List of Billboard China V Chart top 10 albums of 2016

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The following is a list of the best selling albums of 2016 on the Billboard China V Chart. The chart ranks in two different categories, mainland albums and imported albums using data from Chinese video-sharing site YinYueTai (YYT). [1] [2] [3]

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Criteria

Chart entry criteria

There is no time limit imposed for (domestic) albums released within mainland China. For the album still sells on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall, the album is eligible to be ranked in the weekly album chart. The classification of albums into mainland and foreign albums depend on the country/location the album was released and not the language.

Structure

The chart cycle for real time chart is updated hourly while the weekly and yearly album charts are updated every month and year respectively.

The real time chart shows only ranking without the number of sales.

The weekly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the month and the number of sales for only the top5 albums.

The yearly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the year and its number of sales. The chart is published at the subsequent year on 1 January.

Loop holes

  1. Pre-order sales for a specific album will only be counted on the release date.
  2. If a single album is divided into multiple editions, the sales will be counted separately. [4]

Top 10 albums of 2016

Mainland (Domestic)Imported
RankAlbumArtist(s)ReferenceRankAlbumArtist(s)Reference
1Beginner Joker Xue [5] 1 Lose Control [fn 1] Zhang Yixing (Lay) [6]
2Adore Huang Zitao 2VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KOREAN VER.) EXO
3Whirlwind Chen Xiang 3VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (CHINESE VER.) EXO
4December (W Edition) Wang Qing 4FLIGHT LOG : TURBULENCE VOL.2 GOT7
5December (Q Edition) Wang Qing 5WINTER SPECIAL ALBUM 2016 (2CD) EXO
6Reloaded Luhan [fn 2] 6WINGSVOL.2 BTS
7The Road Huang Zitao 7VOL.3 Repackage [LOTTO] (CHINESE VER.) EXO
8$axi$aHooleeger8VOL.3 Repackage [LOTTO] (KOREAN VER.) EXO
9N/AN/A9BIGBANG MADE THE FULL ALBUM Bigbang
10JTW: Journey to The West Khalil Fong 10Young Forever (Night ver.) BTS

Annual sales percentage

Mainland (Domestic) albums

RankAlbumArtistPercentage of mainland albums
1Beginner Joker Xue 33.26%
2Adore Huang Zitao 23.23%
3Whirlwind Chen Xiang 12.74%
4December (W Edition) Wang Qing 5.98%
5December (Q Edition) Wang Qing 5.66%

Imported albums

RankAlbumArtistPercentage of imported albums
1 Lose Control Zhang Yixing (Lay) 69.71%
2VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KOREAN VER.) EXO 4.08%
3VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (CHINESE VER.) EXO 2.91%
4FLIGHT LOG : TURBULENCE VOL.2 GOT7 2.52%
5WINTER SPECIAL ALBUM 2016 (2CD) EXO 1.49%

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References

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Footnote

  1. Album first released outside of China although it is a Chinese language album by a Chinese artist
  2. Only album in the list which is released in 2015