These are the 100 best-selling artists in Gaon history.
In the Top 10 there are 9 male artists (boy groups) and only 1 female artist (girl group).
In the Top 100 there are a total of 35 million-selling artists, most of them achieved it since 2018, when physical sales saw growth and that even in 2021 it continues to grow. Only 23 soloists (20 male and 3 female) appear in the Top 100, the rest are 77 groups (57 boy groups and 20 girl groups).
- 1. BTS — 28,141,288 copies sold
- 2. EXO — 13,095,406 copies sold
- 3. SEVENTEEN — 7,968,462 copies sold
- 4. TWICE — 6,425,383 copies sold
- 5. NCT DREAM — 4,882,080 copies sold
- 6. GOT7 — 3,959,767 copies sold
- 7. SUPER JUNIOR — 3,878,121 copies sold
- 8. Wanna One — 3,624,584 copies sold
- 9. NCT — 3,520,366 copies sold
- 10. NCT 127 — 3,197,525 copies sold
- 11. Baekhyun — 2,644,901 copies sold
- 12. BLACKPINK — 2,612,663 copies sold
- 13. MONSTA X — 2,543,700 copies sold
- 14. SHINee — 2,543,126 copies sold
- 15. Girls' Generation — 2,363,982 copies sold
- 16. TXT 2,349,815 copies sold
- 17. Stray Kids — 2,336,255 copies sold
- 18. IZ*ONE — 2,112,559 copies sold
- 19. ATEEZ — 1,787,254 copies sold
- 20. TVXQ! — 1,709,583 copies sold
- 21. BIGBANG — 1,668,550 copies sold
- 22. Red Velvet — 1,548,550 copies sold
- 23. INFINITE — 1,521,400 copies sold
- 24. Kang Daniel — 1,424,224 copies sold
- 25. IU — 1,375,269 copies sold
- 26. VIXX — 1,286,531 copies sold
- 27. THE BOYZ — 1,244,941 copies sold
- 28. ASTRO — 1,134,900 copies sold
- 29. B2ST — 1,119,184 copies sold
- 30. ENHYPEN — 1,110,655 copies sold
- 31. NU'EST — 1,103,761 copies sold
- 32. Kim Ho Joong — 1,092,044 copies sold
- 33. CNBLUE — 1,084,424 copies sold
- 34. TREASURE — 1,063,429 copies sold
- 35. Taeyeon — 1,004,453 copies sold
- 36. EXO-SC — 961,509 copies sold
- 37. MAMAMOO — 960,220 copies sold
- 38. Taemin — 939,353 copies sold
- 39. GFRIEND — 920,250 copies sold
- 40. B1A4 — 912,668 copies sold
- 41. ITZY — 885,713 copies sold
- 42. B.A.P — 837,614 copies sold
- 43. WINNER — 834,136 copies sold
- 44. BTOB — 821,515 copies sold
- 45. JYJ — 778,733 copies sold
- 46. 2PM — 777,264 copies sold
- 47. NU'EST W — 750,379 copies sold
- 48. G-Dragon — 747,102 copies sold
- 49. SuperM — 735,800 copies sold
- 50. AB6IX — 735,365 copies sold
- 51. Apink — 726,034 copies sold
- 52. TEEN TOP — 711,615 copies sold
- 53. EXO-CBX — 678,068 copies sold
- 54. DAY6 — 672,156 copies sold
- 55. UP10TION — 666,622 copies sold
- 56. WayV — 662,325 copies sold
- 57. X1 — 657,888 copies sold
- 58. WJSN — 656,554 copies sold
- 59. iKON — 645,123 copies sold
- 60. SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 629,762 copies sold
- 61. SF9 — 602,972 copies sold
- 62. (G)I-DLE — 595,101 copies sold
- 63. Kim Jae Joong — 594,425 copies sold
- 64. Rosé — 587,818 copies sold
- 65. f(x) — 584,930 copies sold
- 66. Jonghyun — 565,850 copies sold
- 67. T-ARA — 565,047 copies sold
- 68. PENTAGON — 561,873 copies sold
- 69. FTISLAND — 535,782 copies sold
- 70. Hwang Chi Yeul — 534,199 copies sold
- 71. KARA — 531,609 copies sold
- 72. ONEUS — 526,505 copies sold
- 73. XIA — 509,705 copies sold
- 74. CRAVITY — 497,303 copies sold
- 75. VICTON — 485,193 copies sold
- 76. Golden Child — 475,297 copies sold
- 77. 2NE1 — 455,367 copies sold
- 78. Highlight — 455,332 copies sold
- 79. Dreamcatcher — 447,236 copies sold
- 80. Block B — 442,446 copies sold
- 81. OH MY GIRL — 420,119 copies sold
- 82. LOONA — 411,534 copies sold
- 83. Lovelyz — 399,815 copies sold
- 84. SHINHWA — 397,734 copies sold
- 85. Chen — 381,814 copies sold
- 86. Park Ji Hoon — 376,656 copies sold
- 87. Ha Sung Woon — 376,582 copies sold
- 88. Kim Hyun Joong — 376,055 copies sold
- 89. Kai — 361,810 copies sold
- 90. U-Know — 342,012 copies sold
- 91. WOODZ — 339,968 copies sold
- 92. MBLAQ — 337,901 copies sold
- 93. ONF — 325,710 copies sold
- 94. JBJ — 324,068 copies sold
- 95. Girls' Generation-TTS — 314,323 copies sold
- 96. Busker Busker — 311,288 copies sold
- 97. Lay — 304,383 copies sold
- 98. Kim Sung Kyu — 293,839 copies sold
- 99. Suho — 291,908 copies sold
- 10. SECHSKIES — 289,160 copies sold
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