Okay-pop dominated the checklist of final yr’s best-selling CD albums in america!
On January 11 native time, American music information monitoring agency Luminate (previously MRC Information), which provides the information for the Billboard charts, launched its year-end checklist of the best-selling CDs of 2022.
On the checklist rating CD gross sales solely (not together with digital obtain albums or another format), Okay-pop artists claimed a formidable seven spots out of the highest 10. The six Okay-pop artists who made the 2022 checklist had been BTS, TXT, Stray Kids, TWICE, ENHYPEN, and NCT 127.
BTS’s “Proof” was america’ No. 1 best-selling CD album by a bunch or male artist in 2022—and the No. 2 best-selling CD general, after Taylor Swift’s “Midnights”—with 413,000 copies bought.
In the meantime, TXT’s “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” was the No. 3 best-selling CD of the yr with 227,000 copies bought in america.
Notably, Stray Youngsters was the one artist to make the highest 10 twice: their mini album “ODDINARY” ranked No. 5 with 204,000 CDs bought, whereas “MAXIDENT” adopted shut behind at No. 7 with 177,000 CDs bought.
TWICE, the one woman group to make the checklist, got here in at No. 6 with their mini album “BETWEEN 1&2,” which bought 199,000 CDs.
ENHYPEN’s “MANIFESTO : DAY 1” made the checklist at No. 8 with 173,000 CDs bought, whereas NCT 127’s “2 Baddies” rounded out the highest 10 with 148,000 CDs bought in america final yr.
The highest 10 best-selling CD albums of 2022 in america are as follows:
- Taylor Swift – “Midnights” (640,000)
- BTS – “Proof” (413,000)
- TXT – “minisode 2: Thursday’s Youngster” (227,000)
- Harry Types – “Harry’s Home” (219,000)
- Stray Youngsters – “ODDINARY” (204,000)
- TWICE – “BETWEEN 1&2” (199,000)
- Stray Youngsters – “MAXIDENT” (177,000)
- ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1” (173,000)
- Beyoncé – “Renaissance” (163,000)
- NCT 127 – “2 Baddies” (148,000)
BTS and TXT additionally made the separate year-end list of the general high 10-selling albums of 2022 in america, which incorporates not solely CD gross sales but in addition digital gross sales and different bodily codecs, corresponding to vinyl.
Congratulations to all the artists!
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