
The below rankings are based on sales of movie, music and TV releases on YesAsia.com from January 1 to June 30, 2014. Sales of all editions and versions of the same title are summed up to determine the total sales and ranking of each title.
EXO continues to dominate the C-pop charts in the first half of 2014, filling a whopping four spots in the top ten bestsellers list with their latest album
Overdose leading the pack. Coming in at number two is EXO's senior labelmate
Super Junior M with
Swing. Canto-pop veterans also have a strong showing with Sandy Lam's album
Re: Workz slotting right after the SM youngsters, followed by fellow diva
Sammi Cheng. Longtime mainstays
Alan Tam,
Hacken Lee,
Priscilla Chan and
Denise Ho round out the top ten.
Super Junior once again shows their appeal as
Dong Hae and
Eun Hyuk's Japanese album
Ride Me – the only Super Junior-related Japanese CD release this year so far – topped our J-pop bestseller list for the first half of 2014. However,
Arashi is the overall winner, occupying four out of ten spots on the chart. Like last year, the girls' side is represented by
AKB48 and
T-ara, with
Girls' Generation joining in at eighth place.
EXO picked up where they left off last year with their album
Overdose narrowly edging out
Girls' Generation's
Mr. Mr. for first place.
EXO's First Box is also the only video release to make the K-pop bestsellers shortlist.
B.A.P,
2NE1,
TVXQ and
CNBLUE are still top-selling favorites, but there are some hot new contenders leaping into the big leagues –
GOT7 grabbed third place with their debut album, and
BTS and
Topp Dogg have broken into the top ten.
Chinese crime actioners and costume epics remain the top draw for movie fans, with the two storms –
White Storm and
Firestorm – leading the way. Action superstar
Donnie Yen still rules with two movies in the top ten, but it's
Juno Mak's throwback horror
Rigor Mortis that stands out for ranking high despite having no big names in the cast. Last year's top seller,
Wong Kar Wai's
The Grandmaster, also hangs strong in fifth place.
Kim Soo Hyun spy actioner
Secretly, Greatly and big-budget animation
Space Pirate Captain Harlock round out the list as the top-selling Korean and Japanese titles.
As expected, K-Drama sensation
You Who Came From the Stars tops television bestsellers by a mile. The popularity of
Kim Soo Hyun also bolstered his 2012 period series
The Moon That Embraces the Sun back onto the charts. Other talked-about Korean dramas like
The Heirs and
Master's Sun occupy the remaining top seven spots, while
William Feng and
Ariel Lin's hit period idol drama
Lanling Wang checks in at eighth as the top-selling Chinese series.
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Published July 4, 2014
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