List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2021

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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 major South Korean distributors such as Kakao Entertainment, YG Plus, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Dreamus. [2] [3]

Contents

Weekly charts

Week ending dateAlbumArtistRef.
January 2 Minisode1: Blue Hour Tomorrow X Together [4]
January 9 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 NCT [5]
January 16 The First Step: Treasure Effect Treasure [6]
January 23Noir U-Know [7]
January 30 Dystopia: Road to Utopia Dreamcatcher [8]
February 6Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream CIX [9]
February 13 2nd Desire (Tasty) Kim Woo-seok [10]
February 20 Be BTS [11]
February 27 Don't Call Me Shinee [12]
March 6 Zero: Fever Part.2 Ateez [13]
March 13 Kick Back WayV [14]
March 20 The Renaissance Super Junior [15]
March 27 Lilac IU [16]
April 3 Bambi Baekhyun [17]
April 10 All Yours Astro [18]
April 17 Yellow Kang Daniel [19]
April 24BambiBaekhyun [20]
May 1 Border: Carnival Enhypen [21]
May 8Beautiful Night Yesung [22]
May 15 Hot Sauce NCT Dream [23]
May 22 [24]
May 29 [25]
June 5 The Chaos Chapter: Freeze Tomorrow X Together [26]
June 12 Don't Fight the Feeling Exo [27]
June 19 Your Choice Seventeen [28]
June 26 [29]
July 3 Hello Future NCT Dream [30]
July 10 Butter BTS [31]
July 17 [32]
July 24 [33]
July 31 Empathy D.O. [34]
August 7 Switch On Astro [35]
August 14 Thrill-ing The Boyz [36]
August 21 The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape Tomorrow X Together [37]
August 28 Noeasy Stray Kids [38]
September 4 [39]
September 11 Lalisa Lisa [40]
September 18 Sticker NCT 127 [41]
September 25 [42]
October 2 [43]
October 9 Savage Aespa [44]
October 16 Dimension: Dilemma Enhypen [45]
October 23 Attacca Seventeen [46]
October 30 [47]
November 6 Maverick The Boyz [48]
November 13 Formula of Love: O+T=<3 Twice [49]
November 20 No Limit Monsta X [50]
November 27Rumination SF9 [51]
December 4 Christmas EveL Stray Kids [52]
December 11Zero: Fever EpilogueAteez [53]
December 18 Universe NCT [54]
December 25 Eleven Ive [55]

Monthly charts

MonthAlbumArtistSalesRef.
JanuaryThe First Step: Treasure EffectTreasure266,894 [56]
FebruaryBeBTS763,083 [57]
MarchBambiBaekhyun591,944 [58]
AprilBorder: CarnivalEnhypen522,136 [59]
MayHot SauceNCT Dream1,995,091 [60]
JuneYour ChoiceSeventeen1,391,964 [61]
JulyButterBTS2,490,969 [62]
AugustNoeasyStray Kids1,127,800 [63]
SeptemberStickerNCT 1272,277,575 [64]
OctoberAttaccaSeventeen1,968,829 [65]
NovemberChristmas EveLStray Kids654,658 [66]
DecemberUniverseNCT1,630,715 [67]

References

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  37. "Album Chart – Week 34 of 2021" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  38. "Album Chart – Week 35 of 2021" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  39. "Album Chart – Week 36 of 2021" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
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