charts discussion Best-selling Western albums in South Korea (1999-today)

[suburbannature]

1. Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

2. Queen - Greatest Hits

3. Beatles - 1

4. Mariah Carey - #1s

5. Britney Spears - Britney

6. Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin

7. ABBA - Greatest Hits

8. Westlife - Coast to Coast

9. ABBA - Definitive Collection

10. Britney Spears - Oops! IDIA

 

(According to GAON)

 

Thoughts?

 

 

 

[ariananext]

Mariah the best selling female in SK and Ariana the most streamed female in SK, truly mother and daughter 

[Symmetra]

Mariah Noona

[Fanta]

Mariah on the list twice. 

[xfreshkidxx]

Britney 

[Brando]

did not expect to find Ricky Martin on that list.

[wolfaire]

Global legend 

[Billionaire]

Westlife and Ricky Martin? This list is so random nnn

 

[Cain]

Wait ABBA

[sickboy]

Britney with 2 albums  talent

[suburbannature]

2 minutes ago, Billionaire said:

Westlife and Ricky Martin? This list is so random nnn

 

I always forget how big Westlife was for a couple of years there.

[Kylizzle]

Mariah noona

[sxhunluv]

19 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

1. Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

2. Queen - Greatest Hits

3. Beatles - 1

4. Mariah Carey - #1s

5. Britney Spears - Britney

6. Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin

7. ABBA - Greatest Hits

8. Westlife - Coast to Coast

9. ABBA - Definitive Collection

10. Britney Spears - Oops! IDIA

 

(According to GAON)

 

Thoughts?

 

 

 

 

Music Box actually sold over a million copies in SK, but Whitney's Bodyguard OST sold a bit more (1.14M accordingly)

https://news.joins.com/article/3374699

Edited May 24, 2021 by sxhunluv

[suburbannature]

2 minutes ago, sxhunluv said:

Music Box actually sold over a million copies in SK, but Whitney's Bodyguard OST sold a bit more (1.14M accordingly)

https://news.joins.com/article/3374699

Read the title again.

[sxhunluv]

1 minute ago, suburbannature said:

Read the title again.

[drmkng]

Queen of Kpop Britney indeed 

[lover.]

Not ****ing Westlife 

[akoaytao1234]

The random power of Abba's compilation album lol

[UnusualBoy]

Britney and Mariah with 2 albums  

[Rev8]

Britney and Mariah being on the list TWICE

AND being the only Females 

 

 

how random that Britney's ST is bigger than OIDIA and BOMT?

They truly Did inspire the Kpop model of the idols

[ItsJustMe.]

of course they stan britney's best album

[Eternium]

Where is the source? Gaon didn’t even start tracking until 2010. Did you mean Hanteo or RIAK?

 

For some numbers, though:

 

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas - 570k

Mariah Carey - #1s - 380k

 

Britney Spears - Britney - 310k

Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again - 300k

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 155k

[Eternium]

1 hour ago, Rev8 said:

Britney and Mariah being on the list TWICE

AND being the only Females 

 

 

how random that Britney's ST is bigger than OIDIA and BOMT?

They truly Did inspire the Kpop model of the idols

Britney had extra covers in South Korea (the pink swimming suit and the white dress in front of the black background). It’s a shame their market crashed in the early 2000s with nothing to replace it - her sales would have been huge there. Even songs like Do Somethin’ and Chaotic were massively popular. Only Mariah and Whitney have ever had a similar level of popularity there.

[Squall]

A top 10 without Thriller

[Cloröx]

6 hours ago, Billionaire said:

Westlife and Ricky Martin? This list is so random nnn

 

 

6 hours ago, suburbannature said:

I always forget how big Westlife was for a couple of years there.

 

5 hours ago, lover. said:

Not ****ing Westlife 

Westlife was gigantic in Asia, heck probably bigger than NSYNC and Backstreet Boys.