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 38 million-selling artists, most of them achieved it since 2018, when physical sales saw growth and that even in 2021 it continues to grow.
- 1. BTS — 33,407,177 copies sold
- 2. EXO — 13,214,826 copies sold
- 3. SEVENTEEN — 10,285,047 copies sold
- 4. TWICE — 7,376,121 copies sold
- 5. NCT 127 — 6,804,186 copies sold
- 6. NCT DREAM — 5,398,520 copies sold
- 7. NCT — 5,368,456 copies sold
- 8. Stray Kids — 4,739,226 copies sold
- 9. GOT7 — 4,026,236 copies sold
- 10. SUPER JUNIOR — 3,853,307 copies sold
- 11. Wanna One — 3,624,584 copies sold
- 12. TXT — 3,529,028 copies sold
- 13. ENHYPEN — 3,350,459 copies sold
- 14. MONSTA X — 3,088,359 copies sold
- 15. ATEEZ — 2,979,082 copies sold
- 16. BLACKPINK — 2,798,427 copies sold
- 17. Baekhyun — 2,647,322 copies sold
- 18. THE BOYZ — 2,559,599 copies sold
- 19. SHINee — 2,555,493 copies sold
- 20. Girls' Generation — 2,363,982 copies sold
- 21. IZ*ONE — 2,123,434 copies sold
- 22. Red Velvet — 1,965,584 copies sold
- 23. TVXQ! — 1,709,583 copies sold
- 24. BIGBANG — 1,668,550 copies sold
- 25. ASTRO — 1,524,056 copies sold
- 26. INFINITE — 1,521,400 copies sold
- 27. ITZY — 1,517,440 copies sold
- 28. Kang Daniel — 1,424,209 copies sold
- 29. IU — 1,420,722 copies sold
- 30. VIXX — 1,286,531 copies sold
- 31. B2ST — 1,119,184 copies sold
- 32. NU'EST — 1,101,337 copies sold
- 33. TREASURE — 1,097,353 copies sold
- 34. Kim Ho Joong — 1,092,044 copies sold
- 35. CNBLUE — 1,084,424 copies sold
- 36. SF9 — 1,015,019 copies sold
- 37. Taeyeon — 1,006,193 copies sold
- 38. MAMAMOO — 1,059,575 copies sold
- 39. EXO-SC — 961,509 copies sold
- 40. Taemin — 957,840 copies sold
- 41. GFRIEND — 920,250 copies sold
- 42. B1A4 — 912,668 copies sold
- 42. BTOB — 908,553 copies sold
- 43. SUPER JUNIOR-D&E — 892,937 copies sold
- 44. AB6IX — 879,787 copies sold
- 45. 2PM — 846,301 copies sold
- 46. B.A.P — 837,614 copies sold
- 47. WINNER — 834,136 copies sold
- 48. Lisa — 808,427 copies sold
- 49. JYJ — 778,733 copies sold
- 50. NU'EST W — 750,379 copies sold
- 51. SuperM — 735,800 copies sold
- 52. Apink — 726,034 copies sold
- 53. TEEN TOP — 711,615 copies sold
- 54. ONEUS — 707,156 copies sold
- 55. UP10TION — 706,720 copies sold
- 56. CRAVITY — 682,482 copies sold
- 57. DAY6 — 680,036 copies sold
- 58. EXO-CBX — 678,068 copies sold
- 59. Golden Child — 666,079 copies sold
- 60. WayV — 662,875 copies sold
- 61. X1 — 657,888 copies sold
- 62. WJSN — 656,554 copies sold
- 63. iKON — 645,123 copies sold
- 64. PENTAGON — 638,350 copies sold
- 65. G-Dragon — 627,484 copies sold
- 66. Rosé — 631,159 copies sold
- 67. Kai — 627,011 copies sold
- 68. T-ARA — 619,003 copies sold
- 69. (G)I-DLE — 602,581 copies sold
- 70. Kim Jae Joong — 594,425 copies sold
- 71. f(x) — 584,930 copies sold
- 72. Dreamcatcher — 578,293 copies sold
- 73. aespa — 574,445 copies sold
- 74. Jonghyun — 565,850 copies sold
- 75. ONF — 559,098 copies sold
- 76. VICTON — 545,883 copies sold
- 77. Hwang Chi Yeul — 544,795 copies sold
- 78. FTISLAND — 535,782 copies sold
- 79. KARA — 531,609 copies sold
- 80. XIA — 509,705 copies sold
- 81. LOONA — 490,908 copies sold
- 82. Park Ji Hoon — 475,076 copies sold
- 83. 2NE1 — 455,367 copies sold
- 84. Highlight — 455,332 copies sold
- 85. Block B — 442,446 copies sold
- 86. OH MY GIRL — 434,272 copies sold
- 87. Ha Sung Woon — 432,713 copies sold
- 88. fromis_9 — 416,797 copies sold
- 89. Lovelyz — 399,815 copies sold
- 90. SHINHWA — 397,734 copies sold
- 91. WOODZ — 392,468 copies sold
- 92. CIX — 386,254 copies sold
- 93. Chen — 381,814 copies sold
- 94. D.O. — 380,178 copies sold
- 95. Kim Hyun Joong — 376,055 copies sold
- 96. STAYC — 338,217 copies sold
- 97. MBLAQ — 337,901 copies sold
- 98. U-Know — 336,556 copies sold
- 99. Wonho — 329,910 copies sold
- 100. IVE — 328,644 copies sold
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