It’s that time of the year again! Music platforms and publications are revealing their top picks for 2024. Following NME and Rolling Stone, Billboard has just dropped its year-end lists, highlighting the best K-pop songs and albums of 2024.

On December 7 (local time), Billboard released a highly anticipated list of the best K-pop songs and albums on its official website. Releases from aespa, BTS RM, Jimin, IU, ILLIT, NewJeans, G-Dragon, and More made the cut.

Billboard’s year-end lists of top songs and albums were curated by their staff. It seems they have hit the right note and fans are loving the selected K-pop songs and albums.

Best K-pop Songs of 2024

1. ‘Supernova’ – aespa
2. ‘Love Wins All’ – IU
3. ‘Ice On My Teeth’ – ATEEZ
4. ‘Hmm BOP’ – HUI
5. ‘plot twist’ – TWS
6. ‘Bye My Monster’ – ONF
7. ‘Cosmic’ – Red Velvet
8. ‘Supersonic’ – fromis_9
9. ‘Virtual Angel’ – ARTMS
10. ‘Bam Yang Gang’ – BIBI
11. ‘STICKY’ – KISS OF LIFE
12. ‘Impossible’ – RIIZE
13. ‘Magnetic’ – ILLIT
14. ‘Imaginary Friend’ – ITZY
15. ‘HOME SWEET HOME – G-DRAGON (ft. BIGBANG)
16. ‘How Sweet’ – NewJeans
17. ‘Warmth’ – Lim Young Woong
18. ‘Super Lady’ – (G)I-DLE
19. ‘HERO’ – AKMU
20. ‘Small Girl’ – Lee Young Ji (feat. D.O.)
21. ‘Badder Love’ – EVNNE
22. ‘TTYL’ – Loossemble
23. ‘SPOT! – Zico, (feat. JENNIE)’
24. ‘JUSTICE’ –  Dreamcatcher
25. ‘Shooting Star’ – Kep1er

Best K-pop Albums of 2024

RM’s “Right Place, Wrong Place” has taken the top honor as the best K-pop album of the year, succeeding SHINee Onew’s “Circle”, which won the title in 2023.

1. ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’ by BTS  RM
2. ‘The Winning’ – IU
3. ‘With YOU-th’ – TWICE
4. ‘ASTERUM : 134-1’ – PLAVE
5. ‘Walk’ – NCT 127
6. ‘ASSEMBLE24’ – tripleS
7. ‘FLOW’ – ONEW
8. ‘I Did’ – YVES
9. ‘Hello, Word’ – BAEKHYUN of EXO
10. ‘Fe3O4: Break’ – NMIXX
11. ‘Fourever’ – DAY6
12. ‘DALL’ – ARTMS
13. ‘Trust Me’ – Yugyeom of EXO
14. ‘Spill The Feels’ – SEVENTEEN
15. ‘You Had Me at HELLO’ – ZEROBASEONE
16. ‘BLOSSOM’ – EXO D.O.
17. ‘ROMANCE : UNTOLD -daydream-’ ENHYPEN
18. ‘NAKSEO’ – DK
19. ‘ATE’ – Stray Kids
20. ‘IVE SWITCH’ – IVE
21. ‘19.99’ – BOYNEXTDOOR
22. ‘Youth Chapter 2 : Youth Days’ – EPEX
23. ‘Happy’ – BTS Jin
24. ‘SCENEDROME’ – RESCENE
25. ‘Sad Song’ – P1Harmony

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