List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2011

The Gaon Album Chart was[a] a South Korean record chart that ranked the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It was part of the Gaon Music Chart, which launched in February 2010.[1] The data are compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association based upon weekly and monthly physical album sales by six major South Korean distributors: LOEN Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.[2]

Girls' Generation's The Boys was the best-selling album of 2011 in South Korea.

In 2011, there were 44 albums which reached number one on the weekly chart. Girls' Generation, Big Bang, and JYJ topped the chart with three different albums each, more than any other act. CNBLUE, Kim Hyun-joong, and Super Junior each had two number one albums on the chart. The longest chart run on the weekly chart at number one was Girls' Generation's The Boys and Super Junior's Mr. Simple; both spent four weeks at the top of the chart. On the monthly chart, TVXQ and Big Bang had the most album number-ones, with two each. Girls' Generation's The Boys topped the monthly chart for three consecutive months from October to December.

Overall, Girls' Generation's The Boys was Gaon's best-selling album of 2011, selling 385,348 copies.[3]

Weekly charts

Super Junior earned two number-one albums on the weekly album chart, one of which, Mr. Simple, topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks.
JYJ had three number-one albums in 2011.
Key
Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2011[3]
WeekAlbumArtistRef.
December 25, 2010[b]GD & TOPGD & TOP[4]
January 1The 1st Asia Tour Concert Into the New WorldGirls' Generation[5]
January 8Keep Your Head DownTVXQ[6]
January 15[7]
January 22VVIPSeungri[8]
January 29Secret Garden OSTVarious artists[9]
February 5Only OneU-KISS[10]
February 12Kolleen SelectsVarious artists[11]
February 19The Beginning (Worldwide Concert In Seoul Edition) JYJ[12]
February 26Kolleen SelectsVarious artists[13]
March 5TonightBig Bang[14]
March 12My GirlKim Hyung-jun[15]
March 19Before U GoTVXQ[16]
March 26First StepCNBLUE[17]
April 2[18]
April 9Big Bang Special EditionBig Bang[19]
April 16[20]
April 23Pinocchiof(x)[21]
April 30First Step + Thank YouCNBLUE[22]
May 7Feel Brand NewEru[23]
May 14Let It GoHeo Young-saeng[24]
May 21Mr. Taxi / Run Devil RunGirls' Generation[25]
May 28ReturnF.T. Island[26]
June 4Fiction and FactBeast[27]
June 11Break DownKim Hyun-joong[28]
June 182011 Big Bang Live Concert 'BIG SHOW'Big Bang[29]
June 25Hands Up2PM[30]
July 2Infinity Challenge West Coast HighwayVarious artists[31]
July 9Miss Ripley OSTVarious artists[32]
July 16Mona LisaMBLAQ[33]
July 23Infinity Challenge West Coast HighwayVarious artists[34]
July 302NE1 2nd Mini Album2NE1[35]
August 6Mr. SimpleSuper Junior[36]
August 13[37]
August 20I Am Singer 1Various artists[38]
August 27Mr. SimpleSuper Junior[39]
September 3[40]
September 10STEPKara[41]
September 17Vol. 7 The FirstSung Si-kyung[42]
September 24A-ChaSuper Junior[43]
October 1ParadiseInfinite[44]
October 8In HeavenJYJ[45]
October 15LuckyKim Hyun-joong[46]
October 22The BoysGirls' Generation[47]
October 29[48]
November 5[49]
November 12Wonder WorldWonder Girls[50]
November 19KimdongrYULEKim Dong-ryool[51]
November 26In Heaven (Special Edition)JYJ[52]
December 3Last FantasyIU[53]
December 10The BoysGirls' Generation[54]
December 172011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest GiftSM Town[55]
December 24You're Beautiful OSTJang Keun-suk[56]

Monthly charts

TVXQ (top) and Big Bang (bottom) both had two monthly number-one albums, more than any other act.
Key
Indicates South Korean best-selling album of 2011[3]
MonthAlbumArtistSales
JanuaryKeep Your Head DownTVXQ230,227[57]
FebruaryTonightBig Bang109,770[58]
MarchBefore U GoTVXQ51,354[59]
AprilBig Bang Special EditionBig Bang72,139[60]
MayFiction and FactBeast90,000[61]
JuneBreak DownKim Hyun-joong100,433[62]
July2NE1 2nd Mini Album2NE154,900[63]
AugustMr. SimpleSuper Junior287,427[64]
SeptemberIn HeavenJYJ136,500[65]
OctoberThe BoysGirls' Generation227,994[66]
November65,048[67]
December92,306[68]

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