These are the 100 best-selling artists in Korean history.
When we talk about the best-selling artists in Korean history, we include Korean and Japanese sales. Please note that many of these artists are approximate sales.
Sources for Korean sales are from Korean Music Statistical Yearbook for pre-1998 sales, RIAK for sales between 1998 and 2008, Hanteo for some 2008 sales and 2009 sales, and Gaon for sales from 2010 until January 2022. The source for Japanese sales is from Oricon. Korean sales only include Korean albums and Japanese sales for Japanese albums.
Neither of these sales include sales of DVD/Blu-ray sales.
The Top 100 is made up of 48 Male Groups, 27 Male Soloists, 10 Female Groups, 11 Female Soloists, and 4 Mixed Groups.
- BTS — 38,202,109 copies sold
- EXO — 13,696,475 copies sold
- Shin Seung Hun — 12,695,369 copies sold
- TVXQ! — 12,122,659 copies sold
- SEVENTEEN — 12,117,305 copies sold
- Kim Gun Mo — 11,660,659 copies sold
- TWICE — 10,965,450 copies sold
- BoA — 9,922,541 copies sold
- Lee Moon Sae — 9,176,866 copies sold
- Jo Sung Mo — 8,162,971 copies sold
- Seotaiji and Boys — 8,063,503 copies sold
- Jo Kwan Woo — 7,149,046 copies sold
- NCT 127 — 7,081,028 copies sold
- H.O.T. — 7,029,167 copies sold
- Byun Jin Sub — 7,000,000 copies sold
- Kim Jong Hwan — 5,815,231 copies sold
- SUPER JUNIOR — 5,599,886 copies sold
- NCT DREAM — 5,461,815 copies sold
- god — 5,432,460 copies sold
- Girls' Generation — 5,413,417 copies sold
- NCT — 5,368,456 copies sold
- DJ DOC — 5,200,701 copies sold
- Stray Kids — 5,091,399 copies sold
- COOL — 4,891,382 copies sold
- SHINee — 4,554,838 copies sold
- GOT7 — 4,476,600 copies sold
- Roo'ra — 4,451,018 copies sold
- Steve Seungjun Yoo — 4,242,246 copies sold
- TXT — 4,052,336 copies sold
- SECHSKIES — 3,987,074 copies sold
- Lee Seung Hwan — 3,914,743 copies sold
- Im Chang Jung — 3,849,758 copies sold
- BIGBANG — 3,847,151 copies sold
- MONSTA X — 3,744,430 copies sold
- KARA — 3,686,505 copies sold
- SHINHWA — 3,629,292 copies sold
- Wanna One — 3,624,584 copies sold
- S.E.S. — 3,623,697 copies sold
- ENHYPEN — 3,615,348 copies sold
- Seo Taiji — 3,590,389 copies sold
- J.Y. Park — 3,429,286 copies sold
- Lee Seung Chul — 3,382,128 copies sold
- TURBO — 3,351,212 copies sold
- 015B — 3,091,860 copies sold
- ATEEZ — 3,063,775 copies sold
- BLACKPINK — 3,017,128 copies sold
- IZ*ONE — 2,969,407 copies sold
- 2PM — 2,920,426 copies sold
- Yoon Jong Shin — 2,831,304 copies sold
- Lee Soo Young — 2,719,490 copies sold
- Baekhyun — 2,698,616 copies sold
- Lee Sora — 2,665,058 copies sold
- THE BOYZ — 2,605,943 copies sold
- N.EX.T — 2,590,851 copies sold
- CLON — 2,471,818 copies sold
- Kim Min Jong — 2,459,818 copies sold
- KYT — 2,428,232 copies sold
- Fin.K.L — 2,346,621 copies sold
- DEUX — 2,270,000 copies sold
- Kim Jung Min — 2,188,549 copies sold
- R.ef — 2,186,599 copies sold
- Boohwal — 2,148,402 copies sold
- Red Velvet — 2,014,631 copies sold
- Solid — 2,004,814 copies sold
- Yoo Jae Ha — 2,000,562 copies sold
- Kim Hyun Sik — 2,000,000 copies sold
- INFINITE — 1,977,556 copies sold
- SG WANNABE — 1,823,983 copies sold
- Kim Kyung Ho — 1,812,563 copies sold
- Noise — 1,810,000 copies sold
- Park Hyo Shin — 1,759,895 copies sold
- T-ARA — 1,753,823 copies sold
- Uhm Jung Hwa — 1,734,066 copies sold
- WAX — 1,659,507 copies sold
- BEAST — 1,657,994 copies sold
- FTISLAND — 1,644,661 copies sold
- Kye Eun Sook — 1,634,883 copies sold
- Brown Eyes — 1,632,282 copies sold
- Sung Si Kyung — 1,594,740 copies sold
- Green Area — 1,591,038 copies sold
- Yangpa — 1,572,860 copies sold
- ITZY — 1,557,527 copies sold
- ASTRO — 1,554,457 copies sold
- Sumi Jo — 1,523,787 copies sold
- IU — 1,509,602 copies sold
- FLY TO THE SKY — 1,445,491 copies sold
- VIXX — 1,441,112 copies sold
- Kang Daniel — 1,424,209 copies sold
- BTOB — 1,420,650 copies sold
- Kim Won Jun — 1,400,000 copies sold
- Cho Yong Pil — 1,359,151 copies sold
- Kim Hyun Jung — 1,348,816 copies sold
- B1A4 — 1,345,583 copies sold
- The Classic — 1,330,830 copies sold
- SF9 — 1,293,674 copies sold
- SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 1,272,968 copies sold
- Lee Hyun Woo — 1,269,438 copies sold
- Lee Jung Hyun — 1,227,040 copies sold
- TwoTwo — 1,200,000 copies sold
- Kim Hyun Joong — 1,189,657 copies sold
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