BTS is the Best Selling Artists earning 12.52B¥ ($94.57M USD) in 2022 for two times in a row!!! - Oricon Year End Chart

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Two time in a row since last year. That's crazy. I didn't expect that at all. BTS' literally only released 1 anthology album. No Japanese releases at all this year. How are their discography so profitable??

Impressive!

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They are really loved in Japan!

are these all from just back catalogue and digital sales?

It’s the fact that even before this they were the only foreign artiste to ever top Oricon

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Yes!! Insane, right? I expected them to be in top 6 this year since they've only released 1 anthology album and no big single/Japanese album. Yet they proved me wrong again lol.

DVDs and albums are really quite expensive in Japan. Arashi wasn't selling millions, but they was still at the top of this list because they were selling A LOT of DVDs and albums.

Insane! And this is without a Japanese comeback. KINGS

Flopping as usual! Next! 😂😂😂

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Yeah. DVDs and albums are the holy grails in Japan. Also, BTS have massive hits there so it adds up. Like they earned 8.66B YEN there in digitals & physical sales alone. The rest of it (3.86B YEN) came from DVD's & others.

To be honest, digital is still pretty weak in Japan. Most of the money came from physical sales.

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Kind of sad that they didn't get a concert in Japan. It probably would be crazy fight for tickets

Again, explain to me how a "flop" group get to become the Best Selling Artist in Japan, 2 years in a row?

It must be the kpoppies "coping mechanism" for another year of failure to be the next BTS.

Anyway, congrats BTS. Deserved!

BTS are arguably the most popular act in Japan.... Because how can you do stuff that historically even local acts have rarely done? They are #1 earning act in Japan in 2022 just through sales and streams, in a year they barely released anything. And it isn't like they toured in Japan (I mean they would have been easy #1 if they had toured because they can easily gross at the very least $100m from their Japan leg). So it is kinda mind-blowing how big BTS is in Japan. GOAT.

As I have said before, Japan is whipped for BTS

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BTS now holds the Top 3 highest total revenue earned in a single year on Oricon for a Korean artist 🇯🇵. They're also the only foreign act to be #1 for two years and consecutively.

#1.BTS (2021) - 18.48B Yen

#2.BTS(2022) - 12.52B Yen

#3. BTS (2020) - 10.7B Yen

This is unarguably BTS the biggest and most important market but still it is just one country....