in this three-album comparison, Hanteo’s physical record index clearly reflects actual sales weighting rather than simply counting units sold. So no, this is not about full album vs. mini album. FML had more lower-priced versions in its sales mix. HAPPY BURSTDAY had a slightly more expensive mix than FML. ARIRANG had a much heavier share of higher-priced versions. That difference was reflected almost directly in the Hanteo physical record index.

BTS has released Swim on streaming platforms, rate it from 1 to 10.

So glad EXO always stick to the roots and don’t release music for western validation with full of English lyrics lol

BTS could never release a song like magnetic. Just saying