List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2010

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Super Junior's Bonamana was Gaon's best selling album of 2010.

The Gaon Album Chart is a record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Gaon Music Chart which launched in February 2010. [2] The data for the chart is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Music Content Industry Association based on weekly and monthly physical albums and digital sales by six major distributors: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media. [3]

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In 2010, there were 40 number one albums on the weekly chart. 2PM, and Girls' Generation topped the weekly chart with three different albums each, more than any other act. On the monthly chart, Girls' Generation was the only act with three number ones, topping the chart with three different albums. Overall, Super Junior's Bonamana was Gaon's best selling album of 2010, selling 200,193 copies. [1]

Weekly chart

2PM (pictured), and Girls' Generation both had three number one albums in the weekly chart. 2 PM Korean band.jpg
2PM (pictured), and Girls' Generation both had three number one albums in the weekly chart.
Key
Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2010 [1] [4]
WeekAlbumArtistRef.
December 26, 2009 [lower-alpha 1] 1:59PM 2PM [5]
January 2 [6]
January 9 [7]
January 16 Bluetory CNBLUE [8]
January 23 [9]
January 30 Oh! Girls' Generation [10]
February 6 [11]
February 13 [12]
February 20 Lupin Kara [13]
February 27Im Chang-jung Best
(Korean : 임창정 베스트)
Im Chang-jung [14]
March 6 Best Selection 2010 TVXQ [15]
March 13 Epilogue Epik High [16]
March 20 I Was Wrong 2AM [17]
March 27 Run Devil Run Girls' Generation [18]
April 3 Shine a Light G-Dragon [19]
April 10 Back to the Basic Rain [20]
April 17 Brilliant Legacy OSTVarious Artists [21]
April 24 Don't Stop Can't Stop 2PM [22]
May 1 Iris OST (Japanese release)Various Artists [23]
May 8Lee Seung Chul 25th Anniversary
(Korean : 이승철 25주년 기념 앨범)
Lee Seung-chul [24]
May 15 Bonamana Super Junior [25]
[26]
May 22 [27]
[28]
May 29Dreamizer Lee Seung-hwan [29]
[30]
June 5 Destination SS501 [31]
[32]
June 12 [33]
June 19 [34]
June 262010 Big Show BigBang [35]
July 3 Bonamana (repackage) Super Junior [36]
July 10 Solar Taeyang [37]
July 17 Count On Me Jay Park [38]
July 24 Lucifer Shinee [39]
July 31 [40]
August 7 Hurricane Venus BoA [41]
August 14 [42]
August 21Time to Shine Supernova [43]
August 28 Solar (International Release) Taeyang [44]
September 4RealSlow is Back Wheesung [45]
September 11 To Anyone 2NE1 [46]
September 18 Sungkyunkwan Scandal OSTVarious Artists [47]
September 25 Rebirth SS501 [48]
October 2 Sungkyunkwan Scandal OSTVarious Artists [49]
October 9 Hello Shinee [50]
October 16 Still 2:00PM 2PM [51]
October 23 The Beginning JYJ [52]
October 30 Hoot Girls' Generation [53]
November 6 [54]
November 13 Lights Go On Again Beast [55]
November 20 Jumping Kara [56]
November 27 The Beginning (New Limited Edition) JYJ [57]
December 4Miss You
(Korean : 너무 그리워)
SM the Ballad [58]
December 11Brown Eyed Soul Brown Eyed Soul [59]
December 18Gift Pt. 2 Park Hyo-shin [60]

Monthly chart

Girls' Generation (pictured) topped the monthly charts four times with three different albums. SNSD 2.jpg
Girls' Generation (pictured) topped the monthly charts four times with three different albums.
Key
Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2010 [1] [4]
MonthAlbumArtistRef.
January Oh! Girls' Generation [61]
February [62]
March Run Devil Run [63]
April Back to the Basic Rain [64]
May Bonamana Super Junior [65]
June Bonamana (Repackage) [66]
July Lucifer SHINee [67]
August Hurricane Venus BoA [68]
September To Anyone 2NE1 [69]
October Hoot Girls' Generation [70]
November The Beginning JYJ [71]
December GD & TOP GD & TOP [72]

Notes

  1. This week was counted as the first week of 2010 by Gaon Music Chart. [5]

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