The TOP 20 Best-Selling K-Pop Boy Group Debut Albums Of All Time

With K-Pop album sales going up so quickly in the last couple of years, you would probably expect that the sales of debut albums would be consistently going up as well. And while there have been some records broken by debut albums in the past year, there are plenty of debut albums in years past that are still some of the best-selling today! Here’s a look at the 20 best-selling K-Pop boy group debut albums of all time.

20. GD&TOP Vol.1 by GD&TOP

Released on December 24, 2010 with the debut title song “High High”, this album has sold 202.9k copies to date!

19. Birth of Cosmo by n.SSign

Released on August 9, 2023 with the debut title song “Wormhole: New Track”, this album has sold 210.3k copies to date!

18. WHO! by BOYNEXTDOOR

Released on May 30, 2023 with the debut title songs “But I Like You”, “One and Only”, and “Serenade”, this album has sold 239.6k copies to date!

17. The First Step: Chapter One by TREASURE

Released on August 7, 2020 with the debut title song “BOY”, this album has sold 263.9k copies to date!

16. The First by NCT DREAM

Released on August 24, 2016 with the debut title song “My First and Last”, this album has sold 284.1k copies to date!

15. The Beginning by JYJ

Released on October 14, 2010 with the debut title songs “Ayyy Girl” and “Empty”, this album has sold 293.7k copies to date!

14. W, HERE by NU’EST W

Released on October 10, 2017 with the debut title song “Where You At”, this album has sold 308.1k copies to date!

13. Hey Mama! by EXO-CBX

Released on October 31, 2016 with the debut title song “Hey Mama!”, this album has sold 308.2k copies to date!

12. I Am NOT by Stray Kids

Released on March 26, 2018 with the debut title song “District 9”, this album has sold 316.7k copies to date!

11. What A Life by EXO-SC

Released on July 22, 2019 with the debut title songs “What a Life”, “Just Us 2”, and “Closer To You”, this album has sold 419.9k copies to date!

10. The Dream Chapter: STAR by TXT

Released on March 4, 2019 with the debut title song “Crown”, this album has sold 456.4k copies to date!

9. 2 COOL 4 SKOOL by BTS

Released on June 12, 2013 with the debut title songs “No More Dream” and “We Are Bulletproof Pt.2”, this album has sold 494.1k copies to date!

8. MAMA by EXO

Released on April 9, 2012 with the debut title song “Mama”, this album has sold 542.7k copies to date!

7. NCT 2018 Empathy by NCT

Released on March 14, 2018 with the debut title song “Black on Black”, this album has sold 640.5k copies to date!

6. Quantum Leap by X1

Released on August 27, 2019 with the debut title song “Flash”, this album has sold 657.9k copies to date!

5. Border: Day One by ENHYPEN

Released on November 30, 2020 with the debut title song “Given-Taken”, this album has sold 708.0k copies to date!

4. Perfume by NCT DOJAEJUNG

Released on April 17, 2023 with the debut title song “Perfume”, this album has sold 796.2k copies to date!

3. 1X1=1 (To Be One) by Wanna One

Released on August 7, 2017 with the debut title song “Energetic”, this album has sold 805.3k copies to date!

2. Second Wind by SEVENTEEN’s BSS

Released on February 6, 2023 with the debut title song “Fighting”, this album has sold 843.5k copies to date!

1. Youth in the Shade by ZEROBASEONE

Released on July 10, 2023 with the debut title song “In Bloom”, this album has sold 1.99 million copies to date!