List of best-selling artists in South Korea

This is the list of best-selling artists in South Korea. It is specified if based on digital sales or physical album sales. The following numbers of the physical sales are based on total sales of artist since debut, the data is a compilation from Oricon Chart, GAON, MIAK and the artists' discography page in Wikipedia. The below chart is based on the valid source.

Physical albums

Best-selling artist (overall sales)

Rank	Debut year	Artist	Physical sales (albums, singles, and DVD's)
1	2003	TVXQ	15,648,766[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
2	2000	BoA	12,324,764
3	1990	Shin Seung-hun	12,000,000
4	1992	Kim Gun Mo	11,000,000
5	1992	Seo Taiji And Boys	10,000,000
6	1998	Jo Sungmo	8,500,000
7	1996	H.O.T	7,636,908
8	1997	COOL	7,000,000
9	2007	Girls' Generation	6,836,804[11]
10	1997	SES	5,655,000
11	2012	EXO	5,576,037
12	1999	g.o.d	5,061,883
13	1997	Steve Seungjun Yoo	5,000,000
14	2002	Rain	4,842,537
15	2006	Big Bang	4,727,270[12]
16	2007	KARA	4,719,385
17	2005	Super Junior	4,264,730
18	2008	Shinee	3,382,483
19	1995	Turbo	3,000,000
20	2010	JYJ	3,000,000
21	1997	Fin.K.L	2,200,000

Female groups (excluding overseas sales)

Rank	Year Debuted	Artist	Total Sales
1	1997	SES	3.55 million[13]
2	2007	Girls' Generation	3.46 million[14]
3	1997	Baby V.O.X	2.3 million(+Japan)[15]
4	1998	Fin.K.L	2.28 million[16]
5	2007	KARA	0.71 million[17]
6	2009	2NE1	0.55 million[18]
7	2009	T-ara	0.47 million[19]
8	2009	f(x)	0.435 million[20]
9	2003	Big Mama	0.36 million[21]
10	2011	A Pink	0.28 million[22]

Male groups (excluding overseas sales)

Rank	Year Debuted	Artist	Total Sales
1	1996	H.O.T	7 million[23]
2	2003	TVXQ	5.2 million[24]
3	1999	g.o.d	5.1 million[25]
4	2012	EXO	4.85 million[26]
5	1998	Shinhwa	3.2 million[27]
6	2006	Big Bang	2.87 million[28]
7	1995	Turbo	2.75 million[29]
8	2005	Super Junior	2.586 million[30]
9	2010	SG Wannabe	1.89 million [31]
10	2008	Shinee	1.8 million[32]

See also

• List of best-selling singles in South Korea
• List of best-selling albums in South Korea

References

1. http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/20592/20130212/top-20-best-selling-k-pop-albums-of-all-time-rankings-for-idols-since-debut.htm
2. http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/12/oricon-2013-yearly-charts-singles
3. http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/12/oricon-2013-yearly-charts-albums
4. http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2014/12/2014-oricon-yearly-single-ranking-top50
5. http://aramajapan.com/news/music/oricon-reveals-full-sales-rankings-for-2014/14740/
6. http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/01/gaon-chart-releases-yearly-album-digital-ranking-download-and-streaming-charts-for-2014
7. Kwon Soo Bin (31 December 2013). "SM Celebrates TVXQ Selling Over 10 Million Copies of Albums". MWave ENews World. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
8. "TVXQ earns 100 Billion won in Japan in 2013" (in Korean). E Today. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
9. "[O2/뮤직] "동방신기는 SM이란 틀 안에서만 존재 가능" : 뉴스 : 동아닷컴". News.donga.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
10. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2058152/full/
11. ""SNSD physical sales thread"".
12. Big Bang discography
13. SES
14. Girls' Generation discography
15. Baby V.O.X discography
16. Fin.K.L#Discography
17. Kara discography
18. 2NE1 discography
19. T-ara discography
20. F(x) discography
21. Big Mama
22. A Pink discography
23. H.O.T. discography
24. TVXQ albums discography
25. G.o.d (South Korean band)#Discography
26. Exo discography
27. Shinhwa discography
28. Big Bang discography
29. Turbo (South Korean band)#Discography
30. Super Junior discography
31. SG Wannabe discography
32. Shinee discography