(Credits L-R: BIGHIT MUSIC, JYP Entertainment, JYP Entertainment; SM Entertainment, BIGHIT MUSIC, YG Entertainment, KQ Entertainment, ADOR)
*LATEST UPDATE (July 5, 2026): ATEEZ joins the Top 10 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5!
With new albums from BTS, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, ATEEZ and more set for 2026, the charts are no doubt going to be consistently shaken up by major K-pop releases throughout this year.
While BTS broke ground as the first K-pop act to earn a Top 10 album in 2017 — and set new sales records up til 2020 — acts like Stray Kids, ATEEZ, BLACKPINK, TWICE, SuperM, Tomorrow X Together, SEVENTEEN, and even the BTS members themselves have all made plays massive gains with multiple chart-topping albums in the year since.
Using Billboard’s Luminate data from every K-pop artist to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, as well as some HitsDailyDouble reporting for some entries and other available sales data, this will be an ongoing updated database of the top-selling K-pop album release weeks to date. Currently, each album is only listed once with its largest sales week noted on the chart.
The Top 10 is below and the full list of 85+ albums with the biggest debut U.S. sales weeks are available to paid subscribers. You can upgrade your subscription to any support tier to help back the independent work at The Crossover for as low as the cost of a coffee per month.
The Largest K-Pop Album Debut Sales Week in the U.S. Ever
BTS, ARIRANG - 641,000
BTS, Map of the Soul: 7 - 422,000
BTS, Proof - 314,000
Stray Kids, KARMA - 313,000
Stray Kids, Do It - 295,000
Stray Kids, 5-Star - 249,500
BTS, Be - 242,000
Stray Kids, ATE - 231,000
BTS, Map of the Soul: Persona - 230,000
ATEEZ, GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 - 228,000
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