We have a few year end articles to do to wrap everything up, so even though it’s coming a little late, here’s choreography, tune in the next few weeks to see some more year end content!
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2023 Kpop Rookie Boy Group Of The Year (ManelyKpop Awards)
Following our top rookie kpop girl groups award, we have the top rookie boy groups! This class is much bigger than the girl groups, and so the competition is far more fierce, let’s see who wins out.
2023 Kpop Rookie Girl Group Of The Year (ManelyKpop Awards)
ManelyKpop awards are back for 2023. We are leading off with the rookies, so let’s see how the new girl groups fare!
Top Kpop Choreography of 2023
We’re back with our annual choreo rankings, and by we, I mean Chelsea, as I have no right to rank choreo. Let’s see what great picks we pulled out this year!
Top 50 Kpop Songs of 2023 (Chelsea Edition)
Did you read our first top 50 article? Well, that was from a girl group fan, and our resident variety writer, Chelsea, saw need for a different perspective. So, let’s see what a boy group fan likes, and check through both articles to see what overlaps, if something is on both, it’s probably just that good.
Top 51 Kpop Songs of 2023
As with every January 1st, it’s time to take a step back and review last year’s top songs as a whole. It was a good year, and some groups really stepped up from their previous output which really impressed me. So, who came out on top?
Purple Kiss Festa Tour Review
We managed to squeeze in one more concert for the year, and we did this one differently than any other we’ve done before. This was a special one, because I don’t know when or even if we’ll ever do one like this again. So come on in and hear all about it.
My wife and I were able to get out to another concert and this was a special one for me, so excited to tell you my feelings on this Stayc tour!
Kwon Eun Bi- The Flash Album Review
My personal favorite idol is back again, does she manage to keep her streak of killer title tracks alive?
Top 50 Kpop Songs of 2022 (Chelsea Edition)
As we always like to have nuanced and varied takes, here is Chelsea’s top songs of 2022. Luckily, in terms of variance, this list is very different from the one Steven posted a few weeks ago. Which will you agree with more?
The Top 100 Kpop Songs of 2022
With a return from my hiatus of article writing, I finally get around to presenting you the top kpop songs of 2022, and although I have the benefit of hindsight, I stuck to my guns for what I ranked at the end of last year.
2022 Kpop Awards: Best Choreography - Boy and Girl Groups
This is a triple up of awards where we cover the best choreos of 2022 for Boy Group, Girl Groups, and a special Wild Kard category, bet you can’t guess what that one is for.
2022 Kpop Awards: Foreign Language Song of the Year
Our second award of the year is to for foreign language song of the year, a super strong category this time around, with very close options at the top for our voters. Come found out which one is left standing at the top!
2022 Kpop Awards: Anything But 2022 Kpop
So, we’re starting this year’s awards off really weirdly with our anything but 2022 kpop. For this category we nominated only songs that did not qualify in any of the main categories, so it gets a little quirky.
Top 10 Kpop Songs of November 2022
November was a month of interesting kpop releases, lots of variety and not a lot of top groups, which I like, it’s easier to highlight smaller artists this way. So come on down and discover the top songs of November.
Concert Review: Ateez- Break The Wall
The Manelykpop team gathered together to watch an Ateez concert for the second time in 2022. How did it compare to the first, how were the performances, and did Hongjoong try to wear the whole crowd down with a phrase that usually brings joy? Let’s find out.
Single Album Review: Woo!Ah!- Pit-A-Pat
We’re back with a quick review of one of my favorite group’s new single albums, it’s Woo!ah!’s Pit-A-Pat!
The Top 10 Kpop Songs of October 2022
Welcome back for our October rankings, this month had some pretty great releases and almost none of the big names came back, making room for some of the smaller groups to get attention, something that we strive for here. So let’s dive in!
Kpop Halloween Playlist (2022)
We take a break from our regularly scheduled variety show review to do a fun Kpop Halloween playlist. This isn’t an all-time definitive playlist, but a curated experience with songs that are fun to watch the music videos for, but also to listen to at a Halloween party, enjoy!
What is the best kpop group size?
Kpop groups size is interesting, non-kpop fans often times see groups like Twice, Izone, or NCT and say “how do you keep track of so many people?” Is that a problem, is a smaller group just more optimal, or are the big groups actually just better despite the intimidation factor they bring to new listeners?