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]'s ''Wrongful Encounter'' was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.]] ]'s ''Wrongful Encounter'' was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.]]
]'s '']'' became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.]] ]'s '']'' became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.]]
]'s '']'' is the first album by a girl group to sell over 1 million copies.]]


This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in ]. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the ] at least 1 million copies. This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in ]. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the ] at least 1 million copies.


The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is '']'', by South Korean boy band ]. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1&nbsp;million copies sold in less than a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|script-title=ko:방탄소년단 'MAP OF THE SOUL : 7', 판매량 411만 장..韓 가수 신기록|last=Kim|first=Yeon-ji|date=March 12, 2020|work=]|language=ko|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200312162135/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2021|via=Naver}}</ref> Including figures based on illegal sales, ]'s 1995 studio album ''Wrongful Encounter'' is estimated to have sold at least 3.3&nbsp;million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|title=Kim Gun-mo readies a new record|last=Chung|first=Jin-hong|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629222028/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness|title=BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Confirmed as Best-Selling Album in South Korean History: Guinness World Records|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=June 25, 2019|work=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness/|archive-date=February 16, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Park Si-soo"/> and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with '']'' in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of ]'s '']'' (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, ], ], and ] with six each. Exo's first studio album, '']'', became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1&nbsp;million copies in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|script-title=ko:엑소 1집 판매량 100만 장 돌파…밀리언셀러 등극|date=December 27, 2013|website=Yonhap News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629051157/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> and BTS' '']'' became the first album to sell over 2&nbsp;million copies since 2000 in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|script-title=ko:방탄소년단, 리패키지 앨범 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' 203만장 돌파|last=Jo|first=Gwang-hyung|date=November 11, 2018|website=NewDaily|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629193855/http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> BTS' ''Map of the Soul: Persona'' became the first album to sell over 3&nbsp;million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by ''Map of the Soul: 7'' which became the first album ever to surpass 4&nbsp;million sales in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|title=BTS's 'Map of the Soul: 7' Makes Gaon Chart History With 4 Million Certified Sales|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055725/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1&nbsp;million copies of both an album and its repackage, with ] and '']'' each surpassing 1&nbsp;million sales. ]'s debut studio album, '']'' (2020), is the first album by a K-pop girl group to sell more than a million copies in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/13/nct-blackpink-seventeen-achieve-million-seller-status-with-their-new-albums/|title=NCT, BLACKPINK, Seventeen achieve 'million seller' status with their new albums|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=November 13, 2020|work=]|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418013757/https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/13/nct-blackpink-seventeen-achieve-million-seller-status-with-their-new-albums/|url-status=live|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is '']'', by South Korean boy band ]. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1&nbsp;million copies sold in less than a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|script-title=ko:방탄소년단 'MAP OF THE SOUL : 7', 판매량 411만 장..韓 가수 신기록|last=Kim|first=Yeon-ji|date=March 12, 2020|work=]|language=ko|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200312162135/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003009896|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2021|via=Naver}}</ref> Including figures based on illegal sales, ]'s 1995 studio album ''Wrongful Encounter'' is estimated to have sold at least 3.3&nbsp;million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|title=Kim Gun-mo readies a new record|last=Chung|first=Jin-hong|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629222028/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025941|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness|title=BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Confirmed as Best-Selling Album in South Korean History: Guinness World Records|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=June 25, 2019|work=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bts/8517521/bts-map-soul-persona-best-selling-album-korea-guiness/|archive-date=February 16, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Park Si-soo"/> and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with '']'' in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of ]'s '']'' (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, ], ], and ] with six each. Exo's first studio album, '']'', became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1&nbsp;million copies in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|script-title=ko:엑소 1집 판매량 100만 장 돌파…밀리언셀러 등극|date=December 27, 2013|website=Yonhap News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629051157/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131227040400005|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> and BTS' '']'' became the first album to sell over 2&nbsp;million copies since 2000 in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|script-title=ko:방탄소년단, 리패키지 앨범 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' 203만장 돌파|last=Jo|first=Gwang-hyung|date=November 11, 2018|website=NewDaily|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629193855/http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/11/09/2018110900175.html|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> BTS' ''Map of the Soul: Persona'' became the first album to sell over 3&nbsp;million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by ''Map of the Soul: 7'' which became the first album ever to surpass 4&nbsp;million sales in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|title=BTS's 'Map of the Soul: 7' Makes Gaon Chart History With 4 Million Certified Sales|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055725/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/04/09/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-4-million-south-korean-sales-gaon-chart/|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1&nbsp;million copies of both an album and its repackage, with ] and '']'' each surpassing 1&nbsp;million sales.


Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The ] (KMCA) introduced the ] in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|script-title=ko:결과론적으로 말해서, 엑소의 100만장, 절대 팬덤의 도래|last=Kwon|first=Seok-jeong|date=December 30, 2013|work=Ten Asia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004221/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|archive-date=June 26, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> ] for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales. Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The ] (KMCA) introduced the ] in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|script-title=ko:결과론적으로 말해서, 엑소의 100만장, 절대 팬덤의 도래|last=Kwon|first=Seok-jeong|date=December 30, 2013|work=Ten Asia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004221/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/196992|archive-date=June 26, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> ] for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales.

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For albums with certifications, see List of certified albums in South Korea.

best-selling albums in South Korea This list is complete and up to date as of June 2021.
BTS' Map of the Soul: 7 is the best-selling album of all time in South Korea, with over 4.5 million copies sold. The group achieved the first album to sell over 2 million copies since 2000 in 2018 with Love Yourself: Answer, and the first album to sell over 3 million copies since 1997 in 2019 with Map of the Soul: Persona.
Kim Gun-mo's Wrongful Encounter was the best-selling album in South Korea for 24 years, having sold an estimated 3.3 million copies.
Exo's XOXO became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies. Four of the group's subsequent albums sold over a million copies each, and were the best-selling albums of the year from 2013 to 2017.

This is a list of the best-selling albums of recorded music in South Korea. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 1 million copies.

The best-selling album in South Korea as of 2021 is Map of the Soul: 7, by South Korean boy band BTS. The studio album, released in February 2020, became the best-selling album in South Korea of all time, with over 4.1 million copies sold in less than a month. Including figures based on illegal sales, Kim Gun-mo's 1995 studio album Wrongful Encounter is estimated to have sold at least 3.3 million copies, and held the record as the best-selling South Korean album for 24 years until it was broken by BTS with Map of the Soul: Persona in 2019. All albums that have sold over one million copies in South Korea are by Korean artists, with the exception of Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard (1992). BTS is the act with the most million-selling albums, having eight, followed by Kim Gun-mo, Shin Seung-hun, Seo Taiji, and Exo with six each. Exo's first studio album, XOXO, became the first album released since 2001 to sell over 1 million copies in 2013, and BTS' Love Yourself: Answer became the first album to sell over 2 million copies since 2000 in 2018. BTS' Map of the Soul: Persona became the first album to sell over 3 million copies since 1997 in 2019, followed by Map of the Soul: 7 which became the first album ever to surpass 4 million sales in 2020. In 2019, BTS became the first act to sell 1 million copies of both an album and its repackage, with Wings and You Never Walk Alone each surpassing 1 million sales.

Between January 1999 and November 2008, the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK) charts were published monthly, with fifty chart positions and each album's detailed sales. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) introduced the Gaon Album Chart in February 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. Domestic music sales declined sharply in the 21st century. Sales certifications for albums are awarded by the KMCA, were introduced in April 2018, and can be awarded to every album released after January 1, 2018. Certifications are not included in this list, because the Gaon Music Chart publishes detailed album sales.

Legend

Colors
Standard album
Standard and reissue albums
Compilation album
Original soundtrack

2 million or more copies

Artist Album Year Sales Estimates Ref.
BTS Map of the Soul: 7 2020 4,515,669
BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 2019 4,070,496
BTS Be 2020 3,662,219
NCT Dream Hot Sauce (Full & RG) 2021 2,918,128
BTS Love Yourself: Answer 2018 2,891,038
Kim Gun-mo Wrongful Encounter 1995 2,860,000 3,300,000
Lee Moon-sae When Love Passes By 1987 2,850,000
Lee Moon-sae Standing Under the Shade of a Roadside Tree 1988 2,580,000
BTS Wings (Full & RG) 2016–2017 2,532,001
BTS Love Yourself: Tear 2018 2,513,634
Kim Jong-hwan Reason for Existence 1996 2,500,000
BTS Love Yourself: Her 2017 2,491,353
Shin Seung-hun To Heaven 1996 2,470,000
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys IV 1995 2,400,000
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys II 1993 2,200,000
Jo Kwan-woo Memory 1995 2,140,000 3,000,000
Jo Sung-mo Let Me Love 2000 2,072,029
Jo Sung-mo For Your Soul 1999 2,047,152
Yoo Jae-ha Because I Love You 1987 2,000,000
Byun Jin-sub Back To You 1989 2,000,000 3,000,000
Kim Hyun-sik My Love by My Side 1991 1,100,000 2,000,000
Kim Jong-hwan For Love 1997 1,100,000 3,000,000

1 million–1.9 million copies

Artist Album Year Sales Ref.
Exo Don't Mess Up My Tempo (Full & RG) 2018 1,982,933
DJ DOC DJ2DOC 1996 1,950,000
g.o.d Chapter 3 2000 1,849,381
Kim Gun-mo Excuse 1993 1,830,000
Various artists The More I Love You 2001 1,815,296
Kim Gun-mo Exchange 1996 1,810,000
Byun Jin-sub To Be Alone 1988 1,800,000
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys 1992 1,800,000
Shin Seung-hun After A Long Time 1994 1,800,000
g.o.d Chapter 4 2001 1,738,082
Exo The War (Full & RG) 2017 1,701,856
Shin Seung-hun Because I Love You 1993 1,700,000
NCT 127 Neo Zone (Full & RG) 2020 1,683,179
Seo Taiji and Boys Seo Taiji and Boys III 1994 1,600,000
Roo'ra The Angel Who Lost Wings 1995 1,600,000
Jo Sung-mo Classic 2000 1,599,111
Shin Seung-hun Invisible Love 1991 1,580,000
NCT Resonance Pt. 1 2020 1,509,601
Lee Moon-sae I Don't Know Yet 1985 1,500,000
H.O.T. We Hate All Kinds of Violence 1996 1,500,000
H.O.T. Wolf and Sheep 1997 1,500,000
Wanna One 1X1=1 (To Be One) (EP & RG) 2017 1,459,377
Seventeen Heng:garæ 2020 1,436,314
NCT Resonance Pt. 2 2020 1,428,976
Shin Seung-hun Reflection of You in Your Smile 1990 1,400,000
Kim Won-jun While You Were Not Here 1994 1,400,000
Kim Gun-mo Another Days 2001 1,397,388
Blackpink The Album 2020 1,393,937
Seventeen Your Choice 2021 1,391,964
H.O.T. I Yah! 1999 1,383,985
Exo XOXO (Full & RG) 2013 1,319,660
Shin Seung-hun Shin Seung Hun VI 1998 1,310,000
Exo Exodus (Full & RG) 2015 1,305,922
Jo Kwan-woo My Third Story About... 1996 1,300,000
Seo Taiji Ultramania 2000 1,300,000
Exo Don't Fight the Feeling 2021 1,216,175
Kim Gun-mo Myself 1997 1,210,000
Exo Ex'Act (Full & RG) 2016 1,209,449
Byun Jin-sub Farewell 1990 1,200,000
Whitney Houston/various artists The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album 1992 1,200,000
BTS Skool Luv Affair (EP & RG) 2014 1,199,812
Seventeen Semicolon 2020 1,141,374
Seo Taiji Seo Tai Ji 1998 1,133,736
Clon Are You Ready? 1996 1,120,000
H.O.T. Resurrection 1998 1,103,439
Seventeen An Ode 2019 1,055,187
Sumi Jo Only Love 2000 1,055,170
Baekhyun Delight 2020 1,031,993
Baekhyun Bambi 2021 1,005,467
The Pearl Sisters My Dear 1968 1,000,000
Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns Vol. 1 1974 1,000,000
Cho Yong-pil Woman Outside The Window 1980 1,000,000
Joo Hyun-mi Couple's Party 1984 1,000,000
Kim Wan-sun Pierrot Smiles at Us 1990 1,000,000
015B The Third Wave 1992 1,000,000
Kim Gun-mo Sleepless Rainy Night 1992 1,000,000
015B The Fourth Movement 1993 1,000,000
Jo Kwan-woo My First Story 1994 1,000,000
015B Big 5 1994 1,000,000
DJ DOC 4th Album 1997 1,000,000
Jo Kwan-woo Waiting 1997 1,000,000

Best-selling album by year

Sales of standard release and reissue albums in a year. This list does not include sales of the same album in other years apart from the specified calendar year. For a list of total sales, see sections above.

Year Artist Album Sales Ref.
1998 Seo Taiji Seo Tai Ji 1,133,736
1999 Jo Sung-mo For Your Soul 1,949,043
2000 Let Me Love 1,968,967
2001 Various artists The More I Love You 1,688,129
2002 Cool 7even 647,052
2003 Kim Gun-mo Hestory 529,416
2004 Seo Taiji 7th Issue 482,066
2005 SG Wannabe Saldaga (Full & RG) 414,855
2006 TVXQ "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. (Full & RG) 349,317
2007 SG Wannabe The Sentimental Chord 190,998
2008 TVXQ Mirotic (Full & RG) 502,837
2009 Super Junior Sorry, Sorry (Full & RG) 250,673
2010 Girls' Generation Oh! (Full & RG) 334,785
2011 Super Junior Mr. Simple (Full & RG) 473,242
2012 Sexy, Free & Single (Full & RG) 480,622
2013 Exo XOXO (Full & RGs) 1,006,473
2014 Exo Overdose 657,765
2015 Exo Exodus (Full & RGs) 1,211,237
2016 Ex'Act (Full & RGs) 1,149,743
2017 The War (Full & RGs) 1,596,959
2018 BTS Love Yourself: Answer 2,197,808
2019 BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 3,718,230
2020 Map of the Soul: 7 4,376,975

See also

Notes

  • Estimates are based on "Gil Board Chart", illegal copies sold from pirated CD's or cassettes. Although considered unofficial, some estimates have been verified and used in official capacity such as Guinness World Records and the Golden Disc Awards.
  • Sales figure only includes sales up to August 1998.
  • Sales figure also includes sales of the week ending January 6, 2009.
  • Sales figure only includes sales up to the week ending December 12, 2009.

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  10. Cumulative sales of Map of the Soul: Persona:
  11. Cumulative sales of Be:
  12. Cumulative sales of Hot Sauce and Hello Future:
  13. Cumulative sales of Love Yourself: Answer:
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  17. Cumulative sales of Love Yourself: Tear:
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