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TOP 10 Album Sales by Artist in 2021

Posted by Yeom-My24 pts Monday, January 24, 2022

My favorite part about the beginning of the year is that we can see statistics of the previous year - so we can really see who truly dominated the K-POP scene in 2021. This time around, we are going to take a look at the top 10 album sales by artist in 2021 - do you think your favorite K-POP star made the list?

Please note that the list includes solo & unit albums, and the list is a comprehensive list including Gaon Album Sales & Oricon Chart Album sales. Let's take a look and see who made the list!

#10 - BLACKPINK (2016 Debut) - 1.74 Million+ Albums Sold


#9 - TWICE (2015 Debut) - 1.83 Million+ Albums Sold


#8 - ATEEZ (2018 Debut) - 1.88 Million+ Albums Sold


#7 - TXT (2019 Debut) - 2.36 Million+ Albums Sold


#6 - ENHYPHEN (2020 Debut) - 2.44 Million+ Albums Sold


#5 - Stray Kids (2018 Debut) - 2.7 Million+ Albums Sold


#4 - EXO (2012 Debut) - 3.22 Million+ Albums Sold


#3 - SEVENTEEN (2015 Debut) - 4.39 Million+ Albums Sold


#2 - BTS (2013 Debut) - 8.53 Million+ Albums Sold


#1 - NCT (2016 Debut) - 10.8 Million+ Albums Sold


The #20-11 list is also below for reference.

#20 - TREASURE (2020 Debut) - 429,157+ Albums Sold

#19 - IU (2008 Debut) - 434,141+ Albums Sold

#18 - aespa (2020 Debut) - 574,445+ Albums Sold

#17 - ASTRO (2016 Debut) - 727,334+ Albums Sold

#16 - Red Velvet (2014 Debut) - 744,843+ Albums Sold

#15 - SHINee (2008 Debut) - 817,880+ Albums Sold

#14 - Super Junior (2005 Debut) - 858,633+ Albums Sold

#13 - MONSTA X (2015 Debut) - 900,774+ Albums Sold

#12 - ITZY (2019 Debut) - 955,345+ Albums Sold

#11 - The Boys (2017 Debut) - 1.45 Million+ Albums Sold

Did your favorite group make the list? Fortunately, K-POP is defined as more than just album sales nowadays, and we have to consider that NCT also runs on a unit group style, so they released several more albums than BTS did in 2021. It's quite refreshing to see that K-POP is getting more global and bigger year by year. It's going to be interesting to see how exponential the album growth will grow in 2022 as well - who do you see in 2022 having more album sales? Let us know in the comments below.

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  1. ATEEZ
  2. BLACKPINK
  3. BTS
  4. ENHYPEN
  5. EXO
  6. NCT
  7. Seventeen
  8. Stray Kids
  9. TWICE
  10. TXT
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Kirsty_Louise
Kirsty_Louise40,540 pts Monday, January 24, 2022 1
Monday, January 24, 2022

Blatant attempt be AKP to get fandoms arguing as it generates more views and comments. Well I for one am not gonna bite lol


Congratulations to all the groups who made it on to this list, that’s some impressive numbers! 👏🏻

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bang_nay1,141 pts Monday, January 24, 2022 0
Monday, January 24, 2022

Are y’all serious Allkpop? How did y’all not notice you used a picture of Stray Kids twice for Seventeen? Get it together?

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