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Here are the best-selling albums in South Korea in 2023

Published Jan 3, 2024 08:51 am

Hanteo Chart has released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums in South Korea in 2023. 

The albums are ranked based on Hanteo’s proprietary physical record index (PRI) score, which combines album sales and album price. 

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Seventeen emerged as the best-selling artist in terms of albums in South Korea in 2023, grabbing the first two spots in the top 10. 

Their album “FML” is the No. 1 best-selling physical album in South Korea in 2023 with sales of 5.65 million copies, or an equivalent physical record index score of 6.34 million. 

Placing second is Seventeen’s “Seventeenth Heaven,” which garnered 5.28 million copies in sales (6.1 million in PRI). 

Third is Stray Kids’ “5-Star” with 4.79 million copies sold in 2023 or a PRI of 5.43 million. 

Boy band NCT Dream’s ISTJ claimed fourth place with 4.02 million copies sold or a PRI of 4.24 million. 

In fifth place is Stray Kids’ “Rock-Star” mini-album with 3.87 million copies sold or a PRI of 3.95 million. 

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Here are the 20 best-selling physical albums in South Korea in 2023 ranked based on Hanteo Chart’s physical record index score: 

1. Seventeen - FML - 5,658,474 (copies sold) / 6,341,185 (physical record index score) 

2. Seventeen - Seventeenth Heaven - 5,284,638 / 6,100,873

3. Stray Kids - 5-Star - 4,794,975 / 5,431,821 

4. NCT Dream - ISTJ - 4,029,719 / 4,247,725

5. Stray Kids - Rock-Star - 3,872,893 / 3,953,194

6. BTS’ Jungkook - Golden - 2,600,204 / 3,230,593

7. Tomorrow X Together - The Name Chapter: Temptation - 2,685,292 / 2,674,252

8. BTS’ V - Layover - 2,216,083 / 2,595,460

9. Tomorrow X Together - The Name Chapter: Freefall - 2,327,633 / 2,531,273

10. ZeroBaseOne - Melting Point - 2,167,549 / 2,310,061

11. NewJeans - Get Up - 1,813,816 / 2,224,778

12. BTS’ Jimin - Face - 1,773,179 / 2,166,916

13. ENHYPEN - Orange Blood - 1,934,781 / 2,138,050

14. ZeroBaseOne - Youth In The Shade - 1,934,524 / 2,118,449

15. ATEEZ - The World EP.Fin: Will - 1,718,849 / 2,036,933

16. NCT 127 - Fact Check - 1,990,607 / 2,018,684

17. IVE - I’VE Mine - 1,702,487 / 1,973,587

18. Aespa - My World - 1,889,400 / 1,915,124

19. IVE - I’ve IVE - 1,383,208 / 1,805,613

20. EXO - EXIST - 1,702,081 / 1,790,473

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