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 major South Korean distributors such as Kakao M, Genie Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Stone Music Entertainment. [2] [3]
| Month | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | You Made My Dawn | Seventeen | 404,783 | [56] |
| February | Take.2 We Are Here | Monsta X | 174,371 | [57] |
| March | The Dream Chapter: Star | TXT | 145,098 | [58] |
| April | Map of the Soul: Persona | BTS | 3,229,032 | [59] |
| May | Spinning Top | Got7 | 252,826 | [60] |
| June | BTS World: Original Soundtrack | BTS | 498,455 | [61] |
| July | City Lights | Baekhyun | 508,321 | [62] |
| August | Emergency: Quantum Leap | X1 | 405,102 | [63] |
| September | An Ode | Seventeen | 796,134 | [64] |
| October | Time_Slip | Super Junior | 365,751 | [65] |
| November | Obsession | Exo | 563,805 | [66] |
| December | 202,489 | [67] |