Gaon has officially announced the latest list of artists to get their platinum certifications, and fans couldn't be prouder of their favorite artists.
In April 2018, Gaon introduced music recording certifications for albums, downloads, and streamings. Album certifications are awarded based on shipment figures provided by record labels and distributors. Meanwhile, download and streaming certifications are awarded to songs based on online data provided by web-based music providers. Albums and songs released on or after January 1, 2018, are eligible for certification.
Overseas licensed albums and non-sale albums, as well as free promotional sound sources, are excluded from certification.
On Nov. 12, Gaon announced that The Boyz's latest mini-album "Chase," Stray Kids' repackaged album "IN生" ("IN LIFE"), and TXT's debut mini-album "The Dream Chapter: STAR" have all received official platinum certifications. All of the above received this certification after selling over 250,000 copies each. Trot singer Kim Ho Joong received a well deserved double-platinum certification after selling over 500,000 copies of his album "Our Family."
In the streaming category, IU's "eight", produced by and featuring BTS SUGA, Red Velvet's "Psycho," and MAMAMOO's "HIP" were all certified platinum after exceeding 100 million streams each.
Ateez's album, 'ZERO: FEVER Part.1', had previously received the platinum certification from Gaon chart as well.
The GAON chart is a very important measure of success for K-Pop artists, and other Korean musicians and fans are incredibly proud of their favorite artists' achievements.
The Gaon Music Chart tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in South Korea. It is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with an aim to create a national chart for South Korea similar to the Billboard charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. It started tracking sales at the beginning of 2010. It was officially launched in February 2010 with a launching ceremony held on February 23, 2010 at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul. The launch also included a small awarding ceremony, which awarded girl group Girls' Generation with top artists of January and boy band Super Junior with the best album of 2009. Meanwhile, Hit single "We Fell In Love," performed by Jo Kwon at 2:00 A.M. and Ga-in of Brown Eyed Girls, took the best weekly mobile ringtone title.
In February 2011, it published information on both online and offline album sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data and was the first time since 2008 that offline album sales were released, since the Music Industry Association of Korea had stopped compiling data.
There are two primary charts: Gaon Album Chart and Gaon Digital Chart. The charts list domestic artists' sales, international (non-Korean) artists' sales, and a combined overall sales in weekly, monthly, and year-end format.
The Gaon Album Chart ranks physical album shipments, including mini and single albums. It is compiled from offline data provided by record labels and distributors such as LOEN Entertainment, CJ E&M Music, Genie Music, Sony Music Korea, Pony Canyon Korea, Universal Music Korea, and Warner Music Korea.
The Gaon Digital Chart ranks best-selling non-physical, digital music sales, and is an aggregate of downloads, streaming, and background music. It excludes radio airplay, and different versions of a song are listed as separate entries. It is compiled from online data provided by web-based music providers such as genie, Melon, Mnet, Soribada, Naver Music, KakaoMusic, and Bugs. There is no digital album chart because each song is a separate digital download.
The Gaon Social Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the top 50 most popular K-pop artists using data from V Live, Mubeat, SMR, and Mycelebs.
The Gaon Weibo Chart was a weekly chart that ranked the top 10 most popular K-pop groups and the top 30 most popular individual K-pop artists in China using data from Weibo.
You can access the charts and keep up with the certifications of your favorite artists here.
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Written by Ishani Sarkar.
