Circle Album Chart
South Korean music albums chart
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The Circle Album Chart (Korean: 써클 앨범 차트), previously known as the Gaon Album Chart (가온 앨범 차트), 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[1]
Number-one albums
Best-selling albums
2010
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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 |
2024
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spill the Feels | Seventeen | Pledis Entertainment | 3,180,338 | EP |
| 2 | 17 Is Right Here | 3,153,616 | Compilation album | ||
| 3 | Ate | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 2,880,052 | EP |
| 4 | Romance: Untold | Enhypen | Belift Lab | 2,402,335 | Studio album |
| 5 | Dream()scape | NCT Dream | SM Entertainment | 2,208,837 | EP |
| 6 | Hop | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 2,041,231 | Mixtape |
| 7 | Minisode 3: Tomorrow | TXT | Big Hit Music | 1,716,505 | EP |
| 8 | The Star Chapter: Sanctuary | 1,665,335 | |||
| 9 | Ive Switch | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 1,665,125 | |
| 10 | Dreamscape | NCT Dream | SM Entertainment | 1,407,843 | Studio album |
2025
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karma | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 3,397,810 | Studio album |
| 2 | Happy Burstday | Seventeen | Pledis Entertainment | 2,559,694 | |
| 3 | Do It | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 2,314,271 | Mixtape |
| 4 | Desire: Unleash | Enhypen | Belift Lab | 2,166,881 | EP |
| 5 | The Star Chapter: Together | TXT | Big Hit Music | 1,801,907 | Studio album |
| 6 | Never Say Never | Zerobaseone | WakeOne | 1,456,708 | |
| 7 | Ive Empathy | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 1,425,261 | EP |
| 8 | Odyssey | Riize | SM Entertainment | 1,412,159 | Studio album |
| 9 | Color | NCT Wish | 1,366,466 | EP | |
| 10 | Back to Life | &Team | YX Labels | 1,331,733 |
Achievements by artists
Most albums in the Yearly Top 10 Best Selling Album List
Most number one albums
Most weeks at number one
| Total weeks | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | Exo | [102] |
| 32 | BTS | [103] |
| 28 | Seventeen | [104] |
| 23 | Super Junior | [105] |
| 21 | Girls' Generation | [106] |
Most months at number one
| Total months | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Exo | [107] |
| 15 | Seventeen | [108] |
| 14 | BTS | [109] |
| 10 | Girls' Generation | [110] |
| 9 | Super Junior | [111] |
Most consecutive weeks at number one
| Total weeks | Artist | Album | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Exo | Exodus (Korean Version) | 2015 | [112] |
| 3 | 2PM | 01:59PM | 2010 | [113] |
| Girls' Generation | Oh! | [114] | ||
| SS501 | Destination | [115] | ||
| Girls' Generation | The Boys | 2011 | [116] | |
| Super Junior | Sexy, Free & Single | 2012 | [117] | |
| TVXQ | Catch Me | [118] | ||
| Exo | The War (Korean Version) | 2017 | [119] | |
| Wanna One | 1X1=1 (To Be One) | [120] | ||
| Seventeen | You Made My Dawn | 2019 | [121] | |
| BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | [122] | ||
| X1 | Emergency: Quantum Leap | [123] | ||
| NCT Dream | Hot Sauce | 2021 | [124] | |
| BTS | Butter | [125] | ||
| NCT 127 | Sticker | [126] |
