The 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s: Staff List
The period’s best albums construct a brilliant mosaic of past and future, West and East, sophistication and camp, avant-garde and earworm. To commemorate the decade in K-pop, Billboard has compiled a selection of the era’s 25 greatest albums, with a Spotify playlist of one single from each album at the bottom.
25. G-Dragon – Kwon Ji Yong (2017)
24. Twice – Fancy You (2019)
23. B.A.P – First Sensibility (2018)
22. BIGBANG – Alive EP (2012)
21. JJ Project – Verse 2 (2017)
20. BTS – Wings (2016)
19. Epik High – Shoebox (2014)
18. 2NE1 – Crush (2014)
17. Kahi – Please Come Back (2011)
16. EXO – Love Shot (2018)
15. EXID – Street (2016)
14. Day6 – Sunrise (2017)
13. Orange Caramel – Lipstick (2012)
12. AKMU – Play (2014)
11. SHINee – The Story of Light: Epilogue (2018)
10. Heize – She’s Fine (2019)
9. Jonghyun – She Is (2016)
8. Younha – Rescue (2017)
7. MAMAMOO – Melting (2016)
6. Brown Eyed Girls – Basic (2015)
5. Red Velvet – Perfect Velvet (2017)
4. Wonder Girls – Reboot (2015)
3. BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (2016)
2. IU – Modern Times (2013)
1. f(x) – Pink Tape (2013)
