Best selling albums of 2025 worldwide by pure sales Taylor Swift leads with 6.05M as K-pop dominates

The global music market in 2025 is clearly led by one name. Taylor Swift tops the worldwide pure sales chart with 6.05M copies sold. The data released by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry shows strong dominance from K pop acts across the Top 20.

Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl sells 6.05M

Taylor Swift claims the number 1 spot with The Life of a Showgirl at 6.05M pure sales. The gap between her and the second position is massive.

At number 2 is Stray Kids with KARMA selling 3.49M copies.

Number 3 goes to SEVENTEEN with HAPPY BURSTDAY at 2.63M.

ENHYPEN ranks 4 with DESIRE : UNLEASH selling 2.13M.

Snow Man takes 5 with THE BEST 2020 – 2025 at 1.67M.

The numbers show Taylor Swift selling nearly double the second biggest album of the year.

K pop and Asian acts dominate Top 20 pure sales

TOMORROW X TOGETHER ranks 6 with 1.62M for The Star Chapter: TOGETHER.

ZEROBASEONE appears twice. NEVER SAY NEVER at 1.52M ranks 7. BLUE PARADISE at 1.33M ranks 12.

Hua Chen Yu secures 8 with Liang Bian Lin Jie Dian at 1.49M.

IVE places 9 with IVE EMPATHY at 1.49M and 20 with IVE SECRET at 1.07M.

G-Dragon ranks 10 with Superman at 1.37M.

NCT WISH appears twice with COLOR at 1.36M and poppop at 1.13M.

&TEAM sells 1.30M with Back to Life.

RIIZE reaches 1.17M with ODYSSEY.

aespa posts 1.13M with Rich Man.

BOYNEXTDOOR records 1.12M with No Genre.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE closes in at 1.11M with 10.

The 2025 IFPI pure sales chart highlights one clear trend. Physical and direct album sales remain strongest in Asian markets. K pop and Japanese acts dominate the Top 20. Yet Taylor Swift stands alone at the top with a commanding 6.05M global sales figure.