The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a

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ranking the 100 most popular

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s in South Korea based on their pure sales. It is a part of the

Circle Chart The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. It is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's ...

, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly and year-end format with detailed album sales.

History

The Gaon Album Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010 by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's

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. In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline albums sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data and was the first time that offline album sales was released since 2008 when the Music Industry Association of Korea stopped compiling data. In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as Circle Chart with reformation in the album chart that would also provide weekly physical album sales data in addition to monthly and yearly sales data.

History

Number-one albums

Best-selling albums

Achievement by artists

See also

References

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