The total album sales of SM Entertainment in 2021 exceeded 17.62 million copies.
SM recorded a total of 17,621,000 copies (as of December 31) in annual album sales in 2021. The 25 albums released in 2021 posted sales of 1,5043,000 copies, and the previously released Gubo's sales were also attracting attention with 2,578,000 copies.
This is approximately double the number from the previous year. SM once again realized the power of content and the status of artists of SM, which has continuously produced global K-pop stars for the past 26 years.
In 2021, SM will start from groups such as Super Junior, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, WayV, aespa as well as unit and solo such as U-Know Yunho, Super Junior-D&E, Yesung, Key, Taemin, Baekhyun, D.O., Kai, Wendy, and Joy.
In addition, NCT 127 and NCT DREAM, which became triple million sellers, as well as EXO, Baekhyun, and NCT albums broke through 1 million copies, and 25 albums entered the Gaon annual chart TOP 100, SM's overwhelming record power was confirmed.
Written by Gong MinaTranslated by Lee So Yun