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Best-Selling Albums in Korea: First Half of 2026

2026년 상반기 앨범 판매량 순위

Circle Chart's album chart for January to June 2026 puts BTS's ARIRANG first with 4,224,016 copies, nearly twice the No. 2 album. Eleven chart entries passed one million copies; this table shows the top 25.

Data as of (chart covers January to June 2026)

Seven members of ENHYPEN stand in a dim room, one holding a glowing red sphere, in a HYBE LABELS video
Pictured: ENHYPEN in the "Stealer" chapter video for THE SIN : VANISH on HYBE LABELS, the #2 album at 2,144,075 copies; the #1 album is BTS's ARIRANG.
The 25 best-selling albums in Korea in the first half of 2026 by Circle Chart copies sold
Rank Album Artist Copies Distributor Source
1ARIRANGBTS방탄소년단4,224,016YG PLUS12
2THE SIN : VANISHENHYPEN엔하이픈2,144,075지니뮤직, Stone Music Entertainment12
3GREENGREENCORTIS코르티스2,031,256YG PLUS12
4DEADLINEBLACKPINK블랙핑크1,988,245YG PLUS12
57TH YEAR: 가시덤불에 잠시 바람이 멈췄을 때TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT)투모로우바이투게더1,700,411YG PLUS12
6EUPHORIAALPHA DRIVE ONE알파드라이브원1,412,973지니뮤직, Stone Music Entertainment12
7Ode to Love - The 1st AlbumNCT WISH엔시티 위시1,398,242Kakao Entertainment12
8We on Fire&TEAM앤팀1,283,307YG PLUS12
95th Mini Album 'NO TRAGEDY'TWS투어스1,250,047YG PLUS12
10II - The 2nd Mini AlbumRIIZE라이즈1,018,651Kakao Entertainment12
114th MINI ALBUM [NEW WAV]TREASURE트레저1,013,769YG PLUS12
12HOMEBOYNEXTDOOR보이넥스트도어954,734YG PLUS12
13LEMONADE - The 2nd Albumaespa에스파954,328Kakao Entertainment12
14GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4ATEEZ에이티즈927,094Sony Music12
15REVIVE+IVE아이브886,006Kakao Entertainment12
16GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5ATEEZ에이티즈865,701Sony Music12
17Caligo Pt.2PLAVE플레이브797,990YG PLUS12
18REVERXE - The 8th AlbumEXO엑소779,592Kakao Entertainment12
19GREENGREEN (Weverse)CORTIS코르티스705,393YG PLUS12
20Caligo Pt.2 (POCA)PLAVE플레이브643,139YG PLUS12
211st Mini Album '소야곡'DxS (SEVENTEEN)도겸X승관614,908YG PLUS12
22Sequence 01: CuriosityAND2BLE앤더블612,687Kakao Entertainment12
23'PUREFLOW' pt.1LE SSERAFIM르세라핌603,295YG PLUS12
24COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINESCORTIS코르티스594,902YG PLUS12
25Lemon Tang - The 2nd Mini AlbumHearts2Hearts하츠투하츠560,671Kakao Entertainment12

Copies are the figures on Circle Chart's own First Half album chart for 2026 (January to June), retrieved October 21, 2026.1 Circle counts each version of an album as its own chart entry, so CORTIS's GREENGREEN appears at No. 3 and, as a Weverse version, at No. 19, and DabPop doesn't merge them into a total of its own; PLAVE, ATEEZ and NCT WISH also have more than one entry.12 Album titles are as Circle lists them, with its sub-titles shortened in places; artist names in English follow Soompi's report of the same chart.2 "Distributor" is the company Circle lists, which can differ from the artist's agency. The full-year 2026 chart isn't published yet. Hanteo counts sales under its own rules, so its figures aren't mixed in.

The top 10

#1

ARIRANG 아리랑 · BTS 방탄소년단

4,224,016

BTS's album leads the half-year chart by about two million copies over the No. 2 album, as Soompi noted.12 On the US Billboard 200 it was No. 1 for three weeks from the chart dated April 4, 2026, one of seven No. 1 albums on BTS's Billboard page.3

#2

THE SIN : VANISH · ENHYPEN 엔하이픈

2,144,075

The album sold 2,144,075 copies; Circle lists Genie Music and Stone Music Entertainment as its distributor.12 The "Stealer" chapter video from the project is on HYBE LABELS.4

#3

GREENGREEN · CORTIS 코르티스

2,031,256

CORTIS has three entries in the top 25: this album at No. 3, its Weverse version at No. 19 (705,393) and COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES at No. 24 (594,902).12

#4

DEADLINE · BLACKPINK 블랙핑크

1,988,245

The mini album sold 1,988,245 copies in Korea in the half-year, and peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 (chart dated March 14, 2026), per Billboard's page for the group.125

#5

7TH YEAR: 가시덤불에 잠시 바람이 멈췄을 때 · TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) 투모로우바이투게더

1,700,411

The group's 7TH YEAR mini album sold 1,700,411 copies; Soompi gives its English subtitle as "A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns".12 HYBE LABELS posted a comeback showcase for it.6

#6

EUPHORIA · ALPHA DRIVE ONE 알파드라이브원

1,412,973

The group's album sold 1,412,973 copies, with Genie Music and Stone Music Entertainment as distributor.12

#7

Ode to Love · NCT WISH 엔시티 위시

1,398,242

The group's first full album has a second chart entry for its SMC edition at No. 27 (517,288).12

#8

We on Fire · &TEAM 앤팀

1,283,307

The album sold 1,283,307 copies in Korea, where Circle lists YG PLUS as its distributor.12

#9

NO TRAGEDY · TWS 투어스

1,250,047

The fifth mini album sold 1,250,047 copies.12

#10

II · RIIZE 라이즈

1,018,651

RIIZE's second mini album is the tenth entry above one million copies, at 1,018,651; TREASURE's NEW WAV is the eleventh, at 1,013,769.12

Sources

  1. Circle Chart (Korea Popmusic Industry Association), Album Chart, First Half 2026 (data from the chart's own API, 100 rows), retrieved 2026-10-21.
  2. Soompi, Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2026 (July 14, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-21.
  3. Billboard, BTS chart history: Billboard 200, retrieved 2026-10-21.
  4. YouTube, HYBE LABELS, "ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) 'THE SIN : VANISH' Chapter 3. 'Stealer'" (oEmbed-verified), retrieved 2026-10-21.
  5. Billboard, BLACKPINK chart history: Billboard 200, retrieved 2026-10-21.
  6. YouTube, HYBE LABELS, "TOMORROW X TOGETHER '7TH YEAR' COMEBACK SHOWCASE" (oEmbed-verified), retrieved 2026-10-21.