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]
Overall, EXO's XOXO Repackage (Korean Version) was Gaon's best selling album of 2013, selling 335,823 copies. [1]
Month | Album | Artist | Sales |
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January | I Got a Boy | Girls' Generation | 265,322 [56] |
February | Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You | Shinee | 137,444 [57] |
March | New Challenge | Infinite | 138,431 [58] |
April | Chapter 2. Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me | Shinee | 106,404 [59] |
May | Hello | Cho Yong-pil | 167,323 [60] |
June | XOXO (Korean Version) | Exo | 206,812 [61] |
July | Destiny | Infinite | 158,462 [62] |
August | XOXO Repackage (Korean Version) [1] | Exo | 186,281 [63] |
September | Coup d'Etat | G-Dragon | 198,489 [64] |
October | Everybody | Shinee | 122,284 [65] |
November | Voodoo | VIXX | 43,070 [66] |
December | Miracles in December (Korean Version) | Exo | 262,825 [67] |
As One (Korean: 애즈원) is a South Korean R&B girl group consisting of Korean-American singers Lee Min and Crystal. The group debuted in 1999 with the album Day by Day, and released five more albums before announcing their hiatus from the music industry in 2017 with the single, "Goodbye for Now".
Big Mama (Korean: 빅마마) is a South Korean female group that debuted in 2003. The group is known for focusing on its members' singing abilities rather than their looks. The group disbanded in 2012 after their last song "Cleaning My Closet". On June 10, 2021, it was announced Big Mama would be reuniting to release new music.
Dynamic Duo is a South Korean hip hop duo that consists of rappers Choiza and Gaeko. They rose to fame with their 2004 debut album, Taxi Driver, which became the best-selling Korean hip hop album ever. They are signed to Amoeba Culture, a hip hop record label that they founded in 2006.
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