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

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]

References

1. "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
2. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - January". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
3. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - January". Gaon Chart. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
4. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - February". Gaon Chart. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
5. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - February". Gaon Chart. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
6. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
7. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
8. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - April". Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
9. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - April". Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
10. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
11. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - May". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
12. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - June". Gaon Chart. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
13. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - June". Gaon Chart. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
14. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - July". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
15. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - July". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
16. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - August". Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
17. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - August". Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
18. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - September". Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
19. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - September". Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
20. "2016 Monthly Digital Chart - October". Gaon Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
21. "2016 Monthly Download Chart - October". Gaon Chart. Retrieved November 10, 2016.