Oricon Chart: K-pop's Highest Selling Artists from 2018 Onwards

The global K-pop phenomenon has been making waves in the music industry over the years. The influence of K-pop has been slowly spreading worldwide, as more and more people are mesmerized by the addicting melodies and electrifying performances of K-pop artists.

Before K-pop was recognized globally, K-pop made an undeniable impact on the Japanese market.

In the past five years, K-pop artists have achieved remarkable success on the Oricon chart, the prestigious music chart in Japan, solidifying their positions as chart-toppers and setting new records for sales.

So here are the top artists with the highest sales on the Oricon charts since 2018.

CD and DVD sales ranking for K-pop singers on the Japanese Oricon chart for the last five years (2018-2022)

1. BTS - 52.194 billion JPY (363.7 million USD)

2. TWICE - 19.034 billion JPY (132.6 million USD)

3. Seventeen - 15.113 billion JPY (105.3 million USD)

4. TVXQ - 5.477 billion JPY (38.2 million USD)

5. ENHYPEN - 4.069 billion JPY (28.3 million USD)

6. TXT - 3.617 billion JPY (25.2 million USD)

7. Stray Kids - 3.06 billion JPY (23.3 million USD)

8. BLACKPINK - 2.497 billion JPY (17.4 million USD)

9. NCT - 2.196 billion JPY (15.3 million USD)

10. IZ*ONE - 2.083 billion JPY (14.5 million USD)

11. SHINee - 1.896 billion JPY (13.2 million USD)

12. Kim Jae Joong - 1.786 billion JPY (12.4 million USD)

13. TREASURE - 1.7 billion JPY (11.8 million USD)

14. Big Bang - 1.47 billion JPY (10.2 million USD)

15. MONSTA X - 1.031 billion JPY (7.2 million USD)

16. Kep1er - 882 million JPY (6.1 million USD)

17. IVE - 833 million JPY (5.8 million USD)

18. iKON - 783 million JPY (5.5 million USD)

19. EXO - 771 million JPY (5.4 million USD)

20. aespa - 728 million JPY (5.1 million USD)

21. ITZY - 694 million JPY (4.84 million USD)

22. Taemin - 694 million JPY (4.84 million USD)

23. NCT Dream - 693 million JPY (4.83 million USD)

24. LE SSERAFIM - 614 million JPY (4.3 million USD)

25. ASTRO - 614 million JPY (4.3 million USD)

26. ATEEZ - 578 million JPY (4 million USD)