The 25 K-Pop Albums With The Most First-Day Sales EVER

With K-Pop’s growing popularity worldwide, it seems like sales and streams milestones and records are being broken on a regular basis. Within the last year, numerous artists have surpassed their past album sales records, including the number of copies of an album sold in the first day! Here are the 25 albums that currently have made the most first-day sales, all of which surpass the 500,000 mark.

25. The Album by BLACKPINK

Released on October 2, 2020, this album made 589.3k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.56 million sales.

24. Delight by Baekhyun

Released on May 25, 2020, this album made 626.8k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.03 million sales.

23. Universe by NCT

Released on December 14, 2021, this album made 635.7k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.84 million sales.

22. Don’t Fight the Feeling by EXO

Released on June 7, 2021, this album made 647.0k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.34 million sales.

21. Hot Sauce by NCT DREAM

Released on May 10, 2021, this album made 671.4k first-day sales! It currently has made 2.17 million sales.

20. The Astronaut by Jin

Released on October 28, 2022, this album made 701.0k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.04 million sales.

19. Glitch Mode by NCT DREAM

Released on March 28, 2022, this album made 703.7k first-day sales! It currently has made 2.10 million sales.

18. Bambi by Baekhyun

Released on March 30, 2021, this album made 760.2k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.01 million sales.

17. Sticker by NCT 127

Released on September 16, 2022, this album made 760.9k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.99 million sales.

16. Candy by NCT DREAM

Released on December 19, 2022, this album made 761.6k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.98 million sales.

15. Manifesto: Day 1 by ENHYPEN

Released on July 4, 2022, this album made 768.6k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.58 million sales.

14. Girls by aespa

Released on July 8, 2022, this album made 806.9k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.81 million sales.

13. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN

Released on June 18, 2021, this album made 881.8k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.46 million sales.

12. Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child by TXT

Released on May 9, 2022, this album made 918.4k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.81 million sales.

11. Sector 17 by SEVENTEEN

Released on July 18, 2022, this album made 935.1k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.70 million sales.

10. IM HERO by Lim Youngwoong

Released on May 2, 2022, this album made 940.6k first-day sales! It currently has made 1.14 million sales.

9. BORN PINK by BLACKPINK

Released on September 16, 2022, this album made 1.01 million first-day sales! It currently has made 2.64 million sales.

8. MAXIDENT by Stray Kids

Released on October 7, 2022, this album made 1.31 million first-day sales! It currently has made 3.18 million sales.

7. Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS

Released on April 12, 2019, this album made 1.48 million first-day sales! It currently has made 4.59 million sales.

6. Butter by BTS

Released on July 9, 2021, this album made 1.71 million first-day sales! It currently has made 3.16 million sales.

5. Face the Sun by SEVENTEEN

Released on May 27, 2022, this album made 1.76 million first-day sales! It currently has made 2.98 million sales.

4. The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION by TXT

Released on January 27, 2023, this album made 1.87 million first-day sales! It currently has made 1.87 million sales.

3. BE by BTS

Released on November 20, 2020, this album made 1.95 million first-day sales! It currently has made 3.79 million sales.

2. PROOF by BTS

Released on June 10, 2022, this album made 2.16 million first-day sales! It currently has made 3.39 million sales.

1. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS

Released on February 21, 2020, this album made 2.65 million first-day sales! It currently has made 5.00 million sales.