These 21 K-Pop Artists Make Up Eighty Percent Of All 2021 Album Sales

The top two alone make up more than 25%!

2021 has been a year full of big comebacks from popular K-Pop artists already, especially in terms of solo artists and newer groups!

ATEEZ’s Hongjoong

Even in this more digital era, physical sales of K-Pop albums are still doing remarkably well, especially for some groups in particular.

EXO’s Baekhyun

Millions have been sold in the past three months alone, and believe it or not, around 80% of those sales belong to just 21 different artists!

IU

Here are those 21 artists, including the percentage of total 2021 album sales they’ve contributed to and the album that has sold the most in recent times.

21. WOODZ

WOODZ’s best-selling album in March was Set, which was released on March 15, 2021 and has sold 81.3k copies to date, and contributes the most to his 1.2% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

20. NCT 127

NCT 127’s best-selling album in March was Neo Zone: The Final Round, which was released on May 19, 2020 and has sold 373.0k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.3% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

19. VICTON

VICTON’s best-selling album in March was Voice: The Future is Now, which was released on January 11, 2021 and has sold 107.8k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.3% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

18. Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher’s best-selling album in March was Dystopia: Road to Utopia, which was released on January 26, 2021 and has sold 91.3k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.4% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

17. Kim Wooseok

Kim Wooseok’s best-selling album in March was Tasty, which was released on February 8, 2021 and has sold 93.1k copies to date, and contributes the most to his 1.4% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

16. ONEUS

ONEUS’s best-selling album in March was Devil, which was released on January 19, 2021 and has sold 98.5k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.5% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

15. Golden Child

Golden Child’s best-selling album in March was Yes., which was released on January 25, 2021 and has sold 113.8k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.7% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

14. NCT Dream

NCT Dream’s best-selling album in March was We Boom, which was released on July 29, 2019 and has sold 333.4k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 1.9% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

13. CRAVITY

CRAVITY’s best-selling album in March was Season 3. HIDEOUT: Be Our Voice, which was released on January 19, 2021 and has sold 139.9k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 2.1% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

12. (G)I-DLE

(G)I-DLE’s best-selling album in March was I Burn, which was released on January 11, 2021 and has sold 153.8k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 2.3% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

11. SHINee

SHINee’s best-selling album in March was Don’t Call Me, which was released on February 22, 2021 and has sold 178.0k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 2.7% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

10. U-Know

U-Know’s best-selling album in March was Noir, which was released on January 18, 2021 and has sold 188.0k copies to date, and contributes the most to his 2.8% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

9. WayV

WayV’s best-selling album in March was Kick Back, which was released on March 10, 2021 and has sold 173.9k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 2.9% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

8. TREASURE

TREASURE’s best-selling album in March was The First Step: Treasure Effect, which was released on January 12, 2021 and has sold 234.7k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 3.6% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

7. IU

IU’s best-selling album in March was Lilac, which was released on March 26, 2021 and has sold 267.8k copies to date, and contributes the most to her 4.1% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

6. Super Junior

Super Junior’s best-selling album in March was The Renaissance, which was released on March 16, 2021 and has sold 306.7k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 4.6% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

5. ATEEZ

ATEEZ’s best-selling album in March was ZERO: FEVER Pt.2, which was released on March 1, 2021 and has sold 321.3k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 4.8% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

4. NCT

NCT’s best-selling album in March was Resonance Pt.1, which was released on October 12, 2020 and has sold 910.8k copies to date, and contributes the most to their 5.5% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

3. Rosé (BLACKPINK)

Rosé’s best-selling album in March was R, which was released on March 16, 2021 and has sold 458.0k copies to date, and contributes the most to her 6.8% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

2. Baekhyun (EXO)

Baekhyun’s best-selling album in March was Bambi, which was released on March 30, 2021 and has sold 773.6k copies to date, and contributes the most to his 12.0% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

1. BTS

BTS’s best-selling album in March was BE, which was released on November 20, 2020 and has sold 3.10 million copies to date, and contributes the most to their 13.8% of 2021’s total K-Pop album sales!

Source: Korean Sales Twitter
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