K-pop albums’ annual physical sales set to hit record 80 million in 2022: chart
24 Dec 2022 11:19am
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The annual physical sales of the top 400 K-pop albums had stood at 74.2 million as of Dec 10, up 29.9 per cent from a year earlier, Yonhap news agency reported citing the country's benchmark Circle Chart revealed Saturday.
K-pop superband BTS sold 6.07 million physical copies during the cited period, buoying the overall non-EP sales.
A jump in girl groups' album sales also stood out this year.
Female singers logged 32.6 per cent of all physical sales for K-pop in 2022, up 16.5 percentage points from a year earlier, according to Circle Chart.
The portion of male singers, however, decreased by 17.3 percentage points to 66.2 per cent. - BERNAMA
