IFPI 2024 Global Charts Show Dominant Presence of K-pop Groups…SEVENTEEN Ranks Third

K-pop groups held a dominant position on the 2024 Global Charts released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). IFPI unveiled its Global Artist Chart 2024 on the 18th (local time), with SEVENTEEN placing third behind Taylor Swift and Drake. The IFPI Global Artist Chart is an indicator that objectively measures an artist’s global popularity by combining data on album sales, digital downloads, and audio and video streaming numbers. SEVENTEEN showed a consistent upward trend, starting at ninth place when it first entered the chart in 2021, rising to sixth in 2022, second in 2023, and maintaining third place in 2024. The group also performed strongly on the album sales chart. Its 12th studio album, “SPILL THE FEELS,” and its best-of album, “17 IS RIGHT HERE,” ranked third and fourth respectively on the Global Album Sales Chart, making them the only artists to have two albums within the top five. Additionally, on the Global Album Chart 2024, “SPILL THE FEELS” reached sixth place and “17 IS RIGHT HERE” reached eighth place, securing them as the only artist with two albums in the top 10. K-pop groups stood out in other charts as well. STRAY KIDS ranked fifth on the Global Artist Chart, while ENHYPEN ranked 14th, with all three groups placing within the top 20. Nine of the top 20 tracks on the Global Album Sales Chart were K-pop albums, demonstrating an overwhelming presence of K-pop in this category. STRAY KIDS’ ninth EP, “ATE,” ranked fifth on the Global Album Sales Chart and tenth on the Global Album Chart, while its 2024 release “Skzhop Hiptape (HOP Edition)” reached sixth place on the sales chart. ENHYPEN’s second studio album, “Romance: Untold,” ranked second on the album sales chart and fourth on the Global Album Chart. Other albums that made it into the top ranks included IVE’s “IVE Switch” (seventh on the sales chart), NCT DREAM’s “Dream()scape” (eighth), aespa’s “Armageddon” (ninth), and TOO X TOGETHER’s “Minisode 3: Tomorrow” (tenth). Last year, SEVENTEEN sold approximately 10 million albums and held a total of 30 concerts during the “SEVENTEEN [RIGHT HERE] WORLD TOUR” in 14 cities across North America, Japan, and Asia, attracting around 1,037,000 fans in both online and offline venues. The IFPI Global Artist Chart is an indicator published annually by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which has over 8,000 labels representing the global music industry as its members. It is calculated by combining data on album sales, downloads, and streaming numbers.