The following is a list of the best selling albums of 2016 on the Billboard China V Chart. The chart ranks in two different categories, mainland albums and imported albums using data from Chinese video-sharing site YinYueTai (YYT).
Criteria
Chart entry criteria
There is no time limit imposed for (domestic) albums released within mainland China. For the album still sells on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall, the album is eligible to be ranked in the weekly album chart. The classification of albums into mainland and foreign albums depend on the country/location the album was released and not the language.
Structure
The chart cycle for real time chart is updated hourly while the weekly and yearly album charts are updated every month and year respectively.
The real time chart shows only ranking without the number of sales.
The weekly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the month and the number of sales for only the top5 albums.
The yearly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the year and its number of sales. The chart is published at the subsequent year on 1 January.
Loop holes
Pre-order sales for a specific album will only be counted on the release date. If a single album is divided into multiple editions, the sales will be counted separately.
Top 10 albums of 2016 Mainland (Domestic)ImportedRankAlbumArtist(s)ReferenceRankAlbumArtist(s)Reference1BeginnerJoker Xue1Lose ControlAlbum first released outside of China although it is a Chinese language album by a Chinese artistZhang Yixing (Lay) 2AdoreHuang Zitao2VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KOREAN VER.)EXO3WhirlwindChen Xiang3VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (CHINESE VER.)EXO4December (W Edition)Wang Qing4FLIGHT LOG : TURBULENCE VOL.2GOT75December (Q Edition)Wang Qing5WINTER SPECIAL ALBUM 2016 (2CD)EXO6ReloadedLuhanOnly album in the list which is released in 20156WINGSVOL.2BTS7The RoadHuang Zitao7VOL.3 Repackage [LOTTO] (CHINESE VER.)EXO8$axi$aHooleeger8VOL.3 Repackage [LOTTO] (KOREAN VER.)EXO9N/AN/A9BIGBANG MADE THE FULL ALBUMBigbang10JTW: Journey to The WestKhalil Fong10Young Forever (Night ver.)BTS
Annual sales percentage Mainland (Domestic) albums RankAlbumArtistPercentage of mainland albums1BeginnerJoker Xue33.26%2AdoreHuang Zitao23.23%3WhirlwindChen Xiang12.74%4December (W Edition)Wang Qing5.98%5December (Q Edition)Wang Qing5.66%
Imported albums RankAlbumArtistPercentage of imported albums1Lose ControlZhang Yixing (Lay)69.71%2VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KOREAN VER.)EXO4.08%3VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (CHINESE VER.)EXO2.91%4FLIGHT LOG : TURBULENCE VOL.2GOT72.52%5WINTER SPECIAL ALBUM 2016 (2CD)EXO1.49%
References
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