List of number-one international songs of 2016 (South Korea)
The international Gaon Digital Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing international songs in South Korea . The data is collected by the Korea Music Content Association. Below is a list of songs that topped the weekly and monthly charts, as according to the Gaon 국외 (Foreign) Digital Chart. The Digital Chart ranks songs according to their performance on the Gaon Download, Streaming, and BGM charts.[ 1]
Weekly chart
Source: Gaon Digital Chart[ 1]
Date
Song
Artist
Total downloads
January 2
"Hello "
Adele
37,202
January 9
46,671
January 16
39,147
January 23
34,491
January 30
33,903
February 6
33,956
February 13
29,977
February 20
27,732
February 27
26,386
March 5
26,364
March 12
"Bang Bang "
Jessie J , Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
49,907
March 19
48,684
March 26
41,086
April 2
34,701
April 9
31,489
April 16
29,406
April 23
26,861
April 30
26,367
May 7
25,531
May 14
23,179
May 21
"Love Yourself "
Justin Bieber
22,890
May 28
22,893
June 4
20,937
June 11
19,674
June 18
18,312
June 25
17,942
July 2
19,607
July 9
19,530
July 16
17,760
July 23
17,170
July 30
15,308
August 6
16,120
August 13
12,379
August 20
17,382
August 27
18,422
September 3
18,861
September 10
17,447
September 17
16,572
September 24
15,648
October 1
18,086
October 8
"I'm Not the Only One "
Sam Smith
18,370
October 15
"Don't Wanna Know "
Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar
51,694
October 22
69,810
October 29
40,758
November 5
30,275
November 12
24,887
November 19
24,599
November 26
25,027
December 3
24,923
December 10
"Santa Tell Me "
Ariana Grande
29,208
December 17
"Hush"
Lasse Lindh
153,068
December 24
74,317
December 31
51,562
Monthly charts
Source: Gaon Monthly Digital Chart
Month
Song
Artist
Total Downloads
Ref
January
"Hello"
Adele
169,825
[ 2] [ 3]
February
120,056
[ 4] [ 5]
March
"Bang Bang"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
179,973
[ 6] [ 7]
April
124,484
[ 8] [ 9]
May
"Love Yourself"
Justin Bieber
101,022
[ 10] [ 11]
June
80,781
[ 12] [ 13]
July
78,353
[ 14] [ 15]
August
72,689
[ 16] [ 17]
September
73,142
[ 18] [ 19]
October
"Don't Wanna Know"
Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar
172,190
[ 20] [ 21]
November
109,652
[ 22] [ 23]
December
"Hush"
Lasse Lindh
300,616
[ 24] [ 25]
Year-end chart
Rank
Song
Artist(s)
Total Downloads
1
"I'm Not the Only One"
Sam Smith
969,207
2
"Love Yourself"
Justin Bieber
962,780
3
"Hello"
Adele
821,942
4
"Bang Bang"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
707,592
5
"Sugar"
Maroon 5
606,307
6
"One Call Away "
Charlie Puth
526,715
7
"I'm Not Sorry"
Dean featuring Eric Bellinger
399,898
8
"Lost Stars "
Adam Levine
470,754
9
"Don't Wanna Know"
Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar
374,226
10
"Uptown Funk "
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
422,403
References
^ a b "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - January" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - January" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - February" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - February" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - March" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - March" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - April" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - April" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - May" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - May" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - June" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - June" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - July" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - July" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - August" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - August" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - September" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - September" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - October" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - October" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - November" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - November" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
^ "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - December" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
^ "2016 Monthly Download Chart - December" . Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
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