The recent publication of the 2023 rank of the biggest artists by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry demonstrated that SEVENTEEN was the best-selling KPOP act of 2023 worldwide, surpassing BTS and other renowned groups.
On February 21st, the IFPI revealed the rank for the Global Artist Chart for 2023, where they take into account physical sales, downloads, and streaming during the past year and in which the K-Pop industry demonstrated its great impact worldwide.
SEVENTEEN occupied the second place of the prestigious chart, being the one in the genre, surpassing in this way K-Pop acts that previously were the most important in the Korean industry, such as BTS and BLACKPINK, who don’t even appear in the top 10.
#2 – SEVENTEEN@pledis_17 return to the Global Artist Chart Top 10 for their third consecutive year and highest entry to date at No.2, following the release of the South Korean group’s multiple record-breaking 10th EP “FML”, a global success.#GlobalArtistChart pic.twitter.com/rztqB7f2yd
— IFPI (@IFPI_org) February 21, 2024
The rank led by Taylor Swift has other important K-Pop acts of the moment at the top 10, as is the case with Stray Kids in the 3rd place, TXT in the 7th place, and NewJeans in the 8th. While in the rest of the rank are other groups that also stood out in 2023.
