Gaon Music Chart has revealed the best-selling albums in Korea in 2021 based on sales
In the 2021 Album Chart (based on total shipments minus returns), BTS’ “Butter” topped the tally with 2.99 million copies.
NCT 127’s “Sticker” placed second with 2.42 million copies followed by NCT Dream’s “Hot Sauce,” 2.09 million; Seventeen’s “Attacca,” 2.05 million; and NCT’s “Universe,” 1.63 million.
Ranking sixth to 10th are Seventeen’s “Your Choice,” 1.46 million; EXO’s “Don’t Fight The Feeling,” 1.32 million; Stray Kids’ “NOEASY,” 1.3 million; ENHYPEN’s “Dimension: Dilemma,” 1.2 million; and BTS’ “BE,” 1.04 million.
Here are the top 30 best-selling albums in Korea in 2021:
1. BTS - “Butter” - 2,999,407
2. NCT 127 - “Sticker” - 2,427,559
3. NCT DREAM - “Hot Sauce” - 2,097,185
4. Seventeen - “Attacca” - 2,059,073
5. NCT - “Universe” - 1,630,715
6. Seventeen - “Your Choice” - 1,462,405-
7. EXO - “Don’t Fight The Feeling” - 1,326,189
8. Stray Kids - “NOEASY” - 1,303,106
9. ENHYPEN - “Dimension: Dilemma” - 1,205,949
10. BTS - “BE” - 1,049,496
11. NCT Dream - “Hello Future” - 1,025,005
12. EXO’s Baekhyun - “Bambi” - 996,850
13. NCT 127 - “Favorite” - 934,986
14. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) - “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” - [877,917
15. ENHYPEN - “Border : Carnival” - 788,451
16. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) - “The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape” - 775,121
17. Stray Kids - “Christmas EveL” - 743,047
18. ATEEZ - “Zero: Fever Part. 3” - 737,124
19. TWICE - “Formula of Love: O+T=
20. BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “Lalisa” - 708,475
21. The Boyz - “Thrill-ing” - 642,992
22. The Boyz - “Maverick” - 642,369
23. Aespa - “Savage” - 574,445
24. TWICE - “Taste of Love” - 559,093
25. BLACKPINK’s Rosé - “R” - 516,915
26. ATEEZ – “Zero: Fever Part. 2” - 514,515
27. ITZY – “Crazy in Love” - 500,124
28. BTS – “Love Yourself: Tear” - 458,050
29. Super Junior – “The Renaissance” - 442,742
30. Monsta X – “No Limit” - 424,618
Gaon Music Chart also released the best-selling albums under the 2021 Retail Album Chart based on cumulative retail sales.
Here are the top 30 best-selling albums in the 2021 Retail Album Chart:
1. BTS - “Butter” - 2,149,999 copies sold
2. Seventeen - “Attacca” - 1,685,508
3. Seventeen - “Your Choice” - 1,211,448
4. NCT Dream - “Hot Sauce” - 1,123,466
5. NCT - “Universe” - 1,090,656
6. EXO - “Don’t Fight The Feeling” - 892,112
7. NCT 127 - “Sticker” - 851,084
8. ENHYPEN - “Dimension: Dilemma” - 820,918
9. EXO’s Baekhyun - “Bambi” - 731,813
10. BTS - “BE” - 690,590
11. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) - “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” - 635,286
12. BLACKPINK’s Lisa - “Lalisa” - 567,046
13. NCT Dream - “Hello Future” - 521,342
14. Stray Kids - “NOEASY” - 435,245
15. BLACKPINK’s Rosé - “R” - 429,935
16. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) - “The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape” - 385,647
17. ENHYPEN - “Border: Carnival” - 363,824
18. Stray Kids - “Christmas “EveL” - 350,245
19. NCT 127 - “Favorite” - 323,513
20. Kang Daniel - “Yellow” - 303,113
21. EXO’s D.O - “Empathy” - 280,788
22. ATEEZ - “Zero: Fever Part. 3” - 278,030
23. Super Junior - “The Renaissance” - 261,270
24. TWICE - “Formula of Love: O+T=
25. Aespa - “Savage” - 248,355
26. Red Velvet - “Queendom” - 198,674
27. Treasure - “The First Step: Treasure Effect” - 186,062
28. IU - “Lilac” - 184,337
29. EXO’s Kai - “Peaches” - 170,369
30. WayV - “Kick Back” - 168,530