I don't really understand how the Japanese like this.
But well, I feel like we're not supposed to understand anything about Japanese culture lmao. They prefer it that way.
Well idol groups are interesting, they are groomed to appeal to the masses, and use lots of marketing ploys to maintain their success. Most have ~hand shake tickets~ included with their singles (which are repackaged in many ways to allow bulk buys) and those allow you to meet one of the groups idols, since theres usually many it's easy to maintain those. They still have bops
iTunes:
#1 United States
#1 Canada
#1 Denmark
#1 Netherlands
#1 New Zealand
#2 United Kingdom
#2 Ireland
#2 Turkey
#3 Australia
#3 France
#3 Russia
#4 Brazil
#4 South Africa
#5 Germany
#5 Indonesia
#6 Norway
#9 Belgium
#9 Mexico
#11 Switzerland
#12 Spain
#14 Austria
#16 India
#21 Thailand
#29 Italy
#72 Japan