Best-selling music albums worldwide 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 5, 2024

In 2023, K-Pop artists were dominating the top10 most successful albums worldwide, when it comes to sold units. The only non-K-Pop album in the Top10 was Taylor Swift's album '1989 (Taylor's version) who ranked sixth selling 2.8 million units worldwide. South Korean boy band Seventeen led the ranking with their album 'FML', having sold 6.4 million units. Their album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' ranked fourth with around 4.5 million units sold. Stray Kids, another South Korean boy band, also managed to enter the Top10 with two of their albums.

Best-selling music albums worldwide in 2023 (in millions)

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March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

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all physical formats and full album downloads included ("pure sales")

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