List of number-one international songs of 2016 (South Korea)

The international Gaon Digital Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing international songs in South Korea. The data is collected by the Korea Music Content Association. Below is a list of songs that topped the weekly and monthly charts, as according to the Gaon 국외 (Foreign) Digital Chart. The Digital Chart ranks songs according to their performance on the Gaon Download, Streaming, and BGM charts.[1]

Weekly chart
Source: Gaon Digital Chart[1]
Date Song Artist Total downloads
January 2 "Hello" Adele 37,202
January 9 46,671
January 16 39,147
January 23 34,491
January 30 33,903
February 6 33,956
February 13 29,977
February 20 27,732
February 27 26,386
March 5 26,364
March 12 "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj 49,907
March 19 48,684
March 26 41,086
April 2 34,701
April 9 31,489
April 16 29,406
April 23 26,861
April 30 26,367
May 7 25,531
May 14 23,179
May 21 "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber 22,890
May 28 22,893
June 4 20,937
June 11 19,674
June 18 18,312
June 25 17,942
July 2 19,607
July 9 19,530
July 16 17,760
July 23 17,170
July 30 15,308
August 6 16,120
August 13 12,379
August 20 17,382
August 27 18,422
September 3 18,861
September 10 17,447
September 17 16,572
September 24 15,648
October 1 18,086
October 8 "I'm Not the Only One" Sam Smith 18,370
October 15 "Don't Wanna Know" Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar 51,694
October 22 69,810
October 29 40,758
November 5 30,275
November 12 24,887
November 19 24,599
November 26 25,027
December 3 24,923
December 10 "Santa Tell Me" Ariana Grande 29,208
December 17 "Hush" Lasse Lindh 153,068
December 24 74,317
December 31 51,562

Monthly charts
Source: Gaon Monthly Digital Chart
Month Song Artist Total Downloads Ref
January "Hello" Adele 169,825 [2][3]
February 120,056 [4][5]
March "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj 179,973 [6][7]
April 124,484 [8][9]
May "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber 101,022 [10][11]
June 80,781 [12][13]
July 78,353 [14][15]
August 72,689 [16][17]
September 73,142 [18][19]
October "Don't Wanna Know" Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar 172,190 [20][21]
November 109,652 [22][23]
December "Hush" Lasse Lindh 300,616 [24][25]

Year-end chart
RankSongArtist(s)Total Downloads
1 "I'm Not the Only One" Sam Smith 969,207
2 "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber 962,780
3 "Hello" Adele 821,942
4 "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj 707,592
5 "Sugar" Maroon 5 606,307
6 "One Call Away" Charlie Puth 526,715
7 "I'm Not Sorry" Dean featuring Eric Bellinger 399,898
8 "Lost Stars" Adam Levine 470,754
9 "Don't Wanna Know" Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar 374,226
10 "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 422,403

References
  1. "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  2. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - January". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  3. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - January". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - February". Gaon Chart. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
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  6. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  7. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  8. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - April". Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  9. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - April". Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  10. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  11. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  12. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - June". Gaon Chart. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  13. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - June". Gaon Chart. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  14. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - July". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  15. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - July". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  16. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - August". Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  17. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - August". Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  18. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - September". Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  19. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - September". Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  20. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - October". Gaon Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  21. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - October". Gaon Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  22. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - November". Gaon Chart. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  23. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - November". Gaon Chart. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  24. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - December". Gaon Chart. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  25. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - December". Gaon Chart. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
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