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List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2011

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The Gaon Album Chart was[a] a South Korean record chart that ranked the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It was part of the Gaon Music Chart, which launched in February 2010.[1] The data are compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association based upon weekly and monthly physical album sales by major South Korean distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, KT Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.[2][3]

Girls' Generation's The Boys was the best-selling album of 2011 in South Korea.

In 2011, there were 44 albums which reached number one on the weekly chart. Girls' Generation, Big Bang, and JYJ topped the chart with three different albums each, more than any other act. CNBLUE, Kim Hyun-joong, and Super Junior each had two number one albums on the chart. The longest chart run on the weekly chart at number one was Girls' Generation's The Boys and Super Junior's Mr. Simple; both spent four weeks at the top of the chart. On the monthly chart, TVXQ and Big Bang had the most album number-ones, with two each. Girls' Generation's The Boys topped the monthly chart for three consecutive months from October to December.

Overall, Girls' Generation's The Boys was Gaon's best-selling album of 2011, selling 385,348 copies.[4]

Weekly charts

A photograph of Super Junior at the Kaohsiung Arena, Taiwan in 2011
Super Junior earned two number-one albums on the weekly album chart, one of which, Mr. Simple, topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks.
A photograph of JYJ performing at the 2014 Asian Games Opening Ceremony
JYJ had three number-one albums in 2011.
Key
† Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2011[4]
More information Week, Album ...
Week Album Artist Ref.
December 25, 2010[b] GD & TOP GD & TOP [5]
January 1 The 1st Asia Tour Concert Into the New World Girls' Generation [6]
January 8 Keep Your Head Down TVXQ [7]
January 15 [8]
January 22 VVIP Seungri [9]
January 29 Secret Garden OST Various artists [10]
February 5 Only One U-KISS [11]
February 12 Kolleen Selects Various artists [12]
February 19 The Beginning (Worldwide Concert In Seoul Edition) JYJ [13]
February 26 Kolleen Selects Various artists [14]
March 5 Tonight Big Bang [15]
March 12 My Girl Kim Hyung-jun [16]
March 19 Before U Go TVXQ [17]
March 26 First Step CNBLUE [18]
April 2 [19]
April 9 Big Bang Special Edition Big Bang [20]
April 16 [21]
April 23 Pinocchio f(x) [22]
April 30 First Step + Thank You CNBLUE [23]
May 7 Feel Brand New Eru [24]
May 14 Let It Go Heo Young-saeng [25]
May 21 Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run Girls' Generation [26]
May 28 Return F.T. Island [27]
June 4 Fiction and Fact Beast [28]
June 11 Break Down Kim Hyun-joong [29]
June 18 2011 Big Bang Live Concert 'BIG SHOW' Big Bang [30]
June 25 Hands Up 2PM [31]
July 2 Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway Various artists [32]
July 9 Miss Ripley OST Various artists [33]
July 16 Mona Lisa MBLAQ [34]
July 23 Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway Various artists [35]
July 30 2NE1 2nd Mini Album 2NE1 [36]
August 6 Mr. Simple Super Junior [37]
August 13 [38]
August 20 I Am Singer 1 Various artists [39]
August 27 Mr. Simple Super Junior [40]
September 3 [41]
September 10 STEP Kara [42]
September 17 Vol. 7 The First Sung Si-kyung [43]
September 24 A-Cha Super Junior [44]
October 1 Paradise Infinite [45]
October 8 In Heaven JYJ [46]
October 15 Lucky Kim Hyun-joong [47]
October 22 The Boys† Girls' Generation [48]
October 29 [49]
November 5 [50]
November 12 Wonder World Wonder Girls [51]
November 19 KimdongrYULE Kim Dong-ryool [52]
November 26 In Heaven (Special Edition) JYJ [53]
December 3 Last Fantasy IU [54]
December 10 The Boys † Girls' Generation [55]
December 17 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift SM Town [56]
December 24 You're Beautiful OST Jang Keun-suk [57]
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Monthly charts

A photograph of TVXQ at the Kpop World festival in 2012
A photograph of Big Bang promoting LG phones
TVXQ (top) and Big Bang (bottom) both had two monthly number-one albums, more than any other act.
Key
† Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2011[4]
More information Month, Album ...
Month Album Artist Sales
January Keep Your Head Down TVXQ 230,227[58]
February Tonight Big Bang 109,770[59]
March Before U Go TVXQ 51,354[60]
April Big Bang Special Edition Big Bang 72,139[61]
May Fiction and Fact Beast 90,000[62]
June Break Down Kim Hyun-joong 100,433[63]
July 2NE1 2nd Mini Album 2NE1 54,900[64]
August Mr. Simple Super Junior 287,427[65]
September In Heaven JYJ 136,500[66]
October The Boys † Girls' Generation 227,994[67]
November 65,048[68]
December 92,306[69]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The chart has been renamed to Circle Album Chart, as part of the Circle Charts, since 2022
  2. [b]
    This week was counted as the first week of 2011 by Gaon Music Chart.[5]

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