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Summary: Gaon Chart in 2021

Review of Chart-toppers, Certifications and Extras

Lee by Lee
January 18, 2022 - Updated on February 18, 2022
in Editorials, Korean Entertainment
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Preface

The end-of-year lists have recently been published by Gaon. The first section begins with a short review of chart-toppers before moving to the next section, which covers certifications. For those who are interested in further reading, extras are mentioned at the very end.

Let’s get started!

Gaon Digital Chart

All songs that ranked in the year-end lists for 2021 were published separately by Gaon, for example, here (Digital) and here (Downloads).

However, the table below only identifies artists whose songs became their first chart-toppers on the Gaon Digital Chart.

Artist(s) Song
KyoungSeo Shiny Star (2020)
Lim Young-woong My Starry Love
Brave Girls Rollin’
Kang Daniel Antidote
NCT Dream Hot Sauce
Oh My Girl Dun Dun Dance
Lee Mu Jin Traffic Light
Sokodomo (feat. Zion.T and Wonstein) Merry-Go-Round
Be’O (feat. Mino) Limousine
Lead artists (excl. collaborations) whose songs became their first chart-toppers on Gaon Digital Chart in 2021/2022

In addition, a list of songs that went to #1 on any given week, or had accumulated the most points for a given month, are also summarised here.

Gaon Album Chart

All albums were ranked in a year-end list for 2021 that was published separately by Gaon here.

However, the table below only identifies artists whose albums became their first chart-toppers on the Gaon Album Chart.

Artist(s) Album
Dreamcatcher Dystopia: Road to Utopia
CIX Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream
Kim Woo-seok 2nd Desire (Tasty)
WayV Kick Back
Enhypen Border: Carnival
Yesung Beautiful Night
D.O. Empathy
Lisa Lalisa
aespa Savage
SF9 Rumination
IVE Eleven
Lead artists whose albums became their first chart-toppers on Gaon Album Chart in 2021/2022

A list of albums that went to #1 on any given week, or had accumulated the most sales for a given month, are also summarised here.

Certifications

In 2021, 112 certifications were awarded by Gaon across the digital, downloads and album categories. Among these 112 certifications, 39 were awarded solely to 2021 releases, and 23 were re-certified by way of upgrading. In total, 65 names were mentioned, with 37 achieving certifications in any one of these categories for the first time.

It is worth noting that this listing also includes certifications issued by Gaon in January 2022.

Albums

In 2021, Gaon issued certifications to 67 albums. This information is summarised below in a table and is taken from the full listing published by Gaon.

Cert. Name
2P Super One
1P Fatal Love
1P Poet | Artist
1M NCT RESONANCE Pt. 2 – The 2nd Album
1P Breath of Love : Last Piece
1P KAI – The 1st Mini Album
1P One-reeler / Act IV
1P The Classic Album I – My Favorite Arias
1P The Classic Album II – My Favorite Songs
1P NCT 2018 EMPATHY
1P We Go Up
1P THE FIRST STEP : CHAPTER ONE
3M BE
1P THE FIRST STEP : TREASURE EFFECT
2P minisode1 : Blue Hour
2P Eyes wide open
1P Don`t Call Me – The 7th Album
4M MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA
1P Cle : LEVANTER
1P Kick Back – The 3rd Mini Album
1P The Renaissance – The 10th Album
1P 5th Album ‘LILAC’
1P NCT RESONANCE Pt. 2 – The 2nd Album (Kit)
1M Bambi – The 3rd Mini Album
1P GUESS WHO
1P YELLOW
1P All Yours
1M 3RD ALBUM ‘An Ode’
2P IN生
2P ZERO : FEVER Part.2
2M 맛 (Hot Sauce) – The 1st Album
1P Cle 1 : MIROH
1P Love poem
1P THE FIRST STEP : CHAPTER TWO
3P 혼돈의 장 : FREEZE
1P One Of A Kind
1M DON`T FIGHT THE FEELING – Special Album
2P Taste of Love
1M 8th Mini Album ‘Your Choice’
1P SPECIAL ALBUM ‘DIRECTOR`S CUT’
1P ARE YOU THERE? – The 2nd Album Take.1
2P KILL THIS LOVE
2P BORDER : DAY ONE
1P Hello Future – The 1st Album Repackage (Kit)
2M Butter
1P 공감 – The 1st Mini Album
1M Hello Future – The 1st Album Repackage
1P SWITCH ON
2P 6TH MINI ALBUM [THRILL-ING]
1P Queendom – The 6th Mini Album
1M NOEASY
3M LOVE YOURSELF 結 ‘Answer’
1P ‘FOLLOW’ : FIND YOU
2P R
3P BORDER : CARNIVAL
2M Sticker – The 3rd Album
2P ZERO : FEVER Part.3
2P LALISA
2P CRAZY IN LOVE
2P Savage – The 1st Mini Album
1M DIMENSION _ DILEMMA
2M 9th Mini Album ‘Attacca’
3P Favorite – The 3rd Album Repackage’
3P 혼돈의 장: FIGHT OR ESCAPE
2P 3rd Single Album [MAVERICK]
2P Formula of Love: O+T=<3
1P NO LIMIT
Certifications (albums) on Gaon Chart in 2021/2022

More than 35 artists received certifications in this category, with 14 receiving a certification in this category for the first time. During this period, at least 38 of those certifications were given to 2021 releases. Moreover, 17 albums were re-certified by way of upgrading.

Category Album
Boy group MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA
Girl group Eyes wide open
Taste of Love
KILL THIS LOVE
Savage – The 1st Mini Album
Formula of Love: O+T=<3.
Male soloist Bambi – The 3rd Mini Album
Female soloist R
LALISA
Highest certified albums within each category in 2021/2022

In 2021, the highest certification was given to MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA, for exceeding shipments of four million. This album is not only the current recordholder recorded for boy groups, but also across all albums in the history of the chart. For girl groups this year, the highest certification was given to three groups whose individual albums exceeded 500,000 shipments.

For soloists, this has also been a year for change. Bambi – The 3rd Mini Album is the first album by a soloist that has received a Million certification. Additionally, this is the first year where female soloists have been certified for their albums, with R and LALISA respectively achieving the highest recorded shipments among female soloists for that same year.

Downloads

In 2021, Gaon issued certifications to 11 songs in the category of downloads. This information is summarised below in a table and is taken from the full listing published by Gaon.

Cert. Name
1P YES or YES
1P 작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv)
1P 사계 (Four Seasons)
1P 벌써 12시
1P Paris In The Rain
1P 그때가 좋았어
1P bad guy
1P 아낙네
1P 내 생에 아름다운
1P 어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어, 널 사랑하는 거지
1P 옥탑방
Certifications (downloads) on Gaon Chart in 2021/2022

All these songs are newly certified, though it is the first time for eight artists to have been certified in this particular category.

Streaming

In 2021, Gaon issued certifications to 34 songs in the category of streaming. This information is summarised below in a table and is taken from the full listing published by Gaon.

Cert. Name
1P 시작
1P Speechless (Full)
1P 살짝 설렜어 (Nonstop)
1P Senorita
1P 솔직하게 말해서 나
1P Memories
1P 마음을 드려요
1P Dolphin
2P 어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어, 널 사랑하는 거지
1P 취기를 빌려 (취향저격 그녀 X 산들)
1P How You Like That
2P 오늘도 빛나는 너에게 (To You My Light)
1P FANCY
1P 어떻게 지내
1P 마리아 (Maria)
1P 처음처럼
2P Blueming
1P Dance Monkey
1P Don’t Start Now
1P Celebrity
1P Lovesick Girls
2P METEOR
2P 늦은 밤 너의 집 앞 골목길에서
1P 잠이 오질 않네요
1P ON
2P Dynamite
1P 우리 왜 헤어져야 해
1P 밤하늘의 별을(2020)
1P thank u, next
1P 라일락
1P Peaches (Feat. Daniel Caesar, Giveon)
1P 이제 나만 믿어요
1P Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)
1P Next Level
Certifications (streaming) on Gaon Chart in 2021/2022

More than 27 artists received certifications in this category, with 17 receiving a certification in this category for the first time. During this period, at least five of those certifications were given to 2021 releases. Moreover, six songs were re-certified by way of upgrading.

Bonus

This section includes extras that might loosely relate to one’s success on the Gaon Chart.

Cumulative million sellers

In 2022, it was reported in the media that many Korean artists recorded over 1,000,000 cumulative shipments across all of their albums within a 10 year-period (2011–2021).

Category Name
Boy group Astro
Treasure
SF9
BTOB
Enhypen
Girl group Mamamoo
Itzy
Male soloist

Kim Hojoong
Taemin
Kang Daniel

Female soloist Taeyeon
Cumulative shipments for artists who have achieved over 1,000,000 shipments for the first time (2011–2021)

As mentioned in the table above, for these eight Korean artists, they were mentioned in the report for the first time, after recording 1,000,000 album shipments across all of their Korean releases, within a 10-year-period.

However, others may have achieved this, too, though this has not been confirmed by Gaon themselves. For example, IU, another female Korean soloist, might have surpassed 1,000,000 cumulative shipments across all her albums.

Music show wins

In 2021, 19 artists achieved their first music show wins.

Artist Song Date (2021)
KyoungSeo Shining Star (2020) 01/10
aespa Black Mamba 01/17
U-Know Yunho Thank U 01/29
Kim Woo-seok Sugar 02/18
ONF Beautiful Beautiful 03/02
Brave Girls Rollin’ 03/14
Lim Young-woong My Starry Love 03/20
Rosé On The Ground 03/24
Enhypen Drunk–Dazed 05/04
Lee Mu Jin Traffic Light 08/22
Lee Chan Won Convenience Store 08/31
fromis_9 Talk & Talk 09/07
STAYC Stereotype 09/14
Lisa Lalisa 09/17
Key Bad Love 10/09
Woodz Waiting 10/12
Oneus Luna 11/17
IVE Eleven 12/08
First music show wins for artists in 2021

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