Year-End List Recap: The Best Overall K-Pop Comebacks of 2021

I didn’t plan on making this post, but as I wrapped up the last of my K-pop specific countdowns for this year, I realized it would be fun to compile them together and see which overall comebacks came out on top. After all, a K-pop comeback is more than just the title song.

So, I took the five categories that aren’t already cumulative and gave them a weighted rank, meaning number one gets ten points, number two gets nine, number ten gets one and anything below that counts as one point each. The only outlier was the albums list, which I split into two categories (mini and full). I gave the number one in each category ten points, and went down the list from there. Hopefully that makes sense!

Here are the countdowns I included as part of this aggregate:

Top 50 Songs

Top 10 Albums

Top 10 Music Videos

Top 10 Choreography

Top 40 B-Sides

2021 END-OF-YEAR MASTERPOST

9. Woodz – Only Lovers Left

Title track(s): 0 points
Album: 6 points
Music Video: 0 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 5 points
TOTAL: 11

8. Lucy – Gatcha!

Title track(s): 1 point
Album: 9 points
Music Video: 0 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 4 points
TOTAL: 14

7. Golden Child – Game Changer / DDARA

Title track(s): 1 point
Album: 8 points
Music Video: 0 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 9 points
TOTAL: 18

6. TXT – The Chaos Chapter: Freeze / Fight Or Escape

Title track(s): 6 points
Album: 7 points
Music Video: 7 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 1 points
TOTAL: 21

5. Brave Girls – Summer Queen / After ‘We Ride’

Title track(s): 9 points
Album: 8 points
Music Video: 6 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 1 points
TOTAL: 24

4 (tie). OnlyOneOf – Instinct Pt.1

Title track(s): 9 points
Album: 0 points
Music Video: 8 points
Choreography: 10 points
B-Sides: 1 point
TOTAL: 28

4 (tie). Key – Bad Love

Title track(s): 4 points
Album: 7 points
Music Video: 9 points
Choreography: 7 points
B-Sides: 1 points
TOTAL: 28

3. SHINee – Don’t Call Me / Atlantis

Title track(s): 8 points
Album: 10 points
Music Video: 0 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 13 points
TOTAL: 31

2. ONF – My Name / City Of ONF

Title track(s): 11 points
Album: 9 points
Music Video: 5 points
Choreography: 0 points
B-Sides: 7 points
TOTAL: 32

1. Golden Child – YES.

Title track(s): 9 points
Album: 10 points
Music Video: 10 points
Choreography: 5 points
B-Sides: 1 point
TOTAL: 35

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