The Gaon Official TOP 50 Best-Selling K-Pop Albums From The First Half Of 2021

Thirteen of the albums weren’t released in 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

Source: Korean Sales and Image (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)
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