List of certified albums in South Korea

Since 2018, 54 albums have been certified in South Korea in accordance with the certification levels set up by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Established in 2008, with the purpose of promoting the professional interests of its members, as well as being involved in anti-piracy, the KMCA introduced the official South Korean charts in 2010.[3] Record certifications were implemented in April 2018, to every release after January 1, 2018.[4][5]

Logo of the Gaon Music Chart, introduced in 2010
South Korean boyband BTS have received the Million certification five times for over eleven million album sales. Their 2020 studio album Map of the Soul: 7 is the highest certified album with a Quadruple Million certification and the best-selling album in South Korea.[1] It is also the first Korean album to sell more than 4 million copies in the Gaon Chart's history.[2]
EXO (pictured in 2016) are the first artists after BTS to receive the Million certification for over 1 million album sales. They received a certification on January 11, 2019 with their sixth studio album Don't Mess Up My Tempo.
Wanna One (pictured in 2018) was among the first groups to receive a certification in May 2018 with their ep 0+1=1 (I Promise You).
Twice (pictured in 2018), have received six certifications, the most of any artist.

The first albums to be certified were Got7's Eyes on You, NCT's NCT 2018 Empathy and Wanna One's 0+1=1 (I Promise You) on May 5, 2018. As of August 2020, South Korea's highest-certified record is Map of the Soul: 7, a studio album by BTS, which was awarded a quadruple million certification in April 2020 for selling over four million units. Twice are the artists with the highest number of certified records, with six.

Twice, Blackpink and IZ*ONE are the only female artists to receive album certifications, while Twice have the most certified records of any female artists with six and were the first ones to receive a certification.

Certification levels
Thresholds per award
Platinum 2× Platinum 3× Platinum Million 2× Million[lower-alpha 1]
250,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 2,000,000

By units
Album Artist Certification Release Date Certification Date[6][lower-alpha 2] Cer. Sales
Eyes on You Got7 Platinum March 12, 2018[7] May 10, 2018 250,000
NCT 2018 Empathy NCT March 14, 2018[8]
0+1=1 (I Promise You) Wanna One 3 × Platinum March 19, 2018[9] 750,000
What Is Love? Twice Platinum April 9, 2018[10] June 8, 2018 250,000
Blooming Days Exo-CBX April 10, 2018[11]
1÷x=1 (Undivided) Wanna One 2 × Platinum June 4, 2018[12] August 9, 2018 500,000
Summer Nights Twice Platinum July 9, 2018[13] September 6, 2018 250,000
You Make My Day Seventeen July 16, 2018[14]
Love Yourself 結 'Answer' BTS 2 × Million August 24, 2018[15] October 11, 2018 2,000,000
Who, You NU'EST W Platinum June 25, 2018[16] November 8, 2018 250,000
Present: You Got7 September 17, 2018[17]
Regular-Irregular NCT 127 October 12, 2018[18] December 6, 2018
Don't Mess Up My Tempo Exo Million November 2, 2018[19] January 11, 2019 1,000,000
Yes or Yes Twice Platinum November 5, 2018[20] 250,000
1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) Wanna One 2 × Platinum November 19, 2018[21] 500,000
Love Shot Exo December 13, 2018[22] February 7, 2019
Square Up Blackpink Platinum June 15, 2018[23] March 7, 2019 250,000
You Made My Dawn Seventeen January 21, 2019[24]
Map of the Soul: Persona BTS 3 × Million April 12, 2019[25] June 6, 2019 3,000,000
Fancy You Twice Platinum April 22, 2019[26] June 6, 2019 250,000
Kill This Love Blackpink April 5, 2019[27]
Spinning Top Got7 May 20, 2019[28] July 11, 2019
We Are Superhuman NCT 127 May 24, 2019[29]
Take.2 We Are Here Monsta X February 18, 2019[30]
Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' BTS 2 × Million May 18, 2018[31] August 8, 2019 2,000,000
BTS World: Original Soundtrack 2 × Platinum June 28, 2019[32] 500,000
City Lights Baekhyun July 10, 2019 September 12, 2019
What a Life Exo-SC Platinum July 22, 2019 250,000
Color on Me Kang Daniel 2 × Platinum July 25, 2019 500,000
We Boom NCT Dream Platinum July 26, 2019 250,000
Emergency: Quantum Leap X1 2 × Platinum August 27, 2019 October 10, 2019 500,000
Heart*Iz IZ*ONE Platinum April 1, 2019 250,000
An Ode Seventeen 3 × Platinum September 16, 2019 November 7, 2019 750,000
Feel Special Twice Platinum September 23, 2019 250,000
Happily Ever After NU'EST April 29, 2019 December 12, 2019
Time Slip Super Junior October 14, 2019
Call My Name Got7 November 4, 2019 January 9, 2020
Obsession Exo 3 × Platinum November 27, 2019 750,000
Bloom*Iz IZ*ONE Platinum February 17, 2020 April 9, 2020 250,000
Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 4 × Million February 21, 2020 4,000,000
Neo Zone NCT 127 3 × Platinum March 6, 2020 May 7, 2020 750,000
Cyan Kang Daniel Platinum March 24, 2020 250,000
Self-Portrait Suho March 30, 2020 June 11, 2020
Dye Got7 April 20, 2020
Reload NCT Dream 2 × Platinum April 29, 2020 500,000
Color*Iz Iz*One Platinum October 29, 2018 July 9, 2020 250,000
The Dream Chapter: Eternity TXT May 18, 2020
Delight Baekhyun 3 × Platinum May 25, 2020 750,000
Fantasia X Monsta X Platinum May 26, 2020 250,000
Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT 127 2 × Platinum May 19, 2020 August 6, 2020 500,000
More & More Twice June 1, 2020
Oneiric Diary Iz*One June 15, 2020
Go生 Stray Kids Platinum June 17, 2020 250,000
Heng:garæ Seventeen Million June 22, 2020 1,000,000

See also

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

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