List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2016
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. 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 album sales by major distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, Genie Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.
Overall, BTS' album Wings was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2016, selling 751,301 copies. With Wings, BTS had the highest-selling album ever recorded on Gaon Music Chart since the chart's inception in 2010.
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
| Month | Album | Artist | Sales | |
| Red Point | Teen Top | 78,098 | ||
| No.X | Jaejoong | 84,868 | ||
| Flight Log: Departure | Got7 | 99,977 | ||
| Love&Letter | Seventeen | 132,402 | ||
| The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | BTS | 310,243 | ||
| Ex'Act (Korean Version) | Exo | 524,823 | ||
| Love & Letter Repackage | Seventeen | 89,311 | ||
| Lotto (korean ver) | Exo | 223,953 | ||
| Infinite Only | Infinite | 109,751 | ||
| Wings | BTS | 681,924 | ||
| Lose Control | Lay | 129,140 | ||
| For Life | Exo | 438,481 |