These Are The Percentages That The Top 15 K-Pop Companies Contributed To Total Album Sales In 2020
K-Pop has become a massive multi-billion dollar industry over the years, and 2020 saw record album sales from a number of companies, as well as a new record for most album sales for a single album in the South Korean music industry.
There are tons of different K-Pop companies in the industry, but only a small portion of them make a noticeable contribution to the overall profit. While there used to be a “Big 3” in the industry — SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment — company album sales have definitely changed in recent years, and the highest profiting companies are less predictable now.
These are the 15 K-Pop companies that contributed the most album sales in 2020, based on Hanteo‘s charts.
15. Woollim Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1%
Contributing artists: Lovelyz, Golden Child, Rocket Punch, DRIPPIN
Best-selling album of 2020: Take a Leap by Golden Child (65k sales)
14. Play M Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.1%
Contributing artists: Apink, VICTON, Weeekly
Best-selling album of 2020: Continuous by VICTON (95k sales)
13. FNC Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.2%
Contributing artists: SF9, Cherry Bullet, P1Harmony, CNBLUE, N.Flying
Best-selling album of 2020: 9loryUS by SF9 (111k sales)
12. Cre.ker Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.3%
Contributing artists: THE BOYZ
Best-selling album of 2020: Chase by THE BOYZ (368k sales)
11. Cube Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.7%
Contributing artists: (G)I-DLE, PENTAGON, CLC
Best-selling album of 2020: I Trust by (G)I-DLE (154k sales)
10. KQ Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.7%
Contributing artists: ATEEZ
Best-selling album of 2020: ZERO: FEVER Part. 1 by ATEEZ (368k sales)
9. RBW
Total percentage contributed: 1.8%
Contributing artists: MAMAMOO (and solo members), ONEUS, ONEWE
Best-selling album of 2020: Travel by MAMAMOO (170k sales)
8. Konnect Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 1.9%
Contributing artists: Kang Daniel
Best-selling album of 2020: Magenta by Kang Daniel (338k sales)
7. Starship Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 2.4%
Contributing artists: MONSTA X, CRAVITY, Cosmic Girls, Wonho
Best-selling album of 2020: Fatal Love by MONSTA X (287k sales)
6. Swing Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 4%
Contributing artists: IZ*ONE, Natty
Best-selling album of 2020: Oneiric Diary by IZ*ONE (440k sales)
5. YG Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 6.2%
Contributing artists: BLACKPINK, TREASURE, iKON, WINNER, Sechskies, Mino
Best-selling album of 2020: The Album by BLACKPINK (759k sales)
4. Pledis Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 7.6%
Contributing artists: SEVENTEEN, NU’EST
Best-selling album of 2020: Heng:garae by SEVENTEEN (1.15 million sales)
3. JYP Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 7.8%
Contributing artists: TWICE, Stray Kids, GOT7 (formerly), ITZY, DAY6
Best-selling album of 2020: MORE & MORE by TWICE (387k sales)
2. SM Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 20%
Contributing artists: NCT, Taemin, Baekhyun, Suho, Kai, aespa, Taeyeon, SuperM, WAYV, BoA
Best-selling album of 2020: Delight by Baekhyun (927k sales)
1. BigHit Entertainment
Total percentage contributed: 25%
Contributing artists: BTS, TXT, ENHYPEN
Best-selling album of 2020: Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS (3.84 million sales)
