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.
The discography of South Korean musician BoA consists of twenty-one studio albums, eight compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs) and numerous singles. BoA debuted as a musician through South Korean talent agency SM Entertainment at the age of 13 with the album ID; Peace B (2000), followed by her debut in Japan with Avex Trax in 2001.
South Korea-based girl group Girls' Generation have released nine 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.
South Korean singer-songwriter IU has released five studio albums, ten extended plays (EPs), 47 singles, five single albums, two remake albums and two compilation albums. In addition, the singer has collaborations and soundtracks for television series, films, and online games.
The discography of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo consists of seven 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-one 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 consists of six members. The group's first major release, the EP Born to Beat, was released on March 21, 2012.
South Korean boy band BTS have released nine studio albums, six 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 in 2018 alone. By April 2020, the group had sold over 20 million physical albums in South Korea in less than seven years, and became the best-selling Korean act of all time. As of November 2021, they have sold over 32.7 million albums domestically.
Got7, a K-pop boy group based in South Korea, have released five studio albums, fifteen 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 discography of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet consists of three studio albums, thirteen extended plays, one reissue album, one compilation album, twenty five singles, one promotional single and four soundtrack appearances.
Up10tion is a South Korean boy band formed by TOP Media in 2015. The group consists of ten members: Jinhoo, Kuhn, Kogyeol, Lee Jin-hyuk, Bitto, Kim Woo-seok, Sunyoul, Gyujin, Hwanhee and Xiao. The group debuted with their first extended play Top Secret. In 2017, they made their Japanese debut with EP ID.
The discography of the South Korean boy group NCT consists of ten studio albums, five reissues, two live albums, fourteen extended plays, two single albums, and thirty-nine singles. The multi-national and unlimited boy group was formed and managed by the Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment in 2016. This page compiles the discography of NCT as a whole group, as well as including all releases from four current NCT sub-units: NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV and NCT U.
South Korean girl group Blackpink have released two studio albums, three extended plays, four single albums, and four live albums in total.
South Korea-based boy group Ateez have released three studio albums, nine extended plays, and twelve singles.