Circle Album Chart

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.^[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

• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025

Best-selling albums

2010 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[4]

#	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

2010

2011 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[5]

#	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

2011

2012 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[6]

#	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

2012

2013 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[7]

#	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

2013

2014 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[8]

#	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

2014

2015 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[9]

#	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

2015

2016 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[10]

#	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

2016

2017 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[11]

#	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

2017

2018 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[12]

#	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

2018

2019 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[13]

#	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

2019

2020 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[14]

#	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

2020

2021 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[15]

#	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

2021

2022 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[16]

#	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

2022

2023 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[17]

#	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

2023

2024 Yearly Top 10 Best-Selling Albums^[18]

#	Album	Artist	Label	Total sales	Format
1	Spill the Feels	Seventeen	Pledis Entertainment	3,180,338	EP
2	17 Is Right Here	Seventeen	Pledis Entertainment	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	TXT	Big Hit Music	1,665,335	EP
9	Ive Switch	Ive	Starship Entertainment	1,665,125	EP
10	Dreamscape	NCT Dream	SM Entertainment	1,407,843	Studio album

2024

Achievements by artists

Total albums	Artist	Album	Year released
22	Exo	XOXO (Kiss Version)	2013
		XOXO (Hug Version)
		XOXO (Repackage Edition) (Kiss Version)
		XOXO (Repackage Edition) (Hug Version)
		Miracles in December (Korean Version)
		Miracles in December (Chinese Version)
		Exodus (Korean Version)	2015
		Exodus (Chinese Version)
		Love Me Right (Korean Version)
		Sing For You (Korean Version)
		Sing For You (Chinese Version)
		Ex'Act (Korean Version)	2016
		For Life
		Ex'Act (Chinese Version)
		Lotto (Korean Version)
		The War (Korean Version)	2017
		The Power Of Music (Korean Version)
		Universe
		Don't Mess Up My Tempo	2018
		Love Shot
		Obsession	2019
		Don't Fight the Feeling	2021
16	BTS	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1	2015
		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2
		Wings	2016
		The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever
		You Never Walk Alone	2017
		Love Yourself: Her
		Love Yourself: Answer	2018
		Love Yourself: Tear
		Map of the Soul: Persona	2019
		BTS World: Original Soundtrack
		Map of the Soul: 7	2020
		Skool Luv Affair Special Addition
		Be
		Butter	2021
		Be
		Proof	2022
11	Seventeen	Teen, Age	2017
		You Make My Day	2018
		You Made My Dawn	2019
		An Ode
		Heng:garæ	2020
		Semicolon
		Your Choice	2021
		Attacca
		Face the Sun	2022
		FML	2023
		Seventeenth Heaven
9	Super Junior	Bonamana	2010
		Bonamana (Repackaged)
		Mr. Simple	2011
		A-Cha
		Sexy, Free & Single	2012
		Mamacita	2014
		This Is Love
		Devil	2015
		Time Slip	2019
6	Girls' Generation	Oh!	2010
		Hoot
		Run Devil Run
		The Boys	2011
		I Got a Boy	2013
		Mr.Mr.	2014

Most albums in the Yearly Top 10 Best Selling Album List

Total albums	Artist	Album	Year released	Ref.
19	Seventeen	Love&Letter	2016	[19]
		Love&Letter Repackage Album		[20]
		Going Seventeen		[21]
		Al1	2017	[22]
		Teen, Age		[23]
		Director's Cut	2018	[24]
		You Make My Day		[25]
		You Made My Dawn	2019	[26]
		An Ode		[27]
		Heng:garæ	2020	[28]
		Semicolon		[29]
		Your Choice	2021	[30]
		Attacca		[31]
		Face the Sun	2022	[32]
		Sector 17		[33]
		FML	2023	[34]
		Seventeenth Heaven		[35]
		17 Is Right Here	2024	[36]
		Spill the Feels		[37]
18	Exo	XOXO (Kiss Version)	2013	[38]
		XOXO (Repackage Edition) (Kiss Version)		[39]
		Miracles in December (Korean Version)		[40]
		Exology Chapter 1: The Lost Planet	2015	[41]
		Exodus (Korean Version)		[42]
		Love Me Right (Korean Version)		[43]
		Sing For You (Korean Version)		[44]
		Ex'Act (Korean Version)	2016	[45]
		Lotto (Korean Version)		[46]
		For Life		[47]
		The War (Korean Version)	2017	[48]
		The Power Of Music (Korean Version)		[49]
		Universe		[50]
		Don't Mess Up My Tempo	2018	[51]
		Love Shot		[52]
		Obsession	2019	[53]
		Don't Fight the Feeling	2021	[54]
		Exist	2023	[55]
16	BTS	Skool Luv Affair	2014	[56]
		Skool Luv Affair Special Addition		[57]
		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1	2015	[58]
		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2		[59]
		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever	2016	[60]
		Wings		[61]
		You Never Walk Alone	2017	[62]
		Love Yourself: Her		[63]
		Love Yourself: Tear	2018	[64]
		Love Yourself: Answer		[65]
		Map of the Soul: Persona	2019	[66]
		BTS World: Original Soundtrack		[67]
		Map of the Soul: 7	2020	[68]
		Be		[69]
		Butter	2021	[70]
		Proof	2022	[71]
15	Super Junior	Bonamana	2010	[72]
		Bonamana (Repackaged)		[73]
		Mr. Simple	2011	[74]
		A-Cha		[75]
		Sexy, Free & Single	2012	[76]
		Spy		[77]
		Mamacita	2014	[78]
		This Is Love		[79]
		Magic	2015	[80]
		Play (Pause Version)	2017	[81]
		Time Slip	2019	[82]
		Timeless	2020	[83]
		The Renaissance	2021	[84]
		The Road: Winter for Spring	2022	[85]
		The Road: Celebration		[86]
14	Shinee	Lucifer	2010	[87]
		Hello		[88]
		Sherlock	2012	[89]
		Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You	2013	[90]
		Chapter 2. Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me		[91]
		Everybody		[92]
		Odd	2015	[93]
		Married to the Music		[94]
		1 of 1	2016	[95]
		1 and 1		[96]
		The Story of Light EP.1	2018	[97]
		The Story of Light EP.2		[98]
		The Story of Light: Epilogue		[99]
		Don't Call Me	2021	[100]

Most number one albums

Total weeks	Artist	Ref.
35	Exo	[101]
32	BTS	[102]
28	Seventeen	[103]
23	Super Junior	[104]
21	Girls' Generation	[105]

Most weeks at number one

Total months	Artist	Ref.
17	Exo	[106]
15	Seventeen	[107]
14	BTS	[108]
10	Girls' Generation	[109]
9	Super Junior	[110]

Most months at number one

Total weeks	Artist	Album	Year	Ref.
4	Exo	Exodus (Korean Version)	2015	[111]
3	2PM	01:59PM	2010	[112]
	Girls' Generation	Oh!		[113]
	SS501	Destination		[114]
	Girls' Generation	The Boys	2011	[115]
	Super Junior	Sexy, Free & Single	2012	[116]
	TVXQ	Catch Me		[117]
	Exo	The War (Korean Version)	2017	[118]
	Wanna One	1X1=1 (To Be One)		[119]
	Seventeen	You Made My Dawn	2019	[120]
	BTS	Map of the Soul: Persona		[121]
	X1	Emergency: Quantum Leap		[122]
	NCT Dream	Hot Sauce	2021	[123]
	BTS	Butter		[124]
	NCT 127	Sticker		[125]

Most consecutive weeks at number one

Total months	Artist	Album	Year	Ref.
3	Girls' Generation	The Boys	2011	[126]
2		Oh!	2010	[127]
	Exo	Exodus (Korean Version)	2015	[128]
		Obsession	2019	[129]

Most consecutive months at number one

See also

• Record production portal