K-pop has been gaining immense popularity globally, with its influence spreading beyond South Korea.
Notably, Chinese fandoms are among those who have shown an impressive display of support for their beloved artists. These fandoms often garnered attention from various online communities for the extravagant birthday celebration events of K-pop idols and the massive album sales numbers.
The first half of 2023 witnessed an explosion of album orders from Chinese fandoms as well.
Top 15 Chinese fandoms in purchasing albums (First Half of 2023):
1. Aespa Karina 'MY WORLD' - 476,043 copies
2. Seventeen The8 'FML' - 456,453 copies
3. Stray Kids Hyunjin '5-STAR' - 410,318 copies
4. TXT Yeonjun 'TEMPTATION' - 394,165 copies
5. Stray Kids Felix '5-STAR' - 360,134 copies
6. Aespa Ningning 'MY WORLD' - 309,086 copies
7. Seventeen Wonwoo 'FML' - 301,740 copies
*8. Taeyong 'SHALALA' - 275,271 copies (Solo)
8. TXT Soobin 'TEMPTATION' - 228,779 copies
9. (G)I-DLE Yuqi 'I feel' - 182,816 copies
10. Aespa Winter 'MY WORLD' - 176,253 copies
11. Seventeen Jun 'FML' - 171,917 copies
12. Seventeen Jeonghan 'FML' - 171,225 copies
13. Seventeen Hoshi 'FML' - 170,369 copies
14. IVE Jang Won Young 'I've IVE' -
15. LE SSERAFIM Sakura 'UNFORGIVEN' - 165,083 copies
*OP stated that the chart only included group album sales, so they decided to add Taeyong's solo album as well.
Korean netizens commented, "Chinese fans have the same preference as I do," "Karina is really awesome," "The fourth generation idols," "K-pop idols became really popular in China," "The album orders for Seventeen in China is no joke," "Karina's album edition sales number is so crazy," "Karina seems very popular in China," "Karina's popularity is so crazy," "Aespa's popularity is so crazy" and "Hyunjin seems really popular in China."
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How things are changing ! Not long time ago, many kpop netizens were saying that the Chinese market isn't interesting for SK Ent. Ind.