The 25 K-Pop Albums With The Biggest First-Week Sales Ever

With K-Pop’s growing popularity worldwide, it seems like sales and streams milestones and records are being broken on a regular basis. Within the last year, numerous artists have surpassed their past album sales records, including the number of copies of an album sold in the first week! Here are the 25 albums that currently have made the most first-week sales, all of which surpass the 900,000 mark.

25. ; [Semicolon] by SEVENTEEN

Released on October 19, 2020, this album made 932.1k first-week sales! It currently has made 1.18 million sales.

24. Universe by NCT

Released on December 14, 2021, this album made 933.4k first-week sales! It currently has made 1.84 million sales.

23. The World EP.1: Movement by ATEEZ

Released on July 29, 2022, this album made 936.1k first-week sales! It currently has made 1.00 million sales.

22. Love Yourself: Tear by BTS

Released on May 18, 2018, this album made 1.00 million first-week sales! It currently has made 3.08 million sales.

21. Hot Sauce by NCT DREAM

Released on May 10, 2021, this album made 1.01 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.17 million sales.

20. Heng:garae by SEVENTEEN

Released on June 22, 2020, this album made 1.10 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.47 million sales.

19. IM HERO by Lim Youngwoong

Released on May 2, 2022, this album made 1.10 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.14 million sales.

18. Girls by aespa

Released on July 8, 2022, this album made 1.13 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.81 million sales.

17. Sector 17 by SEVENTEEN

Released on July 18, 2022, this album made 1.13 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.70 million sales.

16. Manifesto: Day 1 by ENHYPEN

Released on July 4, 2022, this album made 1.24 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.58 million sales.

15. Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child by TXT

Released on May 9, 2022, this album made 1.25 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.81 million sales.

14. Attacca by SEVENTEEN

Released on October 22, 2021, this album made 1.34 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.12 million sales.

13. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN

Released on June 18, 2021, this album made 1.36 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.46 million sales.

12. Glitch Mode by NCT DREAM

Released on March 28, 2022, this album made 1.41 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.10 million sales.

11. BORN PINK by BLACKPINK

Released on September 16, 2022, this album made 1.54 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.64 million sales.

10. 2 Baddies by NCT 127

Released on September 16, 2022, this album made 1.55 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.99 million sales.

9. Candy by NCT DREAM

Released on December 19, 2022, this album made 1.59 million first-week sales! It currently has made 1.98 million sales.

8. Butter by BTS

Released on July 9, 2021, this album made 1.98 million first-week sales! It currently has made 3.16 million sales.

7. Face the Sun by SEVENTEEN

Released on May 27, 2022, this album made 2.07 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.98 million sales.

6. Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS

Released on April 12, 2019, this album made 2.13 million first-week sales! It currently has made 4.59 million sales.

5. MAXIDENT by Stray Kids

Released on October 7, 2022, this album made 2.16 million first-week sales! It currently has made 3.18 million sales.

4. The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION by TXT

Released on January 27, 2023, this album made 2.18 million first-week sales! It currently has made 2.18 million sales.

3. BE by BTS

Released on November 20, 2020, this album made 2.27 million first-week sales! It currently has made 3.79 million sales.

2. PROOF by BTS

Released on June 10, 2022, this album made 2.75 million first-week sales! It currently has made 3.39 million sales.

1. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS

Released on February 21, 2020, this album made 3.38 million first-week sales! It currently has made 5.00 million sales.