Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the list of the best-selling physical albums in 2021 based on the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021.
According to Hanteo Chart, BTS’ “Butter” is the No. 1 best-selling album in 2021 with sales of 2.25 million copies.
Seventeen’s “Attacca” placed second with 1.96 million copies followed by NCT Dream’s “Hot Sauce” with 1.82 million copies in sales.
Seventeen’s “Your Choice” grabbed fourth place with 1.41 million copies while NCT 127’s “Sticker” (Sticky version) wound up in fifth place with 1.31 million copies.
Placing sixth to 10th places are NCT’s “Universe,” EXO’s “Don’t Fight the Feeling,” EXO member Baekhyun’s “Bambi,” NCT Dream’s “Hello Future” and ENHYPEN’s “Dimension: Dilemma.”
Here are the top 50 best-selling physical albums in Korea in 2021, according to Hanteo Chart:
1. BTS - “Butter” - 2,258,218 copies
2. Seventeen - “Attacca” - 1,966,060
3. NCT Dream - “Hot Sauce” - 1,824,266
4. Seventeen - “Your Choice” - 1,412,120
5. NCT 127 - “Sticker” (Sticky version) - 1,314,292
6. NCT - “Universe” - 1,239,936
7. EXO - “Don’t Fight the Feeling” - 1,060,661
8. EXO’s Baekhyun - “Bambi” - 1,035,908
9. NCT Dream - “Hello Future” - 995,176
10. ENHYPEN - “Dimension: Dilemma” - 994,086
11. Stray Kids - “NOEASY” - 858,721
12. BTS - “BE: Deluxe Edition” - 803,844
13. BLACKPINK’s Lisa - “Lalisa” - 765,599
14. NCT 127 - “Favorite” - 731,414
15. ATEEZ - “Zero: Fever, Pt. 3” - 698,638
16. TXT - “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” - 698,410
17. The Boyz - “Thrill-ing” - 627,319
18. The Boyz - “Maverick” - 591,564
19. TXT - “The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape” - 543,118
20. BLACKPINK’s Rosé - “R” - 541,488
21. ENHYPEN - “Border: Carnival” - 498,667
22. Stray Kids - “Christmas EveL” - 497,108
23. ATEEZ - “Zero: Fever, Pt. 2” - 430,630
24. TWICE - “Formula of Love: O+T=＜3” - 407,693
25. Aespa - “Savage” - 406,513
26. ATEEZ - “Fever Epilogue” - 354,144
27. EXO’s D.O. - “Empathy” - 347,979
28. NCT - “NCT 2020-Resonance” - 341,062
29. TWICE - “Taste of Love” - 340,788
30. Super Junior - “The Renaissance” - 339,569
31. ASTRO - "All Yours" (Me version) - 339,325
32. IU - "Lilac" - 333,340
33. Kang Daniel - "Yellow" - 318,464
34. Monsta X - "No Limit" - 309,070
35. ITZY - "Crazy in Love" - 307,018
36. Monsta X - "One of a Kind" - 305,530
37. ASTRO - "Switch On" - 294,485
38. WayV - "Kick Back" - 255,457
39. Red Velvet - "Queendom" - 249,111
40. Treasure - "The First Step: Treasure Effect" - 247,942
41. ITZY - "Guess Who" - 239,240
42. EXO's Kai - "Peaches" - 211,417
43. NU'EST - "Romanticize" - 208,437
44. SF9 - "Turn Over" - 205,624
45. Ive- "Eleven" - 203,128
46. TVXQ's Yunho - "NOIR" - 190,167
47. SHINee - "Don't Call Me" - 190,010
48. SF9 - "Rumination" - 187,325
49. ONEUS - "Blood Moon" - 176,491
50. (G)I-DLE - "I Burn" - 158,851