The best selling international album in 2018 in Korea was BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK) by QUEEN which sold 40,849 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
QUEEN |
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK) |
40,849 |
2018 |
| 2 |
QUEEN |
THE PLATINUM COLLECTION |
11,805 |
2000 |
| 3 |
SOUNDTRACK |
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME |
6,734 |
2017 |
| 4 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MBC FM 4U 푸른밤 종현입니다 |
5,937 |
2017 |
| 5 |
SOUNDTRACK |
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN |
5,219 |
2018 |
| 6 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS |
4,953 |
2018 |
| 7 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN |
4,726 |
2017 |
| 8 |
SOUNDTRACK |
LA LA LAND |
4,005 |
2016 |
| 9 |
LAY (张艺兴) |
LOSE CONTROL |
3,579 |
2016 |
| 10 |
LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER |
A STAR IS BORN (SOUNDTRACK) |
3,432 |
2018 |
| 11 |
EXO-M (엑소케이) |
MAMA |
3,278 |
2012 |
| 12 |
CHARLIE PUTH |
VOICENOTES |
3,114 |
2018 |
| 13 |
YOEL LEVI & KBS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 9 |
3,000 |
2018 |
| 14 |
QUEEN |
GREATEST HITS I |
2,747 |
1981 |
| 15 |
EXO (엑소) |
XOXO / GROWL
[Repackage Hug version (chinese)] |
2,669 |
2013 |
| 16 |
ED SHEERAN |
DIVIDE |
2,652 |
2017 |
| 17 |
SOUNDTRACK |
COCO |
2,575 |
2017 |
| 18 |
CAMILA CABELLO |
CAMILA |
2,474 |
2018 |
| 19 |
CHARLIE PUTH |
NINE TRACK MIND |
2,445 |
2016 |
| 20 |
EXO (엑소) |
EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[First issue Exodus chinese version] |
2,385 |
2015 |
| 21 |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER |
CATS (LONDON) |
2,336 |
1983 |
| 22 |
TROYE SIVAN |
BLOOM |
2,257 |
2018 |
| 23 |
GRAMMY NOMINEES SERIES |
2018 GRAMMY NOMINEES |
2,182 |
2018 |
| 24 |
RICHARD YONGJAE O'NEILL |
DUO |
2,060 |
2018 |
| 25 |
EXO (엑소) |
EX'ACT / LOTTO
[Repackage Lotto chinese version] |
2,049 |
2016 |
| 26 |
EXO (엑소) |
EXODUS / LOVE ME RIGHT
[Repackage Love Me Right chinese version] |
2,045 |
2015 |
| 27 |
ROMAN KIM |
KIMPOSSIBLE |
2,044 |
2018 |
| 28 |
EXO (엑소) |
THE WAR / THE POWER OF MUSIC |
2,016 |
2017 |
| 29 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE LION KING |
1,968 |
1994 |
| 30 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
SONG OF WINDS |
1,712 |
2018 |
| 31 |
LAY (张艺兴) |
SHEEP |
1,698 |
2017 |
| 32 |
ABBA |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
1,664 |
1992 |
| 33 |
EXO (엑소) |
XOXO / GROWL
[First issue Hug version (chinese)] |
1,652 |
2013 |
| 34 |
ARIANA GRANDE |
SWEETENER |
1,589 |
2018 |
| 35 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BEGIN AGAIN |
1,575 |
2014 |
| 36 |
JASON MRAZ |
KNOW |
1,557 |
2018 |
| 37 |
SAM SMITH |
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
[Special edition] |
1,524 |
2017 |
| 38 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE SHAPE OF WATER |
1,522 |
2017 |
| 39 |
EXO (엑소) |
EX'ACT / LOTTO
[First issue Ex'act chinese version] |
1,496 |
2016 |
| 40 |
EXO (엑소) |
SING FOR YOU |
1,458 |
2015 |
| 41 |
MUSICAL |
BILLY ELLIOT - THE MUSICAL |
1,448 |
2005 |
| 42 |
KENDRICK LAMAR |
DAMN. |
1,435 |
2017 |
| 43 |
EXO (엑소) |
12월의 기적 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) |
1,401 |
2013 |
| 44 |
EXO-M (엑소케이) |
上瘾 (OVERDOSE) |
1,400 |
2014 |
| 45 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
TO THE BEAUTIFUL YOU |
1,353 |
2018 |
| 46 |
THE PRIMALS |
THE PRIMALS |
1,315 |
2018 |
| 47 |
ADELE |
25 |
1,297 |
2015 |
| 48 |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
EVOLVE |
1,292 |
2017 |
| 49 |
CIGARETTES AFTER SEX |
CIGARETTES AFTER SEX |
1,287 |
2017 |
| 50 |
SOUNDTRACK |
MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK |
1,258 |
2008 |
| 51 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM |
1,242 |
2018 |
| 52 |
ESTHER YOO |
ON CHESIL BEACH OST |
1,189 |
2018 |
| 53 |
DUA LIPA |
DUA LIPA |
1,152 |
2017 |
| 54 |
SHAWN MENDES |
SHAWN MENDES |
1,130 |
2018 |
| 55 |
ADELE |
21 |
1,118 |
2011 |
| 56 |
SAM SMITH |
IN THE LONELY HOUR |
1,044 |
2014 |
| 57 |
SOLLINI-BARBATANO DUO |
KOZELUCH - MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS |
1,027 |
2018 |
| 58 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
RUDY VAN GELDER BOX |
1,000 |
2018 |
| 59 |
NAMIE AMURO (安室 奈美恵) |
FINALLY |
977 |
2017 |
| 60 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS OST (KOREAN CASTING) |
965 |
2013 |
| 61 |
SOUNDTRACK |
SISTER ACT |
964 |
1992 |
| 62 |
BRUNO MARS |
24K MAGIC |
921 |
2016 |
| 63 |
OASIS |
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? |
912 |
1995 |
| 64 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
그대와 여는 아침 5 (OPENING MORNING 5) |
901 |
2018 |
| 65 |
TROYE SIVAN |
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD |
883 |
2015 |
| 66 |
RICCARDO MUTI, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER & NEUJAHRSKONZERT SERIES |
NEUJAHRSKONZERT - NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2018 |
835 |
2018 |
| 67 |
TEODOR CURRENTZIS |
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathetique |
815 |
2018 |
| 68 |
THE 1975 |
A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS |
815 |
2018 |
| 69 |
QUEEN |
GREATEST HITS II |
791 |
1991 |
| 70 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON |
773 |
2005 |
| 71 |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER |
UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION |
772 |
2018 |
| 72 |
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN |
SCHUBERT: PIANO SONATA NO. 20, 21 |
771 |
2017 |
| 73 |
DRAKE |
SCORPION |
769 |
2018 |
| 74 |
DUO A&U |
바이올린과 기타를 위한 작품집 |
754 |
2018 |
| 75 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
FIND THE ANSWER (통상반) |
750 |
2018 |
| 76 |
JASCHA HEIFETZ |
Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor - Tedesco: The Lark - Fauré: Sonata No. 1, Op. 13, in A |
739 |
2018 |
| 77 |
COLDPLAY |
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS |
737 |
2015 |
| 78 |
PLACIDO DOMINGO |
THE BEST OF PLACIDO DOMINGO |
696 |
2004 |
| 79 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
君のうた 너의 노래 (통상반) |
692 |
2018 |
| 80 |
SAM SMITH |
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
[Standard edition] |
690 |
2017 |
| 81 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
夏疾風 나츠하야테(통상판) |
689 |
2018 |
| 82 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
HARMONY: 아름다운 노래, 그리고 하모니 |
680 |
2018 |
| 83 |
SOUNDTRACK |
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE |
675 |
2018 |
| 84 |
ANNER BYLSMA & BOB VAN ASPEREN |
[수입] BACH SONATAS FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA (... |
671 |
2018 |
| 85 |
MURRAY PERAHIA |
BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATA NO.29, 14 |
671 |
2018 |
| 86 |
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
MAN OF THE WOODS |
670 |
2018 |
| 87 |
ED SHEERAN |
X |
670 |
2014 |
| 88 |
BEST OF THE BEST SERIES |
BEST OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL 40 |
668 |
2011 |
| 89 |
IL DIVO |
TIMELESS |
668 |
2018 |
| 90 |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
ORIGINS |
665 |
2018 |
| 91 |
YO-YO MA |
SIX EVOLUTIONS BACH CELLO SUITES |
657 |
2018 |
| 92 |
KANYE WEST |
YE |
656 |
2018 |
| 93 |
SOUNDTRACK |
DEADPOOL 2 |
652 |
2018 |
| 94 |
CARLA BRUNI |
FRENCH TOUCH |
649 |
2017 |
| 95 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THE MAGIC OF DISNEY |
648 |
2009 |
| 96 |
THE WEEKND |
MY DEAR MELANCHOLY |
644 |
2018 |
| 97 |
THE WEEKND |
STARBOY |
636 |
2016 |
| 98 |
JOE HISAISHI (久石譲) |
THE BEST OF CINEMA MUSIC |
635 |
2011 |
| 99 |
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN |
BERNSTEIN: SYMPHONY NO. 2 THE AGE OF ANXIETY |
623 |
2018 |
| 100 |
SOUNDTRACK |
MAN OF LA MANCHA (KOREA) |
622 |
2007 |
Source: Gaon Charts
