The Circle Album Chart , previously known as the Gaon Album Chart , is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums , extended plays and single albums in South Korea–based on their physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart , previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly, and year-end formats with detailed album sales.
History
The Gaon Album Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism .
In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline album sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data, and was the first time that offline album sales were released since 2008 when the Music Industry Association of Korea stopped compiling data.
In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as Circle Chart with a reformation in the album chart that would also provide weekly physical album sales data in addition to monthly and yearly sales data.
Number-one albums
Best-selling albums
2010
2010 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Bonamana
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
200,193
Studio album
2
Oh!
Girls' Generation
197,934
3
Hoot
163,066
EP
4
Run Devil Run
136,851
Repackage
5
GD & TOP
GD & TOP
YG Entertainment
130,000
Studio album
6
Lucifer
Shinee
SM Entertainment
124,961
7
To Anyone
2NE1
YG Entertainment
122,845
8
The Beginning
JYJ
C-JeS Entertainment
99,903
9
Bonamana (Version C)
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
99,355
Repackage
10
The Beginning (New Limited Edition)
JYJ
C-JeS Entertainment
98,311
Studio album
2011
2011 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
The Boys
Girls' Generation
SM Entertainment
385,348
Studio album
2
Mr. Simple
Super Junior
343,348
3
Keep Your Head Down
TVXQ
263,412
4
In Heaven
JYJ
C-JeS Entertainment
220,442
5
Fiction and Fact
Beast
Cube Entertainment
142,272
6
Tonight
Big Bang
YG Entertainment
136,594
EP
7
A-Cha
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
129,894
Repackage
8
First Step
CNBLUE
FNC Music
115,467
Studio album
9
Break Down
Kim Hyun-joong
KeyEast
114,642
EP
10
Lucky
101,705
2012
2012 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Sexy, Free & Single
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
356,431
Studio album
2
Alive
Big Bang
YG Entertainment
266,848
EP
3
Catch Me
TVXQ
SM Entertainment
256,447
Studio album
4
One of a Kind
G-Dragon
YG Entertainment
204,326
EP
5
Sherlock
Shinee
SM Entertainment
181,415
6
Still Alive (Special Edition)
Big Bang
YG Entertainment
148,030
7
Mama
Exo-K
SM Entertainment
145,925
8
Twinkle
Girls' Generation-TTS
144,222
9
Midnight Sun
Beast
Cube Entertainment
144,175
10
Infinitize
Infinite
Woollim Entertainment
140,277
2013
2013 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Growl (Kiss Version)
Exo
SM Entertainment
335,823
Repackage
2
I Got a Boy
Girls' Generation
293,302
Studio album
3
XOXO (Kiss Version)
Exo
269,597
4
Miracles in December (Korean Version)
262,825
EP
5
Hello
Cho Yong-pil
Pil Records
250,046
Studio album
6
XOXO (Hug Version - Chinese Version)
Exo
SM Entertainment
200,870
7
Growl (Hug Version)
200,183
Repackage
8
Coup d'etat
G-Dragon
YG Entertainment
195,603
Studio album
9
Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
Shinee
SM Entertainment
185,357
10
Miracles in December (Chinese Version)
Exo
171,546
EP
2014
2014 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Overdose (Korean Version)
Exo-K
SM Entertainment
385,047
EP
2
Overdose (Chinese Version)
Exo-M
272,718
3
Mamacita
Super Junior
265,781
Studio album
4
Tense
TVXQ
196,971
5
Mr.Mr.
Girls' Generation
163,209
EP
6
Just Us
JYJ
C-JeS Entertainment
154,804
Studio album
7
Season 2
Infinite
Woollim Entertainment
152,479
8
This Is Love (Special Edition)
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
143,515
Repackage
9
Good Luck
Beast
Cube Entertainment
134,449
EP
10
Who Am I
B1A4
WM Entertainment
126,561
Studio album
2015
2015 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Exodus (Korean Version)
Exo
SM Entertainment
478,856
Studio album
2
Sing For You (Korean Version)
318,698
EP
3
Love Me Right (Korean Version)
299,623
Repackage
4
Exodus (Chinese Version)
281,320
Studio album
5
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
274,135
EP
6
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1
203,664
7
Sing For You (Chinese Version)
Exo
SM Entertainment
176,239
8
Odd
Shinee
172,999
Studio album
9
Devil
Super Junior
167,742
Compilation album
10
Rise as God
TVXQ
151,625
Studio album
2016
2016 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Wings
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
751,301
Studio album
2
Ex'Act
Exo
SM Entertainment
549,378
3
For Life
438,481
EP
4
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
368,369
Compilation album
5
Twicecoaster: Lane 1
Twice
JYP Entertainment
350,852
EP
6
Hey Mama!
Exo-CBX
SM Entertainment
275,191
7
Lose Control
Lay
274,238
8
Ex'Act (Chinese Version)
Exo
247,899
Studio album
9
Lotto (Korean Version)
232,564
Repackage
10
Flight Log: Turbulence
Got7
JYP Entertainment
225,617
Studio album
2017
2017 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Love Yourself: Her
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
1,493,443
EP
2
The War (Korean Version)
Exo
SM Entertainment
949,827
Studio album
3
You Never Walk Alone
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
768,402
Repackage
4
1X1=1 (To Be One)
Wanna One
YMC Entertainment
741,546
EP
5
1-1=0 (Nothing Without You)
614,072
Repackage
6
Universe
Exo
SM Entertainment
516,062
EP
7
The Power of Music (Korean Version)
455,269
Repackage
8
7 for 7
Got7
JYP Entertainment
368,589
EP
9
Teen, Age
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
357,296
Studio album
10
Flight Log: Arrival
Got7
JYP Entertainment
334,316
EP
2018
2018 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Love Yourself: Answer
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
2,197,808
Compilation album
2
Love Yourself: Tear
1,849,537
Studio album
3
Don't Mess Up My Tempo
Exo
SM Entertainment
1,452,030
4
0+1=1 (I Promise You)
Wanna One
Swing Entertainment
782,562
EP
5
1÷x=1 (Undivided)
641,131
6
1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny)
605,128
Studio album
7
Love Shot
Exo
SM Entertainment
499,849
Repackage
8
You Make My Day
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
389,937
EP
9
Blooming Days
Exo-CBX
SM Entertainment
363,567
10
What Is Love?
Twice
JYP Entertainment
348,797
2019
2019 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Map of the Soul: Persona
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
3,718,230
EP
2
An Ode
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
858,872
Studio album
3
Obsession
Exo
SM Entertainment
766,294
4
Emergency: Quantum Leap
X1
Swing Entertainment
580,573
EP
5
BTS World: Original Soundtrack
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
553,364
Soundtrack album
6
City Lights
Baekhyun
SM Entertainment
525,935
EP
7
Color on Me
Kang Daniel
Konnect Entertainment
500,134
8
You Made My Dawn
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
475,998
9
Time Slip
Super Junior
SM Entertainment
427,647
Studio album
10
Feel Special
Twice
JYP Entertainment
413,459
EP
2020
2020 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Map of the Soul: 7
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
4,376,975
Studio album
2
Be
2,692,022
3
Heng:garæ
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
1,377,813
EP
4
NCT Resonance Pt. 1
NCT
SM Entertainment
1,289,594
Studio album
5
The Album
Blackpink
YG Entertainment
1,244,802
6
Semicolon
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
1,122,850
EP
7
Delight
Baekhyun
SM Entertainment
971,554
8
Neo Zone
NCT 127
836,779
Studio album
9
NCT Resonance Pt. 2
NCT
791,590
10
Skool Luv Affair Special Addition
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
670,500
Repackage
2021
2021 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Butter
BTS
Big Hit Music
2,999,407
Single album
2
Sticker
NCT 127
SM Entertainment
2,427,559
Studio album
3
Hot Sauce
NCT Dream
2,097,185
4
Attacca
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
2,059,073
EP
5
Universe
NCT
SM Entertainment
1,630,715
Studio album
6
Your Choice
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
1,462,405
EP
7
Don't Fight the Feeling
Exo
SM Entertainment
1,326,189
8
Noeasy
Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
1,303,106
Studio album
9
Dimension: Dilemma
Enhypen
Belift Lab
1,205,949
10
Be
BTS
Big Hit Entertainment
1,049,496
2022
2022 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
Proof
BTS
Big Hit Music
3,482,598
Anthology
2
Maxident
Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
3,176,233
EP
3
Face the Sun
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
2,867,353
Studio album
4
Born Pink
Blackpink
YG Entertainment
2,522,941
5
Glitch Mode
NCT Dream
SM Entertainment
2,095,544
6
2 Baddies
NCT 127
1,825,170
7
Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
TXT
Big Hit Music
1,806,679
EP
8
Girls
Aespa
SM Entertainment
1,803,050
9
Oddinary
Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
1,762,168
10
After Like
Ive
Starship Entertainment
1,652,402
Single album
2023
2023 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
#
Album
Artist
Label
Total sales
Format
1
FML
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
5,546,930
EP
2
5-Star
Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
5,246,998
Studio album
3
Seventeenth Heaven
Seventeen
Pledis Entertainment
4,807,288
EP
4
Rock-Star
Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
3,992,703
5
ISTJ
NCT Dream
SM Entertainment
3,369,118
Studio album
6
The Name Chapter: Temptation
TXT
Big Hit Music
2,868,866
EP
7
The Name Chapter: Freefall
2,352,891
Studio album
8
Golden
Jungkook
2,208,348
9
My World
Aespa
SM Entertainment
2,050,530
EP
10
Youth in the Shade
Zerobaseone
WakeOne
2,037,790
Achievement by artists
Artist with most albums in the Yearly Top 10 Best Selling Album List
Artist with most number-one album
Artist with most weeks at number one
Artist with most months at number one
Albums with the most consecutive weeks at number one
Albums with the most consecutive months at number one
See also