These 20 K-Pop Artists Have The Most Album Sales In Japan

Japan loves K-Pop too!

Japan, after Korea, is one of the countries with the most K-Pop album sales. There are several artists that are immensely popular in Korea’s neighboring country, thanks to effective marketing strategies and albums made with Japanese versions of songs (or just original Japanese songs to begin with). Both now and in the past, album sales have done really well in Japan in both physical and digital form! These are the 20 artists that have had the most success selling in Japan.

20. NCT

Total Japan sales: 334.8k

Best-selling album: Awaken

19. Jaejoong (JYJ)

Total Japan sales: 429.7k

Best-selling album: Love Covers

18. BTOB

Total Japan sales: 506k

Best-selling album: Dear Bride

17. GOT7

Total Japan sales: 619.4k

Best-selling album: I Won’t Let You Go

16. MONSTA X

Total Japan sales: 856.1k

Best-selling album: Phenomenon

15. F.T. Island

Total Japan sales: 883.2k

Best-selling album: Five Treasure Island

14. IZ*ONE

Total Japan sales: 885.4k

Best-selling album: COLOR*IZ

13. CNBLUE

Total Japan sales: 1.15 million

Best-selling album: Code Name Blue

12. EXO

Total Japan sales: 1.46 million

Best-selling album: XOXO

11. SHINee

Total Japan sales: 1.71 million

Best-selling album: The First

10. Super Junior

Total Japan sales: 1.84 million

Best-selling album: Hero

9. SEVENTEEN

Total Japan sales: 2.00 million

Best-selling album: An Ode

8. 2PM

Total Japan sales: 2.05 million

Best-selling album: Galaxy of 2PM

7. BIGBANG

Total Japan sales: 2.52 million

Best-selling album: Alive

6. Girls’ Generation

Total Japan sales: 3.46 million

Best-selling album: Girls’ Generation

5. KARA

Total Japan sales: 3.58 million

Best-selling album: Super Girl

4. TWICE

Total Japan sales: 5.28 million

Best-selling album: BDZ

3. BTS

Total Japan sales: 7.55 million

Best-selling album: Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~

2. BoA

Total Japan sales: 8.04 million

Best-selling album: Valenti

1. TVXQ (Tohoshinki)

Total Japan sales: 9.90 million

Best-selling album: Best Collection 2010