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

Monthly charts

MonthAlbumArtistSalesRef.
JanuaryThe First Step: Treasure EffectTreasure266,894 [55]
FebruaryBeBTS763,083 [56]
MarchBambiBaekhyun591,944 [57]
AprilBorder: CarnivalEnhypen522,136 [58]
MayHot SauceNCT Dream1,995,091 [59]
JuneYour ChoiceSeventeen1,391,964 [60]
JulyButterBTS2,490,969 [61]
AugustNoeasyStray Kids1,127,800 [62]
SeptemberStickerNCT 1272,277,575 [63]
OctoberAttaccaSeventeen1,968,829 [64]
NovemberChristmas EveLStray Kids654,658 [65]
DecemberUniverseNCT1,630,715 [66]

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