Rolling Stone’s “100 Best Albums of 2022” is now available, featuring three K-pop albums, one by a soloist and two by K-pop girl groups. Continue reading to find out if your favorite release is one of them.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
‘Top 100 Albums of 2022’: J-Hope’s ‘Jack In The Box’ in Rolling Stone’s Top 10
On December 1, local time, the American magazine Rolling Stone published its annual list of the best albums of the year.
Among the three K-pop releases, J-Hope’s “Jack In The Box” is the highest-charting one at No. 9.
Jack In The Box is the BTS member’s first solo album in nine years and features the title track “Arson” and the pre-release track “MORE”.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
The record topped the iTunes album charts in at least 49 different regions, and in its first week of release, J-Hope’s “Jack In The Box” sold a total of 365,917 copies on the Hanteo Chart.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
Brenna Ehrlich of Rolling Stone wrote:
“The first BTS member to release a solo album, J-Hope has set the bar high with ‘Jack In The Box’, a 10-track concept album that begins with a retelling of the Pandora’s Box myth.”
She continued:
“The last item in this mythical, chaotic container was the hope that the rapper named himself for – an apt term if this incremental, never-ending creative debut is any indication.”
“BORN PINK” BLACKPINK and “New Jeans” NewJeans land in the Top 50
In addition to J-Hope’s “Jack In The Box”, BLACKPINK’s “BORN PINK” also made Rolling Stone’s “100 Best Albums of 2022” list at No. 25.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s List
“BORN PINK” is the quartet’s second studio album featuring the latest hits “Shut Down” and “Pink Venom”.
With this album, BLACKPINK became the first K-pop girl group to sell two million copies on the Circle Chart, as well as the K-pop girl group with the highest first-week sales in the history of Hanteo.
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Moreover, with “BORN PINK”, the quartet became the first K-pop artist to reach number one on the Billboard 200.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone wrote:
“Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rosé have long ruled K-pop as the ‘Lovesick Girls’, but with ‘BORN PINK’ they have grown into rock queens. It’s short and sweet – eight songs in 20 minutes – but that’s all the time BLACKPINK needs to go through an entire wardrobe of star poses, burning with energy and confidence.”
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
The last K-pop album to make it onto Rolling Stone’s list of the “Top 100 Albums of 2022” is NewJeans’ debut EP “New Jeans”, which ranked 46th. For the record, “New Jeans” sold 262,815 copies on its first day of release, setting a new record for the highest first-day sales of any debut K-pop album by a girl on Hanteo.
The mini-album also broke the highest first-week sales of any K-pop girl debut album in Hanteo’s history, selling a total of 311,271 copies.
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‘100 Best Albums of 2022’: J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans on Rolling Stone’s list
Kristine Kwak of Rolling Stone wrote:
“There is no doubt that Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein have made a splash this year with their first EP. Less than 13 minutes long, the singles “Attention”, “Hype Boy”, “Cookie” and “Hurt” feature a unique sound and fresh visual element, leaning heavily on the 90s pop aesthetic that fits well with this band and warrants repeats… only a small EP but it made us want so much more.
Congratulations to J-Hope, BLACKPINK and NewJeans for being on Rolling Stone’s “Top 100 Albums of 2022” list!
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Written by Maria Scott
