Oftentimes, K-Pop artists don’t sell a lot of albums right from debut, since they don’t yet have any fans to purchase what may or may not be a good album. This isn’t always the case, however, especially these days, with a lot of bigger companies really hyping up their new artists even before they debut! Many of the albums on this list are from more recent years (though not all of them), which is probably also because K-Pop has become more popular in general lately! These are the top 15 best-selling debut albums of K-Pop artists.
15. The Dream Chapter: Star by TXT
Total sales: 233.3k
Release date: March 4, 2019
Title song: “Crown”
14. COLOR*IZ by IZ*ONE
Total sales: 263.2k
Release date: October 29, 2018
Title song: “La Vie en Rose”
13. 2 Cool 4 Skool by BTS
Total sales: 263.3k
Release date: June 12, 2013
Title song: “No More Dream” and “We Are Bulletproof Pt.2”
12. Lose Control by Lay
Total sales: 274.2k
Release date: October 28, 2016
Title song: “What U Need?” and “Lose Control”
11. Self-Portrait by Suho
Total sales: 289.7k
Release date: March 30, 2020
Title song: “Let’s Love”
10. Hey Mama! by EXO-CBX
Total sales: 293.3k
Release date: October 31, 2016
Title song: “Hey Mama!”
9. W, Here by NU’EST W
Total sales: 308.1k
Release date: October 10, 2017
Title song: “Where You At”
8. Square Up by BLACKPINK
Total sales: 313.5k
Release date: June 15, 2018
Title song: “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
7. NCT 2018 Empathy by NCT
Total sales: 387.5k
Release date: March 14, 2018
Title song: “Boss”, among others
6. What a Life by EXO-SC
Total sales: 412.0k
Release date: July 22, 2019
Title song: “What a Life”
5. Mama by EXO
Total sales: 499.0k
Release date: April 9, 2012
Title song: “Mama”
4. Color On Me by Kang Daniel
Total sales: 500.1k
Release date: July 25, 2019
Title song: “What Are You Up To”
3. City Lights by Baekhyun
Total sales: 576.4k
Release date: July 10, 2019
Title song: “UN Village”
2. Quantum Leap by X1
Total sales: 654.2k
Release date: August 27, 2019
Title song: “Flash”
1. 1×1=1 (To Be One) by Wanna One
Total sales: 799.7k
Release date: August 7, 2017
Title song: “Energetic”
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