K-pop ranked six in the top ten on the first half of the year list of best-selling albums in the United States in 2023.

Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), an American music data tracking company that provides data from the Billboard charts, released its list of best-selling albums in the first half of 2023.

TXT's "The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION" is the number one best-selling album in the United States by male artists or groups so far in 2023, and the second best-selling album after Taylor Swift's "Midnights."

Next, Stray Kids' "★★★★★" (5-STAR) came in third.

Girl group TWICE came in fourth with "READY TO BE."
BTS Suga's first official solo album "D-DAY" ranked eighth, while Jimin's solo debut album "FACE" ranked ninth.

Top 10 best-selling albums in the U.S. in the first half of 2023 include:

1. Taylor Swift – “Midnights” (607,000)
2. TXT – “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION” (399,000)
3. Stray Kids – “★★★★★ (5-STAR)” (327,000)
4. TWICE – “READY TO BE” (286,000)
5. Morgan Wallen – “One Thing at a Time” (242,000)
6. SEVENTEEN – “FML” (236,000)
7. Metallica – “72 Seasons” (215,000)
8. BTS’ Suga (Agust D) – “D-DAY” (200,000)
9. BTS’s Jimin – “FACE” (196,000)
10. Melanie Martinez – “PORTALS” (194,000)