PopMatters name The 20 Best Kpop Albums of 2021

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1. TXT — The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE

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To keep the engine of pop running, we need acts that can create momentum, start movements, or upheave them. In 2021, TXT (an acronym for TOMORROW BY TOGETHER) provided one of these moments with The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE.

The music in The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE is excellent. The album consolidates TXT as one of the movers and shakers of Korean pop music.

2. Key — Bad Love

3. ONEWE — Planet Nine : Alter Ego

4. AKMU – Next Episode

5. TWICE – Formula of Love: O+T=<3

6. IU – Lilac

7. OH MY GIRL – Dear OHMYGIRL

8. (G)I-DLE – I Burn

9. GWSN – The Other Side of the Moon

10. ONEUS – Blood Moon

11. Youra – GAUSSIAN

12. Lee Hi – 4 Only

13. Purple Kiss – Into Violet

14. Red Velvet – Queendom

15. aespa – Savage

16. ENHYPEN — Border: Carnival

17. Younha – End Theory

18. Baekhyun – Bambi

19. Song Heejin – Soda

20. Lee Taemin – Advice