Social media have been a very helpful tool for K-Pop idols to directly connect with their avid followers and vice versa. On Saturday, reports revealed the names of the male K-pop idols with the biggest number of followers on Instagram. Keep on reading to know if your biases made it to the said list.
EXO Chanyeol, GOT7 Jackson & BIGBANG G-Dragon Gain the Most Followers in 2021 So Far
EXO member Chanyeol reigned supreme was proclaimed as the male idol with the biggest following on Instagram. As per recent data, the South Korean rapper has garnered more than 22.7 million followers as of this writing. His official username is @real_pcy. More and more K-netizens got interested in the rapper after the official teaser of his imminent film called "The Box" was released earlier this week.
Coming in the second spot is GOT7 member Jackson. The "Bullet to the Heart" hitmaker has amassed a total of 22.2 million followers on the said social media platform already. For those who do not know, the idol's official handle is @jacksonwang852g7. The idol made headlines again after he and Rain dropped their new collaboration track called "MAGNETIC" on Wednesday, Mar. 3.
EXO member Sehun, who uses the username @oohsehun, secured the third spot after he gathered more than 21.3 million on Instagram as of press time. Baekhyun, another EXO member whose handle is @baekhyunee_exo, and BIGBANG member G-Dragon, whose official username is @xxxbgdrgn, nabbed the fourth and fifth spots with 20.2 million followers and 19.5 million followers, respectively.
Other male K-pop idols who made it to the list include ASTRO member Eunwoo (@eunwo.o_c) with 18 million followers, GOT7 BamBam (@bambam1a) with 13 million followers, EXO member Lay (@layzhang) with 12.8 million followers, BIGBANG T.O.P (@choi_seung_hyun_ttop) with 11.6 million followers and Taeyang (@_youngbae_) with 11.3 million followers.
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BTS, SHINee, Kim Wooseok & NCT Have the Most Album Sales in February 2021
Meanwhile, Hanteo, previously, revealed that BTS had the highest number of album sales last month. The music company stated that Suga, V, RM, J-Hope, Jungkook, Jimin, and Jin were able to sell a total of 628,600 copies of their "BE: Deluxe Edition" album. All in all, the said EP of the world's biggest boyband was purchased more than 2.98 times already since hit the music stores on Nov. 20, 2020.
SHINee followed BTS in the list. The South Korean all-boy group was able to sell more than 127,200 copies of their comeback album titled "Don't Call Me" last month. Kim Wooseok, then, followed on the third rank after his "2nd Desire [Tasty]" album was bought 86,960 times since its official release on Feb. 8, 2021.
NCT landed on the No. 4 spot after the "NCT 2018" album sold more than 61,610 copies in February 2021 alone. ONF and CIX, then, followed in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots with their album called "ONF: My Name" and "Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream" that sold 52,690 copies and 48,700 copies, respectively.
Other K-pop artists who made it to the list include Wei with "Identity: Challenge" that sold 39,110 copies, J Don with "On the Track" that sold a total of 37,330 copies, and NCT Dream with "We Boom" and "The First" that sold 29,250 copies and 28,650 copies, respectively.
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Written by Nica Vaughn
