The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) was established in 2008, with the purpose of promoting the professional interests of its members, as well as being involved in anti-piracy. It introduced the first official South Korean music charts in 2010,^[1] and implemented record certifications in April 2018—only releases subsequent to January 1, 2018 would be eligible once they fulfilled the required thresholds. Releases prior to that date cannot receive certification.^[2][3]

Since 2018, 280 albums have been certified by the KMCA in South Korea. Got7's Eyes on You, NCT's NCT 2018 Empathy, and Wanna One's 0+1=1 (I Promise You) were the first to be certified, on May 5 of that year. The following month, Twice's What Is Love? (2018) became the first album by a female act to receive a certification. Blackpink's debut studio album The Album became the first by a girl group to receive Million certification, in 2020,^[4] while their second studio album Born Pink became the first to receive Double Million certification, in 2022.^{[citation needed]} Baekhyun's third EP Bambi (2021) is the first album by a solo artist to receive Million certification. Jisoo's first solo album Me (2023) is the first album by a female solo artist to receive Million certification. Boy band Stray Kids has the most-certified albums overall, with twelve.

As of January 2023, South Korea's highest-certified record is Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), the fourth studio album of boy band BTS. The record was awarded quintuple million certification in November 2022, for selling over five million units.

Certification levels

By units