# 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.

## Weekly chart

Source: Gaon Digital Chart :
| Date | Song | Artist | Total downloads |
| January 2 | "Hello" | Adele | 37,202 |
| January 9 | "Hello" | Adele | 46,671 |
| January 16 | "Hello" | Adele | 39,147 |
| January 23 | "Hello" | Adele | 34,491 |
| January 30 | "Hello" | Adele | 33,903 |
| February 6 | "Hello" | Adele | 33,956 |
| February 13 | "Hello" | Adele | 29,977 |
| February 20 | "Hello" | Adele | 27,732 |
| February 27 | "Hello" | Adele | 26,386 |
| March 5 | "Hello" | Adele | 26,364 |
| March 12 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 49,907 |
| March 19 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 48,684 |
| March 26 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 41,086 |
| April 2 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 34,701 |
| April 9 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 31,489 |
| April 16 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 29,406 |
| April 23 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 26,861 |
| April 30 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 26,367 |
| May 7 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 25,531 |
| May 14 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 23,179 |
| May 21 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 22,890 |
| May 28 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 22,893 |
| June 4 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 20,937 |
| June 11 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 19,674 |
| June 18 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 18,312 |
| June 25 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 17,942 |
| July 2 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 19,607 |
| July 9 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 19,530 |
| July 16 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 17,760 |
| July 23 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 17,170 |
| July 30 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 15,308 |
| August 6 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 16,120 |
| August 13 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 12,379 |
| August 20 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 17,382 |
| August 27 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 18,422 |
| September 3 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 18,861 |
| September 10 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 17,447 |
| September 17 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 16,572 |
| September 24 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 15,648 |
| October 1 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 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 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 69,810 |
| October 29 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 40,758 |
| November 5 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 30,275 |
| November 12 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 24,887 |
| November 19 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 24,599 |
| November 26 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 25,027 |
| December 3 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 24,923 |
| December 10 | "Santa Tell Me" | Ariana Grande | 29,208 |
| December 17 | "Hush" | Lasse Lindh | 153,068 |
| December 24 | "Hush" | Lasse Lindh | 74,317 |
| December 31 | "Hush" | Lasse Lindh | 51,562 |

## Monthly charts

Source: Gaon Monthly Digital Chart :
| Month | Song | Artist | Total Downloads |
| January | "Hello" | Adele | 169,825 |
| February | "Hello" | Adele | 120,056 |
| March | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 179,973 |
| April | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 124,484 |
| May | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 101,022 |
| June | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 80,781 |
| July | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 78,353 |
| August | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 72,689 |
| September | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 73,142 |
| October | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 172,190 |
| November | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 109,652 |
| December | "Hush" | Lasse Lindh | 300,616 |

## 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 |