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SEVENTEEN, left, and Stray Kids. Photo from groups' X accounts

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K-pop's SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids among top recording artists of 2024: IFPI

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739924838992seventeen-straykids.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">SEVENTEEN, left, and Stray Kids. <em>Photo from groups&#x27; X accounts</em></span></span></span><strong><em>K-pop sweeps Global Album Sales Chart</em></strong></div><p>K-pop boy bands SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids were among the biggest-selling recording artists of 2024, based on a ranking released late Tuesday by an industry body.</p><p>SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids managed to stay in the top 10 of the Global Recording Artist Chart by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organization that represents the recording music industry.</p><p>The 13-member SEVENTEEN placed third on the 2024 chart, while the eight-piece Stray Kids ranked fifth.</p><p>Both groups saw slight drops in their rankings, with SEVENTEEN falling one spot from their 2023 position and Stray Kids slipping from No. 3. This year&#x27;s artist chart featured fewer K-pop acts in the top 10, with only two groups making the cut compared to four last year.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/2/22/4-k-pop-acts-among-best-selling-artists-in-2023-ifpi-1209"><strong>READ: 4 K-pop acts among best-selling artists in 2023: industry group</strong></a></div><p>Taylor Swift was named the global recording artist of 2024, earning the title for a record-breaking fifth time and the third consecutive year. </p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739924881872IFPI ARTISTS.png" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website</em></span></span></span>In what the IFPI described as &quot;a record-breaking year across the board&quot; for Swift, 2024 also saw American pop superstar top four other IFPI charts — the  Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart — with her album <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/19/time-to-stream-taylor-swift-releases-the-tortured-poets-department-1023"><strong>&quot;The Tortured Poets Department.&quot;</strong></a></div><p>Other artists in the Global Recording Artist Chart include Drake (at No. 2), Billie Eilish (No. 4), Zach Bryan (No. 6), The Weeknd (No. 7), Eminem (No. 8), Kendrick Lamar (No. 9) and Sabrina Carpenter (No. 10).</p><p>The artist chart is measured by the &quot;consumption of an artist&#x27;s entire catalogue across all formats, including physical album sales, downloads and streaming across both free and paid platforms.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>ALBUM SALES</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Meanwhile, K-pop records ruled the IFPI&#x27;s Global Album Sales Chart of 2024, which is based on the &quot;sales of physical albums and full album downloads, and is calculated based on the number of units sold.&quot;</p><p>While Swift&#x27;s &quot;The Tortured Poets Department&quot; topped the chart, K-pop albums took nine of the top 10 spots, with ENHYPEN&#x27;s &quot;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/7/11/enhypen-explores-love-in-2nd-album-romance-untold-2009"><strong>Romance: Untold</strong></a>&quot; landing at No. 2.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739924922535IFPI ALBUM SALES.png" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website</em></span></span></span>SEVENTEEN&#x27;s &quot;Spill the Feels&quot; and compilation album &quot;17 is Right Here&quot; ranked third and fourth, respectively, while Stray Kids&#x27; &quot;Ate&quot; and &quot;Hop&quot; secured the fifth and sixth spots.</div><p>Girl groups IVE and aespa also secured spots in the top 10, with &quot;IVE Switch&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/27/k-pop-group-aespa-returns-with-1st-album-armageddon-1601"><strong>Armageddon</strong></a>&quot; ranking seventh and ninth, respectively. Meanwhile, boy bands NCT and Tomorrow X Together claimed the eighth and tenth spots with &quot;Dream( )scape&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/1/tomorrow-x-together-s-minisode-3-tomorrow-offers-nostalgic-trip-1517"><strong>Minisode 3: Tomorrow</strong></a>.&quot;</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739924943697IFPI ALBUMS.png" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website</em></span></span></span>Only four K-pop albums entered the Global Album Chart, which is ranked by &quot;consumption of an album across all formats, including physical album sales, downloads and streaming.&quot; These include ENHYPEN&#x27;s &quot;Romance: Untold&quot; (No. 4), SEVENTEEN&#x27;s &quot;Spill the Feels&quot; (No. 6) and &quot;17 is Right Here (No. 7),&quot; and Stray Kids&#x27; &quot;Ate&quot; (No. 10).</div><p>Eilish&#x27;s &quot;Hit Me Hard and Soft&quot; ranked second on the album chart, followed by Carpenter&#x27;s &quot;Short N&#x27; Sweet.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j64oxZqmMVg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>K-pop boy bands SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids were among the biggest-selling recording artists of 2024, based on a ranking released late Tuesday by an industry body.</p>

K-pop boy bands SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids were among the biggest-selling recording artists of 2024, based on a ranking released late Tuesday by an industry body.

K-pop groups SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids rank in IFPI's global recording artist chart

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K-pop groups SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids rank in IFPI's global recording artist chart

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published February 19, 2025 09:11 AM PHT

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