“Chart Manipulation?” — K-Pop Group Releases Over 50 Remixes Of The Same Song, Confusing The Entire Internet

It has gained them a lot of attention.
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Kesha Bright
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According to the Contemporary College of Music, a song remix is “any song that uses an unmanipulated portion of another.” There have been times when a remix completely outshone the original, like in the case of the Seeb remix of Mike Posner‘s song “I Took A Pill In Ibiza.”

K-Pop groups have also benefited from remixes, with a technically remixed version of FIFTYFIFTY‘s “Cupid” going massively viral online.

Another K-Pop group has recently astounded the internet by releasing over 50 versions of a released song.

In 2017, boy group A.C.E debuted under Beat Interactive as a five-membered group. Previously, the group attracted attention by busking in Hongdae, identifiable by the shorts they would wear.

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A.C.E

Despite not debuting under a “big 4” company, A.C.E gained and maintained steady popularity, resulting in their release Siren: Dawn charting at number 1 on several charts worldwide. Following their military discharges, the group has continued promotions, releasing their sixth mini album in February 2024.

The group is currently in America for their [REWIND US] tour. Before the tour, A.C.E released a special English single titled “Supernatural.”

The single album that the track appeared on also included four different remixes, which is a bit more than the usual.

On June 7th, the group released an album titled Supernatural Remix vol. 1, which contained 12 new and entirely different remixes of the track. Again, this is not something entirely new, as artists have been known to release remix tracks on a separate album, though usually they include other artists as features. Seven days later, the group release Supernatural Remix vol. 2, which contained another 8 remixes.

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The number of remixes was then more than doubled on June 28, when the group released Supernatural Remix vol. 3, which contained 28 different remixes of the track. This brought the total number of “Supernatural” tracks to 54, including the original version.

On July 6, the remixes managed to take up 51 spots of the iTunes Top Songs in the United States chart, with the original English and Korean versions hitting 44 and 49, respectively. The other tracks nearly managed to take up the entirety of places 50-100, being blocked from the feat by a single song.

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Naturally, many netizens were confused by the number of releases, with some accusing the group of being “fraudulent.”

On the other hand, fans of the group believe this was done, not in an attempt to manipulate any chart results, but to gain attention. Some compared it to buying ads, something larger agencies often do for groups.

Only time will tell if the many remixes released will make an impact for the group, but their efforts seem to have actually broken a record.

According to the Guinness World Records website, the current record holder for most remixed track is the Dutch electronic group Human Resource, whose song “Dominator” has 41 remixes as of 2018.

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| Guinness World Records

Either way, people are certainly talking about A.C.E!

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