Today, Kpopmap will be sharing with you the 8 K-Pop artists who had impressed many by beating their own 1st-week album record sales and managed to enter the top 40 highest sales ever for the first time in 2021. Note: This data was retrieved on Dec. 7, 2021. If another artist breaks a record throughout the remainder of the year, this article will be updated.
1. NCT DREAM - “Hot Sauce” 1,010,7** albums
NCT DREAM’s previous album with the most first-week sales (before “Hot Sauce” was released) was “Reload” with 412,4** albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 598,300+ albums more!
2. NCT 127 - “Sticker” 929,5** albums
Their highest first-week album sales (before “Sticker” was released) was with “NCT #127 Neo Zone” selling 276,6** albums. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 652,900+ albums more!
3. ENHYPEN - “DIMENSION : DILEMMA” 818,7** albums
Their previous album with the most first-week sales was “BORDER : CARNIVAL” with 384,6** albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 434,100+ albums more!
4. ATEEZ - “ZERO: FEVER Part. 3” 665,3** albums
ATEEZ’s previous album with the most first-week sales was “ZERO: FEVER Part. 2” with 304,5** albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 360,800+ albums more!
5. Stray Kids - “NOEASY” 641,5** albums
Stray Kids’ previous album with the most first-week sales (before “NOEASY” was released) was with “IN生” 233,38* albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 408,120+ albums more!
6. TXT - “THE CHAOS CHAPTER: FREEZE” 630,5** albums
TXT’s previous album with the most first-week sales (before “THE CHAOS CHAPTER: FREEZE” was released) was “Minisode1 : Blue Hour” with 303,1** albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 327,400+ albums more!
7. THE BOYZ - “THRILL-ING” 523,6** albums
THE BOYZ’s previous album with the most first-week sales (before “THRILL-ING” was released) was with “CHASE” which sold 212,6** albums. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 311,000+ albums more!
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8. BLACKPINK’s Lisa - “LALISA” 736,2** albums
Although she made her solo debut and it wasn’t necessarily a comeback, she managed to beat BLACKPINK’s first-week record sales. BLACKPINK’s record is at 689,0** albums but Lisa managed to sell 736,2** albums. Did you enjoy these artists’ music this year? Which album was your favorite?
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