[News Today] TOP-SELLING K-POP ALBUMS IN U.S.

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We now turn to cultural news. Last year in the U.S., K-pop dominated the list of top-selling CDs. Which albums made the cut? Let's take a look.

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U.S. media, including Billboard, cited a local market survey company to announce the top-selling music CDs in 2024.

According to the survey, seven of the top-10 selling albums were K-pop projects.

Stray Kids' ninth mini-album 'ATE', which sold some 442,000 copies, ranked second, the highest spot to be held by a K-pop album.

The group's latest release 'Hop' ranked 5th.

ENHYPEN's 'Romance: Untold' took the third spot.

ATEEZ's series albums 'Golden Hour: Part 1' and 'Part 2' climbed to the fourth and seventh spots, respectively.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER and girl group Twice also made the top-10.

The top spot went to "The Tortured Poets Department" from Taylor Swift. It sold more than 1.5 million copies.