K-Pop Artists Claim 51 Spots On Oricon’s 2023 Year-End Album And Single Charts 2023

Dec 20, 2023

Oricon’s year-end rankings for 2023 are out!

Each year, Oricon—Japan’s largest music statistics site—publishes its annual rankings of the best-selling albums and singles in Japan.

K-pop artists claimed a whopping 41 of the 100 spots on the 2023 album rankings, where SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids collectively swept five spots in this year’s top 10. SEVENTEEN took No. 3 with their Korean mini album “FML,” No. 5 with their Japanese best-of compilation album “ALWAYS YOURS,” and No. 7 with their latest Korean mini album “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN.”

Meanwhile, Stray Kids took No. 4 with their Japanese EP “Social Path (feat. LiSA) / Super Bowl -Japanese ver.-“ and No. 9 with their first Japanese studio album “THE SOUND.”

Check out the list of K-pop artists who made this year’s album rankings below!

Top Album Rankings for 2023

3. SEVENTEEN – “FML”
4. Stray Kids – “Social Path (feat. LiSA) / Super Bowl -Japanese ver.-“
5. SEVENTEEN – “ALWAYS YOURS”
7. SEVENTEEN – “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN”
9. Stray Kids – “THE SOUND”
11. TXT – “SWEET”
13. TXT – “The Name Chapter: FREEFALL”
16. BTS’s V – “Layover”
17. BTS’s Jimin – “FACE”
18. BTS’s Jungkook – “GOLDEN”
21. TXT – “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION”
22. TREASURE – “REBOOT”
23. Stray Kids – “★★★★★ (5-STAR)”
24. ENHYPEN – “ORANGE BLOOD”
25. TWICE’s MISAMO – “Masterpiece”
30. Stray Kids – “ROCK-STAR”
32. ENHYPEN – “DARK BLOOD”
39. IVE – “WAVE”
40. Agust D (BTS’ Suga) – “D-DAY”
43. NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
44. LE SSERAFIM – “UNFORGIVEN”
45. NCT DREAM – “ISTJ”
48. ZEROBASEONE – “YOUTH IN THE SHADE”
51. SEVENTEEN – “DREAM”
54. ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL”
55. NCT DREAM – “Candy”
56. NCT – “Golden Age”
57. ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW”
59. TWICE – “READY TO BE”
64. NewJeans – “Get Up”
65. IVE – “I’VE MINE”
66. ZEROBASEONE – “MELTING POINT”
70. TREASURE – “THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER TWO”
73. aespa – “MY WORLD”
74. RIIZE – “Get A Guitar”
79. THE BOYZ – “Delicious”
80. NCT 127 – “Ay-Yo”
83. SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
85. BOYNEXTDOOR – “WHY..”
91. IVE – “I’ve IVE”
93. Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”

K-pop artists also scored 10 spots on Oricon’s year-end single chart, which ranks the best-selling single albums of 2023. Check out the singles that made this year’s rankings below!

Top Single Rankings for 2023

19. ENHYPEN – “YOU”
29. LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
33. TREASURE – “Here I Stand”
37. NCT DREAM – “Best Friend Ever”
45. LE SSERAFIM – “UNFORGIVEN”
55. TWICE – “Hare Hare”
70. ATEEZ – “Limitless”
82. Kep1er – “FLY-BY”
88. Kep1er – “FLY-HIGH”
93. SEVENTEEN – “SECOND WIND”

Congratulations to all of the artists who made this year’s rankings!

cr: Soompi