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K-Pop artists strive to outdo themselves with each comeback. Some artists even end up beating their own records.
Today, Kpopmap will be sharing with you the 8 K-Pop artists who had impressed many by beating their own 1st-week album record sales and managed to enter the top 40 highest sales ever for the first time in 2021.
Note: This data was retrieved on Dec. 7, 2021. If another artist breaks a record throughout the remainder of the year, this article will be updated.
1. NCT DREAM - "Hot Sauce" 1,010,7** albums
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NCT DREAM's previous album with the most first-week sales (before "Hot Sauce" was released) was "Reload" with 412,4** albums sold. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 598,300+ albums more!
2. NCT 127 - "Sticker" 929,5** albums
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Their highest first-week album sales (before "Sticker" was released) was with "NCT #127 Neo Zone" selling 276,6** albums. They beat their first-week album sales by selling about 652,900+ albums more!
3. ENHYPEN - "DIMENSION : DILEMMA" 818,7** albums
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Their previous album with the most first-week sales was "BORDER : CARNIVAL" with 384,6** albums sold. They beat their first-wee
