OH MY GIRL's sales for "Golden Hourglass" are being questioned by netizens for its low performance on the charts.

Here's what happened.

OH MY GIRL's 'Golden Hourglass' Compared With 'Dun Dun Dance's' Success

On July 26, netizens discussed the low performance of OH MY GIRL's newest album 'Golden Hourglass."

In the online forum, a netizen pointed out the album's "poor" performance on its first-week sales. The author uploaded a chart, presenting that "Golden Hourglass" had earned the lowest sales among all previous releases from OH MY GIRL, with "Dun Dun Dance" being the highest.

The OP also added a caption regarding OH MY GIRL's consistency in comebacks and exposure. It stated, "Did something happen? Is it because their waiting period was too long?"

See the chart below:

It also caught attention on Twitter, where a netizen believed that OH MY GIRL has now lost their momentum and aren't considered as a "fresh group" anymore to the general public's eyes.

They added how their low first-week sales performance was also due to their company's bad PR. Moreover, it was emphasized that selling 500,000 first-week sales was abnormal for a group.

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Meanwhile, back on the online platform, fandom MIRACLEs stepped up to defend OH MY GIRL from the criticism. Fans declared how their "Golden Hourglass" first-week performance is just the standard sales norm for any artist, and that selling over 1 million in a week is just suspicious.

MIRACLEs emphasized how nitpicking OH MY GIRL was pointless since the members are already veterans in the music industry. They stated:

• "Why is this a big deal? This should be the norm. What's weird is selling over 1 million in a week."
• "You're weirder for picking a senior group's first week sales."
• "The members are all successful anyways and they release good songs with good results, so who cares?"
• "If you think that selling over 1 million in one week is normal then you're the one who has a problem."
• "They aren't even from a big agency, but they have so much seniority. Why nitpick their first week sales?"

On the other hand, some netizens mentioned the album sales drop of OH MY GIRL despite the positive impact and success of "Dun Dun Dance." They also talked about the inflation in K-pop's first-week album sales figures.

• "WM f**ked them with the hiatus after 'Dun Dun Dance' and when it finally came, it was that elevator song, and now this one."
• "They're not exactly releasing music their fans like so yeah sales will drop."
• "I was surprised 'Real Love' sales dropped too considering 'Dun Dun Dance' was popular."
• "Some sell millions of albums, but people can't name a single song or a member."
• "It's just inflated numbers for bragging points, and it does not correlate to actual influence and organic popularity."
• "K-pop fans are becoming more and more desensitized."

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Written by Riely Miller