The Circle Album Chart, known as the Gaon Album Chart until its July 2022 rebranding, is a South Korean record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Circle Chart, which launched in February 2010. [1] The data is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association based upon weekly/monthly physical album sales by six major South Korean distributors: Kakao Entertainment, SM Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Stone Music Entertainment. [2]
Following the announcement of the data for week 27 and the monthly chart of June, [3] the Gaon Album Chart was rebranded to the Circle Album Chart in line with Gaon's rebranding to Circle. [4] It was also announced that album sales would be published on the chart each week. [5]
Week ending date | Album | Artist | Weekly sales | Ref. |
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January 1 | Universe | NCT | Not disclosed | [6] |
January 8 | First Impact | Kep1er | [7] | |
January 15 | Dimension: Answer | Enhypen | [8] | |
January 22 | 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express | SM Town | [9] | |
January 29 | In:vite U | Pentagon | [10] | |
February 5 | Crazy in Love | Itzy | [11] | |
February 12 | Pilmography | Wonpil | [12] | |
February 19 | The Second Step: Chapter One | Treasure | [13] | |
February 26 | Young-Luv.com | STAYC | [14] | |
March 5 | The Road: Winter for Spring | Super Junior | [15] | |
March 12 | Ad Mare | Nmixx | [16] | |
March 19 | Oddinary | Stray Kids | [17] | |
March 26 | Liberty: In Our Cosmos | Cravity | [18] | |
April 2 | Glitch Mode | NCT Dream | [19] | |
April 9 | Love Dive | Ive | [20] | |
April 16 | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm | Red Velvet | [21] | |
April 23 | Glitch Mode | NCT Dream | [22] | |
April 30 | Shape of Love | Monsta X | [23] | |
May 7 | Im Hero | Lim Young-woong | [24] | |
May 14 | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Tomorrow X Together | [25] | |
May 21 | Drive to the Starry Road | Astro | [26] | |
May 28 | Face the Sun | Seventeen | [27] | |
June 4 | Beatbox | NCT Dream | [28] | |
June 11 | Proof | BTS | [29] | |
June 18 | [30] | |||
June 25 | Im Nayeon | Nayeon | [31] | |
July 2 | From Our Memento Box | Fromis 9 | 138,182 | [32] |
July 9 | Girls | Aespa | 1,426,487 | [33] |
July 16 | Checkmate | Itzy | 700,000 | [34] |
July 23 | Sector 17 | Seventeen | 1,316,712 | [35] |
July 30 | The World EP.1: Movement | Ateez | 810,232 | [36] |
August 6 | 164,757 | [37] | ||
August 13 | New Jeans | NewJeans | 335,588 | [38] |
August 20 | Be Aware | The Boyz | 439,600 | [39] |
August 27 | After Like | Ive | 1,081,201 | [40] |
September 3 | Gasoline | Key | 81,461 | [41] |
September 10 | Malus | Oneus | 157,314 | [42] |
September 17 | Born Pink | Blackpink | 2,141,281 | [43] |
September 24 | Entwurf | Nmixx | 483,736 | [44] |
October 1 | New Wave | Cravity | 183,792 | [45] |
October 8 | Maxident | Stray Kids | 1,602,930 | [46] |
October 15 | 736,394 | [47] | ||
October 22 | I Love | (G)I-dle | 637,090 | [48] |
October 29 | The Astronaut | Jin | 508,662 | [49] |
November 5 | Maxident | Stray Kids | 389,507 | [50] |
November 12 | The Astronaut | Jin | 224,390 | [51] |
November 19 | Last Scene | Chen | 85,171 | [52] |
November 26 | On and On | Tempest | 86,392 | [53] |
December 3 | Cheshire | Itzy | 779,525 | [54] |
December 10 | Proof | BTS | 163,723 | [55] |
December 17 | The Road: Celebration | Super Junior | 147,253 | [56] |
December 24 | Candy | NCT Dream | 1,341,794 | [57] |
December 31 | Spin Off: From the Witness | Ateez | 252,291 | [58] |
Month | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | Dimension: Answer | Enhypen | 723,478 | [59] |
February | The Second Step: Chapter One | Treasure | 617,748 | [60] |
March | Glitch Mode | NCT Dream | 1,646,949 | [61] |
April | Love Dive | Ive | 544,339 | [62] |
May | Face the Sun | Seventeen | 2,239,351 | [63] |
June | Proof | BTS | 2,957,410 | [64] |
July | Girls | Aespa | 1,645,255 | [65] |
August | After Like | Ive | 1,110,177 | [66] |
September | Born Pink | Blackpink | 2,457,206 | [67] |
October | Maxident | Stray Kids | 2,748,722 | [68] |
November | Cheshire | Itzy | 779,455 | [69] |
December | Candy | NCT Dream | 1,395,187 | [70] |
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