The Gaon Album Chart is a record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Gaon Music Chart which launched in February 2010.[3] The data for the chart is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Music Content Industry Association based on weekly and monthly physical albums and digital sales by six major distributors: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.[4]
Overall, BTS' album Wings was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2016, selling 751,301 copies.[1] With Wings, BTS had the highest-selling album ever recorded on Gaon Music Chart since the chart's inception in 2010.[2]
Weekly charts
editMonthly charts
editMonth | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | Red Point | Teen Top | 78,098 | [58] |
February | No.X | Jaejoong | 84,868 | [59] |
March | Flight Log: Departure | Got7 | 99,977 | [60] |
April | Love&Letter | Seventeen | 132,402 | [61] |
May | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | BTS | 310,243 | [62] |
June | Ex'Act (Korean Version) | Exo | 524,823 | [63] |
July | Love & Letter Repackage | Seventeen | 89,311 | [64] |
August | Lotto (korean ver) | Exo | 223,953 | [65] |
September | Infinite Only | Infinite | 109,751 | [66] |
October | Wings[1] | BTS | 681,924 | [67] |
November | Lose Control | Lay | 129,140 | [68] |
December | For Life | Exo | 438,481 | [69] |
References
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- ^ "2016 Monthly Album Chart - January". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Monthly Album Chart - February". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Monthly Album Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
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- ^ "2016 Monthly Album Chart - July". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
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- ^ "2016 Monthly Album Chart - December". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
External links
edit- Gaon Charts - Official Website (in Korean)