List of best-selling albums in South Korea
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 2020 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 more than 4.1 million copies sold in less than a month.[1] Including estimates 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] holding the record for 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 more than 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 and Seo Taiji, who both have six, followed by Exo with five. Exo's first studio album, XOXO, became the first album released since 2001 to sell more than 1 million copies in 2013,[5] and BTS' Love Yourself: Answer became the first album to sell more than 2 million copies since 2000 in 2018.[6] BTS' Map of the Soul: Persona became the first album to sell more than 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 | |
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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 | 4,376,975 | [9] | |
BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | 2019 | 3,915,766 | [10] | |
Kim Gun-mo | Wrongful Encounter | 1995 | 2,860,000 | 3,300,000 | [11][4] |
BTS | Love Yourself: Answer | 2018 | 2,731,330 | [12] | |
BTS | Be | 2020 | 2,692,022 | [13] | |
Lee Moon-sae | Standing Under the Shade of a Roadside Tree | 1988 | 2,580,000 | [14] | |
Shin Seung-hun | To Heaven | 1996 | 2,470,000 | [15] | |
Byun Jin-sub | Back To You | 1989 | 2,400,000 | 3,000,000 | [16][17] |
Seo Taiji and Boys | Seo Taiji and Boys IV | 1995 | 2,400,000 | [18] | |
BTS | Love Yourself: Tear | 2018 | 2,349,588 | [19] | |
BTS | Love Yourself: Her | 2017 | 2,347,120 | [20] | |
BTS | Wings (Full & RG) | 2016–2017 | 2,345,824 | [21] | |
Seo Taiji and Boys | Seo Taiji and Boys II | 1993 | 2,200,000 | [18] | |
Jo Kwan-woo | Memory | 1995 | 2,140,000 | 3,200,000 | [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 | To Be Alone | 1988 | 1,800,000 | 2,800,000 | [17] |
Kim Jong-hwan | For Love | 1997 | 1,100,000 | 3,000,000 | [28][29] |
Kim Hyun-sik | My Love by My Side | 1991 | 1,100,000 | 2,000,000 | [30][31] |
Lee Moon-sae | When Love Passes By | 1987 | 900,000 | 2,850,000 | [32][14] |
Kim Jong-hwan | Reason for Existence | 1996 | 900,000 | 2,500,000 | [28][33] |
1 million–1.9 million copies
Artist | Album | Year | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
EXO | Don't Mess Up My Tempo (Full & RG) | 2018 | 1,967,290 | [34] |
DJ Doc | DJ2DOC | 1996 | 1,950,000 | [35] |
g.o.d | Chapter 3: Lies | 2000 | 1,849,381 | [36][37] |
Kim Gun-mo | Excuse | 1993 | 1,830,000 | [38] |
Kim Gun-mo | Exchange | 1996 | 1,810,000 | [38] |
Seo Taiji and Boys | Seo Taiji and Boys | 1992 | 1,800,000 | [18] |
Shin Seung-hun | After A Long Time | 1994 | 1,800,000 | [39] |
Various artists | The More I Love You | 2001 | 1,750,354 | [40] |
g.o.d | Chapter 4: Road | 2001 | 1,738,082 | [41] |
Shin Seung-hun | Because I Love You | 1993 | 1,700,000 | [39] |
EXO | The War (Full & RG) | 2017 | 1,672,931 | [42] |
Roo'ra | Angel With Lost Wings | 1995 | 1,600,000 | [43] |
Seo Taiji and Boys | Seo Taiji and Boys III | 1994 | 1,600,000 | [44] |
Jo Sung-mo | Classic | 2000 | 1,599,111 | [45] |
Shin Seung-hun | Invisible Love | 1991 | 1,580,000 | [39] |
H.O.T. | We Hate All Kinds of Violence | 1996 | 1,500,000 | [46] |
H.O.T. | Wolf and Sheep | 1997 | 1,500,000 | [47] |
Lee Moon-sae | I Don't Know Yet | 1985 | 1,500,000 | [14] |
NCT 127 | Neo Zone (Full & RG) | 2020 | 1,483,161 | [48] |
NCT | Resonance Pt. 1 | 2020 | 1,465,341 | [49] |
Wanna One | 1X1=1 (To Be One) (EP & RG) | 2017 | 1,454,231 | [50] |
Seventeen | Heng:garæ | 2020 | 1,406,153 | [51] |
Shin Seung-hun | Reflection of You in Your Smile | 1990 | 1,400,000 | [15] |
Kim Won-jun | While You Were Not Here | 1994 | 1,400,000 | [52] |
Kim Gun-mo | Another Days | 2001 | 1,397,388 | [53] |
H.O.T. | I Yah! | 1999 | 1,383,985 | [54] |
Jo Kwan-woo | My Third Story About... | 1996 | 1,300,000 | [23] |
Seo Taiji | Ultramania | 2000 | 1,300,000 | [55] |
EXO | XOXO (Full & RG) | 2013 | 1,296,063 | [56] |
EXO | EXODUS (Full & RG) | 2015 | 1,285,860 | [57] |
Blackpink | The Album | 2020 | 1,263,681 | [58] |
Byun Jin-sub | Farewell | 1990 | 1,200,000 | [16] |
Whitney Houston/various artists | The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album | 1992 | 1,200,000 | [59][60] |
Clon | Are You Ready? | 1996 | 1,200,000 | [35] |
Sechs Kies | School Byeolgok | 1997 | 1,200,000 | [61] |
EXO | EX'ACT (Full & RG) | 2016 | 1,187,681 | [62] |
BTS | Skool Luv Affair (EP & RG) | 2014 | 1,144,207 | [63] |
Seo Taiji | Seo Tai Ji | 1998 | 1,133,736 | [64] |
Seventeen | Semicolon | 2020 | 1,122,850 | [65] |
H.O.T. | Resurrection | 1998 | 1,103,439 | [66] |
Baekhyun | Delight | 2020 | 1,020,643 | [67] |
015B | The Third Wave | 1992 | 1,000,000 | [68] |
015B | The Fourth Movement | 1993 | 1,000,000 | [68] |
015B | Big 5 | 1994 | 1,000,000 | [68] |
Cho Yong-pil | Woman Outside The Window | 1980 | 1,000,000 | [69] |
DJ Doc | 4th Album | 1997 | 1,000,000 | [70] |
Jo Kwan-woo | My First Story | 1994 | 1,000,000 | [23] |
Jo Kwan-woo | Waiting | 1997 | 1,000,000 | [71] |
Joo Hyun-mi | Couple's Party | 1984 | 1,000,000 | [46] |
Kim Gun-mo | Sleepless Rainy Night | 1992 | 1,000,000 | [72] |
Kim Gun-mo | Myself | 1997 | 1,000,000 | [72] |
Kim Wan-sun | Pierrot Smiles at Us | 1990 | 1,000,000 | [73] |
Sechs Kies | Special Album | 1998 | 1,000,000 | [74] |
Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns | Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns Vol. 1 | 1974 | 1,000,000 | [75] |
The Pearl Sisters | My Dear | 1968 | 1,000,000 | [76] |
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 | [64] |
1999 | Jo Sung-mo | For Your Soul | 1,949,043 | [54] |
2000 | Let Me Love | 1,968,967 | [36] | |
2001 | Various artists | The More I Love You | 1,688,129 | [77] |
2002 | Cool | 7even | 647,052 | [78] |
2003 | Kim Gun-mo | Hestory | 529,416 | [79] |
2004 | Seo Taiji | 7th Issue | 482,066 | [80] |
2005 | SG Wannabe | Saldaga (Full & RG) | 414,855 | [81] |
2006 | TVXQ | "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. (Full & RG) | 349,317 | [82] |
2007 | SG Wannabe | The Sentimental Chord | 190,998 | [83] |
2008[c] | TVXQ | Mirotic (Full & RG) | 502,837 | [84] |
2009[d] | Super Junior | Sorry, Sorry (Full & RG) | 250,673 | [85] |
2010 | Girls' Generation | Oh! (Full & RG) | 334,785 | [86] |
2011 | Super Junior | Mr. Simple (Full & RG) | 473,242 | [87] |
2012 | Sexy, Free & Single (Full & RG) | 480,622 | [88] | |
2013 | EXO | XOXO (Full & RGs) | 1,006,473 | [89] |
2014 | EXO | Overdose | 657,765 | [90] |
2015 | EXO | EXODUS (Full & RGs) | 1,211,237 | [91] |
2016 | EX'ACT (Full & RGs) | 1,149,743 | [92] | |
2017 | The War (Full & RGs) | 1,596,959 | [93] | |
2018 | BTS | Love Yourself: Answer | 2,197,808 | [94] |
2019 | BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | 3,718,230 | [95] |
2020 | Map of the Soul: 7 | 4,376,975 | [96] |
Notes
- ^ Estimates are based on "Gil Board Chart,"[97] 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.[28]
- ^ 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.
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