After a decade of counting down the yr’s greatest Okay-pop songs at Billboard, 2022 introduced refreshing and memorable shifts in how these lists often form up.
Undeniably, this was the yr of the woman group. Greater than half of 2022’s entries are from feminine troupes who now lead the scene in style and traits. From established queens like Women’ Technology and KARA celebrating milestone anniversaries to rising rookies together with IVE, NewJeans, and LE SSERAFIM kicking within the business door, the spectrum for excellence ran the gamut.
That’s to not say the boys weren’t bringing their greatest. Actually, cuts from BIGBANG, Zico, BTS, plus Ha Sung Woon and Jimin blew up massive time with out conventional music movies or typical promotional techniques. Even for these tracks driving on a viral development, these had been expressions of the artists that audiences gained’t look again on as novelty tracks or cringey viral sensations greatest left as clips on TikTok.
To not point out, Okay-pop has extra eyes on it than ever worldwide, and it appeared just like the artists delivered figuring out the world was watching. Stray Youngsters and (G)I-DLE shared private and highly effective messages of their greatest singles but, whereas BLACKPINK spotlighted how conventional Korean devices match inside their newest pop anthem.
2022 was the time for Okay-pop artists to specific themselves vocally, thematically and artistically in methods beforehand seen, and it undoubtedly paid off in full. Learn on to see who we expect did it one of the best with Billboard‘s checklist of the 25 greatest Okay-pop songs of the yr.
