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".
Vibe (Korean: 바이브) is a South Korean R&B group consisting of singers Yoon Min-soo and Ryu Jae-hyun. They debuted in 2002 as a trio with rapper Yoo Sung-gyu, who left the group after the release of their second album. Vibe has released eight studio albums, and numerous hit songs including "Love Me Once Again", "Long Long Time", "While Looking at the Picture", "That Man, That Woman", “Drinking,” and "Come Back to Me".
So Cool is the debut studio album by South Korean girl group Sistar. It was released on August 9, 2011, by Starship Entertainment. The song of the same name was released as the title track. The album consists of 12 songs, 5 new songs and a special version of the song "Ma Boy", released by the sub-unit Sistar19. The album was also released worldwide through iTunes.
Alone is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group Sistar. It was released on April 12, 2012 by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. A song of the same name was released as a title track with an accompanying music video.
The discography of South Korean solo-artist Juniel consists of one studio album, six extended plays, ten singles, and ten music videos.
The discography of the South Korean boy group Teen Top consists of two studio albums, one compilation album, ten extended plays, three single albums, twenty-one singles. The group have been in the Korean music business since July 2010, debuting with their single, "Clap".
Action is the first mini-album by South Korean boy group NU'EST. It was released on July 11, 2012, by Pledis Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment.
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Love is the second full-length studio album by South Korean girl group Girl's Day. It was released by Dream Tea Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment on July 7, 2015. It consists of fourteen songs, including the title track "Ring My Bell", used to promote the album on several music programs, including Music Bank and Inkigayo. A music video for the title track was also released on July 7.
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo is a South Korean television series based on the Chinese novel Bu Bu Jing Xin. It aired from August 29 to November 1, 2016, on SBS, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST), for 20 episodes.
Kwon Hyuk-woo, better known by his stage name Loco, is a South Korean rapper signed to hip hop label AOMG. His name "loco" means "crazy" in Spanish. He won the first season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money in 2012.
The discography of South Korean singer Lee Hi consists of four studio albums, one extended play, and nine singles.
Love in the Moonlight is a South Korean television series starring Park Bo-gum, Kim Yoo-jung, Jung Jin-young, Chae Soo-bin, and Kwak Dong-yeon. It is a coming-of-age story and youth romance set during 19th-century Joseon Dynasty based on the web novel Moonlight Drawn by Clouds which was first serialized on Naver in 2013 and consequently published as a five-part series of books in 2015. It aired on KBS2 at 22:00 (KST) every Monday and Tuesday for 18 episodes from August 22, 2016, until October 18, 2016.
Another Miss Oh is a South Korean television series starring Eric Mun, Seo Hyun-jin, Jeon Hye-bin. It replaced Pied Piper and broadcast on cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) time slot for 18 episodes from May 2 to June 28, 2016.
GD X Taeyang is a South Korean duo from YG Entertainment, consisting of G-Dragon and Taeyang from Big Bang. After several years of appearing on each other's solo materials, the duo officially released the single "Good Boy" in 2014, which went on to top Billboard's World Digital Songs chart and sold over a million digital units in South Korea.
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