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 (18 male and 3 female) appear in the Top 100, the rest are 79 groups (59 boy groups and 20 girl groups).
- 1. BTS — 31,435,304 copies sold
- 2. EXO — 13,199,097 copies sold
- 3. SEVENTEEN — 8,091,887 copies sold
- 4. TWICE — 6,485,872 copies sold
- 5. NCT DREAM — 5,292,893 copies sold
- 6. GOT7 — 4,022,133 copies sold
- 7. SUPER JUNIOR — 3,878,121 copies sold
- 8. Wanna One — 3,624,584 copies sold
- 9. Stray Kids — 3,590,563 copies sold
- 10. NCT — 3,531,065 copies sold
- 11. NCT 127 — 3,211,291 copies sold
- 12. TXT 3,106,120 copies sold
- 13. BLACKPINK — 2,667,413 copies sold
- 14. Baekhyun — 2,658,097 copies sold
- 15. MONSTA X — 2,587,441 copies sold
- 16. SHINee — 2,548,086 copies sold
- 17. Girls' Generation — 2,363,982 copies sold
- 18. IZ*ONE — 2,123,434 copies sold
- 19. Red Velvet — 1,905,549 copies sold
- 20. THE BOYZ — 1,871,572 copies sold
- 21. ATEEZ — 1,807,702 copies sold
- 22. TVXQ! — 1,709,583 copies sold
- 23. BIGBANG — 1,668,550 copies sold
- 24. INFINITE — 1,521,400 copies sold
- 25. ASTRO — 1,457,795 copies sold
- 26. Kang Daniel — 1,424,224 copies sold
- 27. IU — 1,381,888 copies sold
- 28. VIXX — 1,286,531 copies sold
- 29. ENHYPEN — 1,202,325 copies sold
- 30. B2ST — 1,119,184 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 — 1,077,368 copies sold
- 35. Taeyeon — 1,006,193 copies sold
- 36. MAMAMOO — 971,470 copies sold
- 37. EXO-SC — 961,509 copies sold
- 38. Taemin — 956,374 copies sold
- 39. GFRIEND — 920,250 copies sold
- 40. B1A4 — 912,668 copies sold
- 41. ITZY — 894,637 copies sold
- 42. BTOB — 880,563 copies sold
- 43. 2PM — 843,921 copies sold
- 44. B.A.P — 837,614 copies sold
- 45. WINNER — 834,136 copies sold
- 46. SF9 — 821,360 copies sold
- 47. JYJ — 778,733 copies sold
- 48. NU'EST W — 750,379 copies sold
- 49. G-Dragon — 747,102 copies sold
- 50. SuperM — 735,800 copies sold
- 51. AB6IX — 726,359 copies sold
- 52. Apink — 726,034 copies sold
- 53. TEEN TOP — 711,615 copies sold
- 54. EXO-CBX — 678,068 copies sold
- 55. DAY6 — 672,156 copies sold
- 56. UP10TION — 666,622 copies sold
- 57. WayV — 662,325 copies sold
- 58. X1 — 657,888 copies sold
- 59. WJSN — 656,554 copies sold
- 60. iKON — 645,123 copies sold
- 61. CRAVITY — 642,567 copies sold
- 62. SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 629,762 copies sold
- 63. Golden Child — 623,474 copies sold
- 64. Rosé — 597,184 copies sold
- 65. (G)I-DLE — 595,101 copies sold
- 66. Kim Jae Joong — 594,425 copies sold
- 67. f(x) — 584,930 copies sold
- 68. Dreamcatcher — 573,530 copies sold
- 69. Jonghyun — 565,850 copies sold
- 70. T-ARA — 565,047 copies sold
- 71. PENTAGON — 561,873 copies sold
- 72. Hwang Chi Yeul — 538,996 copies sold
- 73. FTISLAND — 535,782 copies sold
- 74. KARA — 531,609 copies sold
- 75. ONEUS — 526,505 copies sold
- 76. XIA — 509,705 copies sold
- 77. VICTON — 485,193 copies sold
- 78. 2NE1 — 455,367 copies sold
- 79. Highlight — 455,332 copies sold
- 80. LOONA — 446,427 copies sold
- 81. Block B — 442,446 copies sold
- 82. Park Ji Hoon — 432,363 copies sold
- 83. OH MY GIRL — 420,119 copies sold
- 84. ONF — 419,185 copies sold
- 85. Ha Sung Woon — 407,977 copies sold
- 86. Lovelyz — 399,815 copies sold
- 87. SHINHWA — 397,734 copies sold
- 88. CIX — 386,254 copies sold
- 89. Chen — 381,814 copies sold
- 90. Kim Hyun Joong — 376,055 copies sold
- 91. D.O. — 370,012 copies sold
- 92. Kai — 361,810 copies sold
- 93. U-Know — 342,012 copies sold
- 94. WOODZ — 339,968 copies sold
- 95. MBLAQ — 337,901 copies sold
- 96. JBJ — 324,068 copies sold
- 97. Girls' Generation-TTS — 314,323 copies sold
- 98. Busker Busker — 311,288 copies sold
- 99. Lay — 304,383 copies sold
- 100. VERIVERY — 299,939 copies sold
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