Tuesday 13 April 2021
IU is a soloist debuted by LOEN Entertainment (now EDAM Entertainment) in 2008, she has sold more than 1.4 million physical copies between South Korea and Japan.
Here is a summary of their sales in both countries.
Korean Discography: 1,382,949 copies sold
Lost And Found
Format: 1st Mini Album
Release Date: September 23rd, 2008
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 7,727 copies sold
4,030 copies sold in 2011
2,346 copies sold in 2012
921 copies sold in 2019
430 copies sold in 2020
Growing Up
Format: 1st Full Album
Release Date: April 23rd, 2009
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 31,896 copies sold
10,819 copies sold in 2009
11,397 copies sold in 2011
8,305 copies sold in 2012
129 copies sold in 2015
716 copies sold in 2019
530 copies sold in 2020
IU...IM
Format: 2nd Mini Album
Release Date: November 12th, 2009
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 15,277 copies sold
9.513 copies sold in 2011
5.332 copies sold in 2012
432 copies sold in 2020
Real
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: December 9th, 2010
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 33,953 copies sold
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 92,743 copies sold
33,953 copies sold in 2010
42,879 copies sold in 2011
11,375 copies sold in 2012
226 copies sold in 2013
524 copies sold in 2014
1,680 copies sold in 2015
1,519 copies sold in 2019
587 copies sold in 2020
Real+
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: February 17th, 2011
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 18,539 copies sold (#4)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 26,290 copies sold
23,508 copies sold in 2011
1,910 copies sold in 2012
872 copies sold in 2019
Last Fantasy
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: November 29th, 2011
1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 25,700 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 44,360 copies sold (#3)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 131,106 copies sold
71,860 copies sold in 2011
43,137 copies sold in 2012
3,915 copies sold in 2013
2,936 copies sold in 2014
3,207 copies sold in 2015
452 copies sold in 2016
2,209 copies sold in 2019
1,676 copies sold in 2020
1,714 copies sold in 2021
스무 살의 봄
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: May 11th, 2012
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 30,975 copies sold (#5)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 40,935 copies sold
33,486 copies sold in 2012
1,120 copies sold in 2013
597 copies sold in 2014
1,507 copies sold in 2015
2,072 copies sold in 2019
539 copies sold in 2020
1,614 copies sold in 2021
Modern Times
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: October 8th, 2013
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 38,255 copies sold (#3)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 61,641 copies sold
40,360 copies sold in 2013
7,178 copies sold in 2014
4,281 copies sold in 2015
660 copies sold in 2016
3,377 copies sold in 2019
4,967 copies sold in 2020
818 copies sold in 2021
Modern Times - Epilogue
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: December 20th, 2013
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 10,000 copies sold (#12)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 10,000 copies sold
10,000 copies sold in 2013
꽃갈피
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: May 16th, 2014
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 4,489 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 11,356 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 22,531 copies sold (#5)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 75,947 copies sold
46,472 copies sold in 2014
8,367 copies sold in 2015
1,487 copies sold in 2016
3,043 copies sold in 2017
5,556 copies sold in 2019
7,858 copies sold in 2020
3,164 copies sold in 2021
CHAT-SHIRE
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: October 23rd, 2015
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 9,500 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 21,170 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 34,579 copies sold (#9)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 77,599 copies sold
43,184 copies sold in 2015
10,818 copies sold in 2016
4,135 copies sold in 2017
6,524 copies sold in 2019
9,176 copies sold in 2020
3,762 copies sold in 2021
Palette
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: April 21st, 2017
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 6,300 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 28,735 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 45,982 copies sold (#5)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 124,517 copies sold
70,568 copies sold in 2017
16,100 copies sold in 2018
10,804 copies sold in 2019
19,946 copies sold in 2020
7,099 copies sold in 2021
꽃갈피 둘
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: September 22nd, 2017
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 4,842 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 17,882 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 50,112 copies sold (#9)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 65,265 copies sold
49,862 copies sold in 2017
5,620 copies sold in 2019
7,238 copies sold in 2020
2,545 copies sold in 2021
Love poem
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: November 18th, 2019
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 125,388 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 147,856 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 168,786 copies sold (#3)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 243,137 copies sold
191,051 copies sold in 2019
40,847 copies sold in 2020
11,239 copies sold in 2021
LILAC
Format: 3rd Mini Album
Release Date: March 25th, 2021
Certification: Platinum by KMCA
1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 216,319 copies sold1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 278,412 copies sold
1st Month Sales (Gaon): 344,018 copies sold (#5)
Total Sales in South Korea (Gaon): 378,869 copies sold
378,869 copies sold in 2021
Japanese Discography: 78,060 copies sold
I □ U
Format: 1st Mini Album
Release Date: December 14th, 2011
1st Week Sales (Oricon): 7,285 copies sold
Total Sales in Japan (Oricon): 12,001 copies sold
Good Day (Japanese Version)
Format: 1st Single
Release Date: March 21st, 2012
1st Week Sales (Oricon): 21,283 copies sold
Total Sales in Japan (Oricon): 30,634 copies sold
You & I (Japanese Version)
Format: 2nd Single
Release Date: July 18th, 2012
1st Week Sales (Oricon): 14,109 copies sold
Total Sales in Japan (Oricon): 19,929 copies sold
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Can You Hear Me?
Format: 2nd Mini Album
Release Date: March 20th, 2013
1st Week Sales (Oricon): 6,400 copies sold
Total Sales in Japan (Oricon): 8,453 copies sold
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Monday Afternoon
Format: 3rd Single
Release Date: September 11th, 2013
1st Week Sales (Oricon): 5,924 copies sold
Total Sales in Japan (Oricon): 7,044 copies sold