Logo of the Gaon Music Chart, introduced in 2010
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South Korean boyband BTS has received Million certification seven times for over 21 million album sales. Their 2020 studio album Map of the Soul: 7 is the first album with 5× Million certification and the best-selling album in South Korea.
Wanna One (pictured in 2018) was one of the first groups to receive a certification in May 2018, for their EP 0+1=1 (I Promise You)
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Twice's (pictured in 2018) What Is Love? EP was the first album by a female act to receive a certification in 2018.
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Stray Kids (pictured in 2019) has 12 certified albums overall, the most of any artist.
The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) was established in 2008, with the purpose of promoting the professional interests of its members, as well as being involved in anti-piracy. It introduced the first official South Korean music charts in 2010,[1] and implemented record certifications in April 2018—only releases subsequent to January 1, 2018 would be eligible once they fulfilled the required thresholds. Releases prior to that date cannot receive certification.[2][3]
Since 2018, 189 albums have been certified by the KMCA in South Korea. Got7's Eyes on You, NCT's NCT 2018 Empathy, and Wanna One's 0+1=1 (I Promise You) were the first to be certified, on May 5 of that year. The following month, Twice's What Is Love? (2018) became the first album by a female act to receive a certification. Blackpink's debut studio album The Album became the first by a girl group to receive Million certification, in 2020,[4] while their second studio album Born Pink became the first to receive Double Million certification, in 2022. Baekhyun's third EP Bambi (2021) is the first album by a solo artist to receive Million certification. Jisoo's first solo album Me (2023) is the first album by a female solo artist to receive Million certification. Boy band Stray Kids has the most-certified albums overall, with twelve.
As of January 2023, South Korea's highest-certified record is Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), the fourth studio album of boy band BTS. The record was awarded quintuple million certification in November 2022, for selling over five million units.
Certification levels
| Thresholds per award | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | 2× Platinum | 3× Platinum | Million | 2× Million[lower-alpha 1] |
| 250,000 | 500,000 | 750,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
By units
| Artist | Album | Certification | Cert. Sales | Release Date | Certification Date[5][lower-alpha 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | 5 × Million | 5,000,000 | February 21, 2020 | November 10, 2022 |
| Seventeen | FML | April 24, 2023 | July 6, 2023 | ||
| BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | 4 × Million | 4,000,000 | April 12, 2019 | May 6, 2021 |
| BTS | Be | 3 × Million | 3,000,000 | November 20, 2020 | March 11, 2021 |
| BTS | Love Yourself: Answer | August 24, 2018 | November 11, 2021 | ||
| BTS | Butter | May 21, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
| BTS | Love Yourself: Tear | May 18, 2018 | July 7, 2022 | ||
| BTS | Proof | June 10, 2022 | August 11, 2022 | ||
| Stray Kids | Maxident | October 7, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
| Seventeen | Face the Sun | May 27, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
| NCT Dream | ISTJ | July 17, 2023 | September 7, 2023 | ||
| NCT Dream | Hot Sauce | 2 × Million | 2,000,000 | May 10, 2021 | July 8, 2021 |
| NCT 127 | Sticker | September 17, 2021 | November 11, 2021 | ||
| Seventeen | Attacca | October 22, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
| NCT Dream | Glitch Mode | March 28, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | ||
| Blackpink | Born Pink | September 16, 2022 | November 10, 2022 | ||
| Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation | January 27, 2023 | March 9, 2023 | ||
| Aespa | My World | May 8, 2023 | July 6, 2023 | ||
| Zerobaseone | Youth in the Shade | July 10, 2023 | October 12, 2023 | ||
| Exo | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Million | 1,000,000 | November 2, 2018 | January 11, 2019 |
| Seventeen | Heng:garæ | June 22, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | ||
| Blackpink | The Album | October 2, 2020 | December 10, 2020 | ||
| NCT | Resonance Pt. 1 | October 12, 2020 | |||
| Seventeen | Semicolon | October 19, 2020 | |||
| NCT | Resonance Pt. 2 | November 23, 2020 | February 11, 2021 | ||
| Seventeen | An Ode | September 16, 2019 | June 10, 2021 | ||
| Baekhyun | Bambi | March 30, 2021 | |||
| Exo | Don't Fight the Feeling | June 7, 2021 | August 12, 2021 | ||
| Seventeen | Your Choice | June 18, 2021 | |||
| NCT Dream | Hello Future | June 28, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
| Stray Kids | Noeasy | August 23, 2021 | |||
| Enhypen | Dimension: Dilemma | October 12, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
| NCT | Universe | December 14, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
| Stray Kids | Oddinary | March 18, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | ||
| Lim Young-woong | Im Hero | May 2, 2022 | July 7, 2022 | ||
| TXT | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | May 9, 2022 | |||
| NCT Dream | Beatbox | May 30, 2022 | August 11, 2022 | ||
| Baekhyun | Delight | May 25, 2020 | September 8, 2022 | ||
| Enhypen | Manifesto: Day 1 | July 4, 2022 | |||
| Aespa | Girls | July 8, 2022 | |||
| Itzy | Checkmate | July 15, 2022 | |||
| Seventeen | Sector 17 | July 18, 2022 | |||
| Ateez | The World EP.1: Movement | July 29, 2022 | |||
| TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | August 17, 2021 | October 6, 2022 | ||
| Ive | After Like | August 22, 2022 | |||
| Twice | Between 1&2 | August 26, 2022 | |||
| TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | May 31, 2021 | November 10, 2021 | ||
| NCT 127 | 2 Baddies | September 16, 2021 | |||
| Jin | The Astronaut | October 28, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
| Itzy | Cheshire | November 30, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
| NCT Dream | Candy | December 19, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
| Jisoo | Me | March 31, 2023 | May 11, 2023 | ||
| Treasure | Reboot | July 28, 2023 | September 7, 2023 | ||
| NewJeans | Get Up | July 21, 2023 | |||
| Riize | Get a Guitar | September 4, 2023 | November 9, 2023 | ||
| Wanna One | 0+1=1 (I Promise You) | 3 × Platinum | 750,000 | March 19, 2018 | May 10, 2018 |
| Exo | Obsession | November 27, 2019 | January 9, 2020 | ||
| NCT 127 | Neo Zone | March 6, 2020 | May 7, 2020 | ||
| Enhypen | Border: Carnival | April 26, 2021 | November 11, 2021 | ||
| NCT 127 | Favorite | October 25, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
| Enhypen | Dimension: Answer | January 10, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | ||
| Treasure | The Second Step: Chapter One | February 15, 2022 | |||
| Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 | November 1, 2021 | May 12, 2022 | ||
| Stray Kids | Christmas EveL | November 29, 2021 | |||
| TXT | Minisode1: Blue Hour | October 26, 2020 | August 11, 2022 | ||
| Ive | Love Dive | April 5, 2022 | October 6, 2022 | ||
| Aespa | Savage | October 5, 2021 | November 11, 2022 | ||
| (G)I-dle | I Love | October 17, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
| Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival 2022 - Birthday | November 28, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
| Le Sserafim | Antifragile | October 17, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
| Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.3 | September 13, 2021 | February 9, 2023 | ||
| NewJeans | New Jeans | August 8, 2022 | March 9, 2023 | ||
| NewJeans | OMG | January 2, 2023 | |||
| Lisa | Lalisa | September 10, 2021 | August 10, 2023 | ||
| Rosé | R | March 12, 2021 | December 7, 2023 | ||
| Wanna One | 1÷x=1 (Undivided) | 2 × Platinum | 500,000 | June 4, 2018 | August 9, 2018 |
| Wanna One | 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) | November 19, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | ||
| Exo | Love Shot | December 13, 2018 | February 7, 2019 | ||
| BTS | BTS World: Original Soundtrack | June 28, 2019 | August 8, 2019 | ||
| Baekhyun | City Lights | July 10, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | ||
| Kang Daniel | Color on Me | July 25, 2019 | |||
| X1 | Emergency: Quantum Leap | August 27, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | ||
| NCT Dream | Reload | April 29, 2020 | June 11, 2020 | ||
| NCT 127 | Neo Zone: The Final Round | May 19, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | ||
| Twice | More & More | June 1, 2020 | |||
| Iz*One | Oneiric Diary | June 15, 2020 | |||
| Exo-SC | 1 Billion Views | July 13, 2020 | September 10, 2020 | ||
| Seventeen | You Made My Dawn | January 21, 2019 | October 8, 2020 | ||
| Kim Ho-joong | We Are Family | September 5, 2020 | November 12, 2020 | ||
| SuperM | Super One | September 25, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | ||
| NCT | NCT 2018 Empathy | March 14, 2018 | March 11, 2021 | ||
| Twice | Eyes Wide Open | October 26, 2020 | April 8, 2021 | ||
| Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.2 | March 1, 2021 | July 8, 2021 | ||
| Stray Kids | In Life | September 14, 2020 | |||
| Twice | Taste of Love | June 11, 2021 | August 12, 2021 | ||
| Blackpink | Kill This Love | April 5, 2019 | September 9, 2021 | ||
| Enhypen | Border: Day One | November 30, 2020 | |||
| The Boyz | Thrill-ing | August 9, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
| TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | August 17, 2021 | |||
| The Boyz | Maverick | November 12, 2021 | January 6, 2022 | ||
| Itzy | Crazy in Love | September 24, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
| Twice | Feel Special | September 23, 2019 | March 10, 2022 | ||
| SM Town | 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express | December 27, 2021 | April 7, 2022 | ||
| Stray Kids | Go Live | June 17, 2020 | May 12, 2022 | ||
| Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival 2022 - Feel My Rhythm | March 21, 2022 | |||
| NCT Dream | We Boom | July 26, 2019 | July 7, 2022 | ||
| Got7 | Got7 | May 23, 2022 | |||
| Young Tak | MMM | July 4, 2022 | September 8, 2022 | ||
| Kim Ho-joong | Panorama | July 27, 2022 | |||
| Twice | Fancy You | April 22, 2019 | November 10, 2022 | ||
| TXT | The Dream Chapter: Eternity | May 18, 2020 | |||
| Nayeon | Im Nayeon | June 24, 2022 | |||
| Nmixx | Entwurf | September 19, 2022 | |||
| RM | Indigo | December 2, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
| Blackpink | Square Up | June 15, 2018 | March 9, 2023 | ||
| Twice | What Is Love? | April 9, 2018 | |||
| NCT Dream | ISTJ (Nemo) | July 17, 2023 | September 7, 2023 | ||
| Got7 | Eyes on You | Platinum | 250,000 | March 12, 2018 | May 10, 2018 |
| Exo-CBX | Blooming Days | April 10, 2018 | June 8, 2018 | ||
| Twice | Summer Nights | July 9, 2018 | September 6, 2018 | ||
| Seventeen | You Make My Day | July 16, 2018 | |||
| NU'EST W | Who, You | June 25, 2018 | November 8, 2018 | ||
| Got7 | Present: You | September 17, 2018 | |||
| NCT 127 | Regular-Irregular | October 12, 2018 | December 6, 2018 | ||
| Twice | Yes or Yes | November 5, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | ||
| Got7 | Spinning Top | May 20, 2019 | July 11, 2019 | ||
| NCT 127 | We Are Superhuman | May 24, 2019 | |||
| Monsta X | Take.2 We Are Here | February 18, 2019 | |||
| Exo-SC | What a Life | July 22, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | ||
| Iz*One | Heart*Iz | April 1, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | ||
| NU'EST | Happily Ever After | April 29, 2019 | December 12, 2019 | ||
| Super Junior | Time Slip | October 14, 2019 | |||
| Got7 | Call My Name | November 4, 2019 | January 9, 2020 | ||
| Iz*One | Bloom*Iz | February 17, 2020 | April 9, 2020 | ||
| Kang Daniel | Cyan | March 24, 2020 | May 7, 2020 | ||
| Suho | Self-Portrait | March 30, 2020 | June 11, 2020 | ||
| Got7 | Dye | April 20, 2020 | |||
| Iz*One | Color*Iz | October 29, 2018 | July 9, 2020 | ||
| Monsta X | Fantasia X | May 26, 2020 | |||
| TXT | The Dream Chapter: Magic | October 21, 2019 | September 10, 2020 | ||
| Blackpink | How You Like That: Special Edition | July 17, 2020 | |||
| Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.1 | July 29, 2020 | |||
| Kang Daniel | Magenta | August 3, 2020 | October 8, 2020 | ||
| TXT | The Dream Chapter: Star | March 4, 2019 | November 12, 2020 | ||
| The Boyz | Chase | September 21, 2020 | |||
| Monsta X | Fatal Love | November 2, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | ||
| Jonghyun | Poet | Artist | January 23, 2018 | February 11, 2021 | ||
| Got7 | Breath of Love: Last Piece | November 30, 2020 | |||
| Kai | Kai | ||||
| Iz*One | One-reeler / Act IV | December 7, 2020 | |||
| Kim Ho-joong | The Classic Album I - My Favorite Arias | December 17, 2020 | |||
| Kim Ho-joong | The Classic Album II - My Favorite Songs | December 18, 2020 | |||
| NCT Dream | We Go Up | September 3, 2018 | March 11, 2021 | ||
| Treasure | The First Step: Chapter One | August 7, 2020 | |||
| Treasure | The First Step: Treasure Effect | January 11, 2021 | |||
| Shinee | Don't Call Me | February 22, 2021 | April 8, 2021 | ||
| Stray Kids | Clé: Levanter | December 9, 2019 | May 6, 2021 | ||
| WayV | Kick Back | March 10, 2021 | |||
| Super Junior | The Renaissance | March 16, 2021 | |||
| IU | Lilac | March 25, 2021 | |||
| Astro | All Yours | April 5, 2021 | June 10, 2021 | ||
| Kang Daniel | Yellow | April 13, 2021 | |||
| Itzy | Guess Who | April 30, 2021 | |||
| NCT | Resonance Pt. 2 (Kit) | December 14, 2020 | |||
| Stray Kids | Clé 1: Miroh | March 25, 2019 | August 12, 2021 | ||
| IU | Love Poem | November 18, 2019 | |||
| Treasure | The First Step: Chapter Two | September 18, 2020 | |||
| Monsta X | One of a Kind | June 1, 2021 | |||
| Seventeen | Special Album 'Director's Cut' | February 5, 2018 | September 9, 2021 | ||
| Monsta X | Take.1 Are You There? | October 22, 2018 | |||
| NCT Dream | Hello Future (Kit) | June 28, 2021 | |||
| D.O. | Empathy | July 26, 2021 | |||
| Red Velvet | Queendom | August 16, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
| Astro | Switch On | August 2, 2021 | |||
| Monsta X | Follow: Find You | October 28, 2019 | November 11, 2021 | ||
| Monsta X | No Limit | November 19, 2021 | January 6, 2022 | ||
| Treasure | The First Step: Chapter Three | November 6, 2020 | February 10, 2022 | ||
| Kai | Peaches | November 30, 2021 | |||
| Ive | Eleven | December 1, 2021 | |||
| Ateez | Zero: Fever Epilogue | December 10, 2021 | |||
| Itzy | Not Shy | August 17, 2020 | March 10, 2022 | ||
| Kep1er | First Impact | January 3, 2022 | |||
| Nmixx | Ad Mare | February 22, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | ||
| Stray Kids | I Am You | October 22, 2018 | May 12, 2022 | ||
| Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival: Finale | December 23, 2019 | June 9, 2022 | ||
| Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi | Monster | July 6, 2020 | |||
| Monsta X | Shape of Love | April 26, 2022 | |||
| Stray Kids | Clé 2: Yellow Wood | June 19, 2019 | July 7, 2022 | ||
| Le Sserafim | Fearless | May 2, 2022 | |||
| Astro | Drive to the Starry Road | May 16, 2022 | |||
| Stray Kids | I Am Who | August 6, 2018 | August 11, 2022 | ||
| STAYC | Young-Luv.com | February 21, 2022 | |||
| Kep1er | Doublast | June 20, 2022 | |||
| Stray Kids | I Am Not | March 26, 2018 | September 8, 2022 | ||
| NCT | Resonance Pt. 1 (Kit) | October 28, 2020 | |||
| (G)I-dle | I Never Die | March 14, 2022 | |||
| J-Hope | Jack in the Box (Weverse) | July 15, 2022 | |||
| STAYC | We Need Love | July 19, 2022 | |||
| Girls' Generation | Forever 1 | August 8, 2022 | October 6, 2022 | ||
| The Boyz | Be Aware | August 16, 2022 | |||
| NCT 127 | Regulate | November 27, 2018 | November 10, 2022 | ||
| Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival: Day 1 | June 19, 2019 | |||
| Treasure | The Second Step: Chapter Two | October 4, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
| Kep1er | Troubleshooter | October 13, 2022 | |||
| NewJeans | New Jeans (Weverse) | August 8, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
| NCT Dream | Candy (SMC) | December 19, 2022 | |||
| SM Town | 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace | December 26, 2022 | |||
| Ateez | Spin Off: From the Witness | December 30, 2022 | |||
| Twice | The Year of "Yes" | December 13, 2018 | March 9, 2023 | ||
| (G)I-dle | I Burn | January 11, 2021 | |||
| Seventeen | Face the Sun (Weverse) | June 3, 2022 | |||
| NewJeans | OMG (Weverse) | January 2, 2023 | |||
| Monsta X | Reason | January 9, 2023 | |||
| Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation (Weverse) | January 27, 2023 | |||
| NCT Dream | ISTJ (SMC) | July 17, 2023 | September 7, 2023 |
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Han, Sang-hee (February 23, 2010). "Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ↑ [한국음악콘텐츠협회] (사)한국음악콘텐츠협회, 음원∙앨범에 대한 '가온 인증제' 시행 [[Korea Music Content Association] Korea Music Contents Association, 'Gaon Accreditation System' for songs and albums] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. April 23, 2018. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ↑ Kim, Hyun-sik (April 20, 2018). '10억 스트리밍=다이아몬드' 음콘협, '가온 인증제' 도입 ['1 billion streaming = diamond' Korea Music Content Association introduces Gaon certification system]. No Cut News (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ↑ Hicap, Jonathan (November 13, 2020). "NCT, BLACKPINK, Seventeen achieve 'million seller' status with their new albums". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ↑ "Certification - Album". Circle Chart. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
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