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NCT Dream, ITZY, Taemin, Yesung, Highlight, TXT top monthly album chart in May

Published Jun 1, 2021 10:24 am

(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, ITZY, SHINee’s Taemin, Super Junior’s Yesung, Highlight and TXT (Twitter / Big Hit Music)

South Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings of the 30 best-selling physical albums for the month of May.

K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s “Hot Sauce,” released on May 10, emerged as the No. 1 best-selling album in Korea in May with 1,659,865 copies sold. The album topped Hanteo’s weekly album chart for three weeks.

ITZY’s “Guess Who” placed second with 159,691 copies sold followed by SHINee member Taemin’s “Advice,” 100,929; Super Junior member Yesung’s “Beautiful Night,” 95,638; Highlight’s “The Blowing,” 95,372; and TXT’s “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze,” 94,276.

Here are the 30 best-selling albums in Korea in May:

1. NCT Dream - “Hot Sauce” - 1,659,865

2. ITZY - “Guess Who” - 159,691

3. SHINee’s Taemin - “Advice” - 100,929

4. Super Junior’s Yesung - “Beautiful Night” - 95,638

5. Highlight - “The Blowing” - 95,372

6. TXT - “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” - 94,276

7. ONEUS - “Binary Code” - 92,697

8. Oh My Girl - “Dear Oh My Girl” - 77,978

9. ENHYPEN - “Border: Carnival” - 61,502

10. WJSN The Black - “My Attitude” - 55,589

11. FROMIS 9 - “9 Way Ticket” - 44,039

12. ATEEZ - “Zero Fever, Pt. 2” - 35,617

13. Everglow - “Last Melody” - 32,002

14. ONF - “City of ONF” - 31,324

15. NCT - “NCT 2020: Resonance” - 26,111

16. NCT Dream - “We Boom” - 24,590

17. WayV - “Kick Back” - 20,384

18. NCT 127 - “We Are Superhuman” - 19,987

19. TO1 - “Re:Born” - 19,447

20. P1Harmony - “Disharmony: Break Out” - 18,607

21. NCT Dream - “The First” - 18,424

22. NCT 127 - “NCT #127 Neo Zone” N, C Ver. - 17,584

23. Red Velvet’s Wendy - “Like Water” - 16,235

24. Rocket Punch - “Ring Ring” - 14,333

25. IU - “Lilac” - 11,690

26. Sung Si Kyung - “Siot” - 11,606

27. NCT 127 - “NCT #127 Neo Zone: The Final Round” - 11,595

28. NCT - “NCT 2018 Empathy” - 10,776

29. EXO’S Baekhyun - “Bambi” - 10,176

30. Blitzers - “Check-in” - 9,982

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