List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2016

The Gaon Album Chart is a record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Gaon Music Chart which launched in February 2010.[3] The data for the chart is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Music Content Industry Association based on weekly and monthly physical albums and digital sales by six major distributors: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.[4]

BTS' album Wings was 2016 Gaon Album Chart best selling album[1] of the year, breaking Gaon Music Chart's record[2] since the chart’s inception in 2010.

Overall, BTS' album Wings was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2016, selling 751,301[1] copies in a year. With Wings, BTS breaks the highest-selling album ever recorded[2] on Gaon Music Chart since the chart’s inception in 2010. Five months earlier, BTS' album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever already topped Gaon Album Chart second place for the first half of 2016, selling 368,369[1] copies overall at the end of the year. BTS earned Artist of The Year[5][6] at 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Album of The Year[7] at 2016 Melon Music Awards, Album of The Year (4th Quarter)[8][9] at 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards and Disk Bonsang[10] at 31st Golden Disc Awards. EXO sold South Korea best-selling album of 2016 with all standard Ex'Act (korean ver) and each of its reissue Ex'Act (chinese ver), Lotto (korean ver) and Lotto (chinese ver) albums selling a total of 1,149,743[1] units overall.

Weekly charts



Week Album Artist Ref.
January 2 Sing for You (korean ver) EXO [11]
January 9 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2 BTS [12]
January 16 Dream Suzy, Baekhyun [13]
January 23 Red Point Teen Top [14]
January 30 The Little Prince Kim Ryeowook [15]
February 6 Exit : E WINNER [16]
February 13 No.X Jaejoong [17]
February 20 [18]
February 27 Press It Taemin [19]
March 5 [20]
March 12 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1 BTS [21]
March 19 The Velvet Red Velvet [22]
March 26 Flight Log: Departure Got7 [23]
April 2 Remember That BtoB [24]
April 9 Blueming CNBLUE [25]
April 16 Blooming Period Block B [26]
April 23 Zelos VIXX [27]
April 30 Love&Letter Seventeen [28]
May 7 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever BTS [29]
May 14 [30]
May 21 With Love, J Jessica [31]
May 28 She Is Jonghyun [32]
June 4 Xignature Xia [33]
June 11 Ex'Act (korean ver) EXO [34]
June 18 [35]
June 25 [36]
July 2 Why Taeyeon [37]
July 9 Highlight Beast [38]
July 16 Love & Letter Repackage Seventeen [39]
July 23 Where's the Truth? F.T. Island [40]
July 30 NCT #127 NCT 127 [41]
August 6 Listen to My Word Oh My Girl [42]
August 13 Hades VIXX [43]
August 20 Lotto (korean ver) EXO [44]
August 27 Hades VIXX [45]
September 3 Summer go! UP10TION [46]
September 10 Russian Roulette Red Velvet [47]
September 17 Gentlemen's Game 2PM [48]
September 24 Infinite Only Infinite [49]
October 1 Flight Log: Turbulence Got7 [50]
October 8 1 of 1 SHINee [51]
October 15 Wings[1] BTS [52]
October 22 [53]
October 29 TWICEcoaster: Lane 1 TWICE [54]
November 5 Hey Mama! EXO-CBX [55]
November 12 Lose Control Lay [56]
November 19 1 and 1 SHINee [57]
November 26 Burst UP10TION [58]
December 3 Good Timing B1A4 [59]
December 10 Going Seventeen Seventeen [60]
December 17 Wonderland Jessica [61]
December 24 For Life EXO [62]
December 31 TWICEcoaster: Lane 1 TWICE [63]

Monthly charts
Month Album Artist Sales Ref.
January Red Point Teen Top 78,098 [64]
February No.X Jaejoong 84,868 [65]
March Flight Log: Departure Got7 99,977 [66]
April Love&Letter Seventeen 132,402 [67]
May The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever BTS 310,243 [68]
June Ex'Act (korean ver) EXO 524,823 [69]
July Love & Letter Repackage Seventeen 89,311 [70]
August Lotto (korean ver) EXO 223,953 [71]
September Infinite Only Infinite 109,751 [72]
October Wings[1] BTS 681,924 [73]
November Lose Control Lay 129,140 [74]
December For Life EXO 438,481 [75]

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