Six of the top 10 bestselling CD albums in the U.S. in the first half of this year were by K-pop acts, according to the 2024 Midyear Music Report by Luminate, a Los Angeles-based data analysis company for the American entertainment industry. Shown is the K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER aka TXT. (TXT's official Facebook page)

By Yoon Sojung

K-pop acts had six of the top 10 bestselling CD albums in the U.S. in the first half of the year.

This was according to the 2024 Midyear Music Report released on July 16 by Luminate, a Los Angeles-based data analysis company covering American entertainment.

The EP "Minisode 3: Tomorrow" by the boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER, aka TXT, was second on the list with 190,000 units sold, while fellow boy band ATEEZ's EP "Golden Hour: Part 1" was third with 181,000.

Girl group TWICE was fourth with 158,000, Stray Kids sixth with 109,000, Enhypen eighth with 97,000 and SEVENTEEN 10th with 90,000.

Taking the top spot was American superstar Taylor Swift, whose 11th album "The Tortured Poets Department" sold more than 1,060,000 copies.

In the first six months of the year, Luminate said, the top 10 physical K-pop albums had an average of 14.6 CD versions and 3.7 types of LPs with different covers.

The report added that K-pop and Japanese pop fans in the U.S. were 59% more likely to post short-form videos than general listeners, and that K-pop enthusiasts were "32% more likely to purchase CDs in the future when compared to other paid music streamers." 

Luminate, an American data analysis company for the U.S. entertainment industry, said in its report released on July 16 that K-pop and J-pop listeners were 59% more likely to post short-form videos than regular music fans. (Screen capture from Luminate's report)