Talk:Sechs Kies discography

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No Official Records for Album Sales (Prior to September 1998)[edit]

The physical sales of SECHSKIES albums remain unclear not only because of DSP's under-reporting but also because the official records do not exist for the first three albums. The Recording Industry Association of Korea (hereafter, RIAK)'s official website currently only shows album sales data from year 1999.[1] 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association), which preceded RIAK, had only announced physical album sales records from September 1998.[2] Therefore, currently there are no official records for the physical sales of School Byeolgok (학원별곡), Welcome To The Sechskies Land, and Road Fighter. For these three albums, we can only estimate the album sales from newspaper articles.

The physical album sales for the first album, School Byeolgok (학원별곡), was 60,000 according to newspaper articles.[3][4] The second album, Welcome To The Sechskies Land, sold 700,000 copies.[5][6][7] In 2012, the former manager of SechsKies stated that their debut album sold between 1.7 and 1.8 million copies, but this may be a combined figure for the first two albums.[8] The third album, Road Fighter, has two separate records. The official record reported by 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association) is 226,569.[9] In contrast, a news report reveals that SechsKies' third album sold more than 700,000 copies[10] The official sales record for SechsKies' biggest hit, Special Album, is 305,307 which seems to be a result of under-reporting.[11] The discrepancy between official and estimated album sales is also great for the fourth album, Com’Back. The official record is merely 350,128.[12] However, according to news articles, Com’Back seems to have sold for more than 700,000 copies.[13]

On August 2000, DSP was investigated by the police for allegations of tax evasion, embezzlement and unequal contracts.[14] DSP was cleared of suspicion except tax evasion by under-reporting the physical sales of albums. The National Tax Service conducted a tax audit of the corporation, and collected an additional hundreds of millions of won from it.

Thus, the physical sales of SechsKies album are currently not accurate as there are no official data. Also, even the official records cannot be fully trusted because of DSP has under-reported the physical sales to avoid taxes. I suggest using these official sources (RIKA and Korea Video Album Association archive data) and news articles.

Please remove any unreliable sources that may be posted by IP users, such as posts in fan forums. Thanks! Yelkie (talk) 09:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References and NoteTag[edit]

  1. ^ The Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. ^ 영상음반協 공식집계 발표 의미 [The Meaning of Announcing Official Album Sales Records by the Korea Video Record Association]. etnews (in Korean). 14 September 1998. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  3. ^ 스타스토리 - Sechs Kies [Star Story - Sechs Kies]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). July 1997. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  4. ^ 젝스키스 잠시 활동 중단 [SechsKies to stop activities briefly]. Ilgan Sports (in Korean). 2 September 1997. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  5. ^ HOT 행복 판매량 120만장 [H.O.T. "Happiness" Album Sells 1.2 Million Copies]. Dong-A-Ilbo (in Korean). 10 December 1997. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  6. ^ 가요 1∼10위 음반판매 39％ 줄어 [Album sales reduced by 39% for top 10 albums]. Chosun-Ilbo (in Korean). 12 December 1997. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  7. ^ [화제] 지구촌 「보이밴드」 열풍.. 10대소년 댄스그룹 [[Issue] Global boyband heat wave... Teenage boy dance groups]. etnews (in Korean). 30 December 1997. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  8. ^ [기억하라 1997] 우리들의 맹세, 기억해 줄래? [[Remember 1997]Will you remember our vow?]. Ohmynews (in Korean). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  9. ^ 음반판매집계 4월~9월 음반판매량누계순위 [Cumulative Album Sales Record between April and September 1998]. Korea Video Record Association (in Korean). October 1998. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  10. ^ [젝스키스] "6월에 다시 만나요" [Sechs Kies, see you again in June]. Hankook-ilbo (in Korean). 28 January 1999. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  11. ^ 1999년 2월 가요음반판매량 [Official Album Sales Record for February 1999]. The Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). March 1999. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  12. ^ 1999년 9월 가요음반판매량 [Official Album Sales Record for September 1999] (PDF). The Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). October 1999. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  13. ^ 젝스키스의 은지원 왼쪽발목 수술받는다 [SechsKies Eun Jiwon to get surgery on his left ankle]. Sports Today (in Korean). 22 September 1999. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  14. ^ SECHSKIES' label is suspected of tax evasion
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