>>127656821
album sales are just part of the revenue alongside tickets, merch, ad contracts and whatever, idk how accurate these numbers are but
>According to Billboard, the Korean music industry grossed nearly US$3.4 billion in the first half of 2012—a 27.8% increase on the previous year—and was recognized by Time magazine as "South Korea's Greatest Export."[109][110] In 2017, it was estimated that the K-pop music industry had a revenue of US$5 billion.[111]
>By 2019, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) listed South Korea as the 6th largest music market in the world,[112] with BTS alone accounting for $4.65 billion, or 0.3%, of South Korea's GDP.[113]
