BTS is "on another level", TWICE is far ahead of BLACKPINK in terms of album sales in the past decade

Hoàng PhúcJan 11, 2022 at 21:11

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Below is a list of the best-selling K-pop artists of the past decade, published by Gaon Chart.

Recently, Gaon Chart published aggregated data on album sales of Kpop artists over the past 10 years (from January 2011 to November 2021). This is considered one of Korea's prestigious country music charts, equivalent to Billboard in the US and Oricon in Japan.

Accordingly, BTS ranks first among the highest-grossing b.oy groups with 32.7 million albums sold in a decade. This number is more than double the group NCT at No.2, proving the popularity and influence of the 7 boys HYBE. This is also a statistic that shows the power of a powerful, passionate fandom around the world of BTS.

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Debuting since 2013, the past 8 years BTS has brought fans quality albums such as Dark And Wild (2014), Wings (2016), Love Yourself: Tear (2018), Map Of The Soul: 7 (2020). ) or most recently BE (2020). These products are always carefully invested in both content, musical value and form.

Recently, according to Oricon's announcement, the album "BTS, The Best" of the group BTS has officially surpassed the milestone of more than 1 million copies sold on this chart.

With this achievement, the album "BTS, The Best" has become the first album by a Korean artist to achieve this feat on Oricon in nearly 17 years since BoA's "Best of Soul" album in 2005.

This is also the first time in 17 years that an album by a foreign male artist has sold more than 1 million pounds on this chart since Queen's album in 2004.

With this achievement, BTS has become the 14th foreign artist to achieve this milestone along with Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Scatman John, The Beatles and Queen.

If BTS takes the throne among boygroups, TWICE is the "boss" of album sales with nearly 7.3 million copies. TWICE is known as "hardworking bees" when it comes to year-round comebacks, and their work productivity is remarkable. Although TWICE releases a lot of albums every year, the purchasing power of fans has not decreased. This proves the group's solid position in the Kpop fan community.

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Among the outstanding albums that brought TWICE's fame to the world, SNSD's "national group" title such as Page Two, Twicecoaster: Lane 1, Summer Nights, Fancy You, Yes Or Yes , More & More, Taste Of Love or most recently Formula Of Love: OT=

In terms of solo, according to Gaon Chart, Baekhyun ( EXO) and Taeyeon (SNSD) are the two artists leading the male and female rankings, respectively. This is an impressive achievement of two "single" members from two popular SM groups.

Debuting solo in 2019, without a big knife, Baekhyun still quietly swept the charts with 3 albums City Lights, Delight and BAMBI. He ranked No.1 among solo artists with 2.6 million album copies sold.

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It is known that in Korean music history, before Baekhyun, there is only the legendary Seo Taiji who has sold millions of copies for both groups and solos.

This is the first time that a solo artist has sold over a million copies for a single album, after 19 years since male singer Kim G.un Mo's achievement with his 7th studio album. If only singers are considered. solo, Baekhyun is the newest name in the last 20 years, first with Delight (2020) and continued in the past year with Bambi (2021).

Taeyeon with the hit debut hit "I" is the leverage that makes her hold the position of Kpop queen for a long time and so far has not cooled down. The leader of SNSD also knows how to please fans when posing as a hardworking idol who has never been absent for too long on the Kpop race. Albums like I, Why, This Christmas: Winter Is Coming, My Voice, Purpose... have helped her have album sales topping the list of female solo artists with more than 1.05 million copies.

BTS is "on another level", TWICE is far ahead of BLACKPINK in terms of album sales in the past decade - Photo 4

List of solo artists with the most album sales:

1. Baekhyun: 2.6 million copies

2. Kim Ho Joong: 1.09 million copies

3. Taeyeon: 1.05 million copies

4. Taemin: 1,005 million copies

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