The best selling international album in 2017 in Korea was THE WAR / THE POWER OF MUSIC by EXO (엑소) which sold 135,267 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
EXO (엑소) |
THE WAR / THE POWER OF MUSIC
[First issue The War chinese version] |
135,267 |
2017 |
| 2 |
EXO (엑소) |
THE WAR / THE POWER OF MUSIC
[Repackage The Power Of Music chinese version] |
56,596 |
2017 |
| 3 |
SOUNDTRACK |
LA LA LAND |
18,212 |
2016 |
| 4 |
SOUNDTRACK |
LA LA LAND OST (SCORE) |
6,620 |
2016 |
| 5 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MBC FM 4U 푸른밤 종현입니다 |
5,847 |
2017 |
| 6 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) |
5,565 |
2017 |
| 7 |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER |
CATS (LONDON) |
5,450 |
1983 |
| 8 |
ED SHEERAN |
DIVIDE |
4,521 |
2017 |
| 9 |
EXO-M (엑소케이) |
MAMA |
4,356 |
2012 |
| 10 |
SOUNDTRACK |
JEKYLL & HYDE OST |
4,305 |
1997 |
| 11 |
LAY (张艺兴) |
LOSE CONTROL |
3,654 |
2016 |
| 12 |
EXO (엑소) |
EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[First issue Exodus chinese version] |
3,417 |
2015 |
| 13 |
COLDPLAY |
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS |
3,042 |
2015 |
| 14 |
SOUNDTRACK |
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 |
2,964 |
2017 |
| 15 |
ADELE |
25 |
2,946 |
2015 |
| 16 |
CHARLIE PUTH |
NINE TRACK MIND |
2,557 |
2016 |
| 17 |
GRAMMY NOMINEES SERIES |
2017 GRAMMY NOMINEES |
2,488 |
2017 |
| 18 |
EXO (엑소) |
XOXO / GROWL
[Repackage Hug version (chinese)] |
2,415 |
2013 |
| 19 |
KENDRICK LAMAR |
DAMN. |
2,241 |
2017 |
| 20 |
SOUNDTRACK |
SING |
2,166 |
2016 |
| 21 |
EXO (엑소) |
XOXO / GROWL
[First issue Hug version (chinese)] |
2,126 |
2013 |
| 22 |
NU'EST (뉴이스트) |
BRIDGE THE WORLD (JAPAN) |
2,083 |
2015 |
| 23 |
SOUNDTRACK |
MOANA |
2,078 |
2016 |
| 24 |
THE CHAINSMOKERS |
MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN
[Standard edition] |
2,053 |
2017 |
| 25 |
KHACHATURIAN TRIO |
하차투리안, 알렉시 쇼어 & 아르노 바바자니안: 피아노 삼중주 작품 |
2,031 |
2017 |
| 26 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
LETZTE BEGEGNUNG |
1,993 |
2017 |
| 27 |
ADELE |
21 |
1,942 |
2011 |
| 28 |
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN |
SCHUBERT: PIANO SONATA NO. 20, 21 |
1,933 |
2017 |
| 29 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BEGIN AGAIN |
1,907 |
2014 |
| 30 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BABY DRIVER |
1,877 |
2017 |
| 31 |
EXO-M (엑소케이) |
上瘾 (OVERDOSE) |
1,867 |
2014 |
| 32 |
SAM SMITH |
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
[Special edition] |
1,867 |
2017 |
| 33 |
EXO (엑소) |
SING FOR YOU |
1,836 |
2015 |
| 34 |
EXO (엑소) |
12월의 기적 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) |
1,791 |
2013 |
| 35 |
MAROON 5 |
RED PILL BLUES |
1,729 |
2017 |
| 36 |
ESTHER YOO |
TCHAIKOVSKY: VIOLIN CONCERTO |
1,651 |
2017 |
| 37 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
저녁스케치 6집: 노을 속에 흐르는 추억의 팝송 |
1,615 |
2017 |
| 38 |
MARIA SOLOZOBOVA |
Hans Huber & Paul Juon : Violin Concerto |
1,528 |
2017 |
| 39 |
HONNE |
WARM ON A COLD NIGHT |
1,522 |
2016 |
| 40 |
SAM SMITH |
IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Drowning Shadows Edition] |
1,518 |
2014 |
| 41 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN |
1,516 |
2017 |
| 42 |
EXO (엑소) |
EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[Repackage Love Me Right chinese version] |
1,490 |
2015 |
| 43 |
SOUNDTRACK |
DREAMGIRLS (ORIGINAL CAST) |
1,464 |
1982 |
| 44 |
ED SHEERAN |
X |
1,420 |
2014 |
| 45 |
THE WEEKND |
STARBOY |
1,373 |
2016 |
| 46 |
GRIGORY SOKOLOV |
Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 23 & Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No.3 |
1,340 |
2017 |
| 47 |
THE CHAINSMOKERS |
MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN
[Korean Special edition] |
1,333 |
2017 |
| 48 |
RADIOHEAD |
OK COMPUTER |
1,308 |
1997 |
| 49 |
LIAM GALLAGHER |
AS YOU WERE |
1,297 |
2017 |
| 50 |
RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL |
BRITISH VIOLA |
1,297 |
2016 |
| 51 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
REPUTATION |
1,213 |
2017 |
| 52 |
LINKIN PARK |
ONE MORE LIGHT |
1,202 |
2017 |
| 53 |
ABBA |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
1,132 |
1992 |
| 54 |
MAV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
Smetana: Moldau / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 |
1,109 |
2017 |
| 55 |
ELTON JOHN & TIM RICE |
AIDA (WALT DISNEY) |
1,104 |
2000 |
| 56 |
SISTINE CHAPEL CHOIR |
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Mo Tets: Ratzinger, Georg |
1,102 |
2016 |
| 57 |
CALVIN HARRIS |
FUNK WAV BOUNCES VOL. 1 |
1,093 |
2017 |
| 58 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON |
1,070 |
2005 |
| 59 |
2CELLOS |
SCORE |
1,034 |
2017 |
| 60 |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
EVOLVE |
1,025 |
2017 |
| 61 |
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI |
THE PEOPLE'S TENOR |
1,021 |
2017 |
| 62 |
IL DIVO |
THE GREATEST HITS |
981 |
2012 |
| 63 |
NOTHING BUT THIEVES |
BROKEN MACHINE |
981 |
2017 |
| 64 |
SOUNDTRACK |
SING STREET |
981 |
2016 |
| 65 |
JOE HISAISHI (久石譲) |
THE BEST OF CINEMA MUSIC |
965 |
2011 |
| 66 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
KBS FM 굿모닝 팝스: 아침을 시작하는 팝 음악 |
936 |
2017 |
| 67 |
JOHN MAYER |
THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING |
918 |
2017 |
| 68 |
ADELE |
19 |
914 |
2008 |
| 69 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
UNTITLED |
910 |
2017 |
| 70 |
OASIS |
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? |
900 |
1995 |
| 71 |
SEKAI NO OWARI (セカイ・ノ・オワリ) |
TREE |
875 |
2015 |
| 72 |
TROYE SIVAN |
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[Deluxe edition] |
873 |
2015 |
| 73 |
SOUNDTRACK |
CHICAGO |
865 |
2002 |
| 74 |
NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS |
WHO BUILT THE MOON? |
863 |
2017 |
| 75 |
SEKAI NO OWARI (セカイ・ノ・オワリ) |
ENTERTAINMENT |
854 |
2012 |
| 76 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JAZZ LOVES DISNEY |
839 |
2017 |
| 77 |
N.E.R.D. |
NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES |
837 |
2017 |
| 78 |
SAM SMITH |
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
[Standard edition] |
831 |
2017 |
| 79 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
죽기 전에 꼭 들어야 할 재즈명곡 GOLD |
830 |
2017 |
| 80 |
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER & NEUJAHRSKONZERT SERIES |
NEUJAHRSKONZERT - NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2017 |
826 |
2017 |
| 81 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
여유 여섯번째 이야기 - 세상에서 가장 여유로운 음악 |
824 |
2017 |
| 82 |
BRUNO MARS |
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS |
816 |
2010 |
| 83 |
COLDPLAY |
PARACHUTES |
807 |
2000 |
| 84 |
MUSICAL |
MAMMA MIA (2003) |
800 |
2003 |
| 85 |
SEKAI NO OWARI (セカイ・ノ・オワリ) |
EARTH |
798 |
2010 |
| 86 |
SIA |
EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS |
792 |
2017 |
| 87 |
TROYE SIVAN |
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[Korean Special edition] |
791 |
2015 |
| 88 |
COLDPLAY |
GHOST STORIES |
784 |
2014 |
| 89 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
1989 |
781 |
2014 |
| 90 |
HANS ZIMMER |
DUNKIRK (덩케르크 OST) |
777 |
2017 |
| 91 |
NEIL SEDAKA |
OH! CAROL: THE VERY BEST OF NEIL SEDAKA |
772 |
2003 |
| 92 |
COLDPLAY |
VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS |
767 |
2008 |
| 93 |
SAM SMITH |
IN THE LONELY HOUR
[Standard edition] |
766 |
2014 |
| 94 |
SOUNDTRACK |
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 |
764 |
2014 |
| 95 |
BEYONCÉ |
LEMONADE |
751 |
2016 |
| 96 |
X JAPAN |
WE ARE X OST |
747 |
2017 |
| 97 |
THE CHAINSMOKERS |
COLLAGE |
746 |
2016 |
| 98 |
HANS ZIMMER |
THE CLASSICS |
745 |
2017 |
| 99 |
ARIANA GRANDE |
DANGEROUS WOMAN |
741 |
2016 |
| 100 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
클래식에 미치다 |
740 |
2017 |
Source: Gaon Charts
