List of best-selling artists in South Korea

This is the list of best-selling artists in South Korea. It is specified if based on digital sales or physical album sales. The following numbers of the physical sales are based on total sales of artist since debut, the data is a compilation from Oricon Chart, GAON, MIAK and the artists' discography page in Wikipedia. The below chart is based on the valid source.

Physical albums

Best-selling artist (overall sales)

Rank Debut year Artist Physical sales (albums, singles, and DVD's)
1 2003 TVXQ 15,648,766[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
2 2000 BoA 12,324,764
3 1990 Shin Seung Hun 12,000,000
4 1992 Kim Gun Mo 11,000,000
5 1992 Seo Taiji and Boys 10,000,000
6 1998 Jo Sungmo 8,500,000
7 1996 H.O.T 7,636,908
8 2007 Girls' Generation 7,007,981[11]
9 2012 EXO 6,823,806
10 1997 SES 5,655,000
11 1999 g.o.d 5,061,883
12 1997 Steve Seungjun Yoo 5,000,000
13 2002 Rain 4,842,537
14 2007 KARA 4,785,228
15 2006 Big Bang 4,727,270
16 2005 Super Junior 4,264,730
17 2008 SHINee 3,382,483
18 1995 Turbo 3,000,000
19 2010 JYJ 3,000,000
20 2013 BTS 2,500,000 –

Female groups (album sales)

last update (2016/11/11)

Rank Year Debuted Artist Total Sales
1 1997 SES 3.55 million
2 2007 Girls' Generation 3.46 million
3 2007 KARA 3.21 million
4 1997 Baby V.O.X 2.381 million
5 1998 Fin.K.L 2.380 million
6 2009 T-ara 0.97 million
7 2009 2NE1 0.83 million
8 2009 f(x) 0.65 million
9 2011 Apink 0.53 million
10 2015 Twice 0.45 million

Male groups (album sales)

last update (2016/19/11)

Rank Year Debuted Artist Total Sales
1 1996 H.O.T 7.02 million
2 2012 EXO 6.1 million
3 1999 g.o.d 5.1 million
4 2005 Super Junior 3.39 million
5 1998 Shinhwa 3.31 million
6 2003 TVXQ 3.1 million
7 1995 Turbo 2.77 million
8 2006 Big Bang 2.4 million
9 2013 BTS 2.2 million
10 2010 Infinite 1.81 million

See also

References

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