List of certified albums in South Korea

This list is complete and up to date as of November 2024.
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.

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, 300 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, while Jisoo's first solo album Me (2023) is the first album by a female solo artist to do the same. Boy band Seventeen has the most-certified albums of any artist, with nineteen.[citation needed]

As of September 2024, South Korea's highest-certified records are Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) by BTS, FML (2023) and Seventeenth Heaven (2023) by Seventeen, and 5-Star (2023) by Stray Kids. They were awarded Quintuple Million certification in November 2022, July 2023, August 2023, and September 2023 respectively, for selling over five million units each.

  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.
  2. ^ [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.
  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.