Stray Kids' "Karma" (left) finished second on the Global Album Sales Chart for 2025 released on Feb. 20 by the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry SEVENTEEN's "Happy Burstday" was third. (Official Facebook pages of Stray Kids and SEVENTEEN).

By Aisylu Akhmetzianova

Seven of the world's top 10 albums in sales last year were by K-pop acts.

The London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on Feb. 20 released its Global Album Sales Chart on its official website showing "Karma" by Stray Kids at No. 2.

SEVENTEEN's "Happy Burstday" was third and NHYPEN's "Desire: Unleash" fourth.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT)'s "Chapter of Stars: Together" ranked sixth, ZeroBaseOne's "Never Say Never" seventh, IVE's "Ive Empathy" ninth and G-Dragon's "Ubermensch" 10th.

The annual chart is based on aggregate physical album sales and digital music downloads sold around the world.

This poster shows K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's Red Diamond Button for breaking 100 million subscribers on the act's YouTube channel. (BLACKPINK's official Facebook)

In another K-pop milestone, YouTube on Feb. 20 said BLACKPINK surpassed 100 million subscribers.

The girl group's YouTube channel is the first by a musical act worldwide to reach the figure, coming nine years and eight months after the channel's launch in June 2016.

To mark the occasion, the streaming video site gave a Red Diamond Creator Award to BLACKPINK.

aisylu@korea.kr