The best-selling album in South Korea each year (1998–2024)
The top 3 according to 44 votes from people: 2001: Various artists – Sonata · 2005: SG Wannabe – Saldaga · 2003: Kim Gun-mo – Hestory. (Updated May 5, 2026.)
From the million-selling era of Seo Taiji and Jo Sung-mo, through TVXQ, Girls' Generation and Exo, to the multi-million sales of BTS and Seventeen: the best-selling album of each year in South Korea and its sales that year, based on industry association and Circle Chart (formerly Gaon) figures.
Automatically translated (original in 한국어). See the original
Top 25
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1
2001: Various artists – Sonata
1,688,129 copies sold that year.
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2
2005: SG Wannabe – Saldaga
414,855 copies sold that year.
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3
2003: Kim Gun-mo – Hestory
529,416 copies sold that year.
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4
2013: Exo – Growl
335,823 copies sold that year.
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5
2000: Jo Sung-mo – Let Me Love
1,968,967 copies sold that year.
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6
2012: Super Junior – Sexy, Free & Single
356,431 copies sold that year.
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7
2016: BTS – Wings
751,301 copies sold that year.
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8
2020: BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
4,376,975 copies sold that year.
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1999: Jo Sung-mo – For Your Soul
1,949,043 copies sold that year.
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10
2002: Cool – 7even
647,052 copies sold that year.
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11
2004: Seo Taiji – 7th Issue
482,066 copies sold that year.
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12
2007: SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord
190,998 copies sold that year.
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13
2011: Girls' Generation – The Boys
385,348 copies sold that year.
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14
2014: Exo-K – Overdose
385,047 copies sold that year.
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15
2015: Exo – Exodus
478,856 copies sold that year.
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16
2019: BTS – Map of the Soul: Persona
3,718,230 copies sold that year.
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17
2021: BTS – Butter
2,999,407 copies sold that year.
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2022: BTS – Proof
3,482,598 copies sold that year.
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2023: Seventeen – FML
5,546,930 copies sold that year.
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2024: Seventeen – Spill the Feels
3,180,338 copies sold that year.
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21
1998: Seo Taiji – Seo Tai Ji
1,133,736 copies sold that year.
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22
2006: TVXQ – "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.
349,317 copies sold that year.
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23
2018: BTS – Love Yourself: Answer
2,197,808 copies sold that year.
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2017: BTS – Love Yourself: Her
1,493,443 copies sold that year.
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2010: Super Junior – Bonamana
200,193 copies sold that year.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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