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This is the list of top ten best-selling albums in South Korea . All albums listed here have sold over 400,000 copies.
Best-selling albums
Best-selling albums by female artists
Rank
Year
Title
Artist
Sales
1
1993
The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
1,200,000[8] [9]
2
1968
My Dear
The Pearl Sisters
1,000,000+[10]
3
1984
Couple's Party
Joo Hyun-Mi
1,000,000[11]
4
1999
Love
S.E.S.
760,475[12]
5
1998
Sea & Eugene & Shoo
S.E.S.
651,330[13]
6
1997
I'm Your Girl
S.E.S.
650,000[14]
7
2000
A Letter from Greenland
S.E.S.
626,565[15]
8
1993
Music Box
Mariah Carey
600,000+[16]
9
1999
White
Fin.K.L
593,816[17]
10
2002
No. 1
BoA
560,326[18]
11
1999
005.1999.06
Uhm Jung-hwa
552,373[19]
12
1999
Let's Go to My Star
Lee Jung Hyun
541,106[20]
13
1999
A Seagull of Dream
Kim Hyun-jung
501,423[21]
14
1997
After Love
Uhm Jung-hwa
500,000
15
1998
Legend
Kim Hyun-jung
482,639[22] [23]
16
2011
The Boys
Girls' Generation
472,616[24]
17
1998
Invitation
Uhm Jung-hwa
468,910[25] [26]
18
1993
Sorrowful Secret
Uhm Jung-hwa
460,000
19
2000
Sad Expectation
Uhm Jung-hwa
460,000
20
1999
Addio
Yangpa
429,560[17]
21
2010
Oh!
Girls' Generation
419,238[27]
22
1998
Best... My Songs
Uhm Jung-hwa
410,000
23
2000
Now
Fin.K.L
412,686[7]
24
2002
Choose My Life-U
S.E.S
406,528[28]
Male artists
Rank
Year
Title
Artist
Sales
1
1995
Mis-Encounter
Kim Gun-mo
3,300,000
2
1999
For Your Soul
Jo Sungmo
2,047,152[1]
3
2000
Let Me Love
Jo Sungmo
2,042,096[2]
4
2000
Chapter 3: Lies
g.o.d
1,824,278[3]
5
2001
Chapter 4: Road
g.o.d
1,713,056[4]
6
2000
Classic
Jo Sungmo
1,599,111[5]
7
1996
We Hate All Kinds of Violence
H.O.T.
1,500,000
8
1997
Wolf & Sheep
H.O.T.
1,500,000
9
1999
I Yah!
H.O.T.
1,383,985[29]
10
2001
Another Days
Kim Gun-mo
1,397,388[6]
11
2013
XOXO
EXO
1,331,971[30]
12
2015
EXODUS
EXO
1,242,201[31]
13
2016
EX'ACT
EXO
1,173,463[32]
14
1998
Resurrection
H.O.T.
1,103,439[26]
15
1999
Over and Over
Steve Yoo
986,010[7] [29]
16
2001
No More Love
Jo Sungmo
961,539[33]
17
2000
Outside Castle
H.O.T.
879,613[7]
18
1997
Born Again
Turbo
800,000[34]
19
1998
For Sale
Steve Yoo
796,412[35]
20
1998
A Grief
COOL
789,016[35]
21
1998
To Heaven
Jo Sungmo
775,126[26]
22
2016
Wings
BTS
681,924[36]
23
2014
Overdose (EP)
EXO
679,277+[37]
24
1999
Now or Never
Steve Seungjun Yoo
622,188[21]
25
2000
1
The Beatles
620,175[38] [39]
26
2008
Mirotic
TVXQ
517,000[40]
27
2000
E-Mail My Heart
Turbo
595,401[7]
28
1999
Chapter 2:Love and Remember
g.o.d
578,567[41]
29
1998
Perfect Love
Turbo
562,478[25]
30
2013
Miracles In December (EP)
EXO
547,346+[42]
31
2011
Mr. Simple
Super Junior
543,623[27]
32
2015
Sing For You (EP)
EXO
530,000+[43]
33
2012
Sexy, Free & Single
Super Junior
495,616[27]
34
2012
MAMA (EP)
EXO
487,654[44]
35
1999
"Growing"
Kim Gun-mo
480,736[29]
36
2015
Made Series
BIGBANG
460,429[45] [46] [47] [48]
37
2012
Alive (EP)
BIGBANG
451,506[49] [50]
38
1998
Love
Kim Min-jong
443,292[22] [23]
39
1999
Destiny
Kim Min-jong
442,682[21]
40
2005
Saldaga
SG Wannabe
414,855[51]
41
2014
Mamacita
Super Junior
413,869[52]
42
1998
Become a Star
Im Chang-jung
400,273[35]
Best-selling album by year
Units sold include sales of repackage albums.
Year
Album
Artist
Sales
Source
1998
Seo Taiji
Seo Taiji
1,133,736
[35]
1999
For Your Soul
Jo Sungmo
1,949,043
[29]
2000
Let Me Love
Jo Sungmo
1,968,967
[7]
2001
Chapter 4:road
G.O.D
1,588,215
[33]
2002
Truth
Cool
647,052
[28]
2003
Hestory
Kim Gun-mo
529,416
[53]
2004
7th Issue
Seo Taiji
482,066
[54]
2005
Saldaga
SG Wannabe
414,855
[51]
2006
"O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.
TVXQ
349,317
[55]
2007
The Sentimental Chord
SG Wannabe
190,998
[56]
2008
Mirotic
TVXQ
502,837[a]
[57]
2009
Sorry, Sorry
Super Junior
250,683+[b]
[58]
2010
Oh!
Girls' Generation
419,238
[59]
2011
Mr. Simple
Super Junior
479,329
[60]
2012
Sexy, Free & Single
Super Junior
480,622
[61]
2013
XOXO
EXO
1,006,473
[62]
2014
Overdose
EXO
657,765
[52]
2015
EXODUS
EXO
1,211,237
[45]
2016
EX'ACT
EXO
1,170,000 (still counting)
See also
Notes
^ Sales figure also includes sales of the week ending January 6, 2009.
^ Sales figure only includes sales up to the sales week ending December 12, 2009.
^ EXO 's album sales combines the Korean version and the Chinese version.
^ EXO 's album Overdose is the first mini-album to become the best selling album of a particular year.
References
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^ a b "April 2001 Rankings" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2004-10-16.
^ a b "March 2002 Statistics" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2004-10-16.
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^ a b ":: Korean Record Industry Association :: April to September cumulative record sales quantity" . October 1998. Archived from the original on 1999-10-22. Retrieved 2015-04-20 .
^ a b ":: Korean Record Industry Association :: --1998. 9 kpop albums sales counting" . November 1998. Archived from the original on 2000-06-07. Retrieved 2015-04-20 .
^ Sales references for "The Boys":
^ a b 1999.01월 - 가요 음반 판매량 [January 1999 Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2015 .
^ a b c 1999.02월 - 가요 음반 판매량 [February 1999 Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2015 .
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^ a b ":: Record Industry Association of Korea :: K-pop aggregated record sales in 2002" . January 2003. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2014-11-28 .
^ a b c d ":: Korean Record Industry Association :: --1999. 12 kpop albums sales counting" . January 2000. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2014-11-27 .
^ Cumulative sales for "XOXO":
^ Sales references for "Exodus" (album):
^ "EX'ACT (Korean + Chinese Versions) (June 2016)" . Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
^ a b ":: Record Industry Association of Korea :: K-pop aggregated record sales in 2001" . January 2002. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2014-11-28 .
^ 98년 국내 음반시장 결산 [1999 Domestic Music Market Roundup]. Imaeil. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015 .
^ a b c d ":: Korean Record Industry Association :: March to August cumulative record sales quantity" . September 1998. Archived from the original on 2001-09-23. Retrieved 2014-11-27 .
^ "gaon chart" . gaon chart . Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
^ Cumulative sales for "Overdose":
^ RIAK sales:
^ Gaon Album chart sales:
^ Mirotic sold 502,837 copies in 2008 and an additional 14,173 copies from 2012 to 2014. Sales from 2009 to 2010 were not recorded due to the unavailability of the MIAK and the Gaon Album Chart . References for the Korean sales figures of Mirotic in 2008:
References for the Korean sales figures of Mirotic , as recorded by the Gaon Album Chart since 2010:
^ ":: Korean Record Industry Association :: --2000. 04 kpop albums sales counting" . Recording Industry Association of Korea . May 2000. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2015-04-20 .
^ Cumulative sales for "Miracles in December":
^ Cumulative sales for "Sing for You":
^ Cumulative sales for "MAMA":
^ a b "Album Charts – 2015" . Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
^ "Album Charts – 2016 Mid Year" . Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
^ "Album Charts – 2016 Mid Year" . Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
^ "2016 Gaon Album Chart - September" . Gaon Chart . Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
^ Alive Sales:
^ Still Alive Sales:
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^ a b "South Korea's Gaon chart's 2014 Year End Chart" . Gaon Album Chart . 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-20 .
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^ ":: Record Industry Association of Korea :: K-pop aggregated record sales in 2006" . January 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-11-28 .
^ ":: Record Industry Association of Korea :: K-pop aggregated record sales in 2007" . January 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2014-11-28 .
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