Gaon has released their 2021 year-end charts!

Gaon revealed its annual album, digital, download, and streaming charts for 2021 on January 7.

Albums and singles released earlier in the year have more weekly scores included in their results, as the yearly rankings are based on collected weekly data since the beginning of January 2021.

ALBUM CHART

With 2,999,407 copies sold for their single album "Butter," BTS topped the album chart for 2021.

NCT swept the next three spots on the chart, with NCT 127's "Sticker" coming in at No. 2 with 2,427,559 copies and NCT DREAM's "Hot Sauce" coming in at No. 3 with 2,097,185 copies.

With 2,059,073 copies, SEVENTEEN's "Attacca" came in fourth, and NCT's "Universe" came in fifth with 1,630,715 copies.

The top 50 albums on the 2021 chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

1. BTS – “Butter” [2,999,407]
2. NCT 127 – “Sticker” [2,427,559]
3. NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce” [2,097,185]
4. SEVENTEEN – “Attacca” [2,059,073]
5. NCT – “Universe” [1,630,715]
6. SEVENTEEN – “Your Choice” [1,462,405]
7. EXO – “DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING” [1,326,189]
8. Stray Kids – “NOEASY” [1,303,106]
9. ENHYPEN – “DIMENSION : DILEMMA” [1,205,949]
10. BTS – “BE” [1,049,496]
11. NCT DREAM – “Hello Future” [1,025,005]
12. EXO’s Baekhyun – “Bambi” [996,850]
13. NCT 127 – “Favorite” [934,986]
14. TXT – “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” [877,917]
15. ENHYPEN – “BORDER : CARNIVAL” [788,451]
16. TXT – “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” [775,121]
17. Stray Kids – “Christmas EveL” [743,047]
18. ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER Part.3” [737,124]
19. TWICE – “Formula of Love: O+T=3” [714,955]
20. BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “LALISA” [708,475]
21. THE BOYZ – “THRILL-ING” [642,992]
22. THE BOYZ – “MAVERICK” [642,369]
23. aespa – “Savage” [574,445]
24. TWICE – “Taste of Love” [559,093]
25. BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “R” [516,915]
26. ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER Part.2” [514,515]
27. ITZY – “CRAZY IN LOVE” [500,124]
28. BTS – “Love Yourself: Tear” [458,050]
29. Super Junior – “The Renaissance” [442,742]
30. MONSTA X – “NO LIMIT” [424,618]
31. BTS – “Love Yourself: Answer” [411,822]
32. ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER EPILOGUE” [407,165]
33. IU – “LILAC” [402,864]
34. NCT – “RESONANCE Pt. 2” [393,900]
35. BTS – “Love Yourself: Her” [391,160]
36. EXO’s D.O. – “Empathy” [380,178]
37. Red Velvet – “Queendom” [363,602]
38. ASTRO – “All Yours” [360,911]
39. BTS – “Map of the Soul: Persona” [358,154]
40. MONSTA X – “One of a Kind” [352,734]
41. BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7” [345,192]
42. ITZY – “GUESS WHO” [339,940]
43. TREASURE – “THE FIRST STEP : TREASURE EFFECT” [331,320]
44. Kang Daniel – “YELLOW” [320,114]
45. ASTRO – “SWITCH ON” [310,979]
46. SHINee – “Don’t Call Me” [307,859]
47. WayV – “Kick Back” [276,132]
48. NCT DREAM – “Hello Future” (Kit version) [269,641]
49. IVE – “ELEVEN” [268,396]
50. EXO’s Kai – “Peaches” [265,201]

DIGITAL CHART

On the total digital chart for 2021, IU took two of the top five spots: her smash single "Celebrity" was at No. 1, followed by her title track "LILAC" at No. 4.

On the total digital chart, Brave Girls' "Rollin'" landed in second, followed by BTS' "Dynamite" at third. The top five for 2021 were filled out by aespa's "Next Level."

Except for aespa's "Next Level" at No. 4 and IU's "LILAC" at No. 5, the top five songs on the year-end streaming chart were nearly identical to those on the overall digital chart.

Lim Young Woong's songs "My Starry Love" and "Love Always Runs Away" swept the top two spots on the digital download list for 2021, with "My Starry Love" coming in first and "Love Always Runs Away" coming in second.

With "Antidote" at No. 3 and "PARANOIA" at No. 4, Kang Daniel took the following two slots on the chart. The top five was rounded off by BTS's "Butter."

The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

1. IU – “Celebrity” [888,135,191]
2. Brave Girls – “Rollin'” [821,525,830]
3. BTS – “Dynamite” [739,835,798]
4. IU – “LILAC” [701,774,685]
5. aespa – “Next Level” [694,838,658]
6. Justin Bieber – “Peaches” (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) [683,556,478]
7. BTS – “Butter” [629,846,528]
8. Lee Mujin – “Traffic light” [616,721,997]
9. KyoungSeo – “Shiny Star (2020)” [616,183,012]
10. MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) – “Foolish Love” [558,981,702]
11. Heize – “HAPPEN” [536,111,784]
12. IU – “Hold my hand” [523,328,982]
13. Jang Beom June – “can’t sleep” [508,179,329]
14. BLACKPINK – “Lovesick Girls” [504,838,497]
15. Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance” [503,467,156]
16. Brave Girls – “We Ride” [495,463,438]
17. B1A4’s Sandeul – “Slightly Tipsy” [487,527,969]
18. Song I Han – “I will be your shining star” [480,571,577]
19. AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, you’re the one I love” [466,135,468]
20. IU – “Blueming” [458,052,244]
21. The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber – “STAY” [454,560,293]
22. IU – “eight” (produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga) [452,716,755]
23. Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, and MUSHVENOM – “VVS” (featuring JUSTHIS) (produced by GroovyRoom) [444,332,076]
24. Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, and BTS – “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS remix)” [443,329,971]
25. BTS – “Permission to Dance” [430,735,008]
26. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Weekend” [416,934,066]
27. Paul Kim – “Every day, Every Moment” [412,037,495]
28. STAYC – “ASAP” [406,607,712]
29. Jang Beom June – “Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers” [406,154,046]
30. Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun Ji – “LOVE DAY (2021)” [396,185,833]
31. AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU) [394,446,815]
32. Jukjae – “Do you want to walk with me?” [393,963,207]
33. BTS – “Life Goes On” [393,820,516]
34. SG Wannabe – “Timeless” [392,533,368]
35. Lim Young Woong – “Trust in Me” [391,197,331]
36. Standing Egg – “Old Song” [386,679,165]
37. BTS – “Boy With Luv” (featuring Halsey) [381,288,397]
38. Lee Ye Joon – “On That Day” [380,998,563]
39. Oh My Girl – “Dolphin” [379,547,919]
40. Anne-Marie – “2002” [366,745,574]
41. D-Hack and PATEKO – “OHAYO MY NIGHT” [363,164,329]
42. Homies – “Siren Remix” (featuring UNEDUCATED KID and Paul Blanco) [362,525,480]
43. Changmo – “METEOR” [358,710,024]
44. BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “On The Ground” [355,097,764]
45. BTS – “Spring Day” [352,044,827]
46. 10cm – “Borrow your night” [350,366,448]
47. Jo Jung Suk – “Aloha” [348,612,542]
48. GyeongseoYeji and Jeon Gunho – “If you lovingly call my name” [346,566,895]
49. IU – “Coin” [345,166,407]
50. ASH ISLAND – “MELODY” [342,912,699]