Top South Korean International Albums - Year-end 2005

The best selling international album in 2005 in Korea was THE LOTUS by LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) which sold 67,200 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) THE LOTUS 67,200 2005
2 SWEETBOX BEST OF 1995 - 2005 65,742 2005
3 SOUNDTRACK THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
[First issue]		 53,416 2004
4 BRITNEY SPEARS GREATEST HITS: MY PREROGATIVE 39,961 2004
5 BOA (보아) BEST OF SOUL 37,604 2005
6 LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) MISTY MOON 31,794 2004
7 KENNY G AT LAST…THE DUETS 31,077 2004
8 TVXQ (동방신기) STAY WITH ME TONIGHT [SINGLE] 28,298 2005
9 ABBA THE BEST OF ABBA [DC 8983] 25,569 2005
10 TVXQ (동방신기) SOMEBODY TO LOVE [SINGLE] 24,413 2005
11 JOE HISAISHI (久石譲) 하울의 움직이는 성 24,147 2004
12 TVXQ (동방신기) MY DESTINY [SINGLE] 23,362 2005
13 YIRUMA (이루마) DESTINY OF LOVE 23,353 2005
14 LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) SALLEY GARDEN 21,785 2003
15 BACKSTREET BOYS NEVER GONE 21,652 2005
16 MARIAH CAREY THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 20,233 2005
17 RAY CHARLES RAY (SOUNDTRACK) 20,189 2004
18 NOW SERIES (KOREA) NOW DANCE 2005 19,422 2005
19 YO-YO MA YO-YO MA PLAYS ENNIO MORRICONE 17,807 2005
20 YIRUMA (이루마) POEMUSIC 17,645 2005
21 THE BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 17,434 2005
22 CRAIG DAVID THE STORY GOES... 17,074 2005
23 MUSICAL NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 16,559 1997
24 ABBA THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 16,538 2001
25 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE VERY BEST OF MUSICALS 15,621 2005
26 COLDPLAY X&Y 15,132 2005
27 LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) LIVE ALBUM 14,864 2005
28 VARIOUS ARTISTS JAZZ 100 14,454 2005
29 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 HOT 13,185 2005
30 VARIOUS ARTISTS GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 13,161 2005
31 MIKA NAKASHIMA (中島 美嘉) MUSIC 12,989 2005
32 50 CENT THE MASSACRE 12,713 2005
33 IL DIVO IL DIVO 12,597 2004
34 LIM HYUNG-JOO (임형주) SILVER RAIN 12,526 2003
35 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS 12,222 2005
36 WESTLIFE FACE TO FACE 12,101 2005
37 MLTR ALL THE BEST 12,033 2003
38 MIKA NAKASHIMA (中島 美嘉) LOVE 11,827 2003
39 VARIOUS ARTISTS BEST CLASSICS 100 6CD 11,761 2005
40 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE BEST OF VOICES 11,604 2005
41 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW + 2 11,528 2005
42 SOUNDTRACK THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
[Reissue]		 11,285 2004
43 MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 10,860 2002
44 SECRET GARDEN EARTHSONGS 10,733 2005
45 NANA MOUSKOURI GREATEST HITS 10,720 1900
46 BON JOVI HAVE A NICE DAY 10,678 2005
47 VARIOUS ARTISTS MELODIES VOL.1 10,562 2005
48 BRIAN MCKNIGHT GEMINI 10,102 2005
49 SWEETBOX ADAGIO 9,950 2004
50 CF TOP 20 SERIES CF TOP 20 VOL. 8 9,730 2005

Source: Gaon Charts