# The best K-pop songs of all time

The top ten of the 'K-POP Masterpieces 100' chosen by Melon and the Seoul Shinmun with 35 critics and industry figures, plus the hits that defined each generation of K-pop.

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- Jun 20, 2025 · Haeun Shin
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## Top 20

1. **No.1 — BoA** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2002. BoA's signature song and a symbol of K-pop's push abroad; number one in Melon's K-POP Masterpieces 100.
2. **Growl — EXO** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2013. EXO's breakthrough, with a famous one-take music video; second on the list.
3. **Gangnam Style — PSY** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2012. The first YouTube video to pass a billion views; third.
4. **Dynamite — BTS** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020. The first song by a Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100; fourth.
5. **Gee — Girls' Generation** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. Girls' Generation's signature song, nine weeks at number one on a TV music show; fifth.
6. **Into the New World — Girls' Generation** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007. Their debut single, later sung at street protests; sixth.
7. **I Am the Best — 2NE1** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2011. 2NE1's swaggering signature song; seventh.
8. **Abracadabra — Brown Eyed Girls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. Famous for its 'arrogant dance'; eighth.
9. **Tell Me — Wonder Girls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007. The retro-pop song that started the 'Tell Me syndrome'; ninth.
10. **Mirotic — TVXQ** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2008. The song that showed TVXQ at their peak; tenth.
11. **Nan Arayo (I Know) — Seo Taiji and Boys** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992. It brought rap and dance into Korean pop; the starting point of modern K-pop.
12. **Candy — H.O.T.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. A hit by first-generation idol group H.O.T.
13. **Nobody — Wonder Girls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2008. The song that took Wonder Girls onto the US Billboard Hot 100.
14. **Lies — BIGBANG** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007. Written by G-Dragon; BIGBANG's breakthrough.
15. **Fantastic Baby — BIGBANG** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2012. Played in clubs and stadiums around the world.
16. **Sorry, Sorry — Super Junior** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. Its 'hand-rubbing dance' was a hit across Asia.
17. **Ring Ding Dong — SHINee** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. SHINee's signature song with its addictive chorus.
18. **DDU-DU DDU-DU — BLACKPINK** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2018. The first K-pop girl group music video to pass a billion YouTube views.
19. **TT — TWICE** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016. TWICE's signature song, whose crying 'TT pose' became a craze.
20. **Ditto — NewJeans** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2022. An emotional winter song by fourth-generation girl group NewJeans.

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