List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2016

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BTS' album Wings was 2016 Gaon Album Chart best selling album of the year, breaking Gaon Music Chart's record since the chart's inception in 2010. 161116 BTS at the Asia Artist Awards.png
BTS' album Wings was 2016 Gaon Album Chart best selling album of the year, breaking Gaon Music Chart's record since the chart’s inception in 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. [3] 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. [4]

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Overall, BTS' album Wings was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2016, selling 751,301 copies. [1] With Wings , BTS had the highest-selling album ever recorded on Gaon Music Chart since the chart's inception in 2010. [2]

Weekly charts

WeekAlbumArtistRef.
January 2 Sing for You (Korean Version) Exo [5]
January 9 The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2 BTS [6]
January 16 Dream Suzy, Baekhyun [7]
January 23Red Point Teen Top [8]
January 30 The Little Prince Kim Ryeowook [9]
February 6 Exit : E Winner [10]
February 13 No.X Jaejoong [11]
February 20 [12]
February 27 Press It Taemin [13]
March 5 [14]
March 12 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1 BTS [15]
March 19 The Velvet Red Velvet [16]
March 26 Flight Log: Departure Got7 [17]
April 2 Remember That BtoB [18]
April 9 Blueming CNBLUE [19]
April 16 Blooming Period Block B [20]
April 23 Zelos VIXX [21]
April 30 Love&Letter Seventeen [22]
May 7 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever BTS [23]
May 14 [24]
May 21 With Love, J Jessica [25]
May 28 She Is Jonghyun [26]
June 4 Xignature Xia [27]
June 11 With Love, J Jessica [28]
June 18 Ex'Act (Korean Version) Exo [29]
June 25 [30]
July 2 Why Taeyeon [31]
July 9 Highlight Beast [32]
July 16 Love & Letter Repackage Seventeen [33]
July 23 Where's the Truth? F.T. Island [34]
July 30 NCT #127 NCT 127 [35]
August 6 Listen to My Word Oh My Girl [36]
August 13 Hades VIXX [37]
August 20 Lotto (Korean Version) Exo [38]
August 27 Hades VIXX [39]
September 3Summer go! UP10TION [40]
September 10 Russian Roulette Red Velvet [41]
September 17 Gentlemen's Game 2PM [42]
September 24 Infinite Only Infinite [43]
October 1 Flight Log: Turbulence Got7 [44]
October 8 1 of 1 Shinee [45]
October 15 Wings [1] BTS [46]
October 22 [47]
October 29 Twicecoaster: Lane 1 Twice [48]
November 5 Hey Mama! Exo-CBX [49]
November 12 Lose Control Lay [50]
November 19 1 and 1 Shinee [51]
November 26Burst UP10TION [52]
December 3 Good Timing B1A4 [53]
December 10Going Seventeen Seventeen [54]
December 17 Wonderland Jessica [55]
December 24 For Life Exo [56]
December 31 Twicecoaster: Lane 1 Twice [57]

Monthly charts

MonthAlbumArtistSalesRef.
JanuaryRed Point Teen Top 78,098 [58]
February No.X Jaejoong 84,868 [59]
March Flight Log: Departure Got7 99,977 [60]
April Love&Letter Seventeen 132,402 [61]
May The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever BTS 310,243 [62]
June Ex'Act (Korean Version) Exo 524,823 [63]
July Love & Letter Repackage Seventeen 89,311 [64]
August Lotto (korean ver) Exo 223,953 [65]
September Infinite Only Infinite 109,751 [66]
October Wings [1] BTS 681,924 [67]
November Lose Control Lay 129,140 [68]
December For Life Exo 438,481 [69]

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