with all these comebacks. album sales decline still follow through?

    K-pop yearly album sales in South Korea decreased for the first time since 2014. This year album sales totaled 92,669,650 copies, down 19.5% compared to last year.



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    Quote from Adelaidestevsn

    kpop is on the decline as a whole, we should all accept the reality sooner than later

    Exactly. These new Kpop fans don't want to buy albums when streaming is basically free, and most of them only care about MV's and Title Tracks anyway.


    This is the full sale list since 2013!


    In 2022, we had a comeback from the so called "BIG3": BTS, Blackpink TWICE even Girls Generation and others, yet it was worse than 2024. So, if the so called BIG3 can't save Kpop, no one can.


    K-pop album sales throughout the years in South Korea (via. Circle Chart):


    2013: 8.2M

    2014: 7.3M⬇️

    2015: 8.3M

    2016: 10.8M

    2017: 16.9M

    2018: 22.8M

    2019: 24.5M

    2020: 41.7M

    2021: 54.5M

    2022: 74.2M

    2023: 115.1M

    2024: 92.6M⬇️

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