The Gaon Official TOP 50 Best-Selling K-Pop Albums From The First Half Of 2021
Gaon has just released the data for the best-selling K-Pop albums for the first half of 2021! Their sales numbers, based on the amount of shipments of each album rather than individual sales from certain retailers such as Hanteo uses, can be slightly higher than the true number of album sales, but they are still quite accurate and are used for many different statistics in the K-Pop industry. Here are the 50 top-selling albums so far this year!
50. riBBon by BamBam
Release date: June 15, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 103.2k
49. Binary Code by ONEUS
Release date: May 11, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 103.2k
48. Love Synonym Pt.2: Right for Us by Wonho
Release date: February 26, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 105.1k
47. The First by NCT Dream
Release date: February 9, 2017
Number of sales in 2021: 109.6k
46. The Book of Us: Negentropy by DAY6
Release date: April 19, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 109.8k
45. Voice: The Future is Now by VICTON
Release date: January 11, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 111.9k
44. The Blowing by HIGHLIGHT
Release date: May 3, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 112.0k
43. Page by Kang Seungyoon
Release date: March 29, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 112.3k
42. [Yes.] by Golden Child
Release date: January 25, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 113.8k
41. LOVE or TAKE by PENTAGON
Release date: March 15, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 114.1k
40. Resonance Pt. 2 (Kit) by NCT
Release date: November 23, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 114.3k
39. Devil by ONEUS
Release date: January 19, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 120.6k
38. Advice by Taemin
Release date: May 18, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 120.9k
37. Dystopia: Road to Utopia by Dreamcatcher
Release date: January 26, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 128.5k
36. We Boom by NCT Dream
Release date: July 26, 2019
Number of sales in 2021: 129.7k
35. The Album by BLACKPINK
Release date: October 2, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 130.3k
34. WAW by MAMAMOO
Release date: June 2, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 130.7k
33. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS
Release date: February 21, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 138.7k
32. Love Yourself: Her by BTS
Release date: September 18, 2017
Number of sales in 2021: 144.2k
31. Atlantis by SHINee
Release date: April 15, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 146.1k
30. Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS
Release date: April 12, 2019
Number of sales in 2021: 154.7k
29. Love Yourself: Answer by BTS
Release date: August 24, 2018
Number of sales in 2021: 159.7k
28. Love Yourself: Tear by BTS
Release date: May 18, 2018
Number of sales in 2021: 164.0k
27. Like Water by Wendy
Release date: April 5, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 170.6k
26. Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice by CRAVITY
Release date: January 19, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 176.3k
25. Noir by U-Know
Release date: January 18, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 184.1k
24. 2018 Empathy by NCT
Release date: March 14, 2018
Number of sales in 2021: 194.0k
23. Romanticize by NU’EST
Release date: April 19, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 208.4k
22. I Burn by (G)I-DLE
Release date: January 11, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 211.9k
21. Kick Back by WayV
Release date: March 10, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 275.6k
20. Don’t Call Me by SHINee
Release date: February 22, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 301.3k
19. The First Step: Treasure Effect by TREASURE
Release date: January 11, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 302.5k
18. One of a Kind by MONSTA X
Release date: June 1, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 305.8k
17. Yellow by Kang Daniel
Release date: April 13, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 320.1k
16. Guess Who? by ITZY
Release date: April 30, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 331.7k
15. All Yours by ASTRO
Release date: April 5, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 360.3k
14. Resonance Pt. 2 by NCT
Release date: November 23, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 377.9k
13. Lilac by IU
Release date: March 25, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 382.0k
12. The Renaissance by Super Junior
Release date: March 16, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 467.6k
11. R by Rosé
Release date: March 12, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 477.9k
10. ZERO: FEVER Part.2 by ATEEZ
Release date: March 1, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 502.2k
9. Taste of Love by TWICE
Release date: June 11, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 522.9k
8. Border: Carnival by ENHYPEN
Release date: April 26, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 636.2k
7. The Chaos Chapter: Freeze by TXT
Release date: May 31, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 784.4k
6. Hello Future by NCT Dream
Release date: June 28, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 869.1k
5. BE by BTS
Release date: November 20, 2020
Number of sales in 2021: 970.2k
4. Bambi by Baekhyun
Release date: March 30, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 1.01 million
3. Don’t Fight The Feeling by EXO
Release date: June 7, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 1.22 million
2. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN
Release date: June 18, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 1.39 million
1. Hot Sauce by NCT Dream
Release date: May 10, 2021
Number of sales in 2021: 2.05 million
