The TOP 50 First Week K-Pop Single Sales On Oricon Charts Of All Time

The Oricon charts in Japan are comparable to the Billboard charts in the U.S., or the Gaon charts in South Korea. Sales are counted on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis for albums sold in Japan, and the data is collected and compared to other albums sold at the same time to determine chart rankings.

K-Pop artists have been showing up on Oricon charts for over a decade now, with many groups these days appealing to their Japanese fans with songs written in Japanese, or Japanese versions of originally Korean-language songs. Here are the 50 K-Pop single albums that have had the most first-week sales on the Oricon charts!

50. GO GO サマー! by KARA

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 113.9k

49. TONIGHT by Kim Hyunjoong

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 115.8k

48. Very Merry Xmas by TVXQ!

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 116.7k

47. Alligator by MONSTA X

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 117.7k

46. Let Me Cry by Jang Geunsuk

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 119.1k

45. Sweat / Answer by TVXQ!

Release year: 2014

Number of sales: 119.3k

44. ジェットコースターラブ (Jet Coaster Love) by KARA

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 122.8k

43. Reboot by TVXQ!

Release year: 2017

Number of sales: 123.7k

42. RUN (Japanese Ver.) by BTS

Release year: 2016

Number of sales: 124.5k

41. Winter: Winter Rose / Duet -Winter Ver.- by TVXQ!

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 129.5k

40. マスカレード ~Masquerade~ by 2PM

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 130.2k

39. FINE COLLECTION ~Begin Again~ by TVXQ!

Release year: 2017

Number of sales: 130.4k

38. Your Number by SHINee

Release year: 2015

Number of sales: 131.4k

37. HIGHER by 2PM

Release year: 2015

Number of sales: 132.8k

36. SCREAM by TVXQ!

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 134.3k

35. WAKE ME TONIGHT by JYJ

Release year: 2015

Number of sales: 135.6k

34. サクラミチ (Sakuramichi) by TVXQ!

Release year: 2015

Number of sales: 136.5k

33. Catch Me -If You Wanna- by TVXQ!

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 137.0k

32. GIVE ME LOVE by 2PM

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 137.8k

31. STILL by TVXQ!

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 138.7k

30. Coming Over by EXO

Release year: 2016

Number of sales: 140.1k

29. OCEAN by TVXQ!

Release year: 2013

Number of sales: 140.9k

28. Beautiful by 2PM

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 141.2k

27. Love Me Right ~Romantic Universe~ by EXO

Release year: 2015

Number of sales: 146.9k

26. ANDROID by TVXQ!

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 152.4k

25. Superstar by TVXQ!

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 158.9k

24. Opera by Super Junior

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 159.8k

23. Fanfare by TWICE

Release year: 2020

Number of sales: 176.7k

22. Stand by U by TVXQ!

Release year: 2009

Number of sales: 182.1k

21. HEAT by Kim Hyunjoong

Release year: 2012

Number of sales: 183.5k

20. 時ヲ止メテ (Toki wo Tomete) by TVXQ!

Release year: 2010

Number of sales: 195.3k

19. XIAH (Intoxication) by XIA

Release year: 2010

Number of sales: 195.3k

18. Border: Hakanai by ENHYPEN

Release year: 2021

Number of sales: 200.4k

17. One More Time by TWICE

Release year: 2017

Number of sales: 200.8k

16. Vampire by IZ*ONE

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 205.0k

15. Buenos Aires by IZ*ONE

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 215.8k

14. 好きと言わせたい (Suki to Iwasetai) by IZ*ONE

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 221.6k

13. Breakthrough by TWICE

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 229.3k

12. Why? (Keep Your Head Down) by TVXQ!

Release year: 2011

Number of sales: 231.5k

11. 血, 汗, 涙 (Blood Sweat & Tears) by BTS

Release year: 2017

Number of sales: 238.8k

10. HAPPY HAPPY by TWICE

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 247.0k

9. Happy Ending by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 254.9k

8. BREAK OUT! by TVXQ!

Release year: 2010

Number of sales: 255.9k

7. Wake Me Up by TWICE

Release year: 2018

Number of sales: 262.6k

6. Candy Pop by TWICE

Release year: 2018

Number of sales: 265.8k

5. ひとりじゃない (Not Alone) by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2021

Number of sales: 314.8k

4. 舞い落ちる花びら (Fallin’ Flower) by SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2020

Number of sales: 334.4k

3. MIC Drop / DNA / Crystal Snow by BTS

Release year: 2017

Number of sales: 365.1k

2. FAKE LOVE / Airplane Pt.2 by BTS

Release year: 2018

Number of sales: 454.8k

1. Lights / Boy With Luv by BTS

Release year: 2019

Number of sales: 620.7k