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 37 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 20 soloists (16 male and 4 female) appear in the Top 100, the rest are 78 groups (58 boy groups and 20 girl groups).
- 1. BTS — 31,998,679 copies sold
- 2. EXO — 13,204,507 copies sold
- 3. SEVENTEEN — 8,116,706 copies sold
- 4. TWICE — 6,519,695 copies sold
- 5. NCT 127 — 5,488,866 copies sold
- 6. NCT DREAM — 5,311,222 copies sold
- 7. GOT7 — 4,022,133 copies sold
- 8. SUPER JUNIOR — 3,878,121 copies sold
- 9. Stray Kids — 3,739,800 copies sold
- 10. Wanna One — 3,624,584 copies sold
- 11. NCT — 3,536,522 copies sold
- 12. TXT — 3,207,767 copies sold
- 13. BLACKPINK — 2,696,076 copies sold
- 14. Baekhyun — 2,658,097 copies sold
- 15. MONSTA X — 2,591,307 copies sold
- 16. ATEEZ — 2,554,184 copies sold
- 17. SHINee — 2,548,086 copies sold
- 18. Girls' Generation — 2,363,982 copies sold
- 19. IZ*ONE — 2,123,434 copies sold
- 20. Red Velvet — 1,946,923 copies sold
- 21. THE BOYZ — 1,900,330 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 — 1,470,223 copies sold
- 26. Kang Daniel — 1,424,224 copies sold
- 27. IU — 1,386,268 copies sold
- 28. VIXX — 1,286,531 copies sold
- 29. ENHYPEN — 1,262,742 copies sold
- 30. ITZY — 1,233,461 copies sold
- 31. B2ST — 1,119,184 copies sold
- 32. NU'EST — 1,103,761 copies sold
- 33. Kim Ho Joong — 1,092,044 copies sold
- 34. CNBLUE — 1,084,424 copies sold
- 35. TREASURE — 1,083,538 copies sold
- 36. Taeyeon — 1,006,193 copies sold
- 37. MAMAMOO — 1,001,466 copies sold
- 38. EXO-SC — 961,509 copies sold
- 39. Taemin — 956,374 copies sold
- 40. GFRIEND — 920,250 copies sold
- 41. B1A4 — 912,668 copies sold
- 42. BTOB — 901,417 copies sold
- 43. 2PM — 843,921 copies sold
- 44. B.A.P — 837,614 copies sold
- 45. WINNER — 834,136 copies sold
- 46. SF9 — 829,678 copies sold
- 47. JYJ — 778,733 copies sold
- 48. Lisa — 753,079 copies sold
- 49. NU'EST W — 750,379 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. CRAVITY — 650,519 copies sold
- 61. iKON — 645,123 copies sold
- 62. SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 629,762 copies sold
- 63. G-Dragon — 627,484 copies sold
- 64. Golden Child — 623,474 copies sold
- 65. Rosé — 604,745 copies sold
- 66. (G)I-DLE — 595,101 copies sold
- 67. Kim Jae Joong — 594,425 copies sold
- 68. f(x) — 584,930 copies sold
- 69. Dreamcatcher — 573,530 copies sold
- 70. Jonghyun — 565,850 copies sold
- 71. T-ARA — 565,047 copies sold
- 72. PENTAGON — 561,873 copies sold
- 73. Hwang Chi Yeul — 538,996 copies sold
- 74. FTISLAND — 535,782 copies sold
- 75. KARA — 531,609 copies sold
- 76. ONEUS — 526,505 copies sold
- 77. XIA — 509,705 copies sold
- 78. VICTON — 485,193 copies sold
- 79. 2NE1 — 455,367 copies sold
- 80. Highlight — 455,332 copies sold
- 81. LOONA — 446,427 copies sold
- 82. Block B — 442,446 copies sold
- 83. Park Ji Hoon — 432,363 copies sold
- 84. ONF — 432,324 copies sold
- 85. OH MY GIRL — 428,465 copies sold
- 86. Ha Sung Woon — 407,977 copies sold
- 87. Lovelyz — 399,815 copies sold
- 88. SHINHWA — 397,734 copies sold
- 89. CIX — 386,254 copies sold
- 90. Chen — 381,814 copies sold
- 91. D.O. — 378,715 copies sold
- 92. Kim Hyun Joong — 376,055 copies sold
- 93. Kai — 361,810 copies sold
- 94. U-Know — 342,012 copies sold
- 95. WOODZ — 339,968 copies sold
- 96. MBLAQ — 337,901 copies sold
- 97. JBJ — 324,068 copies sold
- 98. Wonho — 314,870 copies sold
- 99. Girls' Generation-TTS — 314,323 copies sold
- 100. Busker Busker — 311,288 copies sold
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