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Boy band Stray Kids' latest album ″ATE″ is on display at a music store in Seoul [YONHAP]

K-pop physical album sales bubble bursts to fall 19%

Physical sales of K-pop albums slid 19 percent from last year to fall below 100 million units from January to November this year.

2024.12.30

Customers line up at a GS25 store in Seodaemun District, western Seoul, to buy K-pop albums. [GS RETAIL]

Foreign K-pop fans flock to convenience stores to buy albums in bulk

GS25 and other convenience store chains have found a new revenue stream in foreign K-pop fans who buy CDs in bulk to amass the randomized accompanying merchandise.

2024.9.23

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K-pop CDs and records displayed at a store in downtown Seoul. [YONHAP]

K-pop CD exports decline for first time in nine years

The export volume for K-pop CDs has declined in the first half of this year, marking the first downturn in nine years.

2024.7.16

Seven of 10 most-sold albums in U.S. in 2023 are K-pop albums, data shows

K-pop had another good year in the United States, with seven K-pop albums making it to the list of top 10 most-sold albums in the country, according to Luminate.

2024.1.11

Circle Chart announced the cumulative album sales for 2023 [CIRCLE CHART]

Over 111 million physical albums sold in Korea so far this year

Over 111.6 million physical albums were sold in Korea from January to November this year, according to data by Circle Chart on Tuesday, based on the combined sales of the most-sold physical albums ranked No. 1 to 400.

2023.12.19

EXO marks seventh million-selling album with 'Exist'

Boy band EXO set its career high with its latest album, “Exist.” “Exist” is the boy band’s seventh full-length album which dropped last Monday and has sold over 1.56 million copies in the first week of its release, marking the 11-year-old ...

2023.7.17

Top 10 Global Album Sales Chart released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry [IFPI]

8 of 2022's top 10 best-selling albums were from K-pop artists

Eight out of ten best-selling albums around the world in 2022 were K-pop, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said Tuesday. “Proof” by boy band BTS was the second most-sold album of 2022 according to ...

2023.3.28

A concept photo of Stray Kids' upcoming EP, 'Maxident.' [JYP ENTERTAINMENT]

Stray Kids' new EP surpasses 2.24 million copies in preorders

Preorders for K-pop boy group Stray Kids' upcoming EP titled "Maxident" have reached 2.24 million copies, the group's agency said Thursday.

2022.9.29

Concept image for NCT 127's '2 Baddies' [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

NCT 127's '2 Baddies' breaks SM's first week sales record

Boy band NCT 127’s latest full-length album “2 Baddies” sold more in its first week than any other album by an SM Entertainment group or artist, the agency said Friday. According to data from local sales tracker Hanteo Chart, “2 Baddies” sold a...

2022.9.23

Girl group STAYC [HIGH UP ENTERTAINMENT]

STAYC's 'Stereotype' achieves 100,000 sales in first week

STAYC, the rookie girl group, received a 100K New Record Certification Plaque for "Stereotype" from Hantoo, a Korean album sales tracker. The EP, the group’s first, has been available for a week…

2021.9.29