List of Billboard China V Chart top 10 albums of 2017

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The following is a list of the best-selling albums of 2017 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 will be 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.
  1. If a single album is divided into multiple editions, the sales will be counted separately. [4]

Top 10 albums of 2017

Mainland (Domestic)Imported
RankAlbumArtist(s)ReferenceRankAlbumArtist(s)Reference
1 Lay 02 Sheep Zhang Yixing (Lay) [5] 11X1=1(TO BE ONE) WANNA ONE [6]
2The Crossing Joker Xue 2 Lose Control [fn 1] Zhang Yixing (Lay)
3December (W Edition) [fn 2] Wang Qing 3Flight Log: Arrival GOT7
4December (Q Edition) [fn 2] Wang Qing 4You Will Never Walk Alone BTS
5Reloaded [fn 3] Luhan 5VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.) EXO
6New WorldSWIN-S6My Voice (Vol. 1) Taeyeon
7TransformOwodog7THE WAR Vol.4 (KR VER.) EXO
8N/AN/A8NCT #127 Cherry Bomb NCT
9N/AN/A9THE WAR Vol.4 (CHN VER.) EXO
10I. Feminism Ivy 10Flight Long Turbulence [fn 4] GOT7

Annual sales percentage

Mainland (Domestic) albums

RankAlbumArtistPercentage of mainland albums
1 Lay 02 Sheep Zhang Yixing (Lay) 70.39%
2The Crossing Joker Xue 17.19%
3December (W Edition) Wang Qing 4.07%
4December (Q Edition) Wang Qing 4.0%
5Reloaded Luhan 1.88%

Imported albums

RankAlbumArtistPercentage of imported albums
11X1=1(TO BE ONE) WANNA ONE 13.29%
2 Lose Control Zhang Yixing (Lay) 12.14%
3Flight Log: Arrival GOT7 7.81%
4You Will Never Walk Alone BTS 5.69%
5VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.) EXO 4.52%

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Footnote

  1. Album released outside of China although it is a Chinese language album by a Chinese artist; album released in 2016
  2. 1 2 Album released in 2016
  3. The only album released in 2015
  4. Album released in 2016