{"id":577,"date":"2023-07-13T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T05:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realkpop.com\/tubatoo-skiz-twice-9-out-of-the-top-10-us-cd-sales-in-the-first-half-were-k-pop\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T05:57:02","slug":"tubatoo-skiz-twice-9-out-of-the-top-10-us-cd-sales-in-the-first-half-were-k-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realkpop.com\/tubatoo-skiz-twice-9-out-of-the-top-10-us-cd-sales-in-the-first-half-were-k-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tubatoo, Skiz, Twice… 9 out of the top 10 US CD sales in the first half were K-pop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = In the first half of this year, 9 of the top 10 CD sales in the US were swept by K-pop group albums. <\/p>\n

According to the report for the first half of 2023 released by Luminate, an American entertainment industry data research company on the 12th (local time), Tomorrow by Together (TXT, Tubatoo)’s 5th mini album ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ ‘ sold 395,000 copies (based on a physical CD of a single album) in the United States, ranking first in the ‘Top CD Album Sales’ category.<\/p>\n

The top 5 are all K-pop albums. Group ‘Stray Kids’ (SKZ)’s 3rd regular album ‘\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 (5-STAR)’ (Five Star) came in second place with 322,000 copies, and group ‘TWICE’s 12th mini album ‘Ready to Rain’ ranked 3rd with 258,000 copies, group ‘Seventeen’ (SVT)’s 10th mini album ‘FML’ ranked 4th with 233,000 copies, and group ‘BTS’ Suga’s solo activity name August D’s The regular album ‘D-Day’ is in 5th place with 186,000 copies. <\/p>\n

In addition, Jimin’s first solo album ‘Face’, another member of BTS, ranked 7th with 168,000 copies, and the 9th mini album ‘The World Episode 2: Outlaw’ of the group ‘ATEEZ’ )’ with 129,000 copies, Enhypen’s 4th mini album ‘Dark Blood’ is 9th with 127,000 copies, and Stray Kids’ 7th mini album ‘Maxidant’, released last year, is 10th with 114,000 copies. . <\/p>\n

American pop star Taylor Swift’s 10th regular album ‘Midnights’ is in 6th place with 176,000 copies. Of the top 10 in that category, only Swift’s albums aren’t K-pop. <\/p>\n

K-pop also performed well in the ‘Top Albums’ (Total Sales) category, which is calculated by adding the sales of physical and digital albums. TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’ ranked second with 399,000 sales points, following Swift’s ‘Midnights’ (607,000 points).
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In this category, Stray Kids’ ‘Five Star’ ranked 3rd, Twice’s ‘Ready to Be’ ranked 4th, Seventeen’s ‘FML’ ranked 6th, August D’s ‘D-Day’ ranked 8th, and Jimin’s ‘FML’ ranked 8th. Face’ took 9th place. <\/p>\n

Luminate announced its report for the first half of this year based on data analyzing music-related figures and trends, such as sales of physical albums (CDs, LPs, etc.) in the US, digital downloads, and audio streaming from December 30 last year to June 29 last month. . <\/p>\n

According to this survey, K-pop is gradually highlighting its presence locally. During the first half of this year, 40% of American music listeners listened to music in a language other than English, with 26% listening to Spanish songs, 8% each to French and Japanese songs, and 7% to Korean songs.<\/p>\n

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