Leading the charts this week is aespa with the new album "Lemonade". This is an impressive debut for the SM Entertainment girl group, not only occupying No. 1 on the World Albums chart but also becoming the group's first album in three years to enter the Billboard 200 top 10.
In 2nd place is CORTIS' mini album "Greengreen". The product continued to maintain its appeal for the 5th consecutive week on the charts. Notably, this is also the group's first album to stay for 4 weeks in the top 50 Billboard 200. Meanwhile, CORTIS' debut mini album "Color Outside The Lines" rose back to 4th place in its 39th week on the charts.
LE SSERAFIM ranked 3rd with the album "Pureflow". After two weeks of release, the product maintained its stable appeal and continued to appear on the Billboard 200 at number 59.
BTS continues to prove their persistent influence in the international market. The compilation album "Proof" released in 2022 held 5th place in its 208th week on the World Albums chart. In addition, the Japanese album "Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~" also rose to 15th place.
ILLIT maintained 6th place with the mini album "Mamihlapinatapai" for the 5th consecutive week. Stray Kids continued to show strength when up to 3 albums appeared in the chart. In which, "Karma" ranked 7th, "Do It" ranked 12th, and "ATE" returned to the chart at 20th.
TXT also recorded positive results when the mini album "7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns" held 8th place in its 8th week of release.
In addition, ENHYPEN continued to maintain their appeal with "The Sin: Vanish" in 13th place, while "Romance: Untold" reappeared in 24th place. NewJeans' EP "Get Up" rose back to 16th place after 143 weeks on the chart.
Other names appearing in the top 25 this week include NMIXX with "Heavy Serenade" in 23rd place and ATEEZ with "Golden Hour: Part. 4" in 25th place.
The latest results show that K-pop still maintains strong influence in the global music market, especially in the prestigious Billboard charts.
