Amid continued development all through the Okay-pop area, bodily gross sales for the highest 400 albums in South Korea cracked 115 million final 12 months, in response to chart information.
The sizable South Korean album-sales whole, fueled by the recognition of CDs in addition to vinyl, only in the near past got here to gentle in a complete Circle Chart breakdown for 2023.
Per Google’s translation of this Korean-language yearend recap, a whopping 26 artists moved a minimum of a million bodily albums apiece final 12 months, up from 21 in 2022. In the meantime, the report reveals that Seventeen alone offered a staggering 16.08 million albums on the 12 months, referring particularly to the primary by the fiftieth week thereof.
In fact, we coated the ultra-successful releases of a number of South Korean artists throughout 2023, when the likes of Hybe, SM Leisure, and others posted correspondingly constructive financials.
Again to the core Circle Chart stats, South Korea album gross sales in 2023 reached 115.17 million items, the information signifies. That represents a near 50 % spike from 2022 and its 77.12 million albums offered, in addition to greater than doubling the 2021 determine and topping the 2013 whole by practically 14 occasions.
By artist, the aforementioned Seventeen, with north of 16 million albums offered throughout 2023, somewhat predictably topped the gross sales listing. Stray Youngsters secured the second place with 10.87 million items, Tomorrow X Collectively adopted with 6.44 million, NCT Dream ranked fourth with 5.04 million, and NewJeans rounded out the highest 5 with 4.40 million, the evaluation reveals.
Notably, given the industrial prominence of BTS in addition to solo tasks from the seven-piece act’s members, Jungkook (2.70 million) and V (2.25 million) occupied the twelfth and thirteenth spots on the album-sales listing at hand, respectively.
That Jungkook reportedly moved 2.15 million copies of his debut album on launch – and noticed “Seven” be part of Spotify’s “Billion Membership” sooner than some other track up to now – makes the variety of (and figures behind) higher-ranked acts much more noteworthy.
Constructing upon this level and Okay-pop’s upward trajectory for the present 12 months, regardless of having solely arrived on the scene in Might of 2022, Hybe’s Le Sserafim offered 2.03 million albums in 2023, per Circle Chart. Different new faces are, evidently, forthcoming. SM is creating a “British boy group,” Attrakt is teeing up a brand new act of its personal, and “Okay-pop powerhouse” Titan Content material is holding auditions for a unique group but, to call just a few examples.