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Apr 26, 2021
The Gaon Chart is one of the most reliable ways to see how popular albums are in South Korea. An album earns points over time through streams, downloads, and other ways an album is used.
Since its inception in 2010, only five albums by K-pop girl groups have surpassed one billion digital points on Gaon.
Want to know what they are? Then keep on reading!
BLACKPINK Has Two Albums With Over 1 Billion Digital Points on Gaon
BLACKPINK has not one but two albums with over one billion digital points on Gaon. The first album to do so is their first Korean-language mini-album, SQUARE UP, which was released on Jun. 15, 2018.
The Success of Baekhyun s First Two Mini-Albums
Baekhyun debuted as a soloist in Jul. 2019, making him the third member of EXO to do so. He dropped his debut mini-album City Lights, which went on to sell over 550,000 copies in that year alone. At the time, it broke the record for the best-selling album by a solo act in the history of the Gaon Music Chart. City Lights debuted at number one on the Gaon Weekly and Monthly Chart and ranked at number six on the year-end chart. The mini-album became the best-selling solo album of the 2010s in South Korea.
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Dec 17, 2020
IZ ONE cemented itself as one of the most popular K-Pop acts today when it garnered double victory in the most recent Gaon Weekly Charts.
IZ ONE Dominates Gaon Charts with New Mini-Album
Jang Won-young, Sakura Miyawaki, Kim Min Ju, Kim Chae Won, Laee Chae Yeon, Nako Yabuki, Ahn Yu Jin, Kwon Eun Bi, Jo Yu Ri, Choi Ye Na, Hitomi Honda and Kang Hye Won are likely to be in high spirits lately as their latest EP continues to dominate the Gaon Weekly Charts from Dec. 6 to Dec. 12. IZ ONE just released their new mini album called One Reeler: Act IV earlier this month and it is totally helping the group reach new heights in their career.