K-Pop, SEVENTEEN Dominate IFPI Global Album Award 2023

K-pop dominates IFPI's year-end album chart as the genre earns five of the top 10 spots, led by SEVENTEEN with FML.

Announced today (February 27), FML is the first IFPI boy's album award, given by the trade association using worldwide sales in streaming, download and physical music formats during the calendar year 2023.

Released in April 2023, FML was the most pre-ordered LP in K-pop history, hitting No. 1 in South Korea and Japan and debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. After its hot start in the US (the album also topped the World Albums list), SEVENTEEN re-entered the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated May 13, 2023) at No. 1 – becoming the seventh K-pop group to dominate the chart.

SEVENTEEN's follow-up, October release SEVENTEENTH HEAVENfinishes at No. 8 on the IFPI Global album Chart 2023.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids make it a K-pop one-two as 5 STARS appears at No. 2 on the IFPI list and ROCK–STAR is at No. 9. NCT DREAM makes their first appearance on an IFPI Global Charts with ISTJ at No. 6, while, further down the chart, K-pop plays ZEROBASEONE (YOUTH IN THE SHADOW at No. 18) and IVE (I have IVE at No. 20) make their presence felt.

Also, BTS star Jung Kook earns his first solo appearance on the IFPI Global album Chart with GOLDENappearing in No. 14.

K-pop's global reach “continues to expand and S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Migyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino continue to push boundaries with concepts, performances and talent,” comments Lewis Morrison, Director of Global Charts & Certifications at the IFPI. “FML and SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN they were both huge successes on all continents and our congratulations go to the team, their team and of course CARATs around the world.”

The charts provide insight into the “dynamic nature” of recorded music today, Morrison continues, “with artists – and their labels – finding success across genres and geographies, and leveraging both streaming and physical form to to please their fans.”

Taylor Swift was crowned IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year last week, winning the top honor for a record fourth time. Although she doesn't own the global album chart, the American pop superstar scores two of the top 10 best-sellers, with Midnight (No. 4) recording a second straight year in the top five and 1989 (Taylor Edition) appears at No. 5 after its release in October 2023.

Earlier this week, IFPI separately named Miley Cyrus' “Flowers” as the biggest single of 2023.

The IFPI charts track streaming, downloads and physical formats in each country directly from participating labels. This data is then converted using the association's “unique” methodology into a single, global chart format.

IFPI Top 20 World album Charts 2023: