JAKARTA - South Korea's K-pop physical album sales have almost reached a new milestone of 80 million in 2022. The record was achieved thanks to the strong performance of popular idol groups such as BTS on the main music charts this weekend.

This year, at least 400 K-pop physical albums have been released. Total sales have reached 74.2 million on December 10, or an increase of 29.9 percent from the previous year, according to Circle Chart.

Quoted from Yonhap, the male idol group BTS sold 6.07 million physical copies during that period. In addition, the surge in sales of girl group albums also stood out this year.

Female singers recorded 32.6 percent of all K-pop physical sales in 2022, up 16.5 percentage points from the previous year, according to Circle Chart.

However, the male singer's portion fell 17.3 percent this year compared to the previous year, to 66.2 percent.


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