Honorable Mentions: The Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Which albums almost but did not quite make the cut on the Top 100 list

For your convenience, here’s the full Top 100 list of the year’s best K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop albums so far!

#100: ScreaM Records, SCREAM! ep.1: Journey of Emotions

#99: PRIMROSE, RED MOON

#98: SG, FINALE

#97: ONEW, Circle

#96: Han Seungwoo, FRAME

#95: KAT-TUN, Fantasia (Selected Edition)

#94: ATBO, The Beginning : 飛上

#93: BOL4, Love.zip

#92: KEY, Killer

#91: Minhyun (aka HWANG MIN HYUN), Truth or Lie

#90: SF9, THE PIECE OF9

#89: Cherry Bullet, Cherry Dash

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

#87: ONEUS, PYGMALION

#86: INI, DROP That

#85: Lapillus, GIRL’s ROUND Pt. 2

#84: oceanfromtheblue, oceanfromtheblue

#83: BTOB, WIND AND WISH

#82: OCTPATH, Showcase

#81: Billlie, the Billage of perception: chapter three

#80: ASH ISLAND, ROSE

#79: CRAVITY, MASTER : PIECE

#78: Karencici, Everybody Loves Me

#77: LEE CHAE YEON, Over The Moon

#76: YUJU, O

#75: 8TURN, UNCHARTED DRIFT

#74: Shawn, DOCASA

#73: Novel Core, iCoN

#72: YAO CHEN, YAOCHEN

#71: THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE, ROUND & ROUND

#70: NiziU, COCONUT 

#69: Meng Jia, aka Jia, JIALAND

#68: DeVita, Naughty

#67: CRAXY, XX

#66: LUN8, CONTINUE?

#65: Shota Shimizu, Insomnia

#64: fromis_9, Unlock My World

#63: ONE N’ ONLY, Departure (Special Edition)

#62: NCT DOJAEJUNG, Perfume

#61: Kwon Jin Ah, The Flag

#60: MOONBIN&SANHA, INCENSE

#59: ODD EYE CIRCLE, ODD EYE CIRCLE <Version Up>

#58: THE BOYZ, BE AWAKE

#57: meme tokyo., MEMETIC INFECTION 

#56: Da-iCE, SCENE

#55: CHANMINA, Naked

#54: SHINee, HARD

#53: CODE KUNST, Remember Archive

#52: MAMAMOO+, ACT 1, SCENE 1

#51: aespa, MY WORLD

#50: KARD, ICKY

#49: BSS, SECOND WIND

#48: iKON, TAKE OFF

#47: GIUK, Psycho Xybernetics : TURN OVER

#46: SUPER★DRAGON, mirror

#45: AB6IX, THE FUTURE IS OURS: LOST 

#44: KISS OF LIFE, KISS OF LIFE

#43: 同理 Zunya, Grateful

#42: So!YoON!, Episode1 : Love

#41: KARDI, Inside Out

#40: KANGDANIEL, REALIEZ

#39: EXO, EXIST

#38: LE SSERAFIM, UNFORGIVEN

#37: Ayumi Hamasaki, Remember you

#36: xikers, HOUSE OF TRICKY : Doorbell Ringing

#35: TAEYANG, Down to Earth

#34: MIRANI, The Drift

#33: Dreamcatcher, [Apocalypse : From us]

#32: Hua Chenyu, 希忘Hope 

#31: Ryu Su Jeong, Archive of Emotions

#30: G.E.M., Revelación

#29: NewJeans, Get Up

#28: NCT 127, Ay-Yo

#27: Xdinary Heroes, Deadlock

#26: KAI, Rover

#25: TAEYONG, SHALALA

#24: IVE, I’ve IVE

#23: B.I, TO DIE FOR

#22: Stray Kids, THE SOUND

#21: PURPLE KISS, Cabin Fever

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

#19: Rei Yasuda, Circle

#18: BamBam, Sour & Sweet

#17: P1Harmony, HARMONY : ALL IN

#16: MONSTA X, REASON

#15: WOODZ, OO-LI

#14: Marz23, Not So Far Away

#13: JOOHONEY, LIGHTS

#12: TWICE, READY TO BE

#11: Epik High, Strawberry

#10: ØZI, ADICA

#9: BABYMETAL, THE OTHER ONE

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

#7: NCT DREAM, ISTJ

#6: Jimin, FACE

#5: Stray Kids, 5-STAR

#4: Agust D, D-DAY

#3: SEVENTEEN, FML

#2: ENHYPEN, DARK BLOOD

#1: TXT, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION

And here is who would’ve made the cut if I had extended the list to a Top 200 and/or if they had been released sooner!