Top South Korean International Albums - Year-end 2016

The best selling international album in 2016 in Korea was LOSE CONTROL by LAY (张艺兴) which sold 274,238 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 LAY (张艺兴) LOSE CONTROL 274,238 2016
2 EXO (엑소) EX’ACT / LOTTO
[First issue Ex'act chinese version]
247,899 2016
3 EXO (엑소) EX’ACT / LOTTO
[Repackage Lotto chinese version]
119,902 2016
4 SOUNDTRACK LA LA LAND 14,781 2016
5 ADELE 25 9,215 2015
6 EXO (엑소) SING FOR YOU 8,952 2015
7 SOUNDTRACK SING STREET 5,923 2016
8 EXO-M (엑소케이) MAMA 5,369 2012
9 EXO (엑소) XOXO / GROWL
[Repackage Hug version (chinese)]
4,186 2013
10 ADELE 21 3,283 2011
11 CHARLIE PUTH NINE TRACK MIND
[Standard edition]
3,213 2016
12 EXO (엑소) XOXO / GROWL
[First issue Hug version (chinese)]
3,149 2013
13 MUSICAL MOZART - L'OPÉRA ROCK 3,136 2009
14 EXO (엑소) 12월의 기적 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) 3,129 2013
15 MUSICAL WICKED (ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING) 3,100 2003
16 TROYE SIVAN BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[Deluxe edition]
2,997 2015
17 VARIOUS ARTISTS 그대와 여는 아침 4 (OPENING MORNING 4) 2,971 2016
18 TROYE SIVAN BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[Korean Special edition]
2,958 2015
19 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Drowning Shadows Edition]
2,739 2014
20 COLDPLAY A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS 2,683 2015
21 GRAMMY NOMINEES SERIES 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2,655 2016
22 SOUNDTRACK BEGIN AGAIN 2,577 2014
23 NORAH JONES DAY BREAKS 2,381 2016
24 METALLICA HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT 2,184 2016
25 BEYONCÉ LEMONADE 2,110 2016
26 RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL 1,998 2016
27 GRIGORY SOKOLOV SCHUBERT & BEETHOVEN 1,880 2016
28 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (2000년 이후 대표 히트곡) 1,784 2015
29 ADELE 19 1,742 2008
30 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC LETTER 1,656 2016
31 EXO-M (엑소케이) 上瘾 (OVERDOSE) 1,596 2014
32 MUSICAL LES MISERABLES OST (THE 2010 CAST ALBUM) 1,573 2012
33 VARIOUS ARTISTS PURE 1,546 2000
34 ANDREA BOCELLI CINEMA 1,545 2015
35 ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS 1,525 1992
36 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 1,524 2014
37 DREAM THEATER THE ASTONISHING 1,508 2016
38 CLARA-JUMI KANG (클라라 주미 강) & YEOL EUM SON (손열음) 슈만 _ 바이올린 소나타 1번, 3개의 로망스/브람스 _ 바이올린 소... 1,494 2016
39 DAVID BOWIE BLACKSTAR 1,453 2016
40 SARAH BRIGHTMAN DIVA: THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1,450 2006
41 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Standard edition]
1,358 2014
42 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY 1,354 2015
43 THE 1975 I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT 1,335 2016
44 ED SHEERAN X 1,290 2014
45 SOUNDTRACK BORN TO BE BLUE 1,287 2015
46 SOUNDTRACK SUICIDE SQUAD 1,283 2016
47 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS THE GETAWAY 1,280 2016
48 SOUNDTRACK JEKYLL & HYDE OST 1,257 1997
49 EXO (엑소) EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[Repackage Love Me Right chinese version]
1,254 2015
50 MUSICAL MAMMA MIA (2003) 1,244 2003
51 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (1950년대~1970년대 대표곡 : SIMON & GARFUNKEL에서 QUEEN까지) 1,228 2015
52 VARIOUS ARTISTS KBS클래식 FM ′노래의 날개 위에′ 25주년 기념 앨범 - 여행지... 1,224 2016
53 ANDRA DAY CHEERS TO THE FALL 1,207 2015
54 VARIOUS ARTISTS 배철수의 음악캠프 25주년 기념 앨범 (1980년대~1990년대 대표 히트곡) 1,181 2015
55 COSMOPOLITAN TRIO VIENNA BEETHOVEN & DVORAK 1,166 2016
56 ESTHER YOO 시벨리우스 _ 바이올린 협주곡 OP. 117 / 글라주노프 _ 바이올... 1,158 2015
57 ARIANA GRANDE DANGEROUS WOMAN 1,108 2016
58 MAROON 5 SINGLES 1,104 2015
59 BRUNO MARS DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 1,100 2010
60 EXO (엑소) EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[First issue Exodus chinese version]
1,096 2015
61 CLASSICAL SERIES CLASSICAL 2016 1,093 2016
62 JONGEUN LEE MOZART _ THE 5 VIOLIN CONCERTOS 1,080 2016
63 MARISS JANSONS, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER & NEUJAHRSKONZERT SERIES NEUJAHRSKONZERT - NEW YEAR′S CONCERT 2016 1,077 2016
64 IL DIVO AMOR & PASION 1,074 2015
65 ELENA ROZANOVA & SVETLIN ROUSSEV DVORAK & MENDELSSOHN _ PIANO TRIOS 1,066 2016
66 OASIS (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? 1,064 1995
67 THE WEEKND BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS 1,059 2015
68 SIA THIS IS ACTING 1,051 2016
69 MUSICAL NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 1,049 1997
70 JOE HISAISHI (久石譲) THE BEST OF CINEMA MUSIC 1,042 2011
71 NOTHING BUT THIEVES NOTHING BUT THIEVES 1,003 2015
72 THE WEEKND STARBOY 1,001 2016
73 CHARLIE PUTH NINE TRACK MIND
[Korean Special edition]
982 2016
74 STEPHEN SONDHEIM SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET (SOUNDTRACK) 955 2007
75 CHARLIE PUTH NINE TRACK MIND
[Deluxe edition]
929 2016
76 HONNE WARM ON A COLD NIGHT 927 2016
77 MIKA NO PLACE IN HEAVEN 909 2015
78 CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH & AMADEUS-QUARTETT LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN PIANO QUARTETS 900 1976
79 ENRICO MAINARDI VIOLONCELLO 900 2016
80 ANDRE PREVIN & WIENER PHILHARMONIKER BEETHOVEN, VERDI _ STRING QUARTETS 899 2000
81 RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL BRITISH VIOLA 896 2016
82 KATHLEEN BATTLE & ITZHAK PERLMAN J.S.BACH _ ARIAS 892 1992
83 IL DIVO THE GREATEST HITS 874 2012
84 VARIOUS ARTISTS 여유...다섯번째 이야기 874 2016
85 GREEN DAY REVOLUTION RADIO 870 2016
86 RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL MY WAY 853 2013
87 NORAH JONES COME AWAY WITH ME 850 2002
88 BRITNEY SPEARS GLORY 845 2016
89 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI THE 50 GREATEST TRACKS 843 2013
90 GREGORY PORTER TAKE ME TO THE ALLEY 842 2016
91 MICHAEL JACKSON THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 818 2005
92 SOUNDTRACK 밀회 OST 804 2014
93 CARTER BURWELL CAROL OST 802 2015
94 LADY GAGA JOANNE 793 2016
95 AI SHINOZAKI KUCHI NO WARUI ONNA 791 2016
96 ALICIA KEYS HERE 781 2016
97 SMOKIE THE VERY BEST OF SMOKIE (KOREA SPECIAL) 778 2011
98 ANDREA BOCELLI THE BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI: VIVERE 775 2007
99 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 클래식을 좋아하세요? (로열필하모닉 에디션) 773 2015
100 KENNY G THE ESSENTIAL KENNY G 769 2006

Source: Gaon Charts