Top 21 highest first week album sales

'Chodong' = The total number of album sales recorded in its first week of release. List is compiled from 2008 and on according to the Hanteo chart.

1. 2008 TVXQ 4th album 'Mirotic' - 111,000 units
2. 2011 Big Bang mini-album 'Tonight' - 94,000 units
3. 2012 Super Junior 6th album 'Sexy, Free, and Single' - 87,000 units
4. 2011 Super Junior 5th album 'Mr. Simple' - 79,000 units
5. 2011 JYJ 1st album 'In Heaven' - 78,320 units
6. 2010 JYJ 'The Beginning' - 74,812 units
7. 2012 SHINee mini-album 'Sherlock' - 73,600 units
8. 2010 Super Junior 4th album 'Bonamana' - 72,000 units
9. 2012 Big Bang mini-album 'Alive' - 69,000 units
10. 2012 G-Dragon 1st mini-album 'One of a Kind' - 68,800 units
11. 2013 INFINITE 4th mini-album 'Man In Love' - 67,500 units
12. 2011 SNSD 3rd album 'The Boys' - 67,000 units
13. 2010 SNSD 2nd album 'Oh' - 64,000 units
14. 2011 Kim Hyun Joong 'Lucky' - 64,000 units
15. 2013 Kim Jaejoong 1st mini-album - 62,615 units
16. 2008 Big Bang 2nd album 'Red Sunset' - 62,000 units
17. 2009 G-Dragon 1st album 'Heartbreaker' - 59,000 units
18. 2012 XIA 1st album 'Tarantallegra' - 56,000 units
19. 2013 SHINee 3rd album 'Dream Girl' - 55,300 units
20. 2008 Big Bang mini-album 'Haru Haru' - 54,000 units
21. 2012 CNBLUE 3rd mini-album - 53,000 units

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SM 'including former' = 12
YG = 6
Others = 3
TVXQ 'including former' = 6 (JYJ = 5)
Big Bang = 6
Super Junior = 3
SHINee = 2
SNSD = 2

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Source: Instiz

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