South Korea’s largest music streaming service Melon came up with a list of top 100 K-pop songs that were released during the last three decades. This list was formed with the help of 35 music critics and industry experts by first compiling their own list of what they regarded as the 100 best K-pop songs of all time, then 35 lists were formed into Melon’s final list of the top 100 K-pop songs.
The judges were asked to individually select 100 songs based on a song’s influence both domestically and internationally, its mark on the growth of K-pop, its musical singularity, creativity, its mainstream appeal, its global appeal, artistic creativity, quality level of the music, choreography, music video and stage performances.
Since the list was revealed to the public, many fans expressed their disagreement with the ranking or the choice of the songs that made it to the Melon’s list, stating that the majority of the songs listed lean too much on popular idol groups produced from certain established companies. Nevertheless, check out the list of its top 100 K-pop songs chosen by Melon.
#1 BoA’s “No. 1”
#2 EXO’s “Growl”
#3 PSY’s “Gangnam Style”
#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 S.E.S.’s “I’m Your Girl”
#15 IU’s “Good Day”
#16 Lee Hyori’s “10 Minutes”
#17 H.O.T.’s “Candy”
#18 KARA’s “Mister”
#19 BIGBANG’s “Lies”
#20 Red Velvet’s “Red Flavor”
#21 Seo Taiji and Boys’ “I Know”
#22 Lee Jung Hyun’s “Come (Wa)”
#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 g.o.d’s “Lies”
#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’s “Bloom”
#40 f(x)’s “4 Walls”
#41 Lee Hyori’s “U-Go-Girl”
#42 EXID’s “Up and Down”
#43 HyunA’s “Bubble Pop”
#44 Clon’s “Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah”
#45 f(x)’s “NU ABO”
#46 BIGBANG’s Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips”
#47 BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Crooked”
#48 IZ*ONE’s “Fiesta”
#49 (G)I-DLE’s “Lion”
#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 f(x)’s “Rum Pum Pum Pum”
#56 TWICE’s “TT”
#57 Fin.K.L’s “Eternal Love”
#58 H.O.T.’s “Warrior’s Descendant”
#59 DEUX’s “Turn Around and Look at Me”
#60 ITZY’s “DALLA DALLA”
#61 Park Ji Yoon’s “Coming-of-Age Ceremony”
#62 Rain’s “How to Avoid the Sun”
#63 Orange Caramel’s “Catallena”
#64 T-ara’s “Roly Poly”
#65 Wanna One’s “Energetic”
#66 GFRIEND’s “Rough”
#67 Uhm Jung Hwa’s “Invitation”
#68 Shinhwa’s “Brand New”
#69 LOONA’s “Butterfly”
#70 BTS’s “DNA”
#71 SISTAR’s “Alone”
#72 Rain’s “It’s Raining”
#73 Block B’s Zico’s “Any Song”
#74 BTS’s “Boy With Luv” (featuring Halsey)
#75 g.o.d’s “Road”
#76 After School’s “Bang!”
#77 iKON’s “Love Scenario”
#78 WINNER’s “Really Really”
#79 Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “I” (featuring Verbal Jint)
#80 SEVENTEEN’s “Very Nice”
#81 Shinhwa’s “T.O.P. (Twinkling of Paradise)”
#82 IU’s “Through the Night”
#83 MAMAMOO’s “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
#84 Lovelyz’s “Ah-Choo”
#85 Red Velvet’s “Psycho”
#86 S.E.S.’s “Dreams Come True”
#87 SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong”
#88 Fin.K.L’s “To My Boyfriend”
#89 NCT 127’s “Cherry Bomb”
#90 Busker Busker’s “Cherry Blossom Ending”
#91 Seo Taiji and Boys’ “Come Back Home”
#92 PENTAGON’s “Shine”
#93 BoA’s “Atlantis Princess”
#94 NRG’s “I Can Do It”
#95 Epik High’s “Fly” (featuring Amin. J)
#96 Jinusean’s “Tell Me”
#97 SHINee’s “Replay”
#98 TVXQ’s “Hug”
#99 Seo Taiji and Boys’ “Classroom Idea”
#100 Trouble Maker’s “Trouble Maker”
– J.Chung.
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