Billboard Lists the 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the Decade

Billboard revealed their list of the Top 25 Greatest K-pop Albums from 2010 to 2019 and your guess for the no. 1 position is wrong, it’s not a BTS album!

Topping the list is f(x)’s “Pink Tape” and Billboard explained why:

“Idol albums are often underestimated on a critical level, but an album like Pink Tape proved that even the most mainstream of pop could be a place for advancing art and pushing creative boundaries.”

2 of BTS’ 2016 albums made it to the list: “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever” at no. 3 and “Wings” at no. 20.

In descending order, here are Billboard’s 25 Greatest K-pop Albums of the Decade:

1. G-Dragon – Kwon Ji Yong (2017)

2. Twice – Fancy You (2019)

3. B.A.P – First Sensibility (2018)

4. BIGBANG – Alive EP (2012)

5. JJ Project – Verse 2 (2017)

6. BTS – Wings (2016)

7. Epik High – Shoebox (2014)

8. 2NE1 – Crush (2014)

9. Kahi – Please Come Back (2011)

10. EXO – Love Shot (2018)

11. EXID – Street (2016)

12. Day6 – Sunrise (2017)

13. Orange Caramel – Lipstick (2012)

14. AKMU – Play (2014)

15. SHINee – The Story of Light: Epilogue (2018)

16. Heize – She’s Fine (2019)

17. Jonghyun – She Is (2016)

18. Younha – Rescue (2017)

19. MAMAMOO – Melting (2016)

20. Brown Eyed Girls – Basic (2015)

21. Red Velvet – Perfect Velvet (2017)

22. Wonder Girls – Reboot (2015)

23. BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (2016)

24. IU – Modern Times (2013)

25. f(x) – Pink Tape (2013)