TWICE ranks in top 10 for US album sales in 2024… only K-pop girl group

The group TWICE is the only K-pop girl group to rank in the top 10 for CD sales in the US in 2024.

According to the ‘2024 Year-End Music Report’ released by music and entertainment data aggregation media Luminate on the 15th (local time), TWICE‘s 13th mini-album ‘With YOU-th’ (위드 유-스) released in February 2024 recorded 174,000 CD album sales in the US, ranking 9th on US Top CD Album Sales. TWICE is the only K-pop girl group to make it into the top 10 of the chart, showing off their global album power.

They were previously ranked 6th in the same category in Luminate’s ‘2023 Year-End Report’ with their 12th mini-album ‘READY TO BE’ in 2023. In 2022, with ‘BETWEEN 1&2’, they ranked 5th in the US for group albums sold the most in 2022, based on the combined CD sales and digital downloads in the US compiled by Luminate. With this, TWICE has recorded good CD sales in the US for three consecutive years and solidified their global position.

Last year, TWICE achieved remarkable results in the global music market and raised the group‘s status. In February, they achieved their career high by taking first place on the Billboard 200, the main chart of the U.S. Billboard, with their mini album ‘With YOU-th’. Their 14th mini album ‘STRATEGY’, released in December, ranked 4th on the chart. With this record, TWICE has placed six albums in a row in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, starting with their 10th mini-album ‘Taste of Love’ in June 2021, setting a record for ‘Most Top 10 Entries by a K-pop girl group’.

Meanwhile, TWICE will appear as special guests at the ‘Coldplay [Music Of The Spheres World Tour]’ ([Music of the Spheres World Tour]) concert in Korea held at Goyang Stadium in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do in April.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com
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