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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer | Ateez | 128,273 | [55] |
February | Map of the Soul: 7 | BTS | 4,114,843 | [56] |
March | Neo Zone | NCT 127 | 723,150 | [57] |
April | Dye | Got7 | 339,737 | [58] |
May | Delight | Baekhyun | 660,826 | [59] |
June | Heng:garæ | Seventeen | 1,207,513 | [60] |
July | 1 Billion Views | Exo-SC | 497,325 | [61] |
August | Magenta | Kang Daniel | 330,824 | [62] |
September | We Are Family | Kim Ho-joong | 441,201 | [63] |
October | NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 | NCT | 1,193,394 | [64] |
November | Be | BTS | 2,655,843 | [65] |
December | NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 | NCT | 705,588 | [66] |
This is the discography of South Korean boy band, Super Junior, produced and managed by SM Entertainment. Super Junior has formed five sub-groups, which target different markets. Super Junior-T, for example, brought influence to the younger generation on trot-styled music, and Super Junior-M is credited as an influential group in the Chinese music industry.
Kim Tae-yeon, known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of the most popular K-pop groups worldwide. She has since participated in other SM Entertainment projects, including Girls' Generation-TTS, SM the Ballad, Girls' Generation-Oh!GG, and Got the Beat.
South Korean boy group Shinee, produced and managed by SM Entertainment, has been in the music business since 2008 and have released twelve studio albums, four live albums, ten video albums, six extended plays (EPs), thirty-seven singles and forty-two music videos. They have also participated in singing ten soundtracks for various Korean dramas and have been a part of the SM Town's winter vacation album 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift and the summer vacation album 2009 Summer SMTown – We Are Shining with other fellow SM artists.
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.
This is the discography of South Korean idol group B1A4. B1A4 debuted on April 23, 2011 on the weekly music show Show! Music Core aired on MBC the group currently has released nine studio albums, one reissue, fourteen compilation albums, seven extended plays, and various singles. Into a year upon debuting, the boys of B1A4 made their foray into the Japanese market with a Japanese version of "Beautiful Target" released on June 27, 2012. The group released their first Japanese album entitled 1 on October 24 that same year.
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.
South Korean boy group Seventeen has released three studio albums, two reissues, one compilation album, twelve extended plays, and twenty-one singles.
South Korean boy group Monsta X have released nine studio albums, one reissue, eleven extended plays, and forty singles. The group also participated in singing three soundtracks for various K-dramas, three soundtracks for web based reality shows, one soundtrack for an animated film, and one soundtrack for a mobile game.
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.