In total, there were 7 K-pop albums that appeared in the top 10 positions of the best-selling albums of 2024 in the United States; find out!
Which K-pop albums have you listened to the most in 2024? With projects from groups like Stray Kids and TWICE, fans of South Korean pop music had the chance to discover new concepts while spending a good few minutes unraveling all the released tracks, thus becoming responsible for placing their favorite artists in the album rankings. most listened to of the year.
In the United States, for example, among the 10 most sold albums last year, five belong to K-pop acts, as revealed by American music data tracker Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), which, when analyzing CD sales between December 29, 2023 and January 2, 2025, realized that, in total, it is possible to find seven K-pop albums in the top ten positions.
With some of them placing more than one album on the list, the names of South Korean artists that emerged were: Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, TXT and TWICE.
But, what were the best-selling k-pop albums of 2024? Recreio has gathered them all below; look:
ATE — Stray Kids
Released on July 19 of this year, “ATE”, by Stray Kids, was the second best-selling CD of the year with 442 thousand copies sold. The tracks on the album are: “Mountains”, “Chk Chk Boom”, “Jjam”, “I Like It”, “Runners”, “Twilight” (또 다시 밤), “Stray Kids” and “Chk Chk Boom” (festival version).
ROMANCE: UNTOLD — ENHYPEN
ENHYPEN secured third place among K-pop albums by selling 363,000 copies of “ROMANCE: UNTOLD”, an album that began promoting on July 12. The album has nine tracks, including the lead single “XO”, which was accompanied by an MV.
HOP — Stray Kids
Occupying fifth place on the list, “HOP”, by Stray Kids, had 248 thousand copies sold. In this work, the members gave voice to tracks as a group, a collaboration with the rapper Tablo and solo songs. See the tracklist:
- “Walking on Water”
- “BounceBack”
- “U” (featuring Tablo)
- “Walkin on Water” (Hip version)
- “Railway” (Bang Chan)
- “Unfair” (Felix)
- “Hallucination” (IN)
- “Youth” (Lee Know)
- “So Good” (Hyunjin)
- “Ultra” (Changbin)
- “Hold My Hand” (Han)
- “As We Are” (그렇게, 천천히, 우리; Seungmin)
GOLDEN HOUR: Part 1— ATEEZ
It was with “GOLDEN HOUR: Part 1”, that ATEEZ brought the title-track “Work”. In addition, the album, which occupies fourth place in the best-selling ranking and had 250 thousand units sold, has five more songs: “Golden Hour”, “Blind”, “Empty Box”, “Shaboom” and “Siren”.
minisode 3: TOMORROW — TXT
On April 1, 2024, TXT released the album “minisode 3: TOMORROW”, which reached 240 thousand in sales and reached sixth position on the list. The songs are: “I’ll See You There Tomorrow”, “Miracle”, “Quarter Life”, “Deja Vu, “The Killa” and “Miracle”.
GOLDEN HOUR: Part 2 — ATEEZ
ATEEZ’s second project on the list is “GOLDEN HOUR: Part 2”, released six months after the first part, on November 15, 2024. The album, whose main track is “Ice on My Teeth”, is in seventh position with 225 thousand units sold.
With YOU-th — TWICE
In ninth place was TWICE, with “With YOU-th”. The project, released on February 23, 2024, features “I Got You” as a pre-release single, “ONE SPARK” as the title track and the b-sides “You Get Me”, “New New”, “Bloom ” and “Rush”.
The remaining positions were occupied by the following albums: “The Tortured Poets Department” and “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” by Taylor Swift in first and eighth places, respectively; and “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish in tenth place.
Listen to the K-pop albums below:
Read also: 5 memorable moments in k-pop in 2024
Source: Recreio
