Top 10 K-Pop Groups of all time according to specific data

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Which South Korean idol artists and idol agency dominate physical album sales? The numbers have been tallied and the Top 10 K-Pop idol album sales have been revealed!

In the Top 10, SM Entertainment artists are seen monopolizing the rankings as they show off their power to sell physical albums. TVXQ‘s albums are combined with their Korean and Japanese sales for a total of 14.1 million albums sold. First male generation idol group H.O.T brings up the rear with over 7 million albums sold in their short career of five years (1996-2001), while EXO is quickly catching up with 5.4 million albums in just five years.

Other artists included are g.o.d, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, BIGBANG, SHINee, S.E.S and Shinhwa. See their album numbers below:

#1 TVXQ (14,143,519); 2003 – Current
SM Entertainment

Image: TVXQ's combines album sales in South Korea and Japan
Image: TVXQ’s combines album sales in South Korea and Japan

#2 H.O.T (7,024,903); 1996-2001
SM Entertainment

Image: H.O.T's aggregated album sales
Image: H.O.T’s aggregated album sales

#3 EXO (5,441,744); 2011 – Current
SM Entertainment

Image: EXO's aggregated album sales
Image: EXO’s aggregated album sales

#4 g.o.d (5,096,983); 1999-2004, 2014 – Current
JYP Entertainment, Sidus HQ

Image: Screen capture of the aggregated album sales for g.o.d
Image: Screen capture of the aggregated album sales for g.o.d

#5 Girls’ Generation (4,399,486); 2007- Current
SM Entertainment

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Image: Korean and Japanese aggregated album sales for Girls’ Generation

#6 Super Junior (3,823,018); 2005 – Current
SM Entertainment

Image: Combined sales from Korea and Japanese album sales for Super Junior
Image: Combined sales from Korea and Japanese album sales for Super Junior

#7 BIGBANG (3,575,997); (2006 – Current)
YG Entertainment

7

#8 SHINee (3,145,515); (2009 – Current)
SM Entertainment

8

#9 S.E.S (3,104,046); (1997 – 2002)
SM Entertainment

9

#10 Shinhwa (2,975,555); (1998 – Current)
SM Entertainment, Good Entertainment, Shinhwa Company

10

Source: Pann

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