These Are The Only 29 K-Pop Albums That Have Surpassed The 100,000 Sales Milestone On Oricon

Oricon in Japan is similar to Billboard in the U.S. or Gaon in South Korea. Sales are counted over different time periods for albums sold in Japan, and the data is collected and compared to other albums sold at the same time to determine chart rankings.

Using this data, it’s easy to look and see which Korean-language albums by K-Pop artists have done well in Japan, with just under 30 of them reaching over 100,00 total sales in the country! Here are all of those albums, in order from less to more sales.

29. XOXO by EXO

Release year: 2013

Physical sales in Japan: 106,583

28. Summer Nights by TWICE

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 109,168

27. Border: Day One by ENHYPEN

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 111,480

26. The Boys by Girls’ Generation

Release year: 2011

Physical sales in Japan: 113,328

25. Hot Sauce by NCT DREAM

Release year: 2021

Physical sales in Japan: 115,187

24. Feel Special by TWICE

Release year: 2019

Physical sales in Japan: 115,271

23. Border: Carnival by ENHYPEN

Release year: 2021

Physical sales in Japan: 115,858

22. What Is Love? by TWICE

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 117,448

21. More & More by TWICE

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 132,874

20. Fancy You by TWICE

Release year: 2019

Physical sales in Japan: 133,187

19. Twicetagram by TWICE

Release year: 2017

Physical sales in Japan: 137,144

18. You Make My Day by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 146,607

17. TWICEcoaster by TWICE

Release year: 2016

Physical sales in Japan: 146,686

16. Hoot by Girls’ Generation

Release year: 2010

Physical sales in Japan: 148,761

15. Resonance by NCT

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 155,655

14. Wings by BTS

Release year: 2016

Physical sales in Japan: 159,036

13. You Made My Dawn by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2019

Physical sales in Japan: 187,956

12. Yes or Yes by TWICE

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 192,064

11. Love Yourself: Her by BTS

Release year: 2017

Physical sales in Japan: 193,143

10. Butter by BTS

Release year: 2021

Physical sales in Japan: 195,084

9. ; [Semicolon] by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 214,518

8. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2021

Physical sales in Japan: 217,729

7. Heng:garae by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 249,799

6. An Ode by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2019

Physical sales in Japan: 256,936

5. Love Yourself: Tear by BTS

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 273,652

4. Love Yourself: Answer by BTS

Release year: 2018

Physical sales in Japan: 330,124

3. Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS

Release year: 2019

Physical sales in Japan: 406,164

2. BE by BTS

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 451,158

1. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS

Release year: 2020

Physical sales in Japan: 497,714