These are the 100 best-selling artists in history.
In the Top 10 there are 8 male artists (4 boy groups and 4 soloists) and 2 female artists (1 girl group and 1 soloist).
In the Top 100 there are 59 groups (47 boy groups, 8 girl groups and 4 mixed groups) and 41 soloists (30 male and 11 female).
The total sales is the sum of the physical sales of Korean releases and Japanese releases. DVD/BD sales are not counted due to lack of sources for all artists.
- 1. BTS — 32,779,877 copies sold
- 2. EXO — 13,577,055 copies sold
- 3. Shin Seung Hun — 12,695,369 copies sold
- 4. TVXQ! — 12,122,659 copies sold
- 5. Kim Gun Mo — 11,660,659 copies sold
- 6. BoA — 9,908,643 copies sold
- 7. TWICE — 9,843,732 copies sold
- 8. SEVENTEEN — 9,600,992 copies sold
- 9. Lee Moon Sae — 9,176,866 copies sold
- 10. Jo Sung Mo — 8,162,971 copies sold
- 11. Seotaiji and Boys — 8,063,503 copies sold
- 12. Jo Kwan Woo — 7,149,046 copies sold
- 13. H.O.T. — 7,029,167 copies sold
- 14. Byun Jin Sub — 7,000,000 copies sold
- 15. Kim Jong Hwan — 5,815,231 copies sold
- 16. SUPER JUNIOR — 5,624,700 copies sold
- 17. Girls' Generation — 5,521,179 copies sold
- 18. god — 5,432,460 copies sold
- 19. DJ DOC — 5,200,701 copies sold
- 20. NCT DREAM — 4,942,742 copies sold
- 21. COOL — 4,891,382 copies sold
- 22. SHINee — 4,464,206 copies sold
- 23. Roo'ra — 4,451,018 copies sold
- 24. GOT7 — 4,410,131 copies sold
- 25. Steve Seungjun Yoo — 4,242,246 copies sold
- 26. SECHSKIES — 3,987,074 copies sold
- 27. Lee Seung Hwan — 3,914,743 copies sold
- 28. BIGBANG — 3,847,151 copies sold
- 29. Im Chang Jung — 3,847,151 copies sold
- 30. Wanna One — 3,809,826 copies sold
- 31. KARA — 3,808,827 copies sold
- 32. S.E.S. — 3,623,697 copies sold
- 33. SHINHWA — 3,601,022 copies sold
- 34. Seo Taiji — 3,590,389 copies sold
- 35. NCT — 3,520,366 copies sold
- 36. NCT 127 — 3,471,262 copies sold
- 37. J.Y. Park — 3,429,286 copies sold
- 38. Lee Seung Chul — 3,382,128 copies sold
- 39. TURBO — 3,351,212 copies sold
- 40. MONSTA X — 3,199,771 copies sold
- 41. 015B — 3,091,860 copies sold
- 42. IZ*ONE — 2,958,532 copies sold
- 43. Yoon Jong Shin — 2,831,304 copies sold
- 44. 2PM — 2,800,843 copies sold
- 45. BLACKPINK — 2,790,443 copies sold
- 46. Lee Soo Young — 2,719,490 copies sold
- 47. Baekhyun — 2,696,195 copies sold
- 48. TXT — 2,673,386 copies sold
- 49. Lee Sora — 2,665,058 copies sold
- 50. N.EX.T — 2,590,851 copies sold
- 51. Stray Kids — 2,538,771 copies sold
- 52. Fin.K.L — 2,513,331 copies sold
- 53. CLON — 2,471,818 copies sold
- 54. Kim Min Jong — 2,459,818 copies sold
- 55. KYT — 2,428,232 copies sold
- 56. DEUX — 2,270,000 copies sold
- 57. Kim Jung Min — 2,188,549 copies sold
- 58. R.ef — 2,186,599 copies sold
- 59. Boohwal — 2,148,402 copies sold
- 60. Solid — 2,004,814 copies sold
- 61. Yoo Jae Ha — 2,000,562 copies sold
- 62. Kim Hyun Sik — 2,000,000 copies sold
- 63. INFINITE — 1,977,556 copies sold
- 64. CNBLUE — 1,970,130 copies sold
- 65. ATEEZ — 1,839,267 copies sold
- 66. SG WANNABE — 1,823,983 copies sold
- 67. Kim Kyung Ho — 1,812,563 copies sold
- 68. Noise — 1,810,000 copies sold
- 69. Park Hyo Shin — 1,759,895 copies sold
- 70. Uhm Jung Hwa — 1,734,066 copies sold
- 71. WAX — 1,659,507 copies sold
- 72. B2ST — 1,657,994 copies sold
- 73. Kye Eun Sook — 1,634,269 copies sold
- 74. Brown Eyes — 1,632,282 copies sold
- 75. Red Velvet — 1,597,597 copies sold
- 76. Sung Si Kyung — 1,594,740 copies sold
- 77. Green Area — 1,591,038 copies sold
- 78. Yangpa — 1,572,860 copies sold
- 79. FTISLAND — 1,555,641 copies sold
- 80. Sumi Jo — 1,523,787 copies sold
- 81. IU — 1,464,149 copies sold
- 82. FLY TO THE SKY — 1,445,491 copies sold
- 83. VIXX — 1,441,112 copies sold
- 84. Kang Daniel — 1,424,224 copies sold
- 85. Kim Won Jun — 1,400,000 copies sold
- 86. Cho Yong Pil — 1,359,151 copies sold
- 87. Kim Hyun Jung — 1,348,816 copies sold
- 88. B1A4 — 1,345,583 copies sold
- 89. The Classic — 1,330,830 copies sold
- 90. BTOB — 1,326,901 copies sold
- 91. THE BOYZ — 1,291,285 copies sold
- 92. Lee Hyun Woo — 1,269,438 copies sold
- 93. Lee Jung Hyun — 1,227,040 copies sold
- 94. TwoTwo — 1,200,000 copies sold
- 95. Kim Hyun Joong — 1,189,657 copies sold
- 96. G-Dragon — 1,180,988 copies sold
- 97. NU'EST — 1,177,220 copies sold
- 98. ASTRO — 1,165,301 copies sold
- 99. Taemin — 1,160,071 copies sold
- 100. Kim Jae Joong — 1,149,626 copies sold
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