
The below rankings are based on sales of movie, music, TV and book releases on YesAsia.com from January 1 to June 30, 2022. Sales of all editions and versions of the same title are summed up to determine the total sales and ranking of each title.
Hong Kong super group
MIRROR effortlessly tops the chart with overwhelming sales of their
One & All Live 2021 concert Blu-ray, the overall #1 best-selling release at YesAsia in the first half of 2022. Besides MIRROR, the top ten in Chinese music is dominated by Cantopop artists including perennial favorites
Jacky Cheung and
Sammi Cheng.
RubberBand and
Terence Lam break into the top ten for the first time, while
Alfred Hui,
C AllStar and
Joyce Cheng secure positions with their latest albums. The original soundtrack of TVB teen series
Forever Young At Heart comes in third.
Stray Kids, our best-selling K-pop male artist last year, again lead the chart with their sixth mini-album.
Dreamcatcher follows in second place with their second album. SM Entertainment artists – including
Onew,
Red Velvet,
Tae Yeon and
NCT Dream – claim four spots in the top ten, alongside
TXT,
(G)I-DLE and
Monsta X. Rookie girl group
IVE breaks into the top ten bestseller list less than a year after debut.
K-pop idol groups occupy six spots in the top ten Japan music bestsellers.
Red Velvet,
Stray Kids,
ATEEZ and
Twice rank in the top four with their latest Japanese albums, and
ITZY swiftly breaks in at #5 with their first Japan single. The one and only
Utada Hikaru is the only solo artist in the top ten with her long-awaited eighth album, while Johnny's group
Snow Man is the only act with two entries. Despite being on hiatus,
Arashi's presence continues to be felt with their concert release rounding out the list.
The power of Hong Kong's biggest boy band extends to the silver screen with comedy
Showbiz Spy starring MIRROR member
Anson Lo shooting to the top of our movie bestsellers. Even war action epic
The Battle at Lake Changjin – China's biggest film of all time directed by the trifecta of
Tsui Hark,
Chen Kaige and
Dante Lam – has to settle for second. Director
Benny Chan's final film, the action blockbuster
Raging Fire starring
Donnie Yen and
Nicholas Tse, rises to third place. A variety of other Hong Kong films made the top ten, including documentary
Kungfu Stuntmen, dramas
Time and
Drifting, and COVID-era comedy
All U Need is Love. Marvel film
Eternals, Oscar winner
Drive My Car and Taiwan coming-of-age queer drama
Your Name Engraved Herein claim the fifth to seventh spots.
Continuing the trend of previous years, BL dramas dominate the TV bestsellers chart, with hit Thai campus romance
Bad Buddy starring
Ohm and
Nanon leading the way. Taiwan BL series
We Best Love, which was last year's #2 seller, keeps its position, and the
HIStory series also retains three spots in the top ten. Japan BL romance
My Beautiful Man starring
Hagiwara Riku and
Yagi Yusei comes in third. The other new entries in the top ten are Chinese period BL adaptation
Word of Honor and Thai BL college romcom
Don't Say No.
Last year's best-selling writer
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu continues to top the Chinese books chart with her
Mo Dao Zu Shi and
Heaven Official's Blessing BL xianxia novel series. Top-selling Hong Kong author
Yi Shu also has two novels in the top ten. Photobooks and idol-related books are popular, including official books from dramas
Forever Young at Heart and
We Best Love, the latest male model photobook by Taiwan photographer
Timothy, and a self-help book by a Keung To fan.
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Published July 7, 2022
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