These are the 100 best-selling Korean artists in Oricon history.
In the Top 10 there are 5 male artists (5 boy groups) and 5 female artists (3 girl groups and 2 female soloist).
The only sales that are counted are physical sales of singles and albums, not including sales of DVD/BDs or Korean albums.
- 1. TVXQ! — 8,084,832 copies sold
- 2. BoA — 7,801,076 copies sold
- 3. BTS — 4,681,519 copies sold
- 4. TWICE — 3,419,662 copies sold
- 5. KARA — 3,245,882 copies sold
- 6. Girls' Generation — 2,715,284 copies sold
- 7. 2PM — 1,868,437 copies sold
- 8. SHINee — 1,716,009 copies sold
- 9. SEVENTEEN — 1,634,534 copies sold
- 10. Kye Eun Sook — 1,634,269 copies sold
- 11. BIGBANG — 1,343,094 copies sold
- 12. Kim Yeon Ja — 1,106,761 copies sold
- 13. Ryu Siwon — 1,069,742 copies sold
- 14. SUPER JUNIOR — 1,039,881 copies sold
- 15. CNBLUE — 897,570 copies sold
- 16. IZ*ONE — 845,973 copies sold
- 17. SUPERNOVA — 842,593 copies sold
- 18. Kim Hyun Joong — 813,602 copies sold
- 19. FTISLAND — 785,188 copies sold
- 20. K — 669,468 copies sold
- 21. Park Yong Ha — 659,484 copies sold
- 22. MONSTA X — 656,071 copies sold
- 23. Jang Keun Suk — 600,913 copies sold
- 24. U-KISS — 578,592 copies sold
- 25. T-ARA — 567,410 copies sold
- 26. Kim Jae Joong — 555,984 copies sold
- 27. B2ST — 528,676 copies sold
- 28. BTOB — 505,386 copies sold
- 29. EXO — 481,649 copies sold
- 30. INFINITE — 456,156 copies sold
- 31. GOT7 — 450,364 copies sold
- 32. B1A4 — 432,915 copies sold
- 33. MYNAME — 414,212 copies sold
- 34. Junho — 387,641 copies sold
- 35. BOYFRIEND — 386,681 copies sold
- 36. SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 380,031 copies sold
- 37. JYJ — 330,251 copies sold
- 38. TXT — 324,268 copies sold
- 39. iKON — 317,741 copies sold
- 40. Daesung — 316,463 copies sold
- 41. Apink — 314,045 copies sold
- 42. B.A.P — 304,928 copies sold
- 43. SF9 — 278,655 copies sold
- 44. NCT 127 — 273,737 copies sold
- 45. CODE-V — 250,476 copies sold
- 47. ENHYPEN — 237,793 copies sold
- 47. Shion — 236,975 copies sold
- 48. XIA — 225,638 copies sold
- 49. Taemin — 220,718 copies sold
- 50. Stray Kids — 203,468 copies sold
- 51. Block B — 200,971 copies sold
- 52. SE7EN — 200,937 copies sold
- 53. 2AM — 187,361 copies sold
- 54. G-Dragon — 185,886 copies sold
- 55. Wanna One — 185,242 copies sold
- 56. AFTERSCHOOL — 181,755 copies sold
- 57. BLACKPINK — 177,780 copies sold
- 58. AOA — 174,274 copies sold
- 59. SNUPER — 171,735 copies sold
- 60. 2NE1 — 171,016 copies sold
- 61. John-Hoon — 165,594 copies sold
- 62. PENTAGON — 165,533 copies sold
- 63. WINNER — 164,318 copies sold
- 64. DGNA The Boss — 156,310 copies sold
- 65. TEAM H — 155,835 copies sold
- 66. VIXX — 154,581 copies sold
- 67. SHU-I — 141,788 copies sold
- 68. Jun. K — 135,940 copies sold
- 69. Rain — 131,602 copies sold
- 70. Park Jun Young — 130,497 copies sold
- 71. SUPER JUNIOR-K.R.Y. — 127,741 copies sold
- 72. EXO-CBX — 125,984 copies sold
- 73. Younha — 125,918 copies sold
- 74. MBLAQ — 122,543 copies sold
- 75. CROSS GENE — 116,307 copies sold
- 76. RAINBOW — 115,259 copies sold
- 77. UP10TION — 105,628 copies sold
- 78. Chang Euensook — 101,521 copies sold
- 79. Apeace — 100,680 copies sold
- 80. Jang Woo Young — 99,631 copies sold
- 81. SS501 — 95,808 copies sold
- 82. Yunhak — 94,320 copies sold
- 83. Jung Yong Hwa — 91,322 copies sold
- 84. SECRET — 87,518 copies sold
- 85. ONEUS — 81,241 copies sold
- 86. 4MINUTE — 80,359 copies sold
- 87. F.CUZ — 80,106 copies sold
- 88. IU — 78,061 copies sold
- 89. Shin Seung Hun — 77,185 copies sold
- 90. JY — 76,176 copies sold
- 91. NU'EST — 73,459 copies sold
- 92. Sungmo — 70,638 copies sold
- 93. ZE:A — 69,088 copies sold
- 94. TREASURE — 68,461 copies sold
- 95. Taeyang — 67,587 copies sold
- 96. 100% — 67,248 copies sold
- 97. Yesung — 65,035 copies sold
- 98. GFRIEND — 63,626 copies sold
- 99. Kyuhyun — 62,890 copies sold
- 100. Han Jina — 62,763 copies sold
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