Top South Korean International Albums - Year-end 2000

The best selling international album in 2000 in Korea was MERRY CHRISTMAS by MARIAH CAREY which sold 468,438 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 MARIAH CAREY MERRY CHRISTMAS 468,438 1994
2 SUMI JO (조수미) ONLY LOVE
[Standard edition]
438,033 2000
3 MAX SERIES MAX 5 BEST HITS IN THE WORLD '98 303,590 1998
4 RICKY MARTIN RICKY MARTIN 260,220 1999
5 ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS 255,947 1992
6 THE BEATLES 1 229,452 2000
7 MAX SERIES MAX 6 225,113 1999
8 VARIOUS ARTISTS 러브레터 187,492 2000
9 SUMI JO (조수미) ONLY LOVE
[Special edition]
177,468 2000
10 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN 166,247 2000
11 AQUA AQUARIUS 162,617 2000
12 MAX SERIES MAX 7 161,821 2000
13 BACKSTREET BOYS BLACK & BLUE 151,885 2000
14 EVERLASTING LOVE SONGS SERIES (KOREA) EVERLASTING LOVE SONGS VOL.2 137,380 1999
15 YUHKI KURAMOTO SAILING IN SILENCE 132,605 2000
16 ANDREA BOCELLI SOGNO 131,249 1999
17 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL 126,158 1999
18 BON JOVI CRUSH 123,327 2000
19 SUMI JO (조수미) ONLY LOVE
[Special edition (other)]
118,057 2000
20 CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHRISTINA AGUILERA
[Standard edition]
110,886 1999
21 MBC FM GOLDEN DISC SERIES MBC FM GOLDEN DISC 3 100,176 1999
22 CELINE DION ALL THE WAY...A DECADE OF SONG 95,066 1999
23 MARIAH CAREY RAINBOW 87,159 1999
24 CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHRISTINA AGUILERA
[Reissue]
83,215 1999
25 VARIOUS ARTISTS I LOVE YOU (KOREA) 78,831 2000
26 NSYNC NO STRINGS ATTACHED 78,533 2000
27 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST HITS 77,024 2000
28 VARIOUS ARTISTS DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION 73,533 1999
29 GRAMMY NOMINEES SERIES 2000 GRAMMY NOMINEES 73,451 2000
30 CLUB DJ DANCE SERIES CLUB DJ DANCE VOL.8 67,402 2000
31 TONI BRAXTON THE HEAT 66,675 2000
32 METALLICA S&M 65,940 1999
33 RICKY MARTIN SOUND LOADED 64,931 2000
34 LIMP BIZKIT CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER 63,224 2000
35 EVERLASTING LOVE SONGS SERIES (KOREA) EVERLASTING LOVE SONGS 3 60,240 1999
36 VARIOUS ARTISTS I LOVE CINEMA 57,290 2000
37 SARAH BRIGHTMAN LA LUNA 52,748 2000
38 WESTLIFE COAST TO COAST 52,042 2000
39 BOYZ II MEN NATHAN MICHAEL SHAWN WANYA 51,485 2000
40 SCORPIONS MOMENT OF GLORY 51,206 2000
41 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 51,137 2000
42 VARIOUS ARTISTS KBS 2FM GOLDEN POPS 47,581 2000
43 VARIOUS ARTISTS I LOVE TV 43,397 2000
44 VARIOUS ARTISTS I LOVE YOU 2 43,210 2000
45 VARIOUS ARTISTS POWER FM POWER MUSIC VOL.3 40,162 2000
46 CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHRISTINA AGUILERA
[New package]
39,636 1999
47 VARIOUS ARTISTS MEGAHIT 9 37,788 2000
48 ENYA A DAY WITHOUT RAIN 37,445 2000
49 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC OF THE MILLENNIUM 37,445 1999
50 VARIOUS ARTISTS PLATINUM CHRISTMAS 35,350 2000

Source: Gaon Charts