List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2012

The Gaon Album Chart is a record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Gaon Music Chart which launched in February 2010.[2] The data for the chart is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Music Content Industry Association based on weekly and monthly physical albums and digital sales by six major distributors: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.[3]

Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single album was 2012 Gaon Album Chart best selling album.[1] The group also sold South Korea's best selling album of 2012 combining sales of Sexy, Free & Single and its repackage, SPY.

Overall, Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single album was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2012, selling 356,431[1] copies. Super Junior also sold South Korea best-selling album of 2012 with both standard Sexy, Free & Single and repackage SPY album selling a total of 480,622[1] units overall. The group won Album of The Year[4] at 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Album of The Year (3rd Quarter)[5] at 2nd Gaon Chart Music Awards, Disk Daesang and Disk Bonsang[6] at 27th Golden Disc Awards and Disk Bonsang[7] at 22nd Seoul Music Awards.

Weekly charts


TVXQ topped weekly album chart seven times in 2012.
KARA was the only girl group to top the weekly album chart for more than one week in 2012.
Week Album Artist Ref.
December 31, 2011[lower-alpha 1] embrace Shin Hyesung [8]
January 7 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 Dynamic Duo [9]
January 14 100% Ver MBLAQ [10]
January 21 Funky Town T-ara [11]
January 28 Hit U Dal Shabet [12]
February 4 Grown-Up F.T. Island [13]
February 11 New Breed Jay Park [14]
February 18 Grown-Up F.T. Island [15]
February 25 New Breed Jay Park [16]
March 3 Alive Big Bang [17]
March 10 [18]
March 17 F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of Love 2AM [19]
March 24 Sherlock SHINee [20]
March 31 Ear Fun CN Blue [21]
April 7 Busker Busker 1st Album Busker Busker [22]
April 14 MAMA EXO-K [23]
April 21 Slip Away Nell [24]
April 28 Volume Up 4Minute [25]
May 5 Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS [26]
May 12 MAMA EXO-K [27]
May 19 Tarantallegra Xia [28]
May 26 2PM Member's Selection 2PM [29]
June 2 Ignition: Special Edition B1A4 [30]
June 9 Still Alive Big Bang [31]
June 16 Electric Shock f(x) [32]
June 23 Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album Busker Busker [33]
June 30 I'm Da One Jo Kwon [34]
July 7 Sexy, Free & Single[1] Super Junior [35]
July 14
July 21
July 28 Midnight Sun Beast [36]
August 4 [37]
August 11 SPY Super Junior [38]
August 18 Paparazzi Girls' Generation [39]
August 25 Pandora KARA [40]
September 1 Uncommitted Xia [41]
September 8 Pandora KARA [42]
September 15 Five Treasure Box F.T. Island [43]
September 22 One of a Kind G-Dragon [44]
September 29 Catch Me TVXQ [45]
October 6 [46]
October 13 [47]
October 20 PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Psy [48]
October 27 Catch Me TVXQ [49]
November 3 02 Urban Zakapa [50]
November 10 Blockbuster Block B [51]
November 17 In the Wind B1A4 [52]
November 24 Another Me Kim Sunggyu [53]
December 1 Humanoids TVXQ [54]
December 8 Winter Poetry Shin Hyesung [55]
December 15 Humanoids TVXQ [56]
December 22 [57]

Monthly charts
Super Junior (above) and Big Bang (below) both had two monthly number-one albums, more than any other act.
Month Album Artist Sales
January 100% Ver. MBLAQ 51,087[58]
February Alive Big Bang 212,010[59]
March Sherlock SHINee 135,370[60]
April MAMA EXO-K 61,333[61]
May Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS 139,388[62]
June Still Alive Big Bang 117,929[63]
July Sexy, Free & Single[1] Super Junior 335,744[64]
August SPY 107,656[65]
September One of a Kind G-Dragon 171,512[66]
October Catch Me TVXQ 114,956[67]
November Another Me Kim Sung-kyu 62,958[68]
December Winter Poetry Shin Hye-sung 24,102[69]

Notes
  1. This week was counted as the first week of 2012 by Gaon Music Chart[8].

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