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. 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 album sales by major distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, KT Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.
Overall, Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single was Gaon's best selling album of 2012, selling 356,431 copies.
Weekly charts
Week Album Artist Embrace Shin Hye-sung Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 Dynamic Duo 100% Ver MBLAQ Funky Town T-ara Hit U Dal Shabet Grown-Up F.T. Island New Breed Jay Park Grown-Up F.T. Island New Breed Jay Park Alive Big Bang F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of Love 2AM Sherlock Shinee "SHINee's Sherlock debuts at No. 1 on Gaon's chart" 10Asia. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-05 Ear Fun CNBlue Busker Busker 1st Album Busker Busker Mama Exo-K Slip Away Nell Volume Up 4Minute Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS Mama Exo-K Tarantallegra Xia 2PM Member's Selection 2PM Ignition: Special Edition B1A4 Still Alive Big Bang Electric Shock f(x) Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album Busker Busker I'm Da One Jo Kwon Sexy, Free & Single Super Junior Midnight Sun Beast Spy Super Junior Paparazzi Girls' Generation Pandora Kara Uncommitted Xia Pandora Kara Five Treasure Box F.T. Island One of a Kind G-Dragon Catch Me TVXQ Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Psy Catch Me TVXQ 02 Urban Zakapa Blockbuster Block B In the Wind B1A4 Another Me Kim Sung-kyu Humanoids TVXQ Winter Poetry Shin Hye-sung Humanoids TVXQ
Monthly charts
Month Album Artist Sales 100% Ver. MBLAQ 51,087 Alive Big Bang 212,010 Sherlock Shinee 135,370 Mama Exo-K 61,333 Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS 139,388 Still Alive Big Bang 117,929 Sexy, Free & Single Super Junior 335,744 Spy 107,656 One of a Kind G-Dragon 171,512 Catch Me TVXQ 114,956 Another Me Kim Sung-kyu 62,958 Winter Poetry Shin Hye-sung 24,102
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References
External links Gaon Charts - Official Website