List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2020

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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 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]

Contents

Weekly charts

Week ending dateAlbumArtistRef.
January 4 The ReVe Festival: Finale Red Velvet [3]
January 11 Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer Ateez [4]
January 18Love Song Kim Jae-joong [5]
January 25 [6]
February 1 Timeless Super Junior [7]
February 8 回:Labyrinth GFriend [8]
February 15Reveal The Boyz [9]
February 22 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS [10]
February 29 [11]
March 7 Neo Zone NCT 127 [12]
March 14 It'z Me Itzy [13]
March 21Neo ZoneNCT 127 [14]
March 28 Cyan Kang Daniel [15]
April 4 Self-Portrait Suho [16]
April 11 I Trust (G)I-dle [17]
April 18 Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are Cravity [18]
April 25 Dye Got7 [19]
May 2 Reload NCT Dream [20]
May 9 Gateway Astro [21]
May 16 The Nocturne NU'EST [22]
May 23 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT 127 [23]
May 30 Delight Baekhyun [24]
June 6 More & More Twice [25]
June 13 When We Were Us Super Junior-K.R.Y. [26]
June 20 Go Live Stray Kids [27]
June 27 Heng:garæ Seventeen [28]
July 4DelightBaekhyun [29]
July 11Heng:garæSeventeen [30]
July 18 1 Billion Views Exo-SC [31]
July 25 How You Like That Blackpink [32]
August 1 Zero: Fever Part.1 Ateez [33]
August 8 Magenta Kang Daniel [34]
August 15 The First Step: Chapter One Treasure [35]
August 22 Not Shy Itzy [36]
August 29 Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Cravity [37]
September 5 Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me Wonho [38]
September 12 Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 Taemin [39]
September 19 In Life Stray Kids [40]
September 26We Are Family Kim Ho-joong [41]
October 3Bad Liar Super Junior-D&E [42]
October 10 The Album Blackpink [43]
October 17 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT [44]
October 24 Semicolon Seventeen [45]
October 31 Super One SuperM [46]
November 7 Fatal Love Monsta X [47]
November 14 The First Step: Chapter Three Treasure [48]
November 21 Be BTS [49]
November 28 Journey Henry [50]
December 5 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 NCT [51]
December 12 One-reeler / Act IV Iz*One [52]
December 19The Classic Album I – My Favorite AriasKim Ho-joong [53]
December 26NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2NCT [54]

Monthly charts

MonthAlbumArtistSalesRef.
JanuaryTreasure Epilogue: Action to AnswerAteez128,273 [55]
FebruaryMap of the Soul: 7BTS4,114,843 [56]
MarchNeo ZoneNCT 127723,150 [57]
AprilDyeGot7339,737 [58]
MayDelightBaekhyun660,826 [59]
JuneHeng:garæSeventeen1,207,513 [60]
July1 Billion ViewsExo-SC497,325 [61]
AugustMagentaKang Daniel330,824 [62]
SeptemberWe Are FamilyKim Ho-joong441,201 [63]
OctoberNCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1NCT1,193,394 [64]
NovemberBeBTS2,655,843 [65]
DecemberNCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2NCT705,588 [66]

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