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[[File:Kim Kun-Mo.jpg|thumb|[[Kim Gun-mo]]'s ''Wrongful Encounter'' was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.]]
[[File:Kim Kun-Mo.jpg|thumb|[[Kim Gun-mo]]'s ''Wrongful Encounter'' was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.]]
[[File:Exo monster 160618 suwon.png|thumb|[[Exo (group)|Exo]]'s ''[[XOXO (album)|XOXO]]'' became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.]]
[[File:Exo monster 160618 suwon.png|thumb|[[Exo (group)|Exo]]'s ''[[XOXO (album)|XOXO]]'' became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.]]
[[File:20190106 (NEWSEN) 블랙핑크 (BLACKPINK), 수줍은 많은 소녀지만 돋보이는 아름다운 미모 (Golden Disc Awards 2019) (2).jpg|thumb|[[Blackpink]]'s ''[[The Album]]'' is the first album by a girl group to sell over 1 million copies.]]


This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in [[South Korea]]. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the [[record sales|album must have sold]] at least 1 million copies.
This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in [[South Korea]]. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the [[record sales|album must have sold]] at least 1 million copies.


The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is ''[[Map of the Soul: 7]]'', by South Korean boy band [[BTS]]. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1&nbsp;million copies sold in less than a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|script-title=ko:방탄소년단 'MAP OF THE SOUL : 7', 판매량 411만 장..韓 가수 신기록|last=Kim|first=Yeon-ji|date=March 12, 2020|work=[[Ilgan Sports|The Daily Sports]]|language=ko|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200312162135/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2021|via=Naver}}</ref> Including figures based on illegal sales, [[Kim Gun-mo]]'s 1995 studio album ''Wrongful Encounter'' is estimated to have sold at least 3.3&nbsp;million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|title=Kim Gun-mo readies a new record|last=Chung|first=Jin-hong|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629222028/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness|title=BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Confirmed as Best-Selling Album in South Korean History: Guinness World Records|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=June 25, 2019|work=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness/|archive-date=February 16, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Park Si-soo"/> and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with ''[[Map of the Soul: Persona]]'' in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]'' (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, [[Shin Seung-hun]], [[Seo Taiji]], and [[Exo (group)|Exo]] with six each. Exo's first studio album, ''[[XOXO (album)|XOXO]]'', became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1&nbsp;million copies in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|script-title=ko:엑소 1집 판매량 100만 장 돌파…밀리언셀러 등극|date=December 27, 2013|website=Yonhap News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629051157/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> and BTS' ''[[Love Yourself: Answer]]'' became the first album to sell over 2&nbsp;million copies since 2000 in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|script-title=ko:방탄소년단, 리패키지 앨범 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' 203만장 돌파|last=Jo|first=Gwang-hyung|date=November 11, 2018|website=NewDaily|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629193855/http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> BTS' ''Map of the Soul: Persona'' became the first album to sell over 3&nbsp;million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by ''Map of the Soul: 7'' which became the first album ever to surpass 4&nbsp;million sales in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|title=BTS's 'Map of the Soul: 7' Makes Gaon Chart History With 4 Million Certified Sales|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055725/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1&nbsp;million copies of both an album and its repackage, with [[Wings (BTS album)|''Wings'']] and ''[[You Never Walk Alone]]'' each surpassing 1&nbsp;million sales. [[Blackpink]]'s debut studio album, ''[[The Album (Blackpink album)|The Album]]'' (2020), is the first album by a K-pop girl group to sell more than a million copies in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/13/nct-blackpink-seventeen-achieve-million-seller-status-with-their-new-albums/|title=NCT, BLACKPINK, Seventeen achieve 'million seller' status with their new albums|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=November 13, 2020|work=[[Manila Bulletin]]|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418013757/https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/13/nct-blackpink-seventeen-achieve-million-seller-status-with-their-new-albums/|url-status=live|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>
The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is ''[[Map of the Soul: 7]]'', by South Korean boy band [[BTS]]. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1&nbsp;million copies sold in less than a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|script-title=ko:방탄소년단 'MAP OF THE SOUL : 7', 판매량 411만 장..韓 가수 신기록|last=Kim|first=Yeon-ji|date=March 12, 2020|work=[[Ilgan Sports|The Daily Sports]]|language=ko|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200312162135/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2021|via=Naver}}</ref> Including figures based on illegal sales, [[Kim Gun-mo]]'s 1995 studio album ''Wrongful Encounter'' is estimated to have sold at least 3.3&nbsp;million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|title=Kim Gun-mo readies a new record|last=Chung|first=Jin-hong|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629222028/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness|title=BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Confirmed as Best-Selling Album in South Korean History: Guinness World Records|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=June 25, 2019|work=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness/|archive-date=February 16, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Park Si-soo"/> and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with ''[[Map of the Soul: Persona]]'' in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]'' (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, [[Shin Seung-hun]], [[Seo Taiji]], and [[Exo (group)|Exo]] with six each. Exo's first studio album, ''[[XOXO (album)|XOXO]]'', became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1&nbsp;million copies in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|script-title=ko:엑소 1집 판매량 100만 장 돌파…밀리언셀러 등극|date=December 27, 2013|website=Yonhap News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629051157/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> and BTS' ''[[Love Yourself: Answer]]'' became the first album to sell over 2&nbsp;million copies since 2000 in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|script-title=ko:방탄소년단, 리패키지 앨범 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' 203만장 돌파|last=Jo|first=Gwang-hyung|date=November 11, 2018|website=NewDaily|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629193855/http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> BTS' ''Map of the Soul: Persona'' became the first album to sell over 3&nbsp;million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by ''Map of the Soul: 7'' which became the first album ever to surpass 4&nbsp;million sales in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|title=BTS's 'Map of the Soul: 7' Makes Gaon Chart History With 4 Million Certified Sales|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055725/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1&nbsp;million copies of both an album and its repackage, with [[Wings (BTS album)|''Wings'']] and ''[[You Never Walk Alone]]'' each surpassing 1&nbsp;million sales.


Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The [[Gaon Music Chart|Korea Music Content Association]] (KMCA) introduced the [[Gaon Album Chart]] in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|script-title=ko:결과론적으로 말해서, 엑소의 100만장, 절대 팬덤의 도래|last=Kwon|first=Seok-jeong|date=December 30, 2013|work=Ten Asia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004221/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|archive-date=June 26, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> [[Music recording certification|Sales certifications]] for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales.
Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The [[Gaon Music Chart|Korea Music Content Association]] (KMCA) introduced the [[Gaon Album Chart]] in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|script-title=ko:결과론적으로 말해서, 엑소의 100만장, 절대 팬덤의 도래|last=Kwon|first=Seok-jeong|date=December 30, 2013|work=Ten Asia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004221/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|archive-date=June 26, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> [[Music recording certification|Sales certifications]] for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales.

Revision as of 16:11, 10 July 2021

For albums with certifications, see List of certified albums in South Korea.

This list is complete and up to date as of June 2021.
BTS' Map of the Soul: 7 is the best-selling album of all time in South Korea, with over 4.5 million copies sold. The group achieved the first album to sell over 2 million copies since 2000 in 2018 with Love Yourself: Answer, and the first album to sell over 3 million copies since 1997 in 2019 with Map of the Soul: Persona.
Kim Gun-mo's Wrongful Encounter was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.
Exo's XOXO became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.

This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in South Korea. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 1 million copies.

The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is Map of the Soul: 7, by South Korean boy band BTS. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1 million copies sold in less than a month.[1] Including figures based on illegal sales, Kim Gun-mo's 1995 studio album Wrongful Encounter is estimated to have sold at least 3.3 million copies,[2][3][4] and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with Map of the Soul: Persona in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, Shin Seung-hun, Seo Taiji, and Exo with six each. Exo's first studio album, XOXO, became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies in 2013,[5] and BTS' Love Yourself: Answer became the first album to sell over 2 million copies since 2000 in 2018.[6] BTS' Map of the Soul: Persona became the first album to sell over 3 million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by Map of the Soul: 7 which became the first album ever to surpass 4 million sales in 2020.[7] In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1 million copies of both an album and its repackage, with Wings and You Never Walk Alone each surpassing 1 million sales.

Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) introduced the Gaon Album Chart in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century.[8] Sales certifications for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales.

Legend

Colors
Standard album
Standard and reissue albums
Compilation album
Original soundtrack

2 million or more copies

Artist Album Year Sales Estimates[a] Ref.
BTS Map of the Soul: 7 2020 4,515,669 [9]
BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 2019 4,070,496 [10]
BTS Be 2020 3,662,219 [11]
NCT Dream Hot Sauce (Full & RG) 2021 2,918,128 [12]
BTS Love Yourself: Answer 2018 2,891,038 [13]
Kim Gun-mo Wrongful Encounter 1995 2,860,000 3,300,000 [14][4]
Lee Moon-sae When Love Passes By 1987 2,850,000 [15]
Lee Moon-sae Standing Under the Shade of a Roadside Tree 1988 2,580,000 [15]
BTS Wings (Full & RG) 2016–2017 2,532,001 [16]
BTS Love Yourself: Tear 2018 2,513,634 [17]
Kim Jong-hwan Reason for Existence 1996 2,500,000 [18]
BTS Love Yourself: Her 2017 2,491,353 [19]
Shin Seung-hun To Heaven 1996 2,470,000 [20]
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys IV 1995 2,400,000 [21]
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys II 1993 2,200,000 [21]
Jo Kwan-woo Memory 1995 2,140,000 3,000,000 [22][23]
Jo Sung-mo Let Me Love 2000 2,072,029 [24][25]
Jo Sung-mo For Your Soul 1999 2,047,152 [26]
Yoo Jae-ha Because I Love You 1987 2,000,000 [27]
Byun Jin-sub Back To You 1989 2,000,000 3,000,000 [28][29]
Kim Hyun-sik My Love by My Side 1991 1,100,000 2,000,000 [30][31]
Kim Jong-hwan For Love 1997 1,100,000 3,000,000 [32][31]

1 million–1.9 million copies

Artist Album Year Sales Ref.
Exo Don't Mess Up My Tempo (Full & RG) 2018 1,982,933 [33]
DJ DOC DJ2DOC 1996 1,950,000 [34]
g.o.d Chapter 3 2000 1,849,381 [35][36]
Kim Gun-mo Excuse 1993 1,830,000 [37]
Various artists The More I Love You 2001 1,815,296 [38]
Kim Gun-mo Exchange 1996 1,810,000 [37]
Byun Jin-sub To Be Alone 1988 1,800,000 [29]
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys 1992 1,800,000 [21]
Shin Seung-hun After A Long Time 1994 1,800,000 [39]
g.o.d Chapter 4 2001 1,738,082 [40]
Exo The War (Full & RG) 2017 1,701,856 [41]
Shin Seung-hun Because I Love You 1993 1,700,000 [39]
NCT 127 Neo Zone (Full & RG) 2020 1,683,179 [42]
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys III 1994 1,600,000 [43]
Roo'ra The Angel Who Lost Wings 1995 1,600,000 [44]
Jo Sung-mo Classic 2000 1,599,111 [45]
Shin Seung-hun Invisible Love 1991 1,580,000 [39]
NCT Resonance Pt. 1 2020 1,509,601 [46]
Lee Moon-sae I Don't Know Yet 1985 1,500,000 [15]
H.O.T. We Hate All Kinds of Violence 1996 1,500,000 [47]
H.O.T. Wolf and Sheep 1997 1,500,000 [48]
Wanna One 1X1=1 (To Be One) (EP & RG) 2017 1,459,377 [49]
Seventeen Heng:garæ 2020 1,436,314 [50]
NCT Resonance Pt. 2 2020 1,428,976 [51]
Shin Seung-hun Reflection of You in Your Smile 1990 1,400,000 [20]
Kim Won-jun While You Were Not Here 1994 1,400,000 [52]
Kim Gun-mo Another Days 2001 1,397,388 [53]
Blackpink The Album 2020 1,393,937 [54]
Seventeen Your Choice 2021 1,391,964 [55]
H.O.T. I Yah! 1999 1,383,985 [56]
Exo XOXO (Full & RG) 2013 1,319,660 [57]
Shin Seung-hun Shin Seung Hun VI 1998 1,310,000 [58]
Exo Exodus (Full & RG) 2015 1,305,922 [59]
Jo Kwan-woo My Third Story About... 1996 1,300,000 [23]
Seo Taiji Ultramania 2000 1,300,000 [60]
Exo Don't Fight the Feeling 2021 1,216,175 [61]
Kim Gun-mo Myself 1997 1,210,000 [37]
Exo Ex'Act (Full & RG) 2016 1,209,449 [62]
Byun Jin-sub Farewell 1990 1,200,000 [28]
Whitney Houston/various artists The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album 1992 1,200,000 [63]
BTS Skool Luv Affair (EP & RG) 2014 1,199,812 [64]
Seventeen Semicolon 2020 1,141,374 [65]
Seo Taiji Seo Tai Ji 1998 1,133,736 [66]
Clon Are You Ready? 1996 1,120,000 [34]
H.O.T. Resurrection 1998 1,103,439 [67]
Seventeen An Ode 2019 1,055,187 [68]
Sumi Jo Only Love 2000 1,055,170 [69]
Baekhyun Delight 2020 1,031,993 [70]
Baekhyun Bambi 2021 1,005,467 [71]
The Pearl Sisters My Dear 1968 1,000,000 [72]
Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns Vol. 1 1974 1,000,000 [73]
Cho Yong-pil Woman Outside The Window 1980 1,000,000 [74]
Joo Hyun-mi Couple's Party 1984 1,000,000 [75]
Kim Wan-sun Pierrot Smiles at Us 1990 1,000,000 [76]
015B The Third Wave 1992 1,000,000 [77]
Kim Gun-mo Sleepless Rainy Night 1992 1,000,000 [78]
015B The Fourth Movement 1993 1,000,000 [77]
Jo Kwan-woo My First Story 1994 1,000,000 [23]
015B Big 5 1994 1,000,000 [77]
DJ DOC 4th Album 1997 1,000,000 [79]
Jo Kwan-woo Waiting 1997 1,000,000 [80]

Best-selling album by year

Sales of standard release and reissue albums in a year. This list does not include sales of the same album in other years apart from the specified calendar year. For a list of total sales, see sections above.

Year Artist Album Sales Ref.
1998[b] Seo Taiji Seo Tai Ji 1,133,736 [66]
1999 Jo Sung-mo For Your Soul 1,949,043 [56]
2000 Let Me Love 1,968,967 [35]
2001 Various artists The More I Love You 1,688,129 [81]
2002 Cool 7even 647,052 [82]
2003 Kim Gun-mo Hestory 529,416 [83]
2004 Seo Taiji 7th Issue 482,066 [84]
2005 SG Wannabe Saldaga (Full & RG) 414,855 [85]
2006 TVXQ "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. (Full & RG) 349,317 [86]
2007 SG Wannabe The Sentimental Chord 190,998 [87]
2008[c] TVXQ Mirotic (Full & RG) 502,837 [88]
2009[d] Super Junior Sorry, Sorry (Full & RG) 250,673 [89]
2010 Girls' Generation Oh! (Full & RG) 334,785 [90]
2011 Super Junior Mr. Simple (Full & RG) 473,242 [91]
2012 Sexy, Free & Single (Full & RG) 480,622 [92]
2013 Exo XOXO (Full & RGs) 1,006,473 [93]
2014 Exo Overdose 657,765 [94]
2015 Exo Exodus (Full & RGs) 1,211,237 [95]
2016 Ex'Act (Full & RGs) 1,149,743 [96]
2017 The War (Full & RGs) 1,596,959 [97]
2018 BTS Love Yourself: Answer 2,197,808 [98]
2019 BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 3,718,230 [99]
2020 Map of the Soul: 7 4,376,975 [100]

See also

Notes

  • ^ Estimates are based on "Gil Board Chart",[101] illegal copies sold from pirated CD's or cassettes. Although considered unofficial, some estimates have been verified and used in official capacity such as Guinness World Records and the Golden Disc Awards.[31]
  • ^ Sales figure only includes sales up to August 1998.
  • ^ Sales figure also includes sales of the week ending January 6, 2009.
  • ^ Sales figure only includes sales up to the week ending December 12, 2009.

References

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  2. ^ Chung, Jin-hong (November 9, 2016). "Kim Gun-mo readies a new record". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Herman, Tamar (June 25, 2019). "BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Confirmed as Best-Selling Album in South Korean History: Guinness World Records". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Park, Si-soo (October 31, 2013). "From 'Hymn of Death' to 'Gangnam Style,' Korean music galloping forward". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  5. ^ 엑소 1집 판매량 100만 장 돌파…밀리언셀러 등극. Yonhap News (in Korean). December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Jo, Gwang-hyung (November 11, 2018). 방탄소년단, 리패키지 앨범 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' 203만장 돌파. NewDaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
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  9. ^ Cumulative sales of Map of the Soul: 7:
  10. ^ Cumulative sales of Map of the Soul: Persona:
  11. ^ Cumulative sales of Be:
  12. ^ Cumulative sales of Hot Sauce and Hello Future:
  13. ^ Cumulative sales of Love Yourself: Answer:
  14. ^ Jung, Jin-young (June 28, 2015). "[백투더 뮤직차트] 솔리드ㆍR.efㆍ신승훈ㆍ김건모…1996년 여름 '별들의 전쟁'". The Korea Herald (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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  16. ^ Cumulative sales of Wings and You Never Walk Alone:
  17. ^ Cumulative sales of Love Yourself: Tear:
  18. ^ Kwon, Jin-guk (August 6, 2017). "김종환, 딸 리아킴과 아내 애틋한 사연 눈길...'1집 실패로 가족 흩어져'". Kookje Shinmun (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  19. ^ Cumulative sales of Love Yourself: Her:
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  22. ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (February 20, 2019). "가수 조관우, 다녀와 보니 더욱 절절합니다···'평양에게'". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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  33. ^ Cumulative sales of Don't Mess Up My Tempo and Love Shot:
  34. ^ a b Lee, Ji-hyeon (August 17, 2015). "'런닝맨' 박준형-김건모-DJ DOC, 90년대 레전드의 음반판매량은?". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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  36. ^ "First half of 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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  38. ^ Cumulative sales for The More I Love You:
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  40. ^ Cumulative sales of The Road:
  41. ^ Cumulative sales of The War and The Power of Music:
  42. ^ Cumulative sales of Neo Zone and Neo Zone: The Final Round (CD + kit):
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  46. ^ Cumulative sales of Resonance Pt. 1 (CD + kit)
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  49. ^ Cumulative sales of 1X1=1 (To Be One) and 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You):
  50. ^ Cumulative sales of Heng:garæ (CD + kit):
  51. ^ Cumulative sales of Resonance Pt. 2 (CD + kit)
  52. ^ Yoon, Hyo-jung (May 1, 2017). "[RE:TV] '판듀2' 김원준vs이재훈, X세대 추억 소환한 '오빠 파워'". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
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  54. ^ Cumulative sales of The Album and The Album - Limited Edition:
  55. ^ Cumulative sales of Your Choice:
  56. ^ a b "December 1999 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  57. ^ Cumulative sales for XOXO and Growl:
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  59. ^ Cumulative sales of Exodus and Love Me Right:
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  61. ^ Cumulative sales of Don't Fight the Feeling:
  62. ^ Cumulative sales of Ex'Act and 'Lotto':
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  64. ^ Cumulative sales of Skool Luv Affair and Skool Luv Affair Special Addition:
  65. ^ Cumulative sales of Semicolon:
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  68. ^ Cumulative sales of An Ode (CD + kit):
  69. ^ Cumulative sales of Only Love and Only Love Special:
  70. ^ Cumulative sales of Delight (CD + kit):
  71. ^ Cumulative sales of Bambi:
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  74. ^ "[노래의 탄생]조용필 '창밖의 여자'". The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). March 25, 2018. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
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  76. ^ Im, Seon-yeong (February 2, 2017). "예능서 다시 뜨는 김완선 "알아요, 제 가창력 별로였죠"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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  79. ^ "DJ DOC의 굴욕…MOMO X '중고나라 체험기' 공개". The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). August 5, 2016. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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  88. ^ Kim Hyeong-woo (August 1, 2009). "TVXQ 4th album 500,000 sales topped in 103 days". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  89. ^ Kim Hyeong-woo (December 8, 2009). "Fantastic Super Junior crowned with top selling album this year". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 28, 2014.
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  91. ^ "2011 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  92. ^ "2012 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  93. ^ "2013 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  94. ^ "2014 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  95. ^ "2015 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  96. ^ "2016 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  97. ^ "2017 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  98. ^ "2018 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  99. ^ "2019 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  100. ^ "2020 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Album Chart. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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