Honorable Mentions: Best Albums of 2023

The runner-ups for my Top 100 List!

The 100 Best Albums of 2023

#100: Shota Shimizu, Insomnia

#99: Reina Washio, For My Dear

#98: Nerd Connection, Hard To Explain

#97: SUPER★DRAGON, mirror

#96: NCT 127, Ay-Yo

#95: THE BOYZ, [BE AWAKE]

#94: Ayumi Hamasaki, Remember you

#93: TAEYEON, To. X

#92: KINGDOM, History Of Kingdom: Pt. VI. Mujin

#91: HWANG MIN HYUN, Truth or Lie

#90: ASH ISLAND, ROSE

#89: Loossemble, Loossemble

#88: Hua Chenyu, 希忘Hope 

#87: FTISLAND, Sage

#86: JO YURI, LOVE ALL

#85: BSS, SECOND WIND 

#84: AB6IX, THE FUTURE IS OURS: LOST 

#83: NCT DOJAEJUNG, Perfume

#82: Jung Kook, GOLDEN

#81: ODD EYE CIRCLE (ARTMS), ODD EYE CIRCLE <Version Up>

#80: MAMAMOO+, ACT 1, SCENE 1

#79: Ms.OOJA, 40

#78: 同理 Zunya, Grateful

#77: Cyndi Wang, BITE BACK

#76: Jia, aka Meng Jia, JIALAND

#75: So!YoON!, Episode1 : Love

#74: Kwon Jin Ah, The Flag

#73: PINK FUN, Oh! My Oh! My

#72: Eric Nam, House on a Hill

#71: MIRANI, The Drift

#70: JIHYO, ZONE

#69: CHANMINA, Naked

#68: TAEYANG, Down to Earth

#67: V, Layover

#66: KISS OF LIFE, Born to be XX

#65: xikers, HOUSE OF TRICKY : Doorbell Ringing

#64: IVE, I’VE MINE

#63: Sakurazaka46, Shoninyokkyu (Special Edition)

#62: Crush, wonderego

#61: PURPLE KISS, FESTA

#60: KANGDANIEL, REALIEZ

#59: KARD, ICKY

#58: GIUK, Psycho Xybernetics : TURN OVER

#57: LE SSERAFIM, UNFORGIVEN

#56: EXO, EXIST

#55: TRiDENT, Dream Up

#54: B.I, TO DIE FOR

#53: KARDI, Inside Out

#52: Dreamcatcher, [Apocalypse : From us]

#51: BamBam, Sour & Sweet

#50: SHINee, HARD

#49: TAEYONG, SHALALA

#48: IVE, I’ve IVE

#47: KISS OF LIFE, KISS OF LIFE

#46: Red Velvet, Chill Kill

#45: DAWN, Narcissus

#44: KAI, Rover

#43: HeyMen, Shelter

#42: XG, NEW DNA

#41: D.O., Expectation

#40: NCT, Golden Age

#39: Stray Kids, THE SOUND

#38: Shi Shi, Boomerang

#37: Reol, BLACK BOX

#36: SINCE, THE SOLOEST

#35: Xdinary Heroes, Deadlock

#34: Xdinary Heroes, Livelock

#33: Rei Yasuda, Circle

#32: TAEMIN, Guilty

#31: P1Harmony, HARMONY : ALL IN

#30: King Gnu, THE GREATEST UNKNOWN

#29: JOOHONEY, LIGHTS

#28: NCT 127, Fact Check

#27: (G)I-DLE, I feel

#26: G.E.M., Revelación

#25: Marz23, Not So Far Away

#24: The Rose, DUAL

#23: WOODZ, OO-LI

#22: MONSTA X, REASON

#21: ØZI, ADICA

#20: NewJeans, Get Up

#19: Stray Kids, ROCK-STAR

#18: ATEEZ, THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW

#17: BABYMETAL, THE OTHER ONE

#16: PURPLE KISS, Cabin Fever

#15: KIMSEJEONG, Door

#14: NCT DREAM, ISTJ

#13: Stray Kids, 5-STAR

#12: Jimin, FACE

#11: TWICE, READY TO BE

#10: Epik High, Strawberry

#9: DPR IAN, Dear Insanity…

#8: SEVENTEEN, FML

#7: TXT, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION

#6: TXT, The Name Chapter: FREEFALL

#5: milet, 5am

#4: SEVENTEEN, SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN

#3: ENHYPEN, ORANGE BLOOD

#2: Agust D, D-DAY

#1: ENHYPEN, DARK BLOOD

Read all about them here!

And Here are 150 Honorable Mentions!