Top South Korean International Albums - Year-end 2015

The best selling international album in 2015 in Korea was EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT by EXO (엑소) which sold 281,320 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 EXO (엑소) EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[First issue Exodus chinese version]
281,320 2015
2 EXO (엑소) SING FOR YOU 176,239 2015
3 EXO (엑소) EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[Repackage Love Me Right korean version]
151,438 2015
4 ADELE 25 16,549 2015
5 EXO-M (엑소케이) MAMA 9,350 2012
6 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS _ LIVE IN SEOUL 2005 8,573 2015
7 JANG WOOYOUNG (장우영) R.O.S.E (JAPAN) 8,276 2015
8 SOUNDTRACK BEGIN AGAIN 7,955 2014
9 EXO (엑소) XOXO / GROWL
[Repackage Hug version (chinese)]
7,070 2013
10 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Standard edition]
6,597 2014
11 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (2000년 이후 대표 히트곡) 6,147 2015
12 VARIOUS ARTISTS 삼둥이 클래식_ 대한, 민국, 만세와 함께하는 클래식 음악 여행 5,713 2015
13 EXO (엑소) 12월의 기적 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) 5,121 2013
14 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (1950년대~1970년대 대표곡 : SIMON & GARFUNKEL에서 QUEEN까지) 5,033 2015
15 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (1980년대~1990년대 대표 히트곡) 4,834 2015
16 EXO (엑소) XOXO / GROWL
[First issue Hug version (chinese)]
4,807 2013
17 ADELE 21 3,900 2011
18 ESTHER YOO 시벨리우스 _ 바이올린 협주곡 OP. 117 / 글라주노프 _ 바이올... 3,702 2015
19 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS LIVE PALAIS DES CONGRES DE PARIS 3,697 2015
20 MAROON 5 V
[Deluxe edition]
3,643 2014
21 GRAMMY NOMINEES SERIES 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES 3,381 2015
22 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989
[Deluxe edition]
3,378 2014
23 MADONNA REBEL HEART 3,375 2015
24 COLDPLAY A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS 3,250 2015
25 MUSICAL NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 3,208 1997
26 FATBOY SLIM THE FATBOY SLIM COLLECTION 3,000 2015
27 MAROON 5 V
[Asia Tour edition]
2,875 2014
28 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER CATS (LONDON) 2,651 1983
29 ED SHEERAN X 2,604 2014
30 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS CHASING YESTERDAY 2,294 2015
31 MARIAH CAREY #1 TO INFINITY 2,236 2015
32 SOUNDTRACK FIFTY SHADES OF GREY 2,001 2015
33 VARIOUS ARTISTS YOU AND HARUKI AND THE MUSIC 1,942 2015
34 ADELE 19 1,928 2008
35 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY 1,865 2015
36 SOUNDTRACK PHANTOM_ THE AMERICAN MUSICAL SENSATION 1,863 1993
37 MIKA NO PLACE IN HEAVEN 1,862 2015
38 MAROON 5 V
[Standard edition]
1,852 2014
39 DIANA KRALL WALLFLOWER 1,836 2015
40 VARIOUS ARTISTS ONCE - A NEW MUSICAL OST (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) 1,814 2015
41 ANDREA BOCELLI CINEMA 1,807 2015
42 GRIGORY SOKOLOV THE SALZBURG RECITAL 2008 1,710 2015
43 BRUNO MARS DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 1,679 2010
44 SANGHEE SANIA CHEONG BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN 1,650 2015
45 VARIOUS ARTISTS 저녁스케치 5집_ 노을 속에 흐르는 추억의 팝송 1,616 2015
46 SOUNDTRACK CHICAGO
[Standard edition]
1,606 2002
47 MAROON 5 SINGLES 1,594 2015
48 VARIOUS ARTISTS 스튜디오 지브리의 노래 1,574 2013
49 OASIS (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? 1,550 1995
50 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS
[Deluxe edition]
1,541 2015
51 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 클래식을 좋아하세요? (로열필하모닉 에디션) 1,534 2015
52 TVXQ (동방신기) WITH
[Version A edition]
1,511 2014
53 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS
[Asia Tour edition]
1,472 2015
54 MAKSIM CROATIAN RHAPSODY 1,400 2015
55 JOHN LEWIS BACH _ PRELUDES AND FUGUES 1,398 2015
56 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE GOLDEN CLASSICS YOU MUST HEAR BEFO... 1,387 2015
57 ANDREA BOCELLI THE BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI: VIVERE 1,385 2007
58 MICHAEL JACKSON THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 1,377 2005
59 ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS 1,322 1992
60 STARK SANDS & BILLY PORTER KINKY BOOTS 1,321 2015
61 IL DIVO AMOR & PASION 1,314 2015
62 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Drowning Shadows Edition]
1,296 2014
63 SOUNDTRACK FROZEN 1,199 2013
64 JO YONG SANG (조용상) LONDON AT SUNSET 1,192 2015
65 SOUNDTRACK ONCE 1,188 2007
66 KENNY G THE ESSENTIAL KENNY G 1,178 2006
67 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN, JASCHA HEIFETZ & EMANUEL FEUERMANN SCHUBERT, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS _ PIANO TR... 1,177 2015
68 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI THE 50 GREATEST TRACKS 1,173 2013
69 MARIA CALLAS PURE MARIA CALLAS 1,147 2014
70 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE MOST FAMOUS MELODIES IN CLASSICS 1,144 2015
71 SOUNDTRACK FURIOUS 7 1,140 2015
72 RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL MY WAY 1,134 2013
73 ONE DIRECTION MADE IN THE A.M. 1,123 2015
74 MUSICAL ROMÉO & JULIETTE - DE LA HAINE A L'AMOUR 1,118 2000
75 SOUNDTRACK 괜찮아 사랑이야 POP OST 1,084 2014
76 CHOONGKEUN OH (오충근) THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY AMITY OF KOREA & ... 1,068 2015
77 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989
[Standard edition]
1,062 2014
78 MICHAEL BUBLÉ TO BE LOVED 1,058 2013
79 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 1,058 2012
80 JEONGAH OLIVIA KIM (김정아) LOVE POEM 1,055 2015
81 RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL & YUHKI KURAMOTO THE ROMANTIST 1,050 2014
82 D'ANGELO BLACK MESSIAH 1,041 2014
83 SOUNDTRACK 밀회 OST 1,034 2014
84 THE WEEKND BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS 1,029 2015
85 DAFT PUNK RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES 1,024 2013
86 HOZIER HOZIER 1,003 2014
87 TVXQ (동방신기) WITH
[Standard edition]
1,000 2014
88 SOUNDTRACK CHICAGO
[10th anniversary edition]
992 2002
89 MARK RONSON UPTOWN SPECIAL 988 2015
90 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 968 2012
91 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY / AMERICAN PSYCHO 961 2015
92 SOUNDTRACK MAN OF LA MANCHA (KOREA) 947 2007
93 OLIVER FARTACH-NAINI & ZIA SHIN CANTO ANTIGO 946 2015
94 NORAH JONES COME AWAY WITH ME 937 2002
95 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BEETHOVEN _ CONCERTO NO.5 ′EMPEROR′ & ... 935 2014
96 COLDPLAY GHOST STORIES 918 2014
97 TERESA TENG (鄧麗君) GREATEST HITS 909 2015
98 YO-YO MA & KATHRYN STOTT SONGS FROM THE ARC OF LIFE 903 2015
99 SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI BRAHMS _ COMPLETE SYMPHONIES 900 2015
100 JASCHA HEIFETZ MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / RAVEL - PI... 895 2015

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