February 2021 is officially over, and with it comes a time of reflection where we can look back on the K-Pop music released in the month and see what performed well.
Hanteo is one company that tracks album sales based on how many individual buyers have purchased albums. Though it doesn’t actually give the exact number of albums sold, it’s a pretty good indication of which albums did make the overall most sales over any given period of time!
These were the 15 best-selling K-Pop albums by male artists in the month of February according to Hanteo, only including sales in the month and not total sales (though that information is also given)!
15. Day by Day by Yang Joonil
Released on February 22, 2021 with the title song “Let’s Dance”, Day by Day sold 20.00k copies in February.
14. We Go Up by NCT Dream
Released on September 3, 2018 with the title song “We Go Up”, We Go Up sold 21.21k copies in February, and has sold 200.7k copies since its release.
13. Noir by U-Know
Released on January 18, 2021 with the title song “Thank U”, Noir sold 21.23k copies in February, and has sold 177.5k copies since its release.
12. Season 3. HIDEOUT: Be Our Voice by CRAVITY
Released on January 19, 2021 with the title song “My Turn”, Season 3. HIDEOUT: By Our Voice sold 22.81k copies in February, and has sold 105.5k copies since its release.
11. Love Synonym Pt.2: Right for Us by Wonho
Released on February 26, 2021 with the title song “Lose”, Love Synonym Pt.2: Right for Us sold 27.45k copies in February.
10. The First by NCT Dream
Released on February 9, 2017 with the title song “My First and Last”, The First sold 28.65k copies in February, and has sold 101.6k copies since its release.
9. We Boom by NCT Dream
Released on July 29, 2019 with the title song “Boom”, We Boom sold 29.25k copies in February, and has sold 321.8k copies since its release.
8. On the Track by J Don
Released on November 22, 2020 with the title song “Clicker”, On the Track sold 37.33k copies in February, and has sold 37.33k copies since its release.
7. Identity: Challenge by WEi
Released on February 24, 2021 with the title song “All Or Nothing”, Identity: Challenge sold 39.11k copies in February.
6. Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream by CIX
Released on February 2, 2021 with the title song “Cinema”, Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream sold 48.70k copies in February.
5. ONF: My Name by ONF
Released on February 24 with the title song “Beautiful Beautiful”, ONF: My Name sold 52.69k copies in February.
4. NCT 2018 Empathy by NCT
Released on March 14, 2018, NCT 2018 Empathy sold 61.61k copies in February, and has sold 294.4k copies since its release.
3. 2nd Desire [Tasty] by Kim Wooseok
Released on February 8, 2021 with the title song “Sugar”, 2nd Desire [Tasty] sold 86.97k copies in February.
2. Don’t Call Me by SHINee
Released on February 22, 2021 with the title song “Don’t Call Me”, Don’t Call Me sold 127.2k copies in February.
1. BE Deluxe Edition by BTS
Originally released on November 20, 2020 with the title song “Life Goes On”, BE Deluxe Edition, along with the original album, sold 628.6k copies in February, and has sold 2.98 million copies since its release.
