List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2016



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. 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.

Overall, BTS' album Wings was Gaon Album Chart best selling album of 2016, selling 751,301 copies. With Wings, BTS had the highest-selling album ever recorded on Gaon Music Chart since the chart's inception in 2010.