List of Billboard China V Chart top 10 albums of 2017 explained

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).^{[1] [2] [3]}

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

1. Pre-order sales for a specific album will only be counted on the release date.
2. If a single album is divided into multiple editions, the sales will be counted separately.^[4]

Top 10 albums of 2017

Mainland (Domestic)				Imported
Rank	Album	Artist(s)	Reference	Rank	Album	Artist(s)	Reference
1	Lay 02 Sheep		^[5]	1	1X1=1(TO BE ONE)	WANNA ONE	^[6]
2	The Crossing	Joker Xue		2	Lose Control^[7]
3	December (W Edition)^[8]	Wang Qing		3	Flight Log: Arrival	GOT7
4	December (Q Edition)	Wang Qing		4	You Will Never Walk Alone	BTS
5	Reloaded^[9]	Luhan		5	VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.)	EXO
6	New World	SWIN-S		6	My Voice (Vol. 1)	Taeyeon
7	Transform	Owodog		7	THE WAR Vol.4 (KR VER.)	EXO
8	N/A	N/A		8	NCT #127 Cherry Bomb	NCT
9	N/A	N/A		9	THE WAR Vol.4 (CHN VER.)	EXO
10	I. Feminism	Ivy		10	Flight Long Turbulence^[10]	GOT7

Annual sales percentage

Mainland (Domestic) albums

Rank	Album	Artist	Percentage of mainland albums
1	Lay 02 Sheep		70.39%
2	The Crossing	Joker Xue	17.19%
3	December (W Edition)	Wang Qing	4.07%
4	December (Q Edition)	Wang Qing	4.0%
5	Reloaded	Luhan	1.88%

Imported albums

Rank	Album	Artist	Percentage of imported albums
1	1X1=1(TO BE ONE)	WANNA ONE	13.29%
2	Lose Control		12.14%
3	Flight Log: Arrival	GOT7	7.81%
4	You Will Never Walk Alone	BTS	5.69%
5	VOL.3 [EX’ACT] (KR VER.)	EXO	4.52%

References

1. China V Chart. Billboard. January 2, 2018.
2. Web site: Billboard Teams With Local Firm to Declare China's No. 1 Song. Lin. Lilian. November 10, 2015. The Wall Street Journal. January 2, 2018.
3. Web site: Billboard music charts look to expand in China. Zhang Rui. November 10, 2015. China.org.cn. January 2, 2018.
4. Web site: 音悦V榜 - 专辑销量榜. yinyuetai. zh. YinYueTai Sales Criteria. 2018-01-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329113116/http://vchart.yinyuetai.com/album/yearly?type=im&year=2016. 2017-03-29. dead.
5. Web site: China V Chart Top 10 Albums of 2017 (Mainland). YinYueTai. zh. January 2, 2018. January 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102132302/http://vchart.yinyuetai.com/album/yearly?type=ml&year=2017. dead.
6. Web site: China V Chart Top 10 Albums of 2017 (Imported). YinYueTai. January 2, 2018. April 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413012744/http://vchart.yinyuetai.com/album/yearly?type=im&year=2017. dead.
7. Album released outside of China although it is a Chinese language album by a Chinese artist; album released in 2016
8. Album released in 2016
9. The only album released in 2015
10. Album released in 2016