A report shared by Instiz on September 3rd shows a tally of the album sales in this year so far.
The numbers are split into group, male, female, soundtrack, and total sales. Many K-pop fans were pleased to see that EXO placed fifth on the list, coming in at 905,000 sales with Exodus according to these figures.
In addition, Japanese girl group AKB 48 placed tenth with 796,000 sales.
Below are the given numbers for worldwide group album sales of 2015:
1) 1,141,000 sales, AC/DC – Rock Or Bust (Total of 2,663,000)
2) 1,069,000 sales, Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind
3) 1,020,000 sales, Maroon 5 – V (Total of 2,091,000)
4) 909,000 sales, Imagine Dragons – Smoke+Mirrors
5) 905,000 sales, EXO – Exodus
6) 869,000 sales, One Direction – Four (Total of 2,805,000)
7) 850,000 sales, Fall Out Boy – American Beauty / American Psycho
8) 847,000 sales, Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Planet Seven
9) 813,000 sales, Muse – Drones
10) 796,000 sales, AKB 48 – Koko Ga Rhodes Da, Koko De Tobe!
Source: Instiz
