On December 29, South Korean media reported that NewJeans became the female singer with the most album sales this year, and NewJeans was the most album-selling female artist this year.
On the 26th, Circle Chart announced the cumulative sales of albums in 2023, and New Jeans sold a total of 4,399,019 copies of the three albums this year (January 1 to December 16). According to the recent album sales review released by Circle Chart, New Genes' albums sold a total of 4,399,019 albums from January 1 to December 16, and the results show that New Jeans ranks first among female K-pop artists in terms of cumulative sales share in 2023, accounting for 15.4%.
This is an achievement achieved through three albums, NewJeans' debut album "New Jeans" released in August last year, the single album "OMG" released in January this year, and the second EP "Get Up" released in July all exceeded one million sales, showing the potential to achieve this goal, especially "Get Up", which has sold more than 1.99 million copies as of last month, and is about to exceed "double million sales".
This number represents an increase of about 3.7 million compared to the same period last year. This year's cumulative sales ranked first, which is also the highest record among K-pop female artists. NewJeans debuted under the name NewJeans in August last year, and their January single "OMG" and July second EP "Get Up" both achieved million sales, and "Get Up" is on the verge of surpassing double million sales.
They also did well on the music charts. In the first quarter of this year, New Genes' songs "Dito", "OMG", and "Hype Boy" ranked first to third on major domestic music charts, and in the second half of the year, "Super Shy" and "ETA" also topped the domestic and international charts.
With these achievements, NewJeans swept the grand prize at the "2023 MAMA Awards", "MMA2023", "2023 AAA" and other year-end awards in Korea, and won the "Billboard Music Award", one of the three major music awards ceremonies in the United States, and they were the first group to win the "K-Pop Girl Award".
Last month, they became the first K-pop girl group to win the "Best K-Pop Artist in the World" award at the Billboard Music Awards, setting a record for the shortest time since their debut, with one year and four months to win. Meanwhile, New Jeans will appear at TBS's "Japan Record Awards" in Japan on the 30th and on the ABC's "New Year's Eve Rock Night with Ryan Seacrest 2024" on the 31st. Yes, they ranked first in the album sales of Korean pop female artists this year, reaching more than 4 million copies, what do you think?