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 Koreabased 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.
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.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.
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.
Number-one albums
Best-selling albums
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Bonamana | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 200,193 | Studio album |
| 2 | Oh! | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 197,934 | Studio album |
| 3 | Hoot | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 163,066 | EP |
| 4 | [Oh! (Girls' Generation album)|Run Devil Run] | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 136,851 | Repackage |
| 5 | GD & TOP | GD & TOP | YG Entertainment | 130,000 | Studio album |
| 6 | Lucifer | Shinee | SM Entertainment | 124,961 | Studio album |
| 7 | To Anyone | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment | 122,845 | Studio album |
| 8 | The Beginning | JYJ | C-JeS Entertainment | 99,903 | Studio album |
| 9 | Bonamana | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 99,355 | Repackage |
| 10 | The Beginning | JYJ | C-JeS Entertainment | 98,311 | Studio album |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | The Boys | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 385,348 | Studio album |
| 2 | Mr. Simple | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 343,348 | Studio album |
| 3 | Keep Your Head Down | TVXQ | SM Entertainment | 263,412 | Studio album |
| 4 | In Heaven | JYJ | C-JeS Entertainment | 220,442 | Studio album |
| 5 | Fiction and Fact | Beast | Cube Entertainment | 142,272 | Studio album |
| 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 | Kim Hyun-joong | KeyEast | 101,705 | EP |
| # | 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 | EP |
| 6 | Still Alive | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 148,030 | EP |
| 7 | Mama | Exo-K | SM Entertainment | 145,925 | EP |
| 8 | Twinkle | Girls' Generation-TTS | SM Entertainment | 144,222 | EP |
| 9 | Midnight Sun | Beast | Cube Entertainment | 144,175 | EP |
| 10 | Infinitize | Infinite | Woollim Entertainment | 140,277 | EP |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Growl | Exo | SM Entertainment | 335,823 | Repackage |
| 2 | I Got a Boy | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 293,302 | Studio album |
| 3 | XOXO | Exo | SM Entertainment | 269,597 | Studio album |
| 4 | Miracles in December | Exo | SM Entertainment | 262,825 | EP |
| 5 | Hello | Cho Yong-pil | Pil Records | 250,046 | Studio album |
| 6 | XOXO | Exo | SM Entertainment | 200,870 | Studio album |
| 7 | Growl | Exo | SM Entertainment | 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 | Studio album |
| 10 | Miracles in December | Exo | SM Entertainment | 171,546 | EP |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Overdose | Exo-K | SM Entertainment | 385,047 | EP |
| 2 | Overdose | Exo-M | SM Entertainment | 272,718 | EP |
| 3 | Mamacita | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 265,781 | Studio album |
| 4 | Tense | TVXQ | SM Entertainment | 196,971 | Studio album |
| 5 | Mr.Mr. | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 163,209 | EP |
| 6 | Just Us | JYJ | C-JeS Entertainment | 154,804 | Studio album |
| 7 | Season 2 | Infinite | Woollim Entertainment | 152,479 | Studio album |
| 8 | This Is Love | 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 |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Exodus | Exo | SM Entertainment | 478,856 | Studio album |
| 2 | Sing For You | Exo | SM Entertainment | 318,698 | EP |
| 3 | Love Me Right | Exo | SM Entertainment | 299,623 | Repackage |
| 4 | Exodus | Exo | SM Entertainment | 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 | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 203,664 | EP |
| 7 | Sing For You | Exo | SM Entertainment | 176,239 | EP |
| 8 | Odd | Shinee | SM Entertainment | 172,999 | Studio album |
| 9 | Devil | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 167,742 | Compilation album |
| 10 | Rise as God | TVXQ | SM Entertainment | 151,625 | Studio album |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Wings | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 751,301 | Studio album |
| 2 | Ex'Act | Exo | SM Entertainment | 549,378 | Studio album |
| 3 | For Life | Exo | SM Entertainment | 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 | EP |
| 7 | Lose Control | Lay | SM Entertainment | 274,238 | EP |
| 8 | Ex'Act | Exo | SM Entertainment | 247,899 | Studio album |
| 9 | Lotto | Exo | SM Entertainment | 232,564 | Repackage |
| 10 | Flight Log: Turbulence | Got7 | JYP Entertainment | 225,617 | Studio album |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Love Yourself: Her | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 1,493,443 | EP |
| 2 | The War | Exo | SM Entertainment | 949,827 | Studio album |
| 3 | You Never Walk Alone | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 768,402 | Repackage |
| 4 | Be One)">Be (BTS album)">Be One) | Wanna One | YMC Entertainment | 741,546 | EP |
| 5 | 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You) | Wanna One | YMC Entertainment | 614,072 | Repackage |
| 6 | Universe | Exo | SM Entertainment | 516,062 | EP |
| 7 | The Power of Music | Exo | SM Entertainment | 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 |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Love Yourself: Answer | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 2,197,808 | Compilation album |
| 2 | Love Yourself: Tear | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 1,849,537 | Studio album |
| 3 | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Exo | SM Entertainment | 1,452,030 | Studio album |
| 4 | 0+1=1 (I Promise You) | Wanna One | Swing Entertainment | 782,562 | EP |
| 5 | 1÷x=1 (Undivided) | Wanna One | Swing Entertainment | 641,131 | EP |
| 6 | 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) | Wanna One | Swing Entertainment | 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 | EP |
| 10 | What Is Love? | Twice | JYP Entertainment | 348,797 | EP |
| # | 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 | Studio album |
| 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 | EP |
| 8 | You Made My Dawn | Seventeen | Pledis Entertainment | 475,998 | EP |
| 9 | Time Slip | Super Junior | SM Entertainment | 427,647 | Studio album |
| 10 | Feel Special | Twice | JYP Entertainment | 413,459 | EP |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Map of the Soul: 7 | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 4,376,975 | Studio album |
| 2 | Be | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 2,692,022 | Studio album |
| 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 | Studio album |
| 6 | Semicolon | Seventeen | Pledis Entertainment | 1,122,850 | EP |
| 7 | Delight | Baekhyun | SM Entertainment | 971,554 | EP |
| 8 | Neo Zone | NCT 127 | SM Entertainment | 836,779 | Studio album |
| 9 | NCT Resonance Pt. 2 | NCT | SM Entertainment | 791,590 | Studio album |
| 10 | Skool Luv Affair Special Addition | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 670,500 | Repackage |
| # | 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 | SM Entertainment | 2,097,185 | Studio album |
| 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 | EP |
| 8 | Noeasy | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 1,303,106 | Studio album |
| 9 | Dimension: Dilemma | Enhypen | Belift Lab | 1,205,949 | Studio album |
| 10 | Be | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 1,049,496 | Studio album |
| # | 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 | Studio album |
| 5 | Glitch Mode | NCT Dream | SM Entertainment | 2,095,544 | Studio album |
| 6 | 2 Baddies | NCT 127 | SM Entertainment | 1,825,170 | Studio album |
| 7 | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | TXT | Big Hit Music | 1,806,679 | EP |
| 8 | Girls | Aespa | SM Entertainment | 1,803,050 | EP |
| 9 | Oddinary | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 1,762,168 | EP |
| 10 | After Like | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 1,652,402 | Single album |
| # | 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 | EP |
| 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 | TXT | Big Hit Music | 2,352,891 | Studio album |
| 8 | Golden | Jungkook | Big Hit Music | 2,208,348 | Studio album |
| 9 | My World | Aespa | SM Entertainment | 2,050,530 | EP |
| 10 | Youth in the Shade | Zerobaseone | WakeOne | 2,037,790 | EP |
| # | 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 |
| # | Album | Artist | Label | Total sales | Format |
| 1 | Karma | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 3,397,810 | Studio album |
| 2 | Happy Burstday | Seventeen | Pledis Entertainment | 2,559,694 | Studio album |
| 3 | Do It | Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment | 2,314,271 | Mixtape |
| 4 | Desire: Unleash | Enhypen | Belift Lab | 2,166,881 | EP |
| 5 | The Star Chapter: Together | TXT | Big Hit Music | 1,801,907 | Studio album |
| 6 | Never Say Never | Zerobaseone | WakeOne | 1,456,708 | Studio album |
| 7 | Ive Empathy | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 1,425,261 | EP |
| 8 | Odyssey | Riize | SM Entertainment | 1,412,159 | Studio album |
| 9 | Color | NCT Wish | SM Entertainment | 1,366,466 | EP |
| 10 | Back to Life | &Team | YX Labels | 1,331,733 | EP |
Achievements by artists
| Total weeks | Artist | |
| 35 | Exo | |
| 32 | BTS | |
| 28 | Seventeen | |
| 23 | Super Junior | |
| 21 | Girls' Generation |
| Total months | Artist | |
| 17 | Exo | |
| 15 | Seventeen | |
| 14 | BTS | |
| 10 | Girls' Generation | |
| 9 | Super Junior |
| Total weeks | Artist | Album | Year | |
| 4 | Exo | Exodus | 2015 | |
| 3 | 2PM | 01:59PM | 2010 | |
| 3 | Girls' Generation | Oh! | 2010 | |
| 3 | SS501 | Destination | 2010 | |
| 3 | Girls' Generation | The Boys | 2011 | |
| 3 | Super Junior | Sexy, Free & Single | 2012 | |
| 3 | TVXQ | Catch Me | 2012 | |
| 3 | Exo | The War | 2017 | |
| 3 | Wanna One | 1X1=1 (To Be One) | 2017 | |
| 3 | Seventeen | You Made My Dawn | 2019 | |
| 3 | BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | 2019 | |
| 3 | X1 | Emergency: Quantum Leap | 2019 | |
| 3 | NCT Dream | Hot Sauce | 2021 | |
| 3 | BTS | Butter | 2021 | |
| 3 | NCT 127 | Sticker | 2021 |
| Total months | Artist | Album | Year | |
| 3 | Girls' Generation | The Boys | 2011 | |
| 2 | Girls' Generation | Oh! | 2010 | |
| 2 | Exo | Exodus | 2015 | |
| 2 | Exo | Obsession | 2019 |