These were the 10 bestselling singles in South Korea in the month of May.
... [+]The Gaon Download chart ranks the bestselling individual songs in South Korea every week, and it also has a monthly component. Looking at the 10 bestselling tracks in the Asian nation in the month of May, it’s clear that new releases triumphed, as eight spaces feature tunes that arrived in the month of May, including the entirety of the top seven.
Somewhat surprisingly, though they may be perhaps the most successful group on the planet right now, BTS don’t come in at No. 1 on the monthly ranking. The septet’s new single “Butter” starts out as the second-bestselling track in May, though that is due in part to the fact it was released on May 21, which means it only had a little more than one week in which to rack up sales.
BTS are beaten on this chart by NCT Dream, whose latest smash “Hot Sauce” immediately arrives at No. 1. The song fronts their debut album of the same name, which sold just under two million copies in the month of May, making it the bestseller on that monthly ranking by more than a million units. Another K-pop boy band, the appropriately-named THE BOYZ, sees their new single “Kingdom Come” open as the third-bestselling track in South Korea in the month of May, even though it was released just before June began. The tune was created for the TV show
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