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, 355 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.^[5] Baekhyun's third EP Bambi (2021) is the first album by a solo artist to receive Million certification, while Jisoo's first solo album Me (2023) is the first album by a female solo artist to do the same. Boy band Seventeen has the most-certified albums of any artist, with twenty-two.^[5]

As of September 2024, South Korea's highest-certified records are Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) by BTS, FML (2023) and Seventeenth Heaven (2023) by Seventeen, and 5-Star (2023) by Stray Kids. They were awarded Quintuple Million certification in November 2022, July 2023, August 2023, and September 2023 respectively, for selling over five million units each.

• List of best-selling albums in South Korea
• List of certified songs in South Korea
• List of music recording certifications