K-Pop Artists Take 7 Of 10 Spots On U.S. 2022 Best-Selling CDs

K-pop ruled the top-selling CD albums in the United States last year!

The American music data tracking company Luminate (previously MRC Data), which provides data for the Billboard charts, announced their year-end list of the best-selling CDs of 2022 on 11 January local time.

On the list ranking CD sales exclusively (excluding digital download albums and other formats), K-pop artists held an impressive seven of the top ten positions. BTS, TXT, Stray Kids, TWICE, ENHYPEN, and NCT 127 were the six K-pop artists who made the 2022 list.

With 413,000 copies sold, “Proof” by BTS was the best-selling CD album by a group or male artist in the United States in 2022, and the second-best-selling CD overall, following Taylor Swift’s “Midnights.”

Meanwhile, “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” by TXT was the third best-selling CD of the year in the United States, selling 227,000 copies.

Notably, Stray Kids was the only artist to hit the top 10 twice: their short albums “ODDINARY” and “MAXIDENT” placed fifth and seventh, respectively, with 204,000 and 177,000 CDs sold, respectively.

The only girl group to make the chart, TWICE debuted at No. 6 with “BETWEEN 1&2,” which sold 199,000 copies.

“MANIFESTO: DAY 1” by ENHYPEN reached No. 8 on the list with 173,000 CDs sold, while “2 Baddies” by NCT 127 closed out the top 10 with 148,000 CDs sold in the United States last year.

The following are the top 10 best-selling CD albums in the United States in 2022:

1. Taylor Swift – “Midnights” (640,000)
2. BTS – “Proof” (413,000)
3. TXT – “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” (227,000)
4. Harry Styles – “Harry’s House” (219,000)
5. Stray Kids – “ODDINARY” (204,000)
6. TWICE – “BETWEEN 1&2” (199,000)
7. Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT” (177,000)
8. ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1” (173,000)
9. Beyoncé – “Renaissance” (163,000)
10. NCT 127 – “2 Baddies” (148,000)

BTS and TXT also made a separate year-end list of the top 10 best-selling albums in the United States for 2022, which includes not just CD sales but also digital sales and other physical forms, such as vinyl.