HYBE Dominates Global Music Market: 5 Teams Enter IFPI Album Charts
– SEVENTEEN in Top 5 of ‘Global Album Sales Chart’ for 5th Consecutive Year
– TOMORROW X TOGETHER & ENHYPEN Rank in Charts for 4 Years Straight
– &TEAM & BOYNEXTDOOR Make Chart Debut, Accelerating Global Growth
HYBE has proven its immense influence in the global music market by placing five albums among the top 20 best-selling albums worldwide last year.
According to the 2025 ‘Global Album Sales Chart’ released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on the 21st, albums from five HYBE music group label artists, including SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN, &TEAM, and BOYNEXTDOOR, entered the rankings. This chart aggregates physical album sales (CDs, vinyl LPs) and paid full album downloads to reveal the top 20.
Pledis Entertainment’s SEVENTEEN secured the 3rd position on the ‘Global Album Sales Chart’ with their 5th full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY,’ marking a significant milestone of entering the ‘Top 5’ for the fifth consecutive year. SEVENTEEN and BTS (2018-2022) are the only two K-Pop artists to have placed an album in the ‘Top 5’ for five consecutive years on a chart ranked using the same aggregation criteria by IFPI. ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ ranked 12th on the ‘Global Album Chart’, which includes streaming figures.
BELIFT LAB’s ENHYPEN and BIGHIT MUSIC’s TOMORROW X TOGETHER are following closely behind, entering the ‘Global Album Sales Chart’ for the fourth year running. ENHYPEN ranked 4th on the ‘Global Album Sales Chart’ and 16th on the ‘Global Album Chart’ with their 6th mini-album, ‘DESIRE : UNLEASH’. ‘DESIRE : UNLEASH’, their third double-million seller, was particularly beloved globally, recording the fourth-highest CD sales in the U.S., the home of pop music, last year.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s performance is also noteworthy. Their 4th full-length album, ‘Star Chapter: Together,’ secured the 6th position on the ‘Global Album Sales Chart.’ This album, which marked the finale of the ‘Star Chapter’ series, was lauded by major foreign media outlets as the “pinnacle of creation” upon its release and quickly rose to 3rd place on the US ‘Billboard 200’, charting for four consecutive weeks and gaining immense popularity.
YX LABEL’s &TEAM placed their first Korean mini album ‘Back to Life,’ released last October, at 13th place. This marks their first entry into the ‘Global Album Sales Chart.’ ‘Back to Life’ entered the rankings based on sales from only about two months after its release, proving &TEAM’s rapid growth. Having each achieved million-seller status in Korea and Japan last year, they will continue their challenge on the global stage with the release of their 3rd Japanese mini album ‘We On Fire’ on April 21st.
KOZ Entertainment’s BOYNEXTDOOR also made their debut on the ‘Global Album Sales Chart.’ Their 4th mini album, ‘No Genre,’ ranked 18th. This album, which embodies the six members’ mindset of pursuing the music they want without being bound by frameworks and formalities, achieved initial sales of over 1.16 million copies (album sales in the first week after release), breaking the team’s own record.
The achievements of various artists, shining within HYBE’s multi-label system that respects complete independence and autonomy in the creative process, are remarkable. Through its multi-label system, HYBE is ultimately creating a foundation where the birth and success of diverse K-Pop creators can be made possible, continuously providing good music and content, and realizing its vision of continuing K-Pop as a sustainable industry.
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