Honorable Mentions: Best Albums of 2022

For your convenience, here is the full countdown of my picks for the 100 Best Albums List!

#100: Nogizaka46, Actually… (Special Edition)

#99: Nissy, HOCUS POCUS 3

#98: WONHO, Facade

#97: Kumi Koda, heart

#96: P1Harmony, DISHARMONY : FIND OUT

#95: Girls2, We are Girls2

#94: XIUMIN, Brand New

#93: OMEGA X, Story Written in Music

#92: B.I, Love or Loved, Pt. 1

#91: AB6IX, TAKE A CHANCE

#90: PIXY, Reborn

#89: ONEUS, MALUS

#88: HUTA, aka LEE MINHYUK, BOOM

#87: HIRAIDAI, HOPE / WISH

#86: LUCY, Childhood

#85: TO1, Why Not??

#84: ITZY, CHECKMATE

#83: pH-1, BUT FOR NOW LEAVE ME ALONE

#82: NINE.i, [I (Pt. 1)]

#81: Kep1er, FIRST IMPACT 

#80: Luli lee, Fade Away Like A Dream

#79: SOLE, imagine club

#78: Amazing Show, Lovers, Folks, Tales

#77: KIHYUN, YOUTH

#76: BE:FIRST, BE:1

#75: Reol, COLORED DISC

#74: HyunA, Nabillera

#73: [Alexandros], But wait. Cats?

#72: LiSA, LANDER

#71: lLLBOI, Meantime

#70: KIM WOO SEOK, 3RD DESIRE [Reve]

#69: KANGDANIEL, The Story : RETOLD

#68: CHUNG HA, Bare&Rare, Pt. 1

#67: Red Velvet, ‘The ReVe Festival 2022 - Birthday’

#66: MAMAMOO, MIC ON

#65: P1Harmony, HARMONY : SET IN

#64: eill, Palette 

#63: Yerin, ARIA

#62: Nana Ouyang, Live Today

#61: JO YURI, Op.22 Y-Waltz : in Major

#60: The Rose, HEAL

#59: TWICE, BETWEEN 1&2

#58: Eric Nam, There And Back Again

#57: KANTO, CELEBRATION

#56: LEE CHANHYUK, ERROR

#55: WOODZ, COLORFUL TRAUMA

#54: YOSHIKI EZAKI, I Love Me 

#53: HAN SEUNG YUN, Lovender

#52: YOUHA, love you more,

#51: TAEYEON, INVU

#50: MAX CHANGMIN, Devil

#49: LOONA, Summer Special [Flip That] 

#48: CRAXY, Who Am I

#47: P1Harmony, HARMONY : ZERO IN

#46: TRiDENT, D-X

#45: FAKY, F

#44: Xdinary Heroes, Hello, world!

#43: DUSTCELL, Hypnotize

#42: ZICO, Grown A** Kid

#41: BoA, Forgive Me

#40: NAYEON, IM NAYEON

#39: MARiA, Moments

#38: KIHYUN, VOYAGER

#37: Red Velvet, ‘The ReVe Festival 2022 - Feel My Rhythm’

#36: HIM FAMILY, In the Name of the Moon

#35: ONE OK ROCK, Luxury Disease

#34: Solar, ​​容 : FACE

#33: milet, Walkin’ In My Lane

#32: 4s4ki, Killer in Neverland

#31: ATEEZ, THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT

#30: Dreamcatcher, [Apocalypse : Follow us]

#29: Perfume, Plasma

#28: PURPLE KISS, Geekyland

#27: RM, Indigo 

#26: Novel Core, No Pressure

#25: SUPER★DRAGON, Force to Forth

#24: NCT DREAM, Glitch Mode / Beatbox album repackage

#23: MONSTA X, SHAPE of LOVE

#22: WAGAMAMA RAKIA, ONYX

#21: Araki, Idea

#20: BTS, Proof

#19: (G)I-DLE, I love

#18: BLACKPINK, BORN PINK

#17: Dreamcatcher, [Apocalypse : Save us]

#16: KEY, Gasoline

#15: Lexie Liu, The Happy Star

#14: Stray Kids, MAXIDENT

#13: Xdinary Heroes, Overload

#12: (G)I-DLE, I NEVER DIE

#11: SUHO, Grey Suit

#10: Epik High, Epik High Is Here 下, Pt. 2 

#9: Stray Kids, ODDINARY 

#8: SAAY, S:INEMA

#7: j-hope, Jack In The Box

#6: BAND-MAID, Unleash

#5: ENHYPEN, MANIFESTO : DAY 1

#4: TXT, minisode 2: Thursday’s Child

#3: NCT 127, 2 Baddies

#2: milet, visions

#1: SEVENTEEN, Face the Sun / SECTOR 17 repackage

Bonus: DPR IAN, Moodswings In To Order (consider it tied for first!)

And here were the top runner-ups!