Melon has released his full list of the 100 greatest K-pop songs of all time!
To sum up the past three decades of K-pop, Melon, Korea’s largest music streaming service, enlisted the help of 35 music critics and industry experts. Each of the 35 judges was first asked to come up with their own individual list of what they considered the 100 greatest K-pop songs of all time and those 35 lists were used to create Melon’s final list of the 100 greatest. K-pop songs.
The 35 judges were asked to choose their lists of 100 songs based on the following four criteria: importance (the influence of a song both in Korea and abroad, its mark on the growth of K-pop, and its musical uniqueness and creative boldness), success (the main appeal of a song, its popularity both in Korea and abroad, and its fandom), artistic quality (the artistic creativity of a song and the quality level of the music), and performance ( choreography, music video, and theatrical performances of a song).
Melon’s full list of his top 100 K-pop songs is as follows:
1: “No. 1” from BoA
2: EXO’s “Growl”
3: “Gangnam Style” by PSY
4: BTS’s “Dynamite”
5: Girls’ Generation’s “Gee”
6: Girls’ Generation’s “Into the New World”
7: 2NE1’s “I Am the Best”
8: Brown Eyed Girls “Abracadabra”
9: Wonder Girls “Tell Me”
10: TVXQ’s “Mirotic”
11: SHINee’s “Sherlock”
12: Super Junior’s “Sorry, Sorry”
13: BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
14: “I’m Your Girl” by S.E.S.
15: IU’s “Good Day”
16: Lee Hyori’s “10 Minutes”
17: “Candy” by H.O.T.
18: KARA’s “Mister”
19: BIGBANG’s “Lies”
20: Red Velvet’s “Red Flavor”
21: “I Know” by Seo Taiji and Boys
22: “Come (Wa)” by Lee Jung Hyun
23: INFINITE’s “Be Mine”
24: BIGBANG’s “Fantastic Baby”
25:BTS’s “Blood Sweat & Tears”
26: Miss A’s “Bad Girl Good Girl”
27: Wonder Girls “Nobody”
28: Sunmi’s “Gashina”
29: SECHSKIES’s “Couple”
30: “Lies” by g.o.d
31: TWICE’s “Cheer Up”
32: BTS’s “Spring Day”
33: Girls’ Generation’s “I Got a Boy”
34: IU’s “Twenty-Three”
35: 2PM’s “Heartbeat”
36: SHINee’s Taemin’s “Move”
37: 2NE1’s “Fire”
38: Baby V.O.X’s “Get Up”
39: Brown Eyed Girls Ga In “Bloom”
40: “4 Walls” by f (x)
41: Lee Hyori’s “U-Go-Girl”
42: EXID’s “Up and Down”
43:HyunA’s “Bubble Pop”
44: “Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah” by Clone
45: “NU ABO” by f (x)
46: “Eyes, Nose, Lips” by BIGBANG’s Taeyang
47: BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Crooked”
48: IZ * ONE’s “Party”
49: “Lion” by (G) I-DLE
50: NCT U’s “The 7th Sense”
51: Chungha’s “Gotta Go”
52: Oh My Girl’s “Secret Garden”
53: SHINee’s “View”
54: DEUX’s “In Summer”
55: “Rum Pum Pum Pum” by f (x)
56: TWICE’s “TT”
57: Fin.K.L’s “Eternal Love”
58: “Warrior Descendant” by H.O.T.
59: DEUX’s “Turn Around and Look at Me”
60: “DALLA DALLA” by ITZY
61: Park Ji Yoon’s “Coming-of-Age Ceremony”
62: Rain’s “How to Avoid the Sun”
63: “Catallena” by Orange Caramel
64: “Roly Poly” by T-ara
65: Wanna One’s “Energetic”
66: GFRIEND’s “Rough”
67: “Invitation” by Uhm Jung Hwa
68: Shinhwa’s “Brand New”
69: LOONA’s “Butterfly”
70: BTS’s “DNA”
71: SISTAR’s “Alone”
72: Rain’s “It Raining”
73: Block B’s Zico’s “Any Song”
74: BTS’s “Boy With Luv” (with Halsey)
75: “Road” by g.o.d
76: “Bang!” by After School
77: IKON’s “Love Scenario”
78: WINNER’s “Really Really”
79: Girls ’Generation’s Taeyeon“ I ”(featuring Verbal Jint)
80: SEVENTEEN’s “Very Nice”
81: “TOP. (Twinkling of Paradise) ”by Shinhwa
82: IU’s “Through the Night”
83: MAMAMOO’s “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
84: Lovelyz’s “Ah-Choo”
85: Red Velvet’s “Psycho”
86:;”Dreams Come True” by S.E.S.
87: SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong”
88: Fin.K.L’s “To My Boyfriend”
89: NCT 127’s “Cherry Bomb”
90: “Cherry Blossom Ending” by Busker Busker
91: “Come Back Home” by Seo Taiji and Boys
92: “Shine” by PENTAGON
93: “Atlantis Princess” by BoA
94: NRG’s “I Can Do It”
95: “Fly” (with Amin. J) by Epik High
96: “Tell Me” by Jinusean
97: SHINee’s “Replay”
98: TVXQ’s “Hug”
99: “Classroom Idea” by Seo Taiji and Boys
100: Trouble Maker by Trouble Maker
As you can see, well-known Kpop artists and groups such as Blackpink, Twice, EXO, BTS and other well-known names have appeared on the list.
Do you agree with the list? Which song do you think should have appeared? Leave your comment.
