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== Music industry ==
In music industry, bulk purchasing is one of illegal practicepractices to manipulate charts, beside [[payola]]. In [[South Korea]], it's called "sajaegi" (사재기). <ref>https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/808049441/inside-sajaegi-k-pops-open-secret</ref>
 
Some bulk purchasing cases are done by artist's fans. One controversial case is [[Dynamite (BTS song)|Dynamite]] by [[BTS]]. The band's fans (called "ARMY") made big fundraisers (or donations) roughly $40,000, according to [[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]. Paper also stated that [[Blackpink]]'s fans, BLINK also made a fundraising of $10,000 to buy Blackpink's first album, [[The Album (Blackpink album)|The Album]]. Other artists who got cited by Paper is [[Stray Kids]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Harry Styles]], [[Justin Bieber]], and [[Miley Cyrus]]. <ref>https://www.papermag.com/bts-blackpink-taylor-swift-stan-fundraisers-charts-2647856794.html</ref>