Gaon Chart reveals that EXO, Big Bang, and B2ST are the three leading boy groups in terms of 2014 sales
December 30, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
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After having declared Girls' Generation, 2NE1, and A Pink as the queens of 2014, Gaon Chart has decided to list the kings by seeing which boy groups have come out on top in terms of 2014 sales.
To assess the data, Gaon Chart has organized three different charts: the first compares boy groups' digital song sales, the second compares album sales, and the third compares overall sales.
SEE ALSO: Gaon Chart reveals that Girls' Generation, 2NE1, and A Pink are the three leading girl groups in terms of sales
Digital Song Sales
According to Gaon's data, Big Bang impressively takes first place in terms of digital song sales. Although Big Bang had no group activities or releases this past year, Taeyang's solo album 'RISE' sales as well as his collaboration with G-Dragon "Good Boy" were more than enough to secure the Big Bang members the title as kings of digital sales.
Second place belongs to B2ST with their highly successful 'Time' album. Rookie group WINNER impresses in third place after successfully debuting with "Empty" off their '2014 S/S' album.
The rest of the rankings goes as follows:
1. Big Bang
2. B2ST
3. WINNER
4. g.o.d
5. EXO
6. Fly to the Sky
7. MC the Max
8. Block B
9. INFINITE
10. Super Junior
11. B1A4
12. VIXX
13. CNBLUE
14. TVXQ
15. JYJ
16. SHINee
17. GOT7
18. BTS
19. B.A.P
20. TEEN TOP
21. BTOB
22. 2PM
23. 2AM
24. Buzz
25. MBLAQ
26. ZE:A
27. Boyfriend
28. 100%
29. C-CLOWN
30. M.I.B
Album Sales
In terms of physical album sales, the EXO members stand at a towering height compared to their competitors with a whopping 1.05 million sales for their 'Overdose' album--including both EXO-K and EXO-M versions.
As for their fellow labelmate Super Junior, the sunbae group prove their power over physical album sales once again by coming in second place with 560,000 sales for their 'Mamacita' album. INFINITE follows in third place.
The rest of the rankings goes as follows:
1. EXO
2. Super Junior
3. INFINITE
4. TVXQ
5. B1A4
6. BTS
7. VIXX
8. B2ST
9. GOT7
10. JYJ
11. B.A.P
12. SHINee
13. CNBLUE
14. Block B
15. Big Bang
16. TEEN TOP
17. 2PM
18. BTOB
19. WINNER
20. g.o.d
21. Boyfriend
22. MBLAQ
23. Topp Dogg
24. Fly to the Sky
25. 100%
26. F.T. Island
27. ZE:A
28. MC the Max
29. NU'EST
30. HALO
Overall Sales
The above chart was calculated using a point system involving a 50:50 ratio of digital songs to album sales. According to Gaon's calculations, EXO takes first place in terms of overall sales with 86.1 points. As Girls' Generation had won the overall sales chart for girl groups with 75.4 points, Gaon declares EXO as number one among all K-Pop groups--for both boys and girls.
Second place goes to Big Bang, showing the immense strength of the members' solo and collaboration activities; third place goes to B2ST.
The rest of the rankings goes as follows:
1. EXO
2. Big Bang
3. B2ST
4. Super Junior
5. WINNER
6. g.o.d
7. INFINITE
8. Block B
9. Fly to the Sky
10. MC the Max
11. B1A4
12. TVXQ
13. VIXX
14. BTS
15. CNBLUE
16. JYJ
17. GOT7
18. SHINee
19. B.A.P
20. TEEN TOP
21. 2PM
22. BTOB
23. 2AM
24. Buzz
25. Boyfriend
26. MBLAQ
27. ZE:A
28. 100%
29. Topp Dogg
30. F.T. Island
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