What are the best-selling K-pop albums in the first half of 2022? South Korea’s Circle Chart, formerly Gaon Music Chart, has released the rankings of the top-selling albums in South Korea in the first half of the year. In a report, Circle Chart revealed that there were 34.94 million...
K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE released their first studio album “I Never Die” on March 14, which debuted at No. 1 on music charts in South Korea. This marked (G)I-DLE’s comeback in more than a year since releasing the album “I Burn” in January 2021 and the first time for the group to have an...
A total of 57.09 million physical copies of K-pop albums were sold in 2021, according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart. The total is an increase of 15.38 million albums, or 37 percent, compared to 41.7 million copies of K-pop albums sold in 2020. The total physical album sales in 2021 were based on...
K-pop superstars BTS, NCT, EXO, Seventeen and TWICE emerged as the top five K-pop artists with the highest album sales in the last 11 years from 2011 to 2021. This is based on the annual cumulative album sales data released by Gaon Music Chart covering the period January 2011 to November 2021,...
Gaon Music Chart has revealed the best-selling albums in Korea in 2021 based on sales In the 2021 Album Chart (based on total shipments minus returns), BTS’ “Butter” topped the tally with 2.99 million copies. NCT 127’s “Sticker” placed second with 2.42 million copies followed by NCT...
South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the top albums and songs for the month of October 2021. K-pop boy band Seventeen topped the month album chart (based on sales volume by shipment less returns) with their new album “Attacca” garnering 1,968,829 copies in sales...
K-pop boy band Seventeen became a “million-seller” again through their ninth mini-album “Attacca.” Based on sales on Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Attacca” sold 1,335,862 copies in the first week of release from Oct. 22 to 28. Seventeen (Twitter) “Attacca” sold 491,139 copies on the...
K-pop girl group aespa topped the weekly album chart as their first mini-album reached more than 257,000 copies in sales. According to Hanteo Chart, “Savage,” aespa’s first mini-album, sold 257,470 copies in six days and earned first place on the weekly physical album chart for the period...
K-pop boy band NCT 127’s third studio album “Sticker” has sold 2.15 million copies in just one week after its release. SM Entertainment, in a press release, said NCT 127’s “Sticker” album, released on Sept. 17, recorded sales of 2,152,399 copies as of noon of Sept. 24. NCT 127 at their...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Seventeen, IU, Brave Girls, BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has issued the list of the top-selling songs and albums in Korea, and the most popular artists for the first half of 2021. Album Chart In the first half of 2021, the...
BTS (Twitter) K-pop superstars BTS’ new release, the “Butter” CD single, sold more than two million copies on the first day of release. “Butter” CD was released on July 9 and according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, it sold 2,153,747 copies on the first day and topped the daily retail...
NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” has been officially certified to have sold two million copies. On July 8, Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, which is under the supervision of the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), issued certifications for...
