K-pop album exports and sales a new high this year.
K-pop album exports and sales expected
to reach a new high this year.
According to the Korea Customs
Service's latest data, K-pop album exports from January to November this year
stood at $215.7 million, up 5.6 percent from the same period last year. In
2021, the total amount of exports was $220.9 million - the highest figure ever.
Japan imported the most K-pop albums
this year, totaling $77.5 million. Next were China and the U.S., which imported
$50.9 million and $35.3 million, respectively. Taiwan, Thailand, the
Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia and France were also major export
destinations.
"K-pop stars were unable to stage
any concerts in China this year, but K-pop album exports from January to
November still jumped by 22.5 percent compared to the same period last
year," it said.
Two of the best-selling acts were BTS
and Stray Kids. The former sold more than 3 million copies of its June release
"Proof," and the latter reached the same milestone with its seventh
mini-album "MAXIDENT" that came out in October.
BLACKPINK, NCT DREAM and SEVENTEEN
sold 2 million copies of their albums, while 'NCT 127', 'Tomorrow X Together'
(TXT), 'TWICE', 'IVE', 'ATEEZ', 'ENHYPEN', 'Aespa' and 'BTS-Jin' surpassed the
1 million mark.