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 major South Korean distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, KT Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

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[4]

Week	Album	Artist	Ref.
December 25, 2010[b]	GD & TOP	GD & TOP	[5]
January 1	The 1st Asia Tour Concert Into the New World	Girls' Generation	[6]
January 8	Keep Your Head Down	TVXQ	[7]
January 15			[8]
January 22	VVIP	Seungri	[9]
January 29	Secret Garden OST	Various artists	[10]
February 5	Only One	U-KISS	[11]
February 12	Kolleen Selects	Various artists	[12]
February 19	The Beginning (Worldwide Concert In Seoul Edition)	JYJ	[13]
February 26	Kolleen Selects	Various artists	[14]
March 5	Tonight	Big Bang	[15]
March 12	My Girl	Kim Hyung-jun	[16]
March 19	Before U Go	TVXQ	[17]
March 26	First Step	CNBLUE	[18]
April 2			[19]
April 9	Big Bang Special Edition	Big Bang	[20]
April 16			[21]
April 23	Pinocchio	f(x)	[22]
April 30	First Step + Thank You	CNBLUE	[23]
May 7	Feel Brand New	Eru	[24]
May 14	Let It Go	Heo Young-saeng	[25]
May 21	Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run	Girls' Generation	[26]
May 28	Return	F.T. Island	[27]
June 4	Fiction and Fact	Beast	[28]
June 11	Break Down	Kim Hyun-joong	[29]
June 18	2011 Big Bang Live Concert 'BIG SHOW'	Big Bang	[30]
June 25	Hands Up	2PM	[31]
July 2	Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway	Various artists	[32]
July 9	Miss Ripley OST	Various artists	[33]
July 16	Mona Lisa	MBLAQ	[34]
July 23	Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway	Various artists	[35]
July 30	2NE1 2nd Mini Album	2NE1	[36]
August 6	Mr. Simple	Super Junior	[37]
August 13			[38]
August 20	I Am Singer 1	Various artists	[39]
August 27	Mr. Simple	Super Junior	[40]
September 3			[41]
September 10	STEP	Kara	[42]
September 17	Vol. 7 The First	Sung Si-kyung	[43]
September 24	A-Cha	Super Junior	[44]
October 1	Paradise	Infinite	[45]
October 8	In Heaven	JYJ	[46]
October 15	Lucky	Kim Hyun-joong	[47]
October 22	The Boys†	Girls' Generation	[48]
October 29			[49]
November 5			[50]
November 12	Wonder World	Wonder Girls	[51]
November 19	KimdongrYULE	Kim Dong-ryool	[52]
November 26	In Heaven (Special Edition)	JYJ	[53]
December 3	Last Fantasy	IU	[54]
December 10	The Boys †	Girls' Generation	[55]
December 17	2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift	SM Town	[56]
December 24	You're Beautiful OST	Jang Keun-suk	[57]

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[4]

Month	Album	Artist	Sales
January	Keep Your Head Down	TVXQ	230,227[58]
February	Tonight	Big Bang	109,770[59]
March	Before U Go	TVXQ	51,354[60]
April	Big Bang Special Edition	Big Bang	72,139[61]
May	Fiction and Fact	Beast	90,000[62]
June	Break Down	Kim Hyun-joong	100,433[63]
July	2NE1 2nd Mini Album	2NE1	54,900[64]
August	Mr. Simple	Super Junior	287,427[65]
September	In Heaven	JYJ	136,500[66]
October	The Boys †	Girls' Generation	227,994[67]
November			65,048[68]
December			92,306[69]

Notes

1. The chart has been renamed to Circle Album Chart, as part of the Circle Charts, since 2022
2. This week was counted as the first week of 2011 by Gaon Music Chart.^[5]