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 is 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: Kakao M, SM Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Stone Music Entertainment. [2]
Month | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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January | You Made My Dawn | Seventeen | 404,783 | [55] |
February | Take.2 We Are Here | Monsta X | 174,371 | [56] |
March | The Dream Chapter: Star | TXT | 145,098 | [57] |
April | Map of the Soul: Persona | BTS | 3,229,032 | [58] |
May | Spinning Top | Got7 | 252,826 | [59] |
June | BTS World: Original Soundtrack | BTS | 498,455 | [60] |
July | City Lights | Baekhyun | 508,321 | [61] |
August | Emergency: Quantum Leap | X1 | 405,102 | [62] |
September | An Ode | Seventeen | 796,134 | [63] |
October | Time_Slip | Super Junior | 365,751 | [64] |
November | Obsession | Exo | 563,805 | [65] |
December | 202,489 | [66] |
Lee Se-jin is a South Korean singer known professionally as Lyn. She has released ten studio albums to date.
This is the discography of South Korean hip hop group Epik High.
South Korea-based girl group Girls' Generation have released ten studio albums, two live albums, four extended plays (EPs), and twenty-eight singles. As of November 2012, Girls' Generation has sold over 4.4 million albums and 30 million digital singles. The group has sold over 1.74 million albums in South Korea as of December 2014, and 3.48 million records, including over 945,000 physical singles and 1.9 million albums in Japan as of January 2017.
The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart ranking the 200 most popular singles in South Korea. It provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which is based on an aggregate of streaming, downloads and background music from major South Korean music platforms, as well as video ringback tone sales from the V Coloring app. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart.
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Korea–based on their physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly, and year-end formats with detailed album sales.
The discography of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo consists of eight studio albums, seven extended plays, four live albums and twenty-eight singles. Exo was formed by the Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment in 2011, and formerly consisted of twelve members separated into two sub-groups, Exo-K and Exo-M, releasing the same music simultaneously in both Korean and Mandarin in South Korea and China, respectively. The group's first release, the extended play Mama, was released in April 2012. The album topped Korean music charts on its release. With the release of Don't Mess Up My Tempo in November 2018, Exo became the first South Korean artist who debuted in the 21st century to sell 10 million albums cumulatively.
South Korean girl group Apink have released seven studio albums, nine extended plays, three compilation albums, one single album, and thirty-eight singles. Formed by A Cube Entertainment, they debuted on April 19, 2011, with the extended play Seven Springs of Apink.
South Korean boy group BtoB has released four studio albums, two compilation albums, fourteen extended plays, and thirty-one singles. The group was formed by Korean entertainment company Cube Entertainment in 2012, and originally consists of seven members. The group's first major release, the EP Born to Beat, was released on March 21, 2012.
South Korean boy band BTS has released nine studio albums, seven compilation albums, and six extended plays. In December 2018, BTS surpassed 10 million albums sold, setting the record for reaching that milestone in the shortest span of time among all Korean acts to have debuted since 2000, with five million of those albums being sold in South Korea that year alone. By April 2020, the group had sold over 20 million physical albums in South Korea, becoming the best-selling Korean act of all time in less than seven years. As of May 2023, they have sold over 44 million albums domestically.
The discography of the South Korean boy group Winner consists of four studio albums, four extended plays, three single albums, and twelve singles.
Got7, a K-pop boy group based in South Korea, have released five studio albums, sixteen EPs, twenty-two singles, and two box sets. Formed by JYP Entertainment in 2013, Got7 made their debut in January 2014 with the EP Got It?, which debuted at number two on the Gaon Albums Chart. The EP's lead single "Girls Girls Girls" peaked at number 21 on the Gaon Singles Chart. In October 2014, Got7 debuted in Japan with their first Japanese-language release "Around the World", peaking at number three on the Oricon's singles charts. A month later, Got7 returned to Korea to release their first full-length album Identify, and topped the albums chart.
The albums discography of South Korean girl group Twice consists of eight studio albums, thirteen extended plays, one reissue studio album, three reissue EPs, four compilation albums, one compilation EP and one remix album. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu, and was formed by JYP Entertainment in July 2015 through the survival television show Sixteen.
South Korean boy band NCT 127 have released five studio albums, four reissues, three live albums, one single album, seven extended plays, and nineteen singles. To date, NCT 127 have earned ten number-one albums and two number-one singles in South Korea.