List of certified albums in South Korea
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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, 189 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. Jisoo's first solo album Me (2023) is the first album by a female solo artist to receive Million certification. Boy band Stray Kids has the most-certified albums overall, with twelve.
As of January 2023, South Korea's highest-certified record is Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), the fourth studio album of boy band BTS. The record was awarded quintuple million certification in November 2022, for selling over five million units.
Certification levels
Thresholds per award | ||||
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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
Artist | Album | Certification | Cert. Sales | Release Date | Certification Date[5][lower-alpha 2] |
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BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | 5 × Million | 5,000,000 | February 21, 2020 | November 10, 2022 |
BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | 4 × Million | 4,000,000 | April 12, 2019 | May 6, 2021 |
BTS | Be | 3 × Million | 3,000,000 | November 20, 2020 | March 11, 2021 |
BTS | Love Yourself: Answer | August 24, 2018 | November 11, 2021 | ||
BTS | Butter | May 21, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
BTS | Love Yourself: Tear | May 18, 2018 | July 7, 2022 | ||
BTS | Proof | June 10, 2022 | August 11, 2022 | ||
Stray Kids | Maxident | October 7, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
Seventeen | Face the Sun | May 27, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
NCT Dream | Hot Sauce | 2 × Million | 2,000,000 | May 10, 2021 | July 8, 2021 |
NCT 127 | Sticker | September 17, 2021 | November 11, 2021 | ||
Seventeen | Attacca | October 22, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
NCT Dream | Glitch Mode | March 28, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | ||
Blackpink | Born Pink | September 16, 2022 | November 10, 2022 | ||
Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation | January 27, 2023 | March 9, 2023 | ||
Exo | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Million | 1,000,000 | November 2, 2018 | January 11, 2019 |
Seventeen | Heng:garæ | June 22, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | ||
Blackpink | The Album | October 2, 2020 | December 10, 2020 | ||
NCT | Resonance Pt. 1 | October 12, 2020 | |||
Seventeen | Semicolon | October 19, 2020 | |||
NCT | Resonance Pt. 2 | November 23, 2020 | February 11, 2021 | ||
Seventeen | An Ode | September 16, 2019 | June 10, 2021 | ||
Baekhyun | Bambi | March 30, 2021 | |||
Exo | Don't Fight the Feeling | June 7, 2021 | August 12, 2021 | ||
Seventeen | Your Choice | June 18, 2021 | |||
NCT Dream | Hello Future | June 28, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
Stray Kids | Noeasy | August 23, 2021 | |||
Enhypen | Dimension: Dilemma | October 12, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
NCT | Universe | December 14, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
Stray Kids | Oddinary | March 18, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | ||
Lim Young-woong | Im Hero | May 2, 2022 | July 7, 2022 | ||
TXT | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | May 9, 2022 | |||
NCT Dream | Beatbox | May 30, 2022 | August 11, 2022 | ||
Baekhyun | Delight | May 25, 2020 | September 8, 2022 | ||
Enhypen | Manifesto: Day 1 | July 4, 2022 | |||
Aespa | Girls | July 8, 2022 | |||
Itzy | Checkmate | July 15, 2022 | |||
Seventeen | Sector 17 | July 18, 2022 | |||
Ateez | The World EP.1: Movement | July 29, 2022 | |||
TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | August 17, 2021 | October 6, 2022 | ||
Ive | After Like | August 22, 2022 | |||
Twice | Between 1&2 | August 26, 2022 | |||
TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | May 31, 2021 | November 10, 2021 | ||
NCT 127 | 2 Baddies | September 16, 2021 | |||
Jin | The Astronaut | October 28, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
Itzy | Cheshire | November 30, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
NCT Dream | Candy | December 19, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
Jisoo | Me | March 31, 2023 | May 11, 2023 | ||
Wanna One | 0+1=1 (I Promise You) | 3 × Platinum | 750,000 | March 19, 2018 | May 10, 2018 |
Exo | Obsession | November 27, 2019 | January 9, 2020 | ||
NCT 127 | Neo Zone | March 6, 2020 | May 7, 2020 | ||
Enhypen | Border: Carnival | April 26, 2021 | November 11, 2021 | ||
NCT 127 | Favorite | October 25, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
Enhypen | Dimension: Answer | January 10, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | ||
Treasure | The Second Step: Chapter One | February 15, 2022 | |||
Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 | November 1, 2021 | May 12, 2022 | ||
Stray Kids | Christmas EveL | November 29, 2021 | |||
TXT | Minisode1: Blue Hour | October 26, 2020 | August 11, 2022 | ||
Ive | Love Dive | April 5, 2022 | October 6, 2022 | ||
(G)I-dle | I Love | October 17, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival 2022 - Birthday | November 28, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
Le Sserafim | Antifragile | October 17, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.3 | September 13, 2021 | February 9, 2023 | ||
NewJeans | New Jeans | August 8, 2022 | March 9, 2023 | ||
NewJeans | OMG | January 2, 2023 | |||
Wanna One | 1÷x=1 (Undivided) | 2 × Platinum | 500,000 | June 4, 2018 | August 9, 2018 |
Wanna One | 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) | November 19, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | ||
Exo | Love Shot | December 13, 2018 | February 7, 2019 | ||
BTS | BTS World: Original Soundtrack | June 28, 2019 | August 8, 2019 | ||
Baekhyun | City Lights | July 10, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | ||
Kang Daniel | Color on Me | July 25, 2019 | |||
X1 | Emergency: Quantum Leap | August 27, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | ||
NCT Dream | Reload | April 29, 2020 | June 11, 2020 | ||
NCT 127 | Neo Zone: The Final Round | May 19, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | ||
Twice | More & More | June 1, 2020 | |||
Iz*One | Oneiric Diary | June 15, 2020 | |||
Exo-SC | 1 Billion Views | July 13, 2020 | September 10, 2020 | ||
Seventeen | You Made My Dawn | January 21, 2019 | October 8, 2020 | ||
Kim Ho-joong | We Are Family | September 5, 2020 | November 12, 2020 | ||
SuperM | Super One | September 25, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | ||
NCT | NCT 2018 Empathy | March 14, 2018 | March 11, 2021 | ||
Twice | Eyes Wide Open | October 26, 2020 | April 8, 2021 | ||
Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.2 | March 1, 2021 | July 8, 2021 | ||
Stray Kids | In Life | September 14, 2020 | |||
Twice | Taste of Love | June 11, 2021 | August 12, 2021 | ||
Blackpink | Kill This Love | April 5, 2019 | September 9, 2021 | ||
Enhypen | Border: Day One | November 30, 2020 | |||
The Boyz | Thrill-ing | August 9, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | August 17, 2021 | |||
Rosé | R | March 12, 2021 | November 11, 2021 | ||
Lisa | Lalisa | September 10, 2021 | |||
Aespa | Savage | October 5, 2021 | December 9, 2021 | ||
The Boyz | Maverick | November 12, 2021 | January 6, 2022 | ||
Itzy | Crazy in Love | September 24, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | ||
Twice | Feel Special | September 23, 2019 | March 10, 2022 | ||
SM Town | 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express | December 27, 2021 | April 7, 2022 | ||
Stray Kids | Go Live | June 17, 2020 | May 12, 2022 | ||
Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival 2022 - Feel My Rhythm | March 21, 2022 | |||
NCT Dream | We Boom | July 26, 2019 | July 7, 2022 | ||
Got7 | Got7 | May 23, 2022 | |||
Young Tak | MMM | July 4, 2022 | September 8, 2022 | ||
Kim Ho-joong | Panorama | July 27, 2022 | |||
Twice | Fancy You | April 22, 2019 | November 10, 2022 | ||
TXT | The Dream Chapter: Eternity | May 18, 2020 | |||
Nayeon | Im Nayeon | June 24, 2022 | |||
Nmixx | Entwurf | September 19, 2022 | |||
RM | Indigo | December 2, 2022 | January 12, 2023 | ||
Blackpink | Square Up | June 15, 2018 | March 9, 2023 | ||
Twice | What Is Love? | April 9, 2018 | |||
Got7 | Eyes on You | Platinum | 250,000 | March 12, 2018 | May 10, 2018 |
Exo-CBX | Blooming Days | April 10, 2018 | June 8, 2018 | ||
Twice | Summer Nights | July 9, 2018 | September 6, 2018 | ||
Seventeen | You Make My Day | July 16, 2018 | |||
NU'EST W | Who, You | June 25, 2018 | November 8, 2018 | ||
Got7 | Present: You | September 17, 2018 | |||
NCT 127 | Regular-Irregular | October 12, 2018 | December 6, 2018 | ||
Twice | Yes or Yes | November 5, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | ||
Got7 | Spinning Top | May 20, 2019 | July 11, 2019 | ||
NCT 127 | We Are Superhuman | May 24, 2019 | |||
Monsta X | Take.2 We Are Here | February 18, 2019 | |||
Exo-SC | What a Life | July 22, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | ||
Iz*One | Heart*Iz | April 1, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | ||
NU'EST | Happily Ever After | April 29, 2019 | December 12, 2019 | ||
Super Junior | Time Slip | October 14, 2019 | |||
Got7 | Call My Name | November 4, 2019 | January 9, 2020 | ||
Iz*One | Bloom*Iz | February 17, 2020 | April 9, 2020 | ||
Kang Daniel | Cyan | March 24, 2020 | May 7, 2020 | ||
Suho | Self-Portrait | March 30, 2020 | June 11, 2020 | ||
Got7 | Dye | April 20, 2020 | |||
Iz*One | Color*Iz | October 29, 2018 | July 9, 2020 | ||
Monsta X | Fantasia X | May 26, 2020 | |||
TXT | The Dream Chapter: Magic | October 21, 2019 | September 10, 2020 | ||
Blackpink | How You Like That: Special Edition | July 17, 2020 | |||
Ateez | Zero: Fever Part.1 | July 29, 2020 | |||
Kang Daniel | Magenta | August 3, 2020 | October 8, 2020 | ||
TXT | The Dream Chapter: Star | March 4, 2019 | November 12, 2020 | ||
The Boyz | Chase | September 21, 2020 | |||
Monsta X | Fatal Love | November 2, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | ||
Jonghyun | Poet | Artist | January 23, 2018 | February 11, 2021 | ||
Got7 | Breath of Love: Last Piece | November 30, 2020 | |||
Kai | Kai | ||||
Iz*One | One-reeler / Act IV | December 7, 2020 | |||
Kim Ho-joong | The Classic Album I - My Favorite Arias | December 17, 2020 | |||
Kim Ho-joong | The Classic Album II - My Favorite Songs | December 18, 2020 | |||
NCT Dream | We Go Up | September 3, 2018 | March 11, 2021 | ||
Treasure | The First Step: Chapter One | August 7, 2020 | |||
Treasure | The First Step: Treasure Effect | January 11, 2021 | |||
Shinee | Don't Call Me | February 22, 2021 | April 8, 2021 | ||
Stray Kids | Clé: Levanter | December 9, 2019 | May 6, 2021 | ||
WayV | Kick Back | March 10, 2021 | |||
Super Junior | The Renaissance | March 16, 2021 | |||
IU | Lilac | March 25, 2021 | |||
Astro | All Yours | April 5, 2021 | June 10, 2021 | ||
Kang Daniel | Yellow | April 13, 2021 | |||
Itzy | Guess Who | April 30, 2021 | |||
NCT | Resonance Pt. 2 (Kit) | December 14, 2020 | |||
Stray Kids | Clé 1: Miroh | March 25, 2019 | August 12, 2021 | ||
IU | Love Poem | November 18, 2019 | |||
Treasure | The First Step: Chapter Two | September 18, 2020 | |||
Monsta X | One of a Kind | June 1, 2021 | |||
Seventeen | Special Album 'Director's Cut' | February 5, 2018 | September 9, 2021 | ||
Monsta X | Take.1 Are You There? | October 22, 2018 | |||
NCT Dream | Hello Future (Kit) | June 28, 2021 | |||
D.O. | Empathy | July 26, 2021 | |||
Red Velvet | Queendom | August 16, 2021 | October 7, 2021 | ||
Astro | Switch On | August 2, 2021 | |||
Monsta X | Follow: Find You | October 28, 2019 | November 11, 2021 | ||
Monsta X | No Limit | November 19, 2021 | January 6, 2022 | ||
Treasure | The First Step: Chapter Three | November 6, 2020 | February 10, 2022 | ||
Kai | Peaches | November 30, 2021 | |||
Ive | Eleven | December 1, 2021 | |||
Ateez | Zero: Fever Epilogue | December 10, 2021 | |||
Itzy | Not Shy | August 17, 2020 | March 10, 2022 | ||
Kep1er | First Impact | January 3, 2022 | |||
Nmixx | Ad Mare | February 22, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | ||
Stray Kids | I Am You | October 22, 2018 | May 12, 2022 | ||
Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival: Finale | December 23, 2019 | June 9, 2022 | ||
Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi | Monster | July 6, 2020 | |||
Monsta X | Shape of Love | April 26, 2022 | |||
Stray Kids | Clé 2: Yellow Wood | June 19, 2019 | July 7, 2022 | ||
Le Sserafim | Fearless | May 2, 2022 | |||
Astro | Drive to the Starry Road | May 16, 2022 | |||
Stray Kids | I Am Who | August 6, 2018 | August 11, 2022 | ||
STAYC | Young-Luv.com | February 21, 2022 | |||
Kep1er | Doublast | June 20, 2022 | |||
Stray Kids | I Am Not | March 26, 2018 | September 8, 2022 | ||
NCT | Resonance Pt. 1 (Kit) | October 28, 2020 | |||
(G)I-dle | I Never Die | March 14, 2022 | |||
J-Hope | Jack in the Box (Weverse) | July 15, 2022 | |||
STAYC | We Need Love | July 19, 2022 | |||
Girls' Generation | Forever 1 | August 8, 2022 | October 6, 2022 | ||
The Boyz | Be Aware | August 16, 2022 | |||
NCT 127 | Regulate | November 27, 2018 | November 10, 2022 | ||
Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival: Day 1 | June 19, 2019 | |||
Treasure | The Second Step: Chapter Two | October 4, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | ||
Kep1er | Troubleshooter | October 13, 2022 | |||
NewJeans | New Jeans (Weverse) | August 8, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | ||
NCT Dream | Candy (SMC) | December 19, 2022 | |||
SM Town | 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace | December 26, 2022 | |||
Ateez | Spin Off: From the Witness | December 30, 2022 | |||
Twice | The Year of "Yes" | December 13, 2018 | March 9, 2023 | ||
(G)I-dle | I Burn | January 11, 2021 | |||
Seventeen | Face the Sun (Weverse) | June 3, 2022 | |||
NewJeans | OMG (Weverse) | January 2, 2023 | |||
Monsta X | Reason | January 9, 2023 | |||
Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation (Weverse) | January 27, 2023 |
See also
- List of best-selling albums in South Korea
- List of certified songs in South Korea
- List of music recording certifications
Notes
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