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EXO, BTS And DBSK Dominate Physical Album First-Week Sales Ranking! Check Out Who Made The List
- Ash Khater , Design & Trend
- May, 06, 2016, 10:01 PM
EXO, BTS and DBSK dominate the top 10 spots for the first week sales of physical albums!
An Instiz post (as translated by KPKF) showed the latest chart for first week physical album sales from 2008 up to the present, revealing which Korean artists sold the most number of albums within the first seven days of their release.
EXO, who sold 1.2 million physical albums on the Gaon chart in 2015, nearly took over the chart with eight albums in the top 10.
EXO's "Sing For You," which was released Dec. 10, 2015, currently holds the top spot with 270,500 albums sold within the first week.
EXO's "EXODUS," "Miracles In December," "Love Me Right," "Overdose," "XOXO Repackage," "XOXO," and the Chinese version of "Overdose," follow at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th place, respectively.
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BTS, comprising of members Rap Monster, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jimin and Jungkook are newcomers in the top 10. Their album, "Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa Young Forever," which was released Monday, rose to no. 6 just four days after it was dropped with 117,200 albums sold.
As of writing, BTS have sold 136,000 copies of their "Young Forever" album on Hanteo, putting them at 6th place now.
BTS's "Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa Pt. 2" is also within the top 20 for first week sales and currently sits at no. 12 with 86,500 copies sold.
DBSK's "Mirotic," the only album in the top 20 that was released before 2010, rounds up the top 10 with 111,100 copies sold within the first week.
Check out the complete list below!
1) EXO - Sing For You
2) EXO - EXODUS
3) EXO - Miracles in December
4) EXO - Love Me Right
5) EXO-K - Overdose
6) EXO - XOXO repackage
7) EXO - XOXO
8) BTS - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life - Young Forever
9) EXO-M - Overdose
10) TVXQ - Mirotic
11) Bigbang - Tonight
12) BTS - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Part 2
13) Super Junior - Sexy, Free & Single
14) Seventeen - First 'Love & Latter'
15) Super Junior - Mr. Simple
16) JYJ - In Heaven
17) SHINee - Sherlock
18) TVXQ - Tense
19) Taemin - Press It
20) JYJ - The Beginning
21) Super Junior - Bonamana
22) SHINee - Married to the Music
23) Bigbang - Alive
Meanwhile, netizens reacted to the newly updated chart for first week of physical album sales, with one commenter praising Shinee's Taemin for making it to the top 20 with his solo album "Press It."
"Taemin is a solo but he sold 70K," wrote one netizen, via KPKF.
Another commenter noted that groups from entertainment company SM hold 17 spots out of 23, saying, "As expected of SM, 17 groups out of 23."
"First week sales of 'Sing For You' were unfortunate... There wasn't enough supply," said another commenter.
"EXO daebak... They're breaking their own records," wrote one netizen.
"TVXQ is also amazing, theirs was in 2008," said one user.
A netizen also commented on rookie group Seventeen's inclusion in the list despite having only debuted in 2015, saying, "It feels weird to see Seventeen in this ranking."
One BTS fan wrote, "Let's hit big BTS!!"
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