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Malay Mail
3 days ago
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In the US, K-pop is domination CD sales in 2025 with five groups in top 10
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — K-pop acts have dominated the United States' midyear list of best-selling CD albums for 2025, with five groups landing in the top 10. According to Soompi, which cited data from American music tracking firm Luminate, the five K-pop artists making the list were Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, SEVENTEEN and LE SSERAFIM. Luminate, formerly known as Nielsen Music and the data supplier for Billboard charts, tracked sales from January 3 to July 3 this year. Stray Kids' special album (Hop) was the best-selling CD album by a group and the second overall in the United States, with 149,000 copies sold—just behind The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow with 163,000. ENHYPEN's DESIRE : UNLEASH, released just a month before the end of the tracking period, ranked third with 145,000 copies sold. ATEEZ followed at No. 4 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3, selling 116,000 units despite being released less than a month before the cut-off. SEVENTEEN's HAPPY BURSTDAY placed seventh with 79,000 copies, while LE SSERAFIM, the only girl group on the list, claimed the No. 9 spot with 73,000 copies sold for their mini album HOT. The full top 10 list for CD album sales in the United States in the first half of 2025, as reported by Soompi, is as follows: The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (163,000) Stray Kids – (HOP) (149,000) ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH (145,000) ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3 (116,000) Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet (93,000) Lady Gaga – MAYHEM (83,000) SEVENTEEN – HAPPY BURSTDAY (79,000) Kendrick Lamar – GNX (75,000) LE SSERAFIM – HOT (73,000) Morgan Wallen – I'm the Problem (71,000)
Malay Mail
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Jennie tops Spotify's 2025 Global Impact List as K-pop soloists eclipse groups
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Spotify has revealed its 2025 Global Impact List for the first half of the year, spotlighting a new wave in K-pop: the rise of soloists over groups on the global stage. A total of 14 Korean acts made the cut, including BTS members Jin and J-Hope, Blackpink's Jennie, Rose and Jisoo, along with Ive, Le Sserafim, NCT's Ten, Tomorrow X Together, GOT7, Seventeen, Meovv, BoyNextDoor and G-Dragon, according to The Korea Herald. The list ranks the 30 most-streamed tracks by Korean artists outside South Korea between January 1 and June 30 — and solo acts are leading the charge. 'One of the most notable trends is the rise of solo K-pop acts,' Spotify said, noting that 19 of the top 30 songs and nine of the top 10 tracks were by solo performers. Spotify added that the list reflects 'a shift in K-pop from group-centred storytelling to more personal narratives and individual artistic identity.' Jennie's Like Jennie, from her March solo album Ruby, topped the chart, followed by Jin's Don't Say You Love Me from his May mini album Echo. All nine of Jennie's featured tracks came from Ruby, while Jisoo's Earthquake and Your Love placed eighth and 27th respectively. Rose's soundtrack single Messy ranked 14th. J-Hope scored four entries: Mona Lisa (No. 4), Sweet Dreams (No. 6), LV Bag (No. 10), and Killin' It Girl (No. 16). Other solo entries included NCT Ten's Stunner, RM and Tablo's Stop The Rain, and G-Dragon's Too Bad. Le Sserafim's Hot led the group entries at No. 9, with additional placements for Ive, TXT, GOT7, Seventeen, Meovv and BoyNextDoor. Spotify also highlighted the growing impact of collaborations and OSTs, pointing to team-ups with Doechii, Dua Lipa and Anderson Paak, and the fast rise of Netflix's Kpop Demon Hunters track Your Idol.
