The votes have been tallied, and results are below. I've also made a Youtube playlist of all songs that got at least 10 points in the vote, so if I you want to get your results that way:
YouTube Playlist for JPHiP's Best Kpop Songs of 2020 - TOP 25The playlist starts from the tied 22nd position songs and finishes with number 1. Everyone just looking for the results can scroll downwards.
Moonstruck... and struck again• My goodness, the winner this year is technically not one but two songs.
Loona score a combined
45 points with the album track
Voice and it's English version
Star! This year we decided to consider different-language versions of a song as one and same, and here we are, at the very top.
• Not too far behind with
42 points is
Everglow and their Sin City/Cyberpunk style anthem
La Di Da!
• At third place with
37 points we have
(G)I-DLE, they showed us all the stars with
Oh My God!
Random thoughts•
13 different people voted on
74 different songs, up from 5 and 43 last year, respectively, a major improvement!
• The scoring was very close: 45, 42, 37, 35, 30 and so on...
• This was the first time different-language versions were counted as one song, and it actually decided the winner. Granted, this rule has rarely been needed, but in 2018 it would have lifted Red Velvet's "Bad Boy" from 3 to 2 if applied. This year it could have potentially dropped Voice/Star out of the top spot, but everyone voting for Star specifically were aware of the rule this year.
•
Loona's best placement before this year was a tied 20th spot. However, in 2017 Yves placed 4th with her solo song.
•
Everglow tied for 8th place in their debut last year, this year they get the silver medal and also have another song at 14th place. Girls on the rise!
• The always consistent
(G)I-DLE nab their second bronze in a row, after 2019's
Lion. Before that, in their debut year, they had two songs in the top 10.
•
La Di Da and
Oh My God appeared on most lists (6) but
Voice/Star nabbed 2 golds and 2 silvers in the 5 lists they appeared in.
• No group was able to get more than one song in the top 10... well, unless you count Voice & Star separately, of course.
• Thanks to everyone for voting once again! Thanks to the regulars and the guest voters! I'm really happy we got so many lists this year, expect the hustling to continue. Much love. <3
The Best Kpop Songs of 2020 |
|
Points |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Other |
Total |
1. |
Loona |
Voice / Star |
45 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2. |
Everglow |
La Di Da |
42 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3. |
(G)I-DLE |
Oh My God |
37 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4. |
Dreamcatcher |
Boca |
35 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5. |
Apink |
Dumhdurum |
30 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6. |
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi |
Monster |
23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
6. |
Twice |
I Can't Stop Me |
23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
8. |
Itzy |
Wannabe |
19 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
8. |
Hwasa |
Maria |
19 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10. |
IZ*ONE |
Secret Story of the Swan |
17 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
10. |
Rocket Punch |
Juicy |
17 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
12. |
Dreamcatcher |
Scream |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
12. |
Taeyeon |
What Do I Call You |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
14. |
Everglow |
Dun Dun |
15 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
15. |
Itzy |
Not Shy |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
15. |
Sunmi |
Pporappippam |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
17. |
Moonbyul |
Eclipse |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
18. |
Loona |
Why Not? |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
18. |
Bibi |
Kazino |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
18. |
K/DA |
The Baddest |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
18. |
Mamamoo |
Chuck |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
22. |
K/DA |
More |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
22. |
IZ*ONE |
Fiesta |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22. |
Itzy |
Ting Ting Ting |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22. |
Sunmi |
Gotta Go |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
26. |
Everglow |
Untouchable |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
26. |
Kanto |
Favorite (feat. Bumkey) |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
26. |
Yukika |
Soul Lady |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
29. |
Aespa |
Black Mamba |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
29. |
Blackpink |
How You Like That |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
29. |
Oh My Girl |
Dolphin |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
29. |
AKMU |
Happening |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
29. |
Cignature |
Arisong |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
29. |
Fromis_9 |
Feel Good |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
29. |
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi |
Naughty |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
29. |
Twice |
Say Something |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
37. |
Dreamcatcher |
Tension |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
37. |
GFriend |
Labyrinth |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
37. |
IU |
Eight (feat. Suga) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
37. |
Twice |
More & More |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
41. |
Dreamcatcher |
Red Sun |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
41. |
Moonbyul |
Absence |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
41. |
WJSN Chocome |
Hmph! |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Blackpink |
Pretty Savage |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
44. |
April |
Lalalilala |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Cherry Bullet |
Hands Up |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Dreamcatcher |
Black or White |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Fromis_9 |
Weather |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
GFriend |
Apple |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Hwasa |
LMM |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
IZ*ONE |
Sequence |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Leebada |
Empty Room |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Mamamoo |
Wanna Be Myself |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
54. |
JYP & Sunmi |
When We Disco |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
54. |
Lee Suhyun |
Alien |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
54. |
Moonbyul |
Moon Movie |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
54. |
Rocket Punch |
Bouncy |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
54. |
Stayc |
So Bad |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
Eyedi |
J.us.T |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
Lim Haram |
Secret Crush |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
Mamamoo |
Aya |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
NCT 127 |
Punch |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
Solar |
Spit It Out |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
59. |
Weeekly |
Tag Me |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
65. |
3YE |
Yessir |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
65. |
Chungha |
Stay Tonight |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
65. |
GFriend - Eunha & Yuju |
Night Drive |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
65. |
Nada |
My Body |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
BOL4 |
Dancing Cartoon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
Blackpink |
Crazy Over You |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
Blackpink |
Lovesick Girls |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
GFriend |
Mago |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
Jun. K |
This Is Not a Song, 1929 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
69. |
Twice |
Make Me Go |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Let's meta it up• Again, two group tables this time. On the left I've counted every vote, and on the right, only the top vote for that group in each voter's list. Leftmost list can illustrate a wider range of strong material, and the rightmost focuses on the single strongest effort put out by the group. Rightmost list can also weed out group bias in some cases.
•
Dreamcatcher lead the left table with
69 (nice) points. They had the most songs appear in the vote (
5) and their songs also got t-most votes (
11 - tied with
Everglow).
•
Loona lead the right table mostly on the winning track's merits alone (two #1's and two #2's out of 5 appearances), but
Why Not? did score appearances as well, for a total of
7, tied with
Everglow.
• Only
Loona manage to nab more than one individual gold, with two. And
Everglow's
La Di Da won second with no golds or silvers at all. Funnily enough, their other two tracks on the list,
Dun Dun Dun and
Untouchable, managed a silver each.
The Best Kpop Songs of 2020 - by artist |
|
|
Points |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Other |
Total |
1. |
Dreamcatcher |
69 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
2. |
Everglow |
66 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
3. |
Loona |
56 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
4. |
Itzy |
42 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
5. |
Twice |
39 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
6. |
(G)I-DLE |
37 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
7. |
IZ*ONE |
32 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8. |
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi |
31 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
9. |
Apink |
30 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
10. |
Hwasa |
24 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
11. |
Sunmi |
23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
12. |
Moonbyul |
22 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13. |
K/DA |
21 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
13. |
Rocket Punch |
21 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
15. |
Mamamoo |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
16. |
Taeyeon |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
17. |
Blackpink |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
18. |
GFriend |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
18. |
Fromis_9 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
20. |
Bibi |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
21. |
Kanto |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
21. |
Yukika |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
23. |
Aespa |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
23. |
Oh My Girl |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
23. |
AKMU |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
23. |
Cignature |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
27. |
IU |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
28. |
WJSN Chocome |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
April |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
Cherry Bullet |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
Leebada |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
JYP & Sunmi |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
Lee Suhyun |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
Stayc |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Eyedi |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Lim Haram |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
NCT 127 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Solar |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Weeekly |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
3YE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
Chungha |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
GFriend - Eunha & Yuju |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
Nada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
BOL4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Jun. K |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
The Best Kpop Songs of 2020 - by artist |
|
|
Points |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Other |
Total |
1. |
Loona |
54 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
2. |
Everglow |
47 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
3. |
Dreamcatcher |
42 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
4. |
Twice |
38 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
5. |
(G)I-DLE |
37 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
6. |
Itzy |
32 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
7. |
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi |
31 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
8. |
Apink |
30 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
9. |
IZ*ONE |
24 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
10. |
Hwasa |
19 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11. |
Rocket Punch |
17 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
11. |
Sunmi |
17 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13. |
Moonbyul |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
13. |
Taeyeon |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
15. |
Blackpink |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
15. |
Mamamoo |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
17. |
K/DA |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
17. |
Fromis_9 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
19. |
GFriend |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
20. |
Bibi |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
21. |
Kanto |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
21. |
Yukika |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
23. |
Aespa |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
23. |
Oh My Girl |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
23. |
AKMU |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
23. |
Cignature |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
27. |
IU |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
28. |
WJSN Chocome |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
April |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
Cherry Bullet |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29. |
Leebada |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
JYP & Sunmi |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
Lee Suhyun |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
32. |
Stayc |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Eyedi |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Lim Haram |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
NCT 127 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Solar |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
35. |
Weeekly |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
3YE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
Chungha |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
GFriend - Eunha & Yuju |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
40. |
Nada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
BOL4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44. |
Jun. K |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
And there we go! Feel free to post your thoughts, feelings and possible questions about the ranking.