KISS OF LIFE‘s empty seats are going viral. KISS OF LIFE | Pinterest On September 22, a post titled “KISS OF LIFE’s Concert Is Empty” went viral. The post has since been viewed over 100k times. In the post, the author uploaded an alleged seating chart for KISS OF LIFE’s Korean concert. According to the […]
EXO Baekhyun’s Solo Album Records Baffling First Day Sales
EXO member Baekhyun has achieved incredible sales numbers within just a day of releasing his new solo album. Baekhyun On September 6, KST, Baekhyun released his fourth mini album, Hello, World. According to the Hanteo Chart, the record has sold 893,214 copies on its very first day! | INB100a While the number is impressive on its own, […]
LE SSERAFIM’s “Crazy” Nose Dives To Shockingly Low Sales Sparking Concerns Fans Have Abandoned Them
LE SSERAFIM‘s shocking album sales are sparking concerns that fans have abandoned them. LE SSERAFIM | Pinterest On September 3, a post titled “LE SSERAFIM ‘Crazy’ Fourth-Day Sales Concludes” went viral. The post has since been viewed almost 50K times. In the post, a netizen uploads the sales number for the group’s most recent efforts, […]
LE SSERAFIM Suffer Alarming Drop In Physical Sales
LE SSERAFIM recently returned to the music scene with their new mini-album CRAZY, featuring a title track of the same name. | Source Music While the song and its music video have garnered positive reactions from fans— with the video surpassing 15 million views within just over a day and the track debuting at #34 […]
4th Gen Group Gains Over 143 Thousand Followers In 48 Hours, Increases Album Sales By 300%
Fans often pray for their favorite groups to gain popularity to ensure their longevity and ability to continue promoting. A single viral video or something to help increase the amount of attention the group has on them can help this happen, like in the case of EXID and the fancam of Hani. EXID Hani’s Legendary […]
Fans Discuss The “Real” Reason Behind Stray Kids’ Drastically Lower Album Sales
On July 19, Stray Kids returned with their most recent album, ATE, featuring the title track “Chk Chk Boom.” As with all of their releases, the track has performed well since, going viral for the celebrity cameos and catchy beat. On both domestic and international charts, both the album and the song have remained even […]
Stray Kids’ First-Week Album Sales Show Dramatic Drop From Previous Peak
Stray Kids released their most recent album, ATE, on July 19 with the title track “Chk Chk Boom”. The album has been performing quite well on music charts and in terms of streaming, and has the highest number of first-week streams by a K-Pop artist on Spotify for 2024 so far. Biggest first week album debut […]
Are K-Pop Girl Group Album Sales On The Decline?
For the past couple of years, K-Pop album sales have reached record highs. During the COVID pandemic, it seems that a lot of people were introduced to the music genre and joined one or more fandoms, and with no concerts or other means of spending money to support their favorite artists, albums were pretty much […]
Chuu’s Grim Concert Sales Expose The “Problem” With K-Pop Tours
On June 20th, it was announced that Chuu would embark on a North and South American tour titled Strawberry Rush. Chuu | ATRP Chuu, who has promoted as a solo artist since her expulsion from LOONA, has seen success despite debuting under a smaller company. Her most recent release, “Strawberry Rush,” has over 5.5 million […]
All 11 K-Pop Groups That Have Surpassed 10 Million Total Album Sales
There was a time in K-Pop when it was a huge accomplishment for an artist to reach one million total album sales over the course of their career, and honestly, that’s still not a number to scoff at! However, it’s become much more common for groups to make over a million sales for just one […]
Netizens Raise Suspicions About SEVENTEEN’s Album Sales
SEVENTEEN is facing allegations of possible sales manipulation. SEVENTEEN | RollingStone/X The HYBE boy group’s mini album 17 Is Right Here has seen record-breaking success, even achieving an unbelievable sales number of 5 million. | theqoo This astounding achievement has cemented the group’s position as a leading K-Pop artist in the industry currently, but Korean […]
BTS J-Hope’s “Low” Album Sales Spark Outrage
For several months, many fans of HYBE groups have loudly protested against the company’s choices in support of Palestine, with a large focus on HYBE America CEO Scooter Braun. This has manifested in in-person protests, and fans have encouraged boycotts of everything coming from the company as fans demand the company remove all links to […]
Fans Worry As PURPLE KISS’s Album Sales Decline With Each Comeback
PURPLE KISS debuted with the album Into Violet and title track “Ponzona” in March 2021 under RBW, which had become a more well-known company after MAMAMOO‘s career took off. The anticipation for a younger sister to the vocally powerful girl group was pretty high at the time, and the members of PURPLE KISS didn’t disappoint — […]
TWICE Breaks Previous First-Week Album Sales Record By A Landslide
It has been a week since TWICE released their latest album, With YOU-th, on February 23, and now even nearly nine years into their career, the K-Pop girl group is still breaking their past records! On February 29, it was announced that TWICE had surpassed 1.02 million album sales on Hanteo, making it the most sales they’ve […]
The 10 Best-Selling K-Pop Artists By Pure Album Sales In The U.S. In 2023
Even though the K-Pop music genre has started reaching a larger audience internationally, it’s usually only the biggest artists from the most well-known labels that tend to get popular overseas. Album sales have been increasing in the U.S. over the last couple of years, though, and some of the most popular groups and soloists are […]
First-Week Sales Numbers Of The Most Popular K-Pop Boy Groups That Debuted In 2023
With girl groups overwhelmingly owning the K-Pop industry right now with the success of fourth generation artists like IVE, NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM, and (G)I-DLE, some fans have been waiting for boy groups to have a resurgence in their popularity too. 2023 saw the debut of boy groups from some major labels as well as highly anticipated ones from smaller […]
Most Popular Soloist Debuts This Year, Based On Album Sales
The music industry often gauges the success of artists’ debuts through album sales, and solo debuts are no exception. In 2023, several solo artists from popular groups made a significant impact with their debut albums. The sales data mentioned here is calculated using Circle Chart — formerly known as the Gaon Chart — one of the […]
Aespa And Stray Kids’ Reportedly Dissappointing Album Sales Cause Company Stocks To Plummet
In an industry that thrives on robust international sales, particularly from the lucrative Chinese market, K-Pop has hit an unexpected downturn. The recent plummet in album sales within China, which has nearly halved, is sending shockwaves through South Korea’s entertainment sector, as reflected in the decreasing stock prices of the country’s leading entertainment companies. | […]
K-Pop Album Sales, Music Video Views, And Streams Don’t Matter In Determining A Song’s Success – Here’s What Does
Many K-Pop fans are very focused on streaming and mass-buying albums to support their favorite artists. Fans create “streaming parties” and follow specific guidelines to ensure their streams count. An example of streaming guidelines | @jakeyarchive/Twitter | @jakeyarchive/Twitter Streaming is an active way for fans to support artists by showing their love for their songs. […]
These 18 Companies Alone Made Up Nearly All K-Pop Album Sales In 2021
There are tons of K-Pop artists at dozens of different entertainment companies in South Korea, though unfortunately, a lot of them never end up getting as much popularity as others. There are a couple of major companies — such as SM Entertainment, BigHit Music, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment — that pretty much any K-Pop fans has heard of, […]
The Growth In Sales Of ATEEZ’s Albums From Debut Until Now Is Nothing Short Of Breathtaking
There’s no denying that 2021 has been ATEEZ‘s most successful year to date. Between their appearance on Kingdom: Legendary War to their collaboration with huge artists such as Kim Jong Kook and Pentatonix to their albums continuously surpassing their past sales records, the eight-member group has been absolutely dominating this year! @ATEEZofficial/Twitter Because of their success, it can be […]