List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2012

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.^[2] 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 album sales by major distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, KT Music, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media.^[3][4]

Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single album was Gaon's best selling album of 2012.^[1]

Overall, Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single was Gaon's best selling album of 2012, selling 356,431 copies.^[1]

Weekly charts

TVXQ topped the weekly album chart seven times in 2012, more than any other act.

Kara was the only girl group to top the weekly album chart for more than one week in 2012.

Week	Album	Artist	Ref.
December 31, 2011[a]	Embrace	Shin Hye-sung	[5]
January 7	Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2	Dynamic Duo	[6]
January 14	100% Ver	MBLAQ	[7]
January 21	Funky Town	T-ara	[8]
January 28	Hit U	Dal Shabet	[9]
February 4	Grown-Up	F.T. Island	[10]
February 11	New Breed	Jay Park	[11]
February 18	Grown-Up	F.T. Island	[12]
February 25	New Breed	Jay Park	[13]
March 3	Alive	Big Bang	[14]
March 10			[15]
March 17	F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of Love	2AM	[16]
March 24	Sherlock	Shinee	[17]
March 31	Ear Fun	CNBlue	[18]
April 7	Busker Busker 1st Album	Busker Busker	[19]
April 14	Mama	Exo-K	[20]
April 21	Slip Away	Nell	[21]
April 28	Volume Up	4Minute	[22]
May 5	Twinkle	Girls' Generation-TTS	[23]
May 12	Mama	Exo-K	[24]
May 19	Tarantallegra	Xia	[25]
May 26	2PM Member's Selection	2PM	[26]
June 2	Ignition: Special Edition	B1A4	[27]
June 9	Still Alive	Big Bang	[28]
June 16	Electric Shock	f(x)	[29]
June 23	Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album	Busker Busker	[30]
June 30	I'm Da One	Jo Kwon	[31]
July 7	Sexy, Free & Single[1]	Super Junior	[32]
July 14			[33]
July 21			[34]
July 28	Midnight Sun	Beast	[35]
August 4			[36]
August 11	Spy	Super Junior	[37]
August 18	Paparazzi	Girls' Generation	[38]
August 25	Pandora	Kara	[39]
September 1	Uncommitted	Xia	[40]
September 8	Pandora	Kara	[41]
September 15	Five Treasure Box	F.T. Island	[42]
September 22	One of a Kind	G-Dragon	[43]
September 29	Catch Me	TVXQ	[44]
October 6			[45]
October 13			[46]
October 20	Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1	Psy	[47]
October 27	Catch Me	TVXQ	[48]
November 3	02	Urban Zakapa	[49]
November 10	Blockbuster	Block B	[50]
November 17	In the Wind	B1A4	[51]
November 24	Another Me	Kim Sung-kyu	[52]
December 1	Humanoids	TVXQ	[53]
December 8	Winter Poetry	Shin Hye-sung	[54]
December 15	Humanoids	TVXQ	[55]
December 22			[56]

Monthly charts

Super Junior (top) and Big Bang (bottom) both had two monthly number-one albums, more than any other act.

Month	Album	Artist	Sales
January	100% Ver.	MBLAQ	51,087[57]
February	Alive	Big Bang	212,010[58]
March	Sherlock	Shinee	135,370[59]
April	Mama	Exo-K	61,333[60]
May	Twinkle	Girls' Generation-TTS	139,388[61]
June	Still Alive	Big Bang	117,929[62]
July	Sexy, Free & Single[1]	Super Junior	335,744[63]
August	Spy		107,656[64]
September	One of a Kind	G-Dragon	171,512[65]
October	Catch Me	TVXQ	114,956[66]
November	Another Me	Kim Sung-kyu	62,958[67]
December	Winter Poetry	Shin Hye-sung	24,102[68]

Notes

1. This week was counted as the first week of 2012 by Gaon Music Chart.^[5]