The following is a list of the best-selling albums of 2017 on the Billboard China V Chart. The chart ranks in two different categories, mainland albums and imported albums using data from Chinese video-sharing site YinYueTai (YYT).
Criteria
Chart entry criteria There is no time limit imposed for (domestic) albums released within mainland China. For the album still sells on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall, the album is eligible to be ranked in the weekly album chart. The classification of albums into mainland and foreign albums depend on the country/location the album was released and not the language.
Structure The chart cycle for real time chart is updated hourly while the weekly and yearly album charts are updated every month and year respectively.
The real time chart shows only ranking without the number of sales.
The weekly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the month and the number of sales for only the top5 albums.
The yearly chart shows only the top50 ranking albums in the year and its number of sales. The chart will be published at the subsequent year on 1 January.
Loop holes Pre-order sales for a specific album will only be counted on the release date.
If a single album is divided into multiple editions, the sales will be counted separately.
Top 10 albums of 2017 Mainland (Domestic)ImportedRankAlbumArtist(s)ReferenceRankAlbumArtist(s)Reference1Lay 02 SheepZhang Yixing (Lay) 11X1=1(TO BE ONE)WANNA ONE2The Crossing Joker Xue2Lose ControlAlbum released outside of China although it is a Chinese language album by a Chinese artist; album released in 2016Zhang Yixing (Lay) 3December (W Edition)Album released in 2016Wang Qing3Flight Log: ArrivalGOT74December (Q Edition)Wang Qing4You Will Never Walk AloneBTS5ReloadedThe only album released in 2015Luhan5VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.)EXO6New WorldSWIN-S6My Voice (Vol. 1)Taeyeon7TransformOwodog7THE WAR Vol.4 (KR VER.)EXO8N/AN/A8NCT #127 Cherry BombNCT9N/AN/A9THE WAR Vol.4 (CHN VER.)EXO10I. FeminismIvy10Flight Long TurbulenceAlbum released in 2016 GOT7
Annual sales percentage
Mainland (Domestic) albums RankAlbumArtistPercentage of mainland albums1Lay 02 SheepZhang Yixing (Lay) 70.39%2The Crossing Joker Xue17.19%3December (W Edition)Wang Qing4.07%4December (Q Edition)Wang Qing4.0%5ReloadedLuhan1.88%
Imported albums RankAlbumArtistPercentage of imported albums11X1=1(TO BE ONE)WANNA ONE13.29%2Lose ControlZhang Yixing (Lay) 12.14%3Flight Log: ArrivalGOT77.81%4You Will Never Walk AloneBTS5.69%5VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.)EXO4.52%
References
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