Oricon finally revealed its year-end rankings for 2021, and K-Pop artists have claimed the majority of the spots on the Japanese chart.
Keep reading to see the full list!
K-Pop Artists Dominate Oricon's Year-end Album and Singles Chart
Oricion, Japan's largest music statistics site, ends the year with its rankings of the best-selling albums and singles every year. This year, Oricon compiled the sales data made in Japan from December 28, 2020, to December 20, 2021.
With this, BTS topped the 2021 album rankings with their Japanese compilation album title "BTS, THE BEST," making them the first foreign group in the history of Oricon to top its year-end album chart. Aside from that, they are the first artist to achieve the milestone since Michael Jackson did it 37 years ago.
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Along with BTS' album, "BTS, THE BEST," the group landed a total of 10 various albums on the year-end album chart.
BTS comes along with ASTRO, ENHYPEN, EXO, EXO's Baekyun, NCT, NCT DREAM, NCT 127, SHINee, TREASURE, TWICE, and TXT all secured spots on Oricon's year-end album chart this year.
Here is the list of K-Pop artists who entered this year's album chart!
Top Album Rankings for 2021
1. "BTS, THE BEST" - BTS
5. "Attacca" - SEVENTEEN
9. "Your Choice" - SEVENTEEN
11. "BE"13. BTS's "Butter" - BTS
17. "DIMENSION: DILEMMA" - ENHYPEN
18. "Chaotic Wonderland" - TXT
19. "The Chaos Chapter" - TXT
22. "Loveholic" - NCT 127
26. "Sticker" - NCT 127
27. "BORDER: CARNIVAL" - ENHYPEN
29. "Hot Sauce" - NCT DREAM
36. "Still Dreaming" - TXT
43. "Perfect World" - TWICE
46. "Superstar" - SHINee
49. "Taste of Love" - TWICE
53. "THE FIRST STEP: TREASURE EFFECT" - TREASURE
55. "RESONANCE" - NCT
56. "Love Yourself: Answer" - BTS
58. "Map of the Soul: 7" - BTS
70. "All Yours" - ASTRO
71. "Switch On" - ASTRO
72. "NO EASY" - STRAY KIDS
73. "Map of the Soul: Persona" - BTS
74. "Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~" - BTS
80. "Formula of Love: O+T=<3" - TWICE
82. "BAEKHYUN" - EXO's Baekhyun
83. "WITH ME AGAIN" - 2PM
85. "Don't Fight the Feeling" - EXO
89. "BORDER: DAY ONE" - ENHYPEN
90. "Love Yourself: Tear" - BTS
91. "WINGS" - BTS
93. "Don't Call Me" - SHINee
99. "Love Yourself: Her" - BTS
Aside from the album rankings chart, a lot of K-pop artists also secured multiple spots on the Year-end Singles Chart of Oricon, it ranks the best-selling single albums during the past year, the chart includes ENHYPEN, JYJ's Kim Jaejoong, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, and TWICE.
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Top Single Rankings for 2021
17. "Not Alone" - SEVENTEEN
27. "BORDER : Hakanai" - ENHYPEN
47. "Power of Love" - SEVENTEEN
52. "Scars/Thunderous" - Stray Kids
59. "Kura Kura" - TWICE
97. "Breaking Dawn" (Japanese version) - JYJ's Kim Jaejoong
Congratulations to all the K-pop artists who made this year's rankings!
Did your favorite K-pop artist make it to the list? Let us know in the comments!
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