BTS is the Best-Selling Korean Act on Oricon in 2021 So Far
Once again, snagging a spot at the top is BTS! So far, BTS is the best-selling Korean Act on Oricon in 2021, with an accumulated total of more than 1.3 million album copies sold throughout their 20 albums released - both in Korean and Japanese.
Not only that, but according to the charts, BTS' recently released Japanese compilation album, "BTS, THE BEST," is the group's best-selling album in Japan with an accumulated total of 858,237 albums sold, making "BTS, THE BEST" the second best-selling release on Oricon after Japanese boy band Snow Man's single "Grandeur," which sold 958,768 copies in the country.
SEVENTEEN is the Second Best-Selling Korean Act on Oricon in 2021 So Far
Taking the second spot as the best-selling Korean act on the Japanese chart so far is SEVENTEEN! According to the Oricon chart, SEVENTEEN's sold a total of 706,458 copies throughout 11 of their albums and singles released. Not only that, but a big chunk of their sales went to their recent Japanese release, "Hitorijanai," which was released back on April 21, 2021, with 422,350 copies sold.
rom the week of December 28, 2020 until the week of July 5, 2021
1. BTS - 1,398,167 album copies sold
2. SEVENTEEN - 706,458 album copies sold
3. TXT - 246,064 album copies sold
4. TWICE - 196,909 album copies sold
5. NCT 127 - 175,003 album copies sold
6. ENHYPEN - 140,994 album copies sold
7. TREASURE - 97,630 album copies sold
8. NCT DREAM - 91,625 album copies sold
9. ASTRO - 90,764 album copies sold
10. Stray Kids - 88,563 album copies sold
