With the end of the year approaching, Tumblr has summed up 2022 with its annual Year in Review!

Tumblr’s year-end lists are based on its own “Fandometrics,” which rank the most talked-about entertainers and entertainment topics on the platform and track shifts in users’ conversations based on tags, searches, posts, likes, and reblogs. This year’s rankings were determined using data from October 21, 2021 to October 20, 2022.

BTS came in at No. 21 on Tumblr’s overall list of the “Top 22 of 2022,” which ranked this year’s 22 most-talked about topics on the site.

BTS also maintained their position at No. 1 on the list of 2022’s Top K-Pop Groups, with Stray Kids and ATEEZ similarly holding onto their respective spots at No. 2 and No. 3 from last year.

Tumblr’s full list of 2022’s Top K-Pop Groups is as follows (the numbers after group names indicate their rise or fall on the list compared to last year, while entries marked “new” did not make last year’s list):

Top K-Pop Groups of 2022

1. BTS
2. Stray Kids
3. ATEEZ
4. SEVENTEEN (+3)
5. TWICE (+1)
6. BLACKPINK (-2)
7. ENHYPEN (+4)
8. NCT 127 (+2)
9. Red Velvet (+6)
10. TXT (+7)
11. EXO (-2)
12. NCT DREAM
13. SHINee (-8)
14. LOONA (-6)
15. ITZY (+3)
16. MONSTA X (-2)
17. aespa (+4)
18. Dreamcatcher (+1)
19. THE BOYZ (-3)
20. GOT7 (-7)
21. Girls’ Generation (+12)
22. IVE (new)
23. NCT U (-3)
24. ASTRO
25. STAYC (+11)
26. EVERGLOW (+12)
27. IZ*ONE (+5)
28. ONEUS
29. LE SSERAFIM (new)
30. WJSN (+5)
31. PENTAGON (-6)
32. (G)I-DLE (+8)
33. MAMAMOO (-11)
34. SF9 (-4)
35. OnlyOneOf (+2)
36. GFRIEND (-7)
37. Weki Meki (new)
38. SuperM (-12)
39. VICTON (-8)
40. Apink (new)
41. BIGBANG (new)
42. A.C.E (-19)
43. Oh My Girl (new)
44. VIXX (new)
45. INFINITE (new)
46. CIX (new)
47. Rocket Punch (new)
48. DAY6 (-21)
49. TVXQ (new)
50. WINNER (new)

Tumblr also released a list of its Top K-Pop Stars of 2022, with BTS once again sweeping the top five spots (in the exact same order as the past two years). Notably, all seven members of BTS made the top 10.

Aside from BTS, the other groups that had all of their members make the list this year were Stray Kids, BLACKPINK, ATEEZ, Red Velvet, and NCT 127.

Top K-Pop Stars of 2022

The full list is as follows:

1. BTS’s Jungkook
2. BTS’s Jimin
3. BTS’s V
4. BTS’ Suga
5. BTS’s RM
6. Stray Kids’ Hyunjin (+3)
7. BTS’s Jin (-1)
8. Stray Kids’ Bang Chan
9. BTS’s J-Hope (-2)
10. Stray Kids’ Felix (+5)
11. Stray Kids’ Lee Know (+7)
12. BLACKPINK’s Jennie (new)
13. Stray Kids’ Changbin (+13)
14. TXT’s Yeonjun (-1)
15. TWICE’s Momo (+17)
16. Stray Kids’ Han (+4)
17. EXO’s Kai (new)
18. ATEEZ’s Seonghwa (-2)
19. TWICE’s Nayeon (+20)
20. Red Velvet’s Joy (+9)
21. Red Velvet’s Seulgi (+10)
22. ATEEZ’s Hongjoong (+2)
23. Stray Kids’ Seungmin (+22)
24. ATEEZ’s San (+1)
25. NCT’s Haechan (-14)
26. BLACKPINK’s Lisa (new)
27. ATEEZ’s Wooyoung (+1)
28. SHINee’s Key (new)
29. TXT’s Beomgyu (+7)
30. TXT’s Soobin (+3)
31. Stray Kids’ I.N. (+16)
32. NCT’s Jaehyun (-22)
33. NCT’s Taeyong (-21)
34. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo (-12)
35. ENHYPEN’s Heeseung (new)
36. NCT’s Jeno (-15)
37. TWICE’s Sana (-3)
38. ATEEZ’s Yunho (+2)
39. SHINee’s Taemin (new)
40. ITZY’s Ryujin (+9)
41. NCT’s Yuta (-18)
42. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu (+6)
43. ITZY’s Yeji (+21)
44. NCT’s Mark (-30)
45. NCT’s Johnny (-15)
46. ATEEZ’s Yeosang (-3)
47. TWICE’s Chaeyoung (+10)
48. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo (+6)
49. SHINee’s Onew (-12)
50. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi (+8)
51. BLACKPINK’s Rosé (new)
52. ATEEZ’s Mingi (-2)
53. TWICE’s Mina (-9)
54. NCT’s Jaemin (-37)
55. SEVENTEEN’s Joshua (+30)
56. NCT’s Doyoung (-29)
57. SEVENTEEN’s Dino (+29)
58. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan (+9)
59. Red Velvet’s Yeri (-3)
60. NCT’s Ten (-41)
61. ATEEZ’s Jongho (+4)
62. Red Velvet’s Irene (-16)
63. TWICE’s Jihyo (+5)
64. SEVENTEEN’s Vernon (+5)
65. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon (new)
66. NCT’s Renjun (-31)
67. SEVENTEEN’s Woozi (+17)
68. TWICE’s Dahyun (+10)
69. ITZY’s Yuna (new)
70. SHINee’s Jonghyun (-17)
71. SEVENTEEN’s Jun (+4)
72. EXO’s Baekhyun (new)
73. SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan (+15)
74. NCT’s Jungwoo (-22)
75. MONSTA X’s Kihyun (+1)
76. ENHYPEN’s Jungwon (new)
77. TWICE’s Tzuyu (+6)
78. MONSTA X’s Minhyuk (-4)
79. LOONA’s Yves (+3)
80. EXO’s Suho (+13)
81. Red Velvet’s Wendy (+8)
82. SEVENTEEN’s The8 (+8)
83. MONSTA X’s I.M (-42)
84. ENHYPEN’s Sunoo (new)
85. NCT’s Chenle (-23)
86. EXO’s Sehun (-25)
87. MONSTA X’s Hyungwon (-17)
88. NCT’s Taeil (-16)
89. LOONA’s Heejin (-9)
90. EXO’s Chanyeol (-52)
91. Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany (new)
92. MONSTA X’s Joohoney (-13)
93. NCT’s Xiaojun (-42)
94. NCT’s YangYang (-39)
95. EXO’s Chen (-1)
96. SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups (-1)
97. NCT’s Kun (-34)
98. EXO’s Xiumin (-21)
99. LOONA’s JinSoul (-18)
100. NCT’s WinWin (-41)

Additionally, multiple K-pop stars made Tumblr’s overall list of 2022’s Top Solo Acts (not limited by genre).

EXO’s Kai came in at No. 12 for the year, TWICE’s Nayeon at No. 14, SHINee’s Key at No. 20, Wonho at No. 23, SHINee’s Onew at No. 28, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon at No. 41, and Sunmi at No. 46.

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YG Entertainment has shared a brief response to the reports of BTS’s Jimin collaborating with BIGBANG’s Taeyang for his upcoming solo album.

On December 9, several Korean news outlets reported that according to multiple industry insiders, Jimin would be a featured artist on Taeyang’s new solo album, which is reportedly set for a January release.

That same day, YG Entertainment responded to the reports by stating simply, “We’re currently checking [whether it’s true].”

Meanwhile, Big Hit Music has yet to comment on the rumored collaboration.

Are you excited to potentially see Jimin feature on Taeyang’s new album?

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On December 9 KST, it was confirmed that T.O.P will be participating in the dearMoon Project, a lunar tourism project from Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. The goal of dearMoon is to accomplish the first-ever expedition to the moon with private civilians, and T.O.P will be participating in the project as one of eight crew members.

“I’m so honored to have been selected to be one of the crew members on the dearMoon Project,” T.O.P commented. “Ever since I was little, I always fantasized about space and the moon. I’m looking forward to my own personal growth through this project, and I want to feel new types of thrills and enlightenment.”

He also revealed that he wasn’t afraid at all of traveling to the moon, adding, “I feel a great sense of pride and responsibility at the prospect of being the first person from South Korea to go to the moon and represent my country. I hope that the dearMoon Project can inspire and instill hope in many people all over the world. I want to make people feel like anything is possible for anyone who has a dream.”

The dearMoon Project is an art project created by Japanese entrepreneur and billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of the largest online shopping mall in Japan. The project will utilize a spacecraft developed by SpaceX that will fly around the moon for approximately one week. In March of 2021, he opened applications for the trip and welcomed people from all around the world to apply for a spot on the crew. Over 1 million people from 249 countries and regions around the world applied to take one of the eight spots, showing just how competitive the selection process was.

In particular, Yusaku Maezawa said that he would pick people whom he considered artists, stating two qualifications that each crew member needed to possess in order to be selected: “They need to be able to grow through this space travel and possess the potential to help humanity and society, and they must be able to support their fellow crew members.”

In addition to T.O.P, other crew members on the ship will include DJ and producer Steve Aoki, photographer Rhiannon Adam, photographer and filmmaker Karim Iliya, choreographer Yemi A.D., musician and YouTuber Tim Dodd, and actor Dev Joshi. The two reserve crew members are snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and dancer Miyu.

The dearMoon Project is currently scheduled to launch in 2023.

Congratulations to T.O.P on being selected to participate in this historic event!

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Nominees have been revealed for the 37th Golden Disc Awards!

Songs and albums that were released between November 2021 through mid-November 2022 were eligible to be nominated this year, with music excluded from nomination last year included this year. For the album division awards, only albums with at least six new tracks (excluding intros, outros, and instrumentals) were eligible. OSTs and project songs from TV programs were not considered.

The final winners for Bonsang (Main Award) and Daesang (Grand Prize) are chosen 60 percent based on sales counted until mid-December 2022 and 40 percent based on scoring by the expert panel. The same evaluation criteria applies for Rookie Artist of the Year.

Voting will only be available for the Popularity Award, which will be 100 percent determined by votes.

The nominees are as follows:

Digital Song Division Bonsang (Main Award)

• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• BE’O – “Counting Stars (Feat. Beenzino)”
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love (Feat. 10CM)”
• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
• GOT the beat – “Step Back”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) – “Do you want to hear”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• Choi Ye Na – “SMILEY (Feat. BIBI)”
• KyoungSeo – “Dear my X”
• MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok – “DrunKen Confession”
• TWICE’s Nayeon – “POP!”
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA (Feat. IU)”
• PSY – “That That (prod. & feat. BTS’s Suga)”
• IU – “Drama”
• Lee Mujin “When it snows (Feat. Heize)”
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues, Our Life”
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”

Album Division Bonsang (Main Award)

• (G)I-DLE – “I love”
• ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT”
• BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
• ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1”
• ITZY – “CHECKMATE”
• BTS’s J-Hope – “Jack In The Box”
• NCT – “Universe”
• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• SMTOWN – “2021 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU EXPRESS”
• Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”
• TREASURE – “THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE”
• TWICE – “BETWEEN 1&2”
• Kim Ho Joong – “PANORAMA”
• TWICE’s Nayeon – “IM NAYEON”
• THE BOYZ – “BE AWARE”
• Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”
• BTS – “Proof”
• SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
• Youngtak – “MMM”
• Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”

Rookie Artist of the Year

• ATBO
• Billlie
• BLANK2Y
• IVE
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• Xdinary Heroes
• Choi Ye Na

The 37th Golden Disc Awards will be held on January 7 at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Stay tuned for the lineup and further updates!

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Voting is now underway for the 32nd Seoul Music Awards (SMA)!

On December 6, the Seoul Music Awards officially announced the nominees for this year’s award ceremony, which will take place on January 19, 2023 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul.

This year, mobile voting will be conducted for the following awards: the Main Award (Bonsang), Rookie of the Year, Popularity Award, K-Wave Award, OST Award, Trot Award, Ballad Award, and R&B/Hip Hop Award.

Voting will be conducted in two phases of 20 days each: Phase 1 will run from December 6 through 11:59 p.m. KST on December 25, while Phase 2 will start on December 27 at noon KST and end on January 15 at 11:59 p.m. KST. Each phase will count for 50 percent of nominees’ total voting scores.

The Popularity Award will be awarded based entirely on votes placed within Korea, while the K-Wave Award will be based entirely on votes from outside of Korea. All of the nominees for the Main Award (Bonsang) and Rookie of the Year are automatically nominated for the Popularity and K-Wave Awards.

The winners of the Main (Bonsang), Rookie, OST, Trot, Ballad, and R&B/Hip Hop Awards will be determined based 40 percent on judges’ evaluations, 30 percent on album and song sales in 2022 (according to Hanteo Chart data), and 30 percent on mobile votes.

The nominees have not yet been revealed for the awards that are not included in the mobile voting.

Check out the nominees for the categories that are open for voting below!

Main Award (Bonsang)

• 10cm – “5.3”
• aespa – “Girls”
• ASTRO – “Drive to the Starry Road”
• ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT”
• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
• BOL4 – “Seoul”
• THE BOYZ – “BE AWARE”
• BTOB – “Be Together”
• BTS – “Proof”
• Choi Ye Na – “SMiLEY”
• CRAVITY – “NEW WAVE”
• Crush – “Rush Hour”
• DKZ – “CHASE EPISODE 2. MAUM”
• ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1”
• fromis_9 – “from our Memento Box”
• (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
• Girls’ Generation – “FOREVER 1”
• GOT the beat – “Step Back”
• GOT7 – “GOT7”
• ITZY – “CHECKMATE”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA”
• J-Hope (BTS) – “Jack In The Box”
• Jin (BTS) – “The Astronaut”
• Kang Daniel – “The Story”
• Kihyun (MONSTA X) – “VOYAGER”
• Kim Ho Joong – “PANORAMA”
• Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
• MONSTA X – “SHAPE of LOVE”
• Nayeon (TWICE) – “IM NAYEON”
• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• ONEUS – “MALUS”
• P1Harmony – “HARMONY : ZERO IN”
• PSY – “PSY 9th”
• Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”
• Seulgi (Red Velvet) – “28 Reasons”
• SEVENTEEN – “Face The Sun”
• STAYC – “YOUNG-LUV.COM”
• Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”
• Suho (EXO) – “Grey Suit”
• Super Junior – “The Road : Winter for Spring”
• Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
• TREASURE – “THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE”
• TWICE – “BETWEEN 1&2”
• TXT – “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child”
• WEi – “Love Pt.2 : Passion”
• WINNER – “HOLIDAY”
• Zico (Block B) – “New thing”

Rookie of the Year

• ATBO – “The Beginning : 開花”
• Billlie – “the Billage of perception: chapter two”
• CLASS:y – “CLASS IS OVER”
• CSR – “Sequence : 7272”
• H1-KEY – “Athletic Girl”
• Kep1er – “FIRST IMPACT”
• Lapillus – “HIT YA!”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• NewJeans – “New Jeans”
• NINE.i – “NEW WORLD”
• NMIXX – “AD MARE”
• TAN – “1TAN”
• TEMPEST – “It’s ME, It’s WE”
• TNX – “WAY UP”
• TRENDZ – “BLUE SET Chapter 1. TRACKS”
• VIVIZ – “Beam Of Prism”
• YOUNITE – “YOUNI-BIRTH”

OST Award

• 10cm – “Spring to Love” (“Our Blues”)
• BIBI – “Very, Slowly” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)
• Davichi – “Remember me” (“Our Blues”)
• Heize – “The Last” (“Our Blues”)
• Jimin (BTS) and Ha Sung Woon – “With you” (“Our Blues”)
• Lee Seok Hoon – “Dear. My Fool” (“Discovery of Love”)
• Lee Seung Yoon – “The Giving Tree” (“Our Beloved Summer”)
• Lee Sun Hee – “I’ll Leave You” (“The Red Sleeve“)
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues” (“Our Blues”)
• MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” (“A Business Proposal”)
• Sam Kim – “Summer Rain” (“Our Beloved Summer”)
• Sunwoojunga – “Beyond My Dreams” (“Extraordinary Attorney Woo”)
• Taeil (NCT) – “Starlight” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)
• Tiger JK – “WADADADA” (“One Dollar Lawyer”)
• Wheein (MAMAMOO) – “You, You” (“Nth Romance”)
• Wonstein – “Your Existence” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)

Trot Award

• Jang Min Ho – “Essay ep.1”
• Jang Yoon Jung – “estrena”
• Jeong Dong Won – “Handwritten Letter”
• Kim Hee Jae – “Heejae”
• Kim Tae Yeon – “Cheer up!”
• Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
• Na Hoon-a – “Seven-Colored Scent”
• Song Ga In – “THE SONG OF LOVE”
• Young Tak – “MMM”

Ballad Award

• BEN – “Spring Days”
• Davichi – “Season Note”
• Han Dong Geun – “It’s love”
• JuHo – “without me”
• Kang Min Kyung (Davichi) and Jannabi – “Because we loved”
• Kassy – “Always love you”
• KyoungSeo – “Dear my X”
• Lim Jae Hyun – “Drunken confession at night”
• Monday Kiz – “It has to be you”
• Noel – “How Can I Forget You”
• Paul Kim – “Like Yesterday”
• Tei – “Monologue”
• Tophyun – “Horang Suwolga”
• Younha – “END THEORY : Final Edition”
• V.O.S – “talks about pain”

R&B/Hip Hop

• BE’O – “LOVE me”
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love”
• Coogie – “RE:UP”
• Epik High – “Epik High Is Here”
• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• Joosiq – “Baby I Need You”
• Leellamarz and TOIL – “TOYSTORY3”
• Punch – “The Love”
• Woo (Woo Won Jae) and meenoi – “Ghosting”

Which artists are you rooting for this year?

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