List of certified albums in South Korea

Summary

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]

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)
Twice's (pictured in 2018) What Is Love? EP was the first album by a female act to receive a certification in 2018.
The Album and Born Pink by Blackpink (pictured in 2019) are the first albums by a girl group to receive Million and Double Million certification respectively.
Stray Kids (pictured in 2019) has 12 certified albums overall, the most of any artist.

Since 2018, 280 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.[citation needed] 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 edit

Thresholds per award
Platinum 2× Platinum 3× Platinum Million 2× Million[a]
250,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 2,000,000

By units edit

Artist Album Cert. Cert.
Sales
Release Date Certification Date

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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
Stray Kids ★★★★★ (5-Star) June 2, 2023 August 10, 2023
BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 4 × Million 4,000,000 April 12, 2019 May 6, 2021
Seventeen Seventeenth Heaven October 23, 2023 December 7, 2023
Stray Kids Rock-Star November 10, 2023 February 8, 2024
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
TXT 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
TXT The Name Chapter: Freefall October 13, 2023 December 7, 2023
Jungkook Golden November 3, 2023 January 11, 2024
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 6, 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, 2022
NCT 127 2 Baddies September 16, 2022
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
NCT 127 Ay-Yo January 30, 2023 April 6, 2023
NewJeans OMG January 2, 2023 May 11, 2023
Twice Ready to Be March 10, 2023
Jimin Face March 24, 2023
Jisoo Me March 31, 2023
Ive I've Ive April 10, 2023 June 8, 2023
Agust D D-Day April 21, 2023
Le Sserafim Unforgiven May 2, 2023 July 6, 2023
Enhypen Dark Blood May 22, 2023
Ateez The World EP.2: Outlaw June 16, 2023 August 10, 2023
NewJeans New Jeans August 8, 2022 September 7, 2023
(G)I-dle I Feel May 15, 2023
Exo Exist July 10, 2023
NewJeans Get Up July 21, 2023
Treasure Reboot July 28, 2023
TXT Minisode1: Blue Hour October 26, 2020 October 12, 2023
Itzy Kill My Doubt July 31, 2023
NCT Golden Age August 28, 2023
Le Sserafim Antifragile October 17, 2022 November 9, 2023
Riize Get a Guitar September 4, 2023
V Layover September 8, 2023
NCT 127 Fact Check October 6, 2023 December 7, 2023
Ive I've Mine October 13, 2023
Zerobaseone Melting Point November 6, 2023 January 11, 2024
Aespa Drama November 10, 2023
Enhypen Orange Blood November 17, 2023
Ateez The World EP.Fin: Will December 1, 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
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
Ateez Zero: Fever Part.3 September 13, 2021 February 9, 2023
Nmixx Expérgo March 20, 2023 May 11, 2023
Stray Kids In Life September 14, 2020 July 6, 2023
Lisa Lalisa September 10, 2021 August 10, 2023
Nmixx A Midsummer Nmixx's Dream July 11, 2023 September 9, 2023
Rosé R March 12, 2021 December 7, 2023
NCT 127 Be There for Me December 27, 2023 February 8, 2024
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 March 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 2, 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 23, 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
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
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
Twice What Is Love? April 9, 2018 March 9, 2023
Blackpink Square Up June 15, 2018
TXT The Dream Chapter: Magic October 21, 2019 April 6, 2023
Le Sserafim Fearless May 2, 2022
Treasure The Second Step: Chapter Two October 4, 2022
BSS Second Wind February 6, 2023
Lee Chan-won One February 20, 2023
Nmixx Ad Mare February 22, 2022 June 8, 2023
NCT DoJaeJung Perfume April 17, 2023
Seventeen FML (Weverse) April 24, 2023
Twice Summer Nights July 10, 2018 July 6, 2023
Ive Eleven December 1, 2021 August 10, 2023
Seventeen You Make My Day July 16, 2018 September 7, 2023
NCT Dream ISTJ (Nemo) July 17, 2023
Young Tak Form August 1, 2023 October 12, 2023
Jihyo Zone August 18, 2023
J-Hope Jack in the Box (Hope Edition)
V Layover (Weverse) September 8, 2023 November 9, 2023
Hwang Yeong-woong Fall and Yearning October 30, 2023 January 11, 2024
Red Velvet Chill Kill November 13, 2023
Jungkook Golden (Weverse) November 3, 2023 February 8, 2024
NewJeans New Jeans (Weverse) August 8, 2022 March 7, 2024
Itzy Born to Be January 8, 2024
Nmixx Fe3O4: Break January 15, 2024
Got7 Eyes on You Platinum 250,000 March 12, 2018 May 10, 2018
Exo-CBX Blooming Days April 10, 2018 June 8, 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
Blackpink How You Like That: Special Edition July 17, 2020 September 10, 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
Ateez Zero: Fever Epilogue December 10, 2021
Itzy Not Shy August 17, 2020 March 10, 2022
Kep1er First Impact January 3, 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
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
Kep1er Troubleshooter October 13, 2022 December 8, 2022
NCT Dream Candy (SMC) December 19, 2022 February 9, 2023
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
TXT The Name Chapter: Temptation (Weverse) January 27, 2023
STAYC Teddy Bear February 14, 2023 April 6, 2023
The Boyz Be Awake February 20, 2023
Cravity Master: Piece March 6, 2023 May 11, 2023
Jimin Face (Weverse) March 24, 2023
(G)I-dle I Feel (POCA) May 16, 2023 August 10, 2023
Taeyong Shalala June 5, 2023
Ateez The World EP.2: Outlaw June 16, 2023
Shinee Hard June 26, 2023
P1Harmony Harmony: All In June 8, 2023 September 7, 2023
Exo Exist (SMC) July 14, 2023
NCT Dream ISTJ (SMC) July 21, 2023
NewJeans Get Up (Weverse)
The Boyz Phantasy Pt. 1: Christmas in August August 7, 2023 October 12, 2023
STAYC Teenfresh August 16, 2023
Plave Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come August 24, 2023
BoyNextDoor Why.. September 4, 2023 November 9, 2023
Cravity Sun Seeker September 11, 2023
Evnne Target: Me September 19, 2023
Seventeen Seventeenth Heaven (Weverse) October 23, 2023 December 7, 2023
WayV On My Youth November 1, 2023 January 11, 2024
Enhypen Orange Blood (Weverse) November 17, 2023
The Boyz Phantasy Pt. 2: Sixth Sense November 20, 2023
Ateez The World EP.Fin: Will December 1, 2023
Xikers House of Tricky: How to Play August 2, 2023 March 7, 2024
Taemin Guilty October 30, 2023
TWS Sparkling Blue January 22, 2024

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Higher certifications (such as 3× Million) will also be awarded.
  2. ^ Only the date of the most-recent awarded certifications is shown

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Certification - Album". Circle Chart. Retrieved December 8, 2022.