All 22 Gaon Number One K-Pop Albums For The First Half Of 2021
The Gaon Album Chart is a South Korean music chart that lists the best-selling albums in the country on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. The data is collected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association, and is based on the album sales from six major South Korean distributors (Kakao M, SM Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music, and Stone Music Entertainment).
For the first half of 2021, with 26 total weekly charts, there have been 22 K-Pop albums that have been ranked at the #1 position on Gaon’s weekly album chart! Here are all 22 of those albums, including the total sales they’ve made.
1. Minisode1: Blue Hour by TXT
Released on October 26, 2020 with the title song “Blue Hour”, Minisode1: Blue Hour has sold 538.9k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of January 2!
2. Resonance Pt.2 by NCT
Released on November 23, 2020 with the title song “90’s Love”, Resonance Pt.2 has sold 1.41 million copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of January 9!
3. The First Step: Treasure Effect by TREASURE
Released on January 11, 2021 with the title song “My Treasure”, The First Step: Treasure Effect has sold 324.0k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of January 16!
4. Noir by U-Know
Released on January 18, 2021 with the title song “Thank U”, Noir has sold 138.2k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of January 23!
5. Dystopia: Road to Utopia by Dreamcatcher
Released on January 26, 2021 with the title song “Odd Eye”, Dystopia: Road to Utopia has sold 126.6k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of January 30!
6. Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream by CIX
Released on February 2, 2021 with the title song “Cinema”, Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream has sold 61.8k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of February 6!
7. 2nd Desire [Tasty] by Kim Wooseok
Released on February 8, 2021 with the title song “Sugar”, 2nd Desire [Tasty] has sold 96.7k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of February 13!
8. BE by BTS
Released on November 20, 2020 with the title song “Life Goes On”, BE has sold 3.65 million copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of February 20!
9. Don’t Call Me by SHINee
Released on February 22, 2021 with the title song “Don’t Call Me”, Don’t Call Me has sold 446.4k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of February 27!
10. ZERO: FEVER Part.2 by ATEEZ
Released on March 1, 2021 with the title song “Fireworks (I’m The One)”, ZERO: FEVER Part.2 has sold 462.8k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of March 6!
11. Kick Back by WayV
Released on March 10, 2021 with the title song “Kick Back”, Kick Back has sold 361.7k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of March 13!
12. The Renaissance by Super Junior
Released on March 16, 2021 with the title song “House Party”, The Renaissance has sold 480.2k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of March 20!
13. Lilac by IU
Released on March 25, 2021 with the title song “Lilac”, Lilac has sold 373.8k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of March 27!
14. Bambi by Baekhyun
Released on March 30, 2021 with the title song “Bambi”, Bambi has sold 1.01 million copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the weeks of April 3 and April 24!
15. All Yours by ASTRO
Released on April 5, 2021 with the title song “One”, All Yours has sold 359.0k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of April 10!
16. Yellow by Kang Daniel
Released on April 13, 2021 with the title song “Paranoia”, Yellow has sold 318.7k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of April 17!
17. Border: Carnival by ENHYPEN
Released on April 26, 2021 with the title song “Drunk-Dazed”, Border: Carnival has sold 622.6k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of May 1!
18. Beautiful Night by Yesung
Released on May 3, 2021 with the title song “Beautiful Night”, Beautiful Night has sold 112.4k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of May 8!
19. Hot Sauce by NCT Dream
Released on May 10, 2021 with the title song “Hot Sauce”, Hot Sauce has sold 2.00 million copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the weeks of May 15 through May 29!
20. The Chaos Chapter: Freeze by TXT
Released on May 31, 2021 with the title song “0x1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)”, The Chaos Chapter: Freeze has sold 693.2k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of June 5!
21. Don’t Fight the Feeling by EXO
Released on June 7, 2021 with the title song “Don’t Fight the Feeling”, Don’t Fight the Feeling has sold 993.7k copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the week of June 12!
22. Your Choice by SEVENTEEN
Released on June 18, 2021 with the title song “Ready To Love”, Your Choice has sold 1.37 million copies and charted at #1 on Gaon for the weeks of June 19 and June 26!