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MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts.

BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen and GOT7’s BamBam topped the celebrity category of the 2021 Korea Power YouTuber 100 list.

K-pop boy band ASTRO’s new release “Switch On” grabbed first place on the weekly physical album chart.

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. 

Hanteo Chart, which tracks album and song sales in Korea, released the “Hanteo Global K-pop Report: 2021 Semi-annual Summary” covering the first half of the year. 

K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” has been officially certified to have sold two million copies. 

K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s repackaged album “Hello Future” topped the weekly physical album chart in South Korea.

K-pop boy band Seventeen topped the album chart for the second straight week as their new release, “Your Choice,” reached 1.37 million copies in sales.

K-pop boy band NCT Dream have sold 2 million copies of their latest album “Hot Sauce,” according to their agency. 

K-pop boy band NCT Dream, SHINee’s Taemin, Fromis 9, WJSN The Black and TO1 grabbed the first five places on Hanteo Chart’s weekly physical album chart for the third week of May.

K-pop idol group NCT Dream’s new album “Hot Sauce” has sold more than one million copies in the first week of release, ranking fifth in the initial sales rankings of all time.

K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” sold more than 600,000 copies and debuted at No. 1 on music charts.

Gaon Music Chart has released the final figures for the top-selling albums in South Korea in 2020 and has also published new certifications.

The online concert of artists under SM Entertainment has set a new record by attracting more than 35 million viewers. 

Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread in the Philippines, several K-pop stars were able to visit and perform in the country in January and February.

Recent data released by Twitter showed the Philippines among top 5 countries in the world with the most avid K-pop fans.

Award-winning Pinoy band Ben&Ben and their song “Leaves” entered South Korean music chart Melon’s real-time search, apparently after getting shout-outs from members of K-pop idol groups. 

After naming the topnotchers in album sales by category, Korea’s Hanteo Chart has unveiled the overall top 10 best-selling K-pop albums for the first half of 2020.