From Stray Kids to J-Hope, What’s Your Favorite K-Pop Album of 2022? Vote!

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Plus full-length triumphs by RM, SEVENTEEN, BLACKPINK and more.

 

From left: Bang Chan, Hyunjin, Han, Lee Know, Felix, Changbin, Seungmin and I.N of Stray Kids photographed on July 13, 2022 at The Ruins in Seattle.

 

 

There’s been no shortage of excellent K-pop albums in 2022 and Billboard wants to know which full-length has helped define your year.
Though BTS remained on hiatus as the seven members prepare to start their mandatory service in the South Korean military, both RM and J-Hope delivered solo albums to keep ARMY happy. J-Hope’s Jack in the Box came first with its vintage hip-hop sound, colorful cover art by KAWS and concept inspired by Pandora’s Box.

Five months later, RM dropped Indigo, complete with a star-studded guest roster that included Erykah Badu (“Yun”), Anderson .Paak (“Still Life”), Tablo (“All Day”) and more.

BLACKPINK also came raring back with their full-length sophomore effort Born Pink while TOMORROW X TOGETHER dropped Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child and SEVENTEEN repackaged their fourth album, 2022’s Face the Sun, as Sector 17 with new tracks like “Cheers (SVT Leaders)” and “_World.”

As far as solo albums go, Lee Chanhyuk dreamed up Error, a concept album telling the story of someone who’s fallen into a coma and Heize enlisted the likes of Monsta X’s I.M, (G)I-DLE’s Minnie and Giriboy for Undo, her first album in more than three years.

HIGHLIGHT reintroduced themselves with Daydream — their first full-length since changing their name from Beast back in 2017. Lim Young Woong delivered on his potential after winning the 2020 Korean singing competition Mr. Trot with his genre-hopping debut Im Hero. And NewJeans established themselves as one of the genre’s most exciting new girl groups with their self-titled debut.

Vote for your favorite K-pop album of the year below!

What's your favorite K-pop album of 2022?

• RM, 'Indigo'
• Stray Kids, 'Oddinary'
• Lee Chanhyuk, 'Error'
• Heize, 'Undo'
• NCT DREAM, 'Glitch Mode'
• SEVENTEEN, 'Sector 17'
• Seulgi, '28 Reasons'
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER, 'Minisode 2: Thursday's Child'
• ATEEZ, 'The World EP.1: Movement'
• HIGHLIGHT, 'Daydream'
• J-Hope, 'Jack in the Box'
• Lim Young Woong, 'Im Hero'
• (G)I-DLE, 'I Never Die'
• CIX, 'OK' Episode 1: OK Not'
• NewJeans, 'New Jeans'
• Oh My Girl, 'Real Love'
• Max Changmin, 'Devil'
• Kwon Eun Bi, 'Color'
• BLACKPINK, 'Born Pink'
• TEMPEST, 'It's Me, It's We'S
• STAYC, 'Young-Luv.com'
• MCND, 'The Earth : Secret Mission Chapter.2'
• ENHYPHEN, 'Dimension: Answer'
• WJSN, 'Sequence'
• TREASURE, 'The Second Step : Chapter One'