Kpop Chinese Digital Sales

Decided to make a thread for digital sales in China.

Will preface this by noting that certain caveats must be known.

1. This will only cover the five major digital music site
   1. Tencent QQ
   2. Kuwo
   3. Kugo
   4. Netease
   5. Migu
2. Prior to the middle of 2021 digital bulkbuying was a practice in China. This could potentially skew the numbers of projects released before July 2021. As such I will highlight projects where this applied.
3. Much of EXO's digital performance in China has been lost with the shut down of their initial digital distributor.
4. There is yet to be a strong aggregator/tracker for digital streaming in China
5. Most acts have exclusive deals with certain music sites which may hinder their sales.

With those caveats out of the way, Let's begin by listing the best selling kpop albums and singles in China

Top Digital Albums - by sales

1. G-Dragon: Kwon Ji Young - 1,509,977 (pre bulkbuy ban)

2. BlackPink: The Album - 1,443,910 (pre bulkbuy ban)

3. BlackPink: BornPink - 884,535

4. BlackPink: Kill This Love - 746977 (pre bulkbuy ban)

5. (G)I-DLE: I Never Die - 671,720

6. (G)I-DLE: I Love - 656,388

7. BTS: Map of the Soul: Persona - 565,503 (pre bulkbuy ban)

8. BTS: Map of the Soul: 7 - 545976 (pre bulkbuy ban)

Top Digital Singles - by sales

1. BlackPink: How You Like That - 3,090,068 (pre bulkbuy ban)

2. BigBang: MADE - 2,846,083 (pre bulkbuy ban)

3. BigBang: Flower Road - 2,611,355 (pre bulkbuy ban)

4. BigBang: Still Life - 1,916,566

5. Rose: -R- - 1813715(pre bulkbuy ban)

Digital Albums 2023 by sales

1. Seventeen: FML - 480,173

2. (G)I-DLE: I Feel - 401,551

3. EXO: Exist - 239,082

4. TXT: Temptation - 130,545

5. Taeyang: Down to Earth - 79,561

6. Enhypen: Dark Blood - 75,255

7. NCT Dream: ISTJ - 73,065

8. Kai: Rover - 58,258

9. Zerobaseone: Youth In The Shade - 53,919

10. Jimin: Face - 53,179

11. NCT Dojaejung: Perfume - 49,956

12. Agust D: D-Day - 44,033

13. NCT 127: Ay-Yo - 38,127

14. Yena: Love War - 31,379

15. Got The Beat: Stamp on It - 30,526

16. Taeyong: Shalala - 27,155

17. Jungkook: Seven (weekday) - 15,506

18. SHINee: HARD - 13,605

19. Jimin: Like Crazy (Remixes) - 6,289

20. Ikon: Take Off - 5,528

Digital Singles 2023 by sales

1. Jisoo: ME - 1,017,329

2. EXO: Let Me In - 283,172

3. BSS: Second Wind - 257,201

4. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Explicit) - 198,077

5. EXO: Hear Me - 161,922

6. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Clean) - 159,718

7. NCT Dream: Broken Melodies - 145,377

8. Taeyang: Vibe ft Jimin - 134,647

9. BTS: Take Two - 109,772

10. J.Hope/J.Cole: On The Street - 83,935

11. bts: The Planet - 57,904

12 jimin: Set Me Free pt 2 - 47,623

13 Agust D: People pt 2 ft IU - 46,298

14 Jungkook: seven(instrumental) - 32,323

15 txt/jonas brothers: Do It Like That - 32,168

16. Mamamoo+: Act 1, Scene 1 - 18,875

Some of these projects are fairly new, so expect positions to change and I fully intend to catalogue the previous years as well with more time. But for now, I think this gives a pretty solid view of how things are going over in China.

The biggest hole appears to be complete lack of consideration for most 4th gen Girl Groups at this time.

Digital Albums 2022 by sales

1. BlackPink Born Pink - 884,714
2. (G)I-DLE: I Never Die - 674,621
3. (G)I-DLE: I Love - 659,370
4. Red Velvet: ReVe Festival Feel My Rhythm - 208272
5. Red Velvet: ReVe Festival Birthday - 145,213
6. NCT Dream: Candy - 138,641
7. Taeyeon: INVU - 115,303
8. NCT Dream: Glitch Mode - 100,718
9. BTS: Proof - 97,259
10. NCT Dream: Beatbox - 95,420
11. Seventeen: Face The Sun - 89,104
12. SNSD: Forever 1 - 81,900
13. Winner: Holiday - 75,853
14. Miyeon: My - 67,974
15. Seventeen: Sector 17 - 67,576
16. NCT 127: 2 Baddies - 61,364
17. SUHO: Grey Suit - 56,075
18. Super Junior: The Road: Keep Going - 43,830
19. Hyuna: Nabillera - 42,523
20. Xiumin: Brand New - 41,557
21. RM: Indigo - 40,636
22. Super junior: The Road: Celebration - 31,954
23. Chen: Last Scene - 21,498
24. J-Hope: Jack in The Box - 20,392
25. Ikon: Flashback - 14,938
26. Yena: Smartphone - 12,114
27. Epik High: Epik High is Here - 9875
28. Woodz: Colorful Trauma - 7230
29. Onew: DICE - 6228
30. Tempest: It's Me, It's We - 5460
31. Key: Gasoline - 4475

Digital Singles 2022 by sales

1. BIGBANG: Still Life - 1,916,647
2. BlackPink: Pink Venom - 1,485,956
3. Seventeen: Darl+ing - 143,349
4. Mamamoo: Mic On - 88,086
5. Super junior: Winter for Spring - 37,214
6. J-hope: More - 31,639
7. Kang Seungyoon: Born to Love You - 27,867
8. TXT: Valley of Lies - 25,506
9. Tempest: Shining Up - 2885
10. Tempest: On and On - 2386

Quote from Disevidence

Are the 4th Gen GG's simply not available in China, or have no sales?

I'd expect Aespa on the list, maybe IVE too.

The former seems to be the case.

In terms of IVE, I don't think Starship has a deal with any of the Chinese distributors.

With Hybe and SM, they just don't sell their music.

End of July, decided to update the 2023 Numbers

Digital Albums

1. Seventeen: FML - 487,094

2. (G)I-DLE: I Feel - 420,979

3. EXO: Exist - 256,987

4. TXT: Temptation - 130,598

5. NCT Dream: ISTJ - 89,340

6. Enhypen: Dark Blood - 80,690

7. Taeyang: Down to Earth - 79,640

8. Zerobaseone: Youth In The Shade - 58,939

9. Kai: Rover - 58,310

10. Jimin: Face - 53,267

11. NCT Dojaejung: Perfume - 50,013

12. Agust D: D-Day - 44,181

13. ITZY Kill My Doubt - 41281

14. NCT 127: Ay-Yo - 38,140

15. Yena: Love War - 31,433

16. Got The Beat: Stamp on It - 30,542

17. Taeyong: Shalala - 27,602

18. Jungkook: Seven (weekday) - 25,743

19. TREASURE: REBOOT - 16,375

20. SHINee: HARD - 14,547

21. Jungkook: Seven (weekend) - 10,921

22. Jimin: Like Crazy (Remixes) - 6,297

23. Ikon: Take Off - 5,586

24. Shownu x Hyungwon The Unseen - 5,479

Digital Singles

1. Jisoo: ME - 1,018,043

2. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Explicit) - 290,945

3. EXO: Let Me In - 287,008

4. BSS: Second Wind - 257,357

5. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Clean) - 173,856

6. EXO: Hear Me - 165,211

7. NCT Dream: Broken Melodies - 150,157

8. Taeyang: Vibe ft Jimin - 134,665

9. BTS: Take Two - 111,625

10. J.Hope/J.Cole: On The Street - 83,993

11. bts: The Planet - 58,189

12. jimin: Set Me Free pt 2 - 47,641

13. Agust D: People pt 2 ft IU - 46,311

14. txt/jonas brothers: Do It Like That - 36,376

15. Jungkook: seven(instrumental) - 34,883

16. Mamamoo+: Act 1, Scene 1 - 18,883

17. Tempest: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM - 3,613

Some placements have changed and some new additions.

Notably Itzy's first day digital sales and Treasure's numbers. This marks both groups first digital available projects in China.

Also, adding up every version of Jungkook's seven has it half way to Jisoo's flower which is incredibly impressive.

Quote from jimeous

This could be JYPE's first listing as they have just started to distribute in China, ironic as they have a partnership with TENCENT for Boy Story since 2018.

Usually there are Copyright issues that hold back Distribution, especially for JYPE which took years to join iTunes and Spotify

It is their first listing for their korean groups with Chinese Digital streaming sites.

An update for the halfway point of August. Itzy has managed to push their way into the top 100 kpop albums for the year.

Digital Albums

1. Seventeen: FML - 487,722

2. (G)I-DLE: I Feel - 436,004

3. EXO: Exist - 267,718

4. TXT: Temptation - 130,643

5. NCT Dream: ISTJ - 97,185

6. Enhypen: Dark Blood - 87,222

7. ITZY Kill My Doubt - 80,610

8. Taeyang: Down to Earth - 79,683

9. Zerobaseone: Youth In The Shade - 61,930

10. Kai: Rover - 58,359

11. Jimin: Face - 53,388

12. NCT Dojaejung: Perfume - 50,041

13. Agust D: D-Day - 44,313

14. NCT 127: Ay-Yo - 38,149

15. Yena: Love War - 31,483

16. Got The Beat: Stamp on It - 30,557

17. Taeyong: Shalala - 27,943

18. Jungkook: Seven (weekday) - 26,373

19. TREASURE: REBOOT - 23,621

20. SHINee: HARD - 15,043

21. Jungkook: Seven (weekend) - 12,993

22. Jimin: Like Crazy (Remixes) - 6,312

23. Shownu x Hyungwon The Unseen - 6,138

24. Ikon: Take Off - 5,635

Digital Singles

1. Jisoo: ME - 1,062,007

2. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Explicit) - 382,960

3. EXO: Let Me In - 288,284

4. BSS: Second Wind - 257,486

5. Jungkook: Seven ft Latto(Clean) - 183,189

6. EXO: Hear Me - 169,428

7. NCT Dream: Broken Melodies - 152,590

8. Taeyang: Vibe ft Jimin - 134,690

9. BTS: Take Two - 113,306

10. J.Hope/J.Cole: On The Street - 84,050

11. bts: The Planet - 58,414

12. jimin: Set Me Free pt 2 - 47,657

13. Agust D: People pt 2 ft IU - 46,340

14. txt/jonas brothers: Do It Like That - 39,572

15. Jungkook: seven(instrumental) - 36,026

16. Mamamoo+: Act 1, Scene 1 - 18,894

17. iKon: Tantara - 8,289

18. Tempest: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM - 3,700

And an addition to be made. These are the projects that got the most revenue for Kpop acts in China from Digital services.

I've restricted it to the projects that are in the top 100

Top Digital Revenue (In Yuan)

1. BlackPink: The Album - 25998480.00

2. BIGBANG: MADE - 22770464.00

3. BlackPink: BornPink - 22136950.00

4. GDragon: Kwon Jiyoung - 15100970.00

5. (G)I-DLE: I Never Die - 13675160.00

6. BTS: Map of the Soul: 7 - 13650000.00

7. BTS: Love Yourself Answer - 12385775.00

8. (G)I-DLE: I Love - 12024108.00

9. Rose: -R- - 10897014.00

10. (G)I-DLE: I Feel - 10466496.00

11. BTS: Map of the Soul: Persona - 10179270.00

12. IU: LILAC - 9455050.00

13. BlackPink: How You Like That - 9270912.00

14. BlackPink: Kill This Love - 8967420.00