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What are the top 5 K-Pop Album Releases?

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Posted by Lorr-Ye Friday, November 10, 2023

With so many devoted fanbases voting and lobbying for their favorite groups and artists on social media, K-Pop album sales and charts are a concept every K-Pop listener is familiar with. With impact on various broadcast channels like Music Bank, for example, credible album sales data becomes more and more significant year-by-year. 

Ktown4u's chart data is a good resource for fans to estimate how many albums are sold in real-time on the Ktown4u platform. This real-time update on album sales data is especially meaningful because although Hanteo and Circle charts reflect cumulative album sales data across various platforms, their charts are updated based on delivery completion. Ktown4u also shows interesting demographic breakdowns segmenting their Chart visitors country and region. Check out this demographic breakdown from September 2023!

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Over 50% were from East Asian countries like China, Korea, and Japan, and 7.5% were from North American countries like the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Fans can easily track on Ktown4u's platform the sales quantity that their favorite artists are creating with every new release available for purchase. Since Ktown4u has started tracking this data, their charts have become more and more robust. Here are the 5 K-Pop albums that have topped Ktown4u's Total K-Pop Chart:

5. NCT DREAM 1ST ALBUM - 맛 (HOT SAUCE) (PHOTO BOOK VER.)

Release Date: 2021-05-10 - Sales: 547,107

4. BLACKPINK - 1st FULL ALBUM [THE ALBUM]

Release Date: 2020-10-06 - Sales: 560,318

3. SEVENTEEN - 10th Mini Album [FML]

Release Date: 2023-04-24 - Sales: 595,772

2. BLACKPINK - 2nd ALBUM [BORN PINK] BOX SET

Release Date: 2022-09-16 - Sales: 598,450

1. JISOO - JISOO FIRST SINGLE ALBUM [ME]



Release Date: 2023-03-31 - Sales: 660,376

Did the results surprise you? Who do you think will become the top Ktown4u's Chart in the upcoming year? Let us know in the comments below!

(Data Source: Ktown4u Google Analytics/information source: Ktown4u sales team)

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Tiffanyjadore
Tiffanyjadore-703 pts Friday, November 10, 2023 1
Friday, November 10, 2023

How does Jisoo - Me qualify as an album, it has two tracks


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hiroonakamura
hiroonakamura7,526 pts Friday, November 10, 2023 0
Friday, November 10, 2023

"K-Pop album sales and charts are a concept every K-Pop listener is familiar with"

This is just sad, though. Fans today care more about album sales than actual song quality. Why are you even into kpop if not for listening to good music?

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