Taylor Swift continues to assert her world class when she “stands alone” against Kpop. In the 10 best-selling albums in the US in 2023, the “country music princess” has 3 albums, the remaining 7 are by Korean stars.

2023 is the year that marks an important turning point for Kpop, as it increasingly expands its influence in the international market. Not only did the global girl group BLACKPINK break tour revenue with the World Tour Born Pink reaching over $260 million, but artists from Korea also brought their products to reach far on album shelves or international digital music charts. .

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Recently, Chart Data released statistics on the 10 best-selling albums in the US last year. Notably, 7/10 are Kpop albums, the remaining 3 albums belong to “music industry” Taylor Swift.

Specifically, with 800,000 copies sold, “1989” (Taylor’s Version) by the “Queen of Pop” won the top spot in the top 10 best-selling albums in the United States in 2023.

The re-recorded album reaped many unprecedented achievements, contributing to a year of explosive activities for “Lord Snake” on all fronts. In addition, the female singer’s “Speak Now” (Taylor’s Version) and “Midnights” also reached the top 10 at #8 and #9 respectively on the chart.

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The most surprising thing is the JYP boy group – Stray Kids . Despite having a rather “poor” domestic record, the 8 boys have proven their international status with huge purchasing power from the fan community.

As the most famous Gen 4 male group in the US, Stray Kids has 2 top albums including: 5-Star, sales of 520,000 copies, behind Taylor Swift at #2 and Rock Star, 381,000 copies at # 4.

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In addition, TWICE is the only Gen 3 girl group and the second artist from JYP to appear on this list at #6, with their debut English album “Ready to Be” selling 303,000 copies in the United States. .

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After the success of BTS, HYBE is increasingly expanding its influence in the North American market. In the 10 best-selling albums of 2023, the emerging entertainment group has 4 albums in the top, respectively: TXT – The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION 442,000 copies (3rd place); NewJeans – Get Up 332,000 copies (5th place); SEVENTEEN – FML 288,000 copies (7th place) and finally Jung Kook closed the book at 10th place with 244,000 copies sold for Golden.

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Notably, TXT’s sales surprised people because this group is not highly appreciated in the North American market. As for NewJeans and SEVENTEEN, both groups continue to extend their streak of achievements from domestic to international.

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In particular, although ranked behind the Gen 4 groups, Jung Kook is the artist with the most breakthrough achievements as the only solo idol to reach the top. Not to mention, the album “Golden” was released at the end of the year (November 3, 2023), with a shorter cumulative number of days than other candidates. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the youngest member of BTS ranked #10.

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– Wow, the influence of Kpop is amazing.

– Wow Taylor is the only pop star among Kpop artists, is that crazy that these are album sales in the US?

– I can’t believe that Kpop albums sell so well in America.

– This is the album chart in the US, but it’s all Korean artists?

– TXT surprised me, NewJeans and SEVENTEEN are doing well both in Korea and abroad.

– I thought Jung Kook would sell more albums?… is Knet’s comment.

In other developments, Vice President of the European Commission – Margaritis Schinas recently mentioned Taylor Swift and hoped she would encourage fans in Europe to go to the polling place, like what the female singer did in the US. .

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Specifically, in September 2023, the “country music princess” posted a short message on Instagram encouraging her 272 million followers to register to vote. Immediately after the article, there were more than 35,000 registrations.

“Taylor Swift will be in Europe in May. So I hope that she will do the same with young Europeans. I hope someone from her media team will watch the meeting this newspaper and forward this request to Taylor Swift,” Mr. Schinas said in a statement on January 10, 2024.

Currently, it is still unclear whether the “Queen of Pop” will respond to the call of the Vice President of the European Commission or not.

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