Re: Korean Pop
Gaon's half year charts are up, allkpop cover the album one (where boybands with crazy fan bases win w/ low numbers) and the combined digital. Here's the actual downloads chart, though:
1. Kim Bum Soo - Please (I Am a Singer) -- 2,314,723
2. f(x) - Danger - 2,213,276
3. CN BLUE - Intuition - 2,142,555
4. Park Bom - Don't Cry - 2,101,958
5. 2NE1 - Lonely - 2,052,911
6. K-Will - My Heart Is Beating - 1,986,592
7. 4Minute - Mirror Mirror - 1,902,559
8. Girl's Day - Twinkle Twinkle - 1,901,305
9. Sistar19 - Ma Boy - 1,878,291
10. Big Bang - Love Song 1,799,806
Other fan favorites.
11. Big Bang Tonight 1,791,081
13. Bangkok City - 1,693,577
20. Rainbow - To Me - 1,456,098
23. After School - Shampoo - 1,392,130
92. Jay Park - Abandoned 677,858
I'm not sure Gaon's album charts are all that.. they've got a list of distributors whom they count albums of, and it's not complete at all. I've wondered before why some artists seem to have decent hits and normally should chart with albums, but don't.
Jay Park's album is not among the 100 best-selling of the year? Of course it is. And I've actually searched up his profile at Gaon, where the latest album is not to be found at all. It's released by Sidus Entertainment. Meanwhile his previous physical released by Warner is there, more or less confirming my suspicions.
Bottom line: Gaon is a comprehensive digital chart, not physical sales.