These Are The Top 5 Best-Selling K-Pop Albums Of Each Year From 2015 To Now

The top sales have been dominated by 2 groups.

Koreaboo

July 13th, 2020

Throughout the years, certain K-Pop groups have tended to dominate the music industry in terms of sales, though they have changed over time. In the past, groups such as Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, and BIGBANG made impressive sales numbers, but in more recent years some newer groups have risen to the top. These are the top 5 best-selling albums, accumulatively, each year from 2015 until now.

2015

5. XOXO (EXO), which made a total of 542.9k sales

4. Miracles in December (EXO), which made a total of 546.3k sales

3. Overdose (EXO), which made a total of 675.1k sales

2. Growl (EXO), which made a total of 693.1k sales

1. EXODUS (EXO), which made a total of 760.2k sales

2016

5. Overdose (EXO), which made a total of 686.5k sales

4. Growl (EXO), which made a total of 712k sales

3. Wings (BTS), which made a total of 751k sales

2. EXODUS (EXO), which made a total of 767.3k sales

1. EX’ACT (EXO), which made a total of 797.3k sales

2017

5. EXODUS (EXO), which made a total of 777.1k sales

4. EX’ACT (EXO), which made a total of 801.4k sales

3. Wings (BTS), which made a total of 844.4k sales

2. The War (EXO), which made a total of 1.09 million sales

1. Love Yourself: Her (BTS), which made a total of 1.49 million sales

2018

5. The War (EXO), which made a total of 1.1 million sales

4. Don’t Mess Up My Tempo (EXO), which made a total of 1.45 million sales

3. Love Yourself: Her (BTS), which made a total of 1.83 million sales

2. Love Yourself: Tear (BTS), which made a total of 1.85 million sales

1. Love Yourself: Answer (BTS), which made a total of 2.2 million sales

2019

5. Don’t Mess Up My Tempo (EXO), which made a total of 1.45 million sales

4. Love Yourself: Tear (BTS), which made a total of 2.18 million sales

3. Love Yourself: Her (BTS), which made a total of 2.2 million sales

2. Love Yourself: Answer (BTS), which made a total of 2.56 million sales

1. Map of the Soul: Persona (BTS), which made a total of 3.72 million sales

2020

5. Love Yourself: Tear (BTS), which made a total of 2.26 million sales

4. Love Yourself: Her (BTS), which made a total of 2.27 million sales

3. Love Yourself: Answer (BTS), which made a total of 2.63 million sales

2. Map of the Soul: Persona (BTS), which made a total of 3.81 million sales

1. Map of the Soul: 7 (BTS), which made a total of 4.27 million sales