List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2018

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The Gaon Album Chart is a South Korean 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. [1] The data are 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: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media. [2]

Contents

Weekly charts

Week ending dateAlbumArtistRef.
January 6 Love Yourself 承 'Her' BTS [3]
January 13 Top Seed Infinite [4]
January 20True Colors JBJ [5]
January 27 Poet | Artist Jonghyun [6]
February 3 The Perfect Red Velvet Red Velvet [7]
February 10 Director's Cut Seventeen [8]
February 17 1X1=1 (To Be One) Wanna One [9]
February 24白 Yang Yo-seob [10]
March 310 Stories Kim Sung-kyu [11]
March 10 Yellow Flower Mamamoo [12]
March 17 Eyes on You Got7 [13]
March 24 0+1=1 (I Promise You) Wanna One [14]
March 31 New Chapter #1: The Chance of Love TVXQ [15]
April 7 Everyday Winner [16]
April 14 Blooming Days Exo-CBX [17]
April 21 Eau de VIXX VIXX [18]
April 28Be Myself Hwang Chi-yeul [19]
May 5 Time for the Moon Night GFriend [20]
May 12Seoul Night Teen Top [21]
May 19 Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' BTS [22]
May 26 [23]
June 2 The Story of Light EP.1 Shinee [24]
June 9 1÷x=1 (Undivided) Wanna One [25]
June 16 The Story of Light EP.2 Shinee [26]
June 23 Square Up Blackpink [27]
June 30Who, You NU'EST W [28]
July 7 One & Six Apink [29]
July 14 Summer Nights Twice [30]
July 21You Make My DaySeventeen [31]
July 28 The Great Seungri Seungri [32]
August 4You Make My DaySeventeen [33]
August 11 Summer Magic Red Velvet [34]
August 18'Bout You Super Junior-D&E [35]
August 25 Love Yourself 結 'Answer' BTS [36]
September 1 [37]
September 8 We Go Up NCT Dream [38]
September 15 The Story of Light: Epilogue Shinee [39]
September 22 Present: You Got7 [40]
September 29 [41]
October 6 New Kids: The Final iKon [42]
October 13 Regular-Irregular NCT 127 [43]
October 20 [44]
October 27 Take.1 Are You There? Monsta X [45]
November 3 Don't Mess Up My Tempo Exo [46]
November 10 Yes or Yes Twice [47]
November 17Hour Moment BtoB [48]
November 24 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) Wanna One [49]
December 1Wake,NNU'EST W [50]
December 8 Present: You & Me Got7 [51]
December 15 Love Shot Exo [52]
December 22Poet | ArtistJonghyun [53]
December 29Don't Mess Up My TempoExo [54]

Monthly charts

MonthAlbumArtistSalesRef.
JanuaryPoet | ArtistJonghyun151,224 [55]
FebruaryDirector's CutSeventeen176,291 [56]
March0+1=1 (I Promise You)Wanna One829,275 [57]
AprilBlooming DaysExo-CBX352,575 [58]
MayLove Yourself 轉 'Tear'BTS1,664,041 [59]
June1÷x=1 (Undivided)Wanna One639,955 [60]
JulyYou Make My DaySeventeen351,928 [61]
AugustLove Yourself 結 'Answer'BTS1,933,450 [62]
SeptemberPresent: YouGot7301,916 [63]
OctoberRegular-IrregularNCT 127273,075 [64]
NovemberDon't Mess Up My TempoExo1,195,334 [65]
DecemberLove Shot499,849 [66]

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