SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Red Velvet has recorded its first million seller with its latest album, “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. Released Nov. 28, the new EP had sold 1,029,463 copies as of Friday, SM Entertainment said. It marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together sold more than 1.56 million copies of its upcoming EP in preorders, the band’s agency said Tuesday, with the album expected to become another hit from the band. “The Name Chapter: temptation,” the band’s fifth EP, set to come out Jan. 27 at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Rookie girl group NewJeans has clinched a second straight success in album sales with its first single “OMG,” following its debut EP “New Jeans” last year. “OMG” has sold 701,241 copies in the first week of its release, the group’s agency ADOR said Monday, citing data from Hanteo Chart, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s K-pop physical album sales are at the brink of reaching the 80 million milestone for 2022, thanks to the robust performance of boy band BTS and popular girl groups, a major music chart revealed Saturday. The annual physical sales of the top 400 K-pop albums had stood [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Astronaut,” the solo debut single by K-pop group BTS’ Jin, has sold over 1 million copies, the band’s agency said Friday. Big Hit Music said, citing data from Circle Chart, the album has sold 1,024,382 copies since it was released Oct. 28. Jin’s deeply sentimental voice accompanied by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Stray Kids’ latest album “Maxident” has sold a cumulative 3 million copies, setting the best record for the band and all K-pop acts managed by JYP Entertainment, the agency said Thursday. The EP released on Oct. 7 hit the milestone exactly after a month, JYP said quoting data from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s second full-length album has sold more than 1 million copies on its first day of sales, music industry sources said Saturday. The sources said, citing data from local albums sales tracker Hanteo Chart, “Born Pink” sold 1,011,000 copies Friday. This marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has recorded its first million seller with its latest album, “Checkmate,” the band’s agency said Thursday. Released on July 15, the group’s fifth EP passed the 1 million threshold Wednesday afternoon, JYP Entertainment said, citing data from the country’s benchmark Circle Chart. The EP earned [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Monthly sales of K-pop albums surpassed a combined 10 million copies for the first time last month thanks to the continued expansion of the global fandom of idol groups, a market tracker said Monday. According to Kim Jin-woo, head researcher of Circle Chart, which reports accumulated sales and streams, [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of K-pop albums have once again renewed their all-time-high level in the first half of this year, with the music continuing to be in its heyday, a local market tracker said. According to Kim Jin-woo, head researcher of Circle Chart, which reports accumulated sales and streams, on Sunday, [...]