These Are The Only 29 K-Pop Albums That Have Surpassed The 100,000 Sales Milestone On Oricon
Oricon in Japan is similar to Billboard in the U.S. or Gaon in South Korea. Sales are counted over different time periods for albums sold in Japan, and the data is collected and compared to other albums sold at the same time to determine chart rankings.
Using this data, it’s easy to look and see which Korean-language albums by K-Pop artists have done well in Japan, with just under 30 of them reaching over 100,00 total sales in the country! Here are all of those albums, in order from less to more sales.
29. XOXO by EXO
Release year: 2013
Physical sales in Japan: 106,583
28. Summer Nights by TWICE
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 109,168
27. Border: Day One by ENHYPEN
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 111,480
26. The Boys by Girls’ Generation
Release year: 2011
Physical sales in Japan: 113,328
25. Hot Sauce by NCT DREAM
Release year: 2021
Physical sales in Japan: 115,187
24. Feel Special by TWICE
Release year: 2019
Physical sales in Japan: 115,271
23. Border: Carnival by ENHYPEN
Release year: 2021
Physical sales in Japan: 115,858
22. What Is Love? by TWICE
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 117,448
21. More & More by TWICE
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 132,874
20. Fancy You by TWICE
Release year: 2019
Physical sales in Japan: 133,187
19. Twicetagram by TWICE
Release year: 2017
Physical sales in Japan: 137,144
18. You Make My Day by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 146,607
17. TWICEcoaster by TWICE
Release year: 2016
Physical sales in Japan: 146,686
16. Hoot by Girls’ Generation
Release year: 2010
Physical sales in Japan: 148,761
15. Resonance by NCT
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 155,655
14. Wings by BTS
Release year: 2016
Physical sales in Japan: 159,036
13. You Made My Dawn by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2019
Physical sales in Japan: 187,956
12. Yes or Yes by TWICE
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 192,064
11. Love Yourself: Her by BTS
Release year: 2017
Physical sales in Japan: 193,143
10. Butter by BTS
Release year: 2021
Physical sales in Japan: 195,084
9. ; [Semicolon] by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 214,518
8. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2021
Physical sales in Japan: 217,729
7. Heng:garae by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 249,799
6. An Ode by SEVENTEEN
Release year: 2019
Physical sales in Japan: 256,936
5. Love Yourself: Tear by BTS
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 273,652
4. Love Yourself: Answer by BTS
Release year: 2018
Physical sales in Japan: 330,124
3. Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS
Release year: 2019
Physical sales in Japan: 406,164
2. BE by BTS
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 451,158
1. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS
Release year: 2020
Physical sales in Japan: 497,714
