Gaon Reveals Year-End Digital And Album Charts For 2021

Jan 07, 2022

Gaon has published its year-end charts for 2021!

On January 7, Gaon officially released its yearly album, digital, download, and streaming charts for 2021.

As the yearly charts are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2021, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly scores included in their results.

Album Chart

BTS topped the album chart for 2021, with 2,999,407 copies recorded for their single album “Butter.”

NCT swept three out of the next four spots on the chart: NCT 127’s “Sticker” came in at No. 2 for the year with 2,427,559 copies, followed by NCT DREAM’s “Hot Sauce” at No. 3 with 2,097,185 copies.

SEVENTEEN’s “Attacca” took No. 4 with 2,059,073 copies, and NCT’s “Universe” rounded out the top five with 1,630,715 copies.

The top 50 albums on the 2021 chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

BTS – “Butter” [2,999,407]
NCT 127 – “Sticker” [2,427,559]
NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce” [2,097,185]
SEVENTEEN – “Attacca” [2,059,073]
NCT – “Universe” [1,630,715]
SEVENTEEN – “Your Choice” [1,462,405]
EXO – “DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING” [1,326,189]
Stray Kids – “NOEASY” [1,303,106]
ENHYPEN – “DIMENSION : DILEMMA” [1,205,949]
BTS – “BE” [1,049,496]
NCT DREAM – “Hello Future” [1,025,005]
EXO’s Baekhyun – “Bambi” [996,850]
NCT 127 – “Favorite” [934,986]
TXT – “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” [877,917]
ENHYPEN – “BORDER : CARNIVAL” [788,451]
TXT – “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” [775,121]
Stray Kids – “Christmas EveL” [743,047]
ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER Part.3” [737,124]
TWICE – “Formula of Love: O+T=<3” [714,955]
BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “LALISA” [708,475]
THE BOYZ – “THRILL-ING” [642,992]
THE BOYZ – “MAVERICK” [642,369]
aespa – “Savage” [574,445]
TWICE – “Taste of Love” [559,093]
BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “R” [516,915]
ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER Part.2” [514,515]
ITZY – “CRAZY IN LOVE” [500,124]
BTS – “Love Yourself: Tear” [458,050]
Super Junior – “The Renaissance” [442,742]
MONSTA X – “NO LIMIT” [424,618]
BTS – “Love Yourself: Answer” [411,822]
ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER EPILOGUE” [407,165]
IU – “LILAC” [402,864]
NCT – “RESONANCE Pt. 2” [393,900]
BTS – “Love Yourself: Her” [391,160]
EXO’s D.O. – “Empathy” [380,178]
Red Velvet – “Queendom” [363,602]
ASTRO – “All Yours” [360,911]
BTS – “Map of the Soul: Persona” [358,154]
MONSTA X – “One of a Kind” [352,734]
BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7” [345,192]
ITZY – “GUESS WHO” [339,940]
TREASURE – “THE FIRST STEP : TREASURE EFFECT” [331,320]
Kang Daniel – “YELLOW” [320,114]
ASTRO – “SWITCH ON” [310,979]
SHINee – “Don’t Call Me” [307,859]
WayV – “Kick Back” [276,132]
NCT DREAM – “Hello Future” (Kit version) [269,641]
IVE – “ELEVEN” [268,396]
EXO’s Kai – “Peaches” [265,201]

Digital Charts

IU claimed two of the top five spots on the overall digital chart for 2021: her hit single “Celebrity” ranked No. 1, trailed by her title track “LILAC” at No. 4.

Brave Girls’ “Rollin'” came in at No. 2 on the overall digital chart, followed by BTS’s “Dynamite” at No. 3. Finally, aespa’s “Next Level” rounded out the top five for 2021.

The top five songs on the year-end streaming chart were almost exactly the same as the overall digital chart, except aespa’s “Next Level” ranked No. 4 and IU’s “LILAC” came in at No. 5.

Lim Young Woong swept the top two spots on the digital download chart for 2021, with his songs “My Starry Love” and “Love Always Runs Away” taking No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

Kang Daniel claimed the next two spots on the chart, with “Antidote” at No. 3 and “PARANOIA” at No. 4. Finally, BTS’s “Butter” rounded out the top five.

The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

IU – “Celebrity” [888,135,191]
Brave Girls – “Rollin'” [821,525,830]
BTS – “Dynamite” [739,835,798]
IU – “LILAC” [701,774,685]
aespa – “Next Level” [694,838,658]
Justin Bieber – “Peaches” (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) [683,556,478]
BTS – “Butter” [629,846,528]
Lee Mujin – “Traffic light” [616,721,997]
KyoungSeo – “Shiny Star (2020)” [616,183,012]
MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) – “Foolish Love” [558,981,702]
Heize – “HAPPEN” [536,111,784]
IU – “Hold my hand” [523,328,982]
Jang Beom June – “can’t sleep” [508,179,329]
BLACKPINK – “Lovesick Girls” [504,838,497]
Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance” [503,467,156]
Brave Girls – “We Ride” [495,463,438]
B1A4’s Sandeul – “Slightly Tipsy” [487,527,969]
Song I Han – “I will be your shining star” [480,571,577]
AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, you’re the one I love” [466,135,468]
IU – “Blueming” [458,052,244]
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber – “STAY” [454,560,293]
IU – “eight” (produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga) [452,716,755]
Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, and MUSHVENOM – “VVS” (featuring JUSTHIS) (produced by GroovyRoom) [444,332,076]
Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, and BTS – “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS remix)” [443,329,971]
BTS – “Permission to Dance” [430,735,008]
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Weekend” [416,934,066]
Paul Kim – “Every day, Every Moment” [412,037,495]
STAYC – “ASAP” [406,607,712]
Jang Beom June – “Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers” [406,154,046]
Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun Ji – “LOVE DAY (2021)” [396,185,833]
AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU) [394,446,815]
Jukjae – “Do you want to walk with me?” [393,963,207]
BTS – “Life Goes On” [393,820,516]
SG Wannabe – “Timeless” [392,533,368]
Lim Young Woong – “Trust in Me” [391,197,331]
Standing Egg – “Old Song” [386,679,165]
BTS – “Boy With Luv” (featuring Halsey) [381,288,397]
Lee Ye Joon – “On That Day” [380,998,563]
Oh My Girl – “Dolphin” [379,547,919]
Anne-Marie – “2002” [366,745,574]
D-Hack and PATEKO – “OHAYO MY NIGHT” [363,164,329]
Homies – “Siren Remix” (featuring UNEDUCATED KID and Paul Blanco) [362,525,480]
Changmo – “METEOR” [358,710,024]
BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “On The Ground” [355,097,764]
BTS – “Spring Day” [352,044,827]
10cm – “Borrow your night” [350,366,448]
Jo Jung Suk – “Aloha” [348,612,542]
GyeongseoYeji and Jeon Gunho – “If you lovingly call my name” [346,566,895]
IU – “Coin” [345,166,407]
ASH ISLAND – “MELODY” [342,912,699]