Girls' Generation Sales Summary

 

Girls' Generation is titled 'The Nation's Girl Group' in South Korea for their widespread popularity and achievement in the country and are also popular in Japan, other East Asian countries, and have small fan bases in the American continent and Europe. They are overall the top second generation K-pop girl group. Formed and debuted under SM Entertainment in 2007. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece group. The group has sold more than 5 million physical copies combined between South Korea and Japan.

Here is a summary of their sales in both countries.

EXO Sales Summary

 

EXO is a group that saw extreme popularity in 2013 with their hit 'Growl', allowing them to get the name of Nation's Pick. Formed and debuted under SM Entertainment in 2012 as 12 members, currently the members are Xiumin (Kim Min Seok), Suho (Kim Jun Myeon), Lay (Zhāng Yì Xìng), Baekhyun (Byun Baek Hyun), Chen (Kim Jong Dae), Chanyeol (Park Chan Yeol), D.O (Do Kyung Soo), Kai (Kim Jong In), and Sehun (Oh Se Hun), the group has sold more than 12 million physical copies combined between South Korea and Japan.

The group didn't see extreme popularity until 2013, which was the first year the group became the best-selling artist and the best-selling album of the year. It was also the first group to quickly become a million-seller on Gaon, and the first million-seller album on Gaon.

Here is a summary of their sales in both countries.

NCT Sales Summary

 

NCT is a large-scale project group that has 3 sub-units considered as official groups (NCT 127, NCT DREAM, and WayV), and 1 group with changing members (NCT U). This project group debuted with 18 members in 2018 under the name NCT 2018, currently the group consists of 23 members Taeil (Moon Tae Il), Johnny (John Seo), Taeyong (Lee Tae Yong), Yuta (Nakamoto Yuta), Kun (Qián Kūn), Doyoung (Kim Dong Young), Ten (Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul), Jaehyun (Jung Yoon Oh), Winwin (Dǒng Sī Chéng), Jungwoo (Kim Jung Woo), Lucas (Huáng Yuk Hei), Mark (Mark Lee), Xiaojun (Xiào Dé Jùn), Hendery (Huáng Kun Hang), Renjun (Huáng Rén Jùn), Jeno (Lee Je No), Haechan (Lee Dong Hyuck), Jaemin (Na Jae Min), Yangyang (Liú Yáng Yáng), Shotaro (Osaki Shotaro), Sungchan (Sung Chan), Chenle (Zhōng Chén Lè), and Jisung (Park Ji Sung), the group has sold more than 1.8 million physical copies combined between South Korea and Japan.

Here is a summary of their sales in both countries.

Gaon Album Chart Records

 

The Gaon Album Chart ranks physical album shipments, including mini and single albums. It’s compiled from offline data provided by record labels and distributors such as Dreamus, Kakao M, Genie Music, Stone Music Entertainment, YG PLUS, Interpark, NHN Bugs, Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music.