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Map of the Soul: Persona sold 3.2M albums on Gaon in the month of April.


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I expect more spice in the title from you lol

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those are some crazy numbers

Kim Gun-mo currently has the biggest selling korean album of all time with 3.3m, persona is gonna beat that record with a mini amgplz.png
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_South_Korea

 

According to that doesn't this make Persona the most sold album in Korean history? 

 

Well, it's not just according to wiki, but according to distributors and Korean news outlet. We are lucky that NHN Bugs, Kim Gun Mo's distributor, is still around to confirm that Kim Gun Mo official shipping number is around 2.8 million.

 

 

3.3 million is an estimate based on unofficial sales, or pirated copies.

 

 

Just a bit of fun "official" vs "unofficial" albums trivia.

 

 

There was a controversy in 1997 because HOT had the most official shipped albums sold, 1.5m. However, the Golden Disc was awarded to Kim Jong Hwan who sold 1.1m. The main reasoning was because Kim Jong Hwan had sold 3 million unofficial albums, 1.1 official plus 1.9m pirated copies. He's considered the king of 'Gil Board Chart.' Given the economic condition of the time, and rampant piracy, many people accepted that unofficial copies were better indicator of consumption.

 

So there you have it, MOTS is the best selling S. Korean album.

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