For those who might not know, this article is based on the results of our “Weekly K-Pop Ranker” polls, which we opened every week of the month for fans to vote on their favorite K-Pop song of the week. As this series was started in the last week of August, songs released from 26th August 2022 to 30th September 2022 will be taken into consideration. You can check out the individual articles for each week below!
We received a lot of votes (66,735), thanks to your interest! All of the polls were closed on October 10, 2022 at 6PM KST. Based on the votes received until then, here are the top 5 K-Pop releases from September 2022! Weekly K-Pop Ranker: The Top 5 K-Pop Releases From The 5th Week Of August KPOP STORIES|Sep 2, 2022 Weekly K-Pop Ranker: The Top 5 K-Pop Releases From The 1st Week Of September KPOP STORIES|Sep 9, 2022 Weekly K-Pop Ranker: The Top 5 K-Pop Releases From The 2nd Week Of September KPOP STORIES|Sep 16, 2022 Weekly K-Pop Ranker: The Top 5 K-Pop Releases From The 3rd Week Of September KPOP STORIES|Sep 23, 2022 Weekly K-Pop Ranker: The Top 5 K-Pop Releases From The 4th Week Of September KPOP STORIES|Sep 30, 2022
1. Kim JaeHwan - ‘Back Then’ - 18,738 votes
Kim JaeHwan’s alt-rock masterpiece ‘Back Then’ received 28.07% of the total votes cast across all the polls and 46.2% (the highest) of the votes cast on the poll for its release week (1st week of September), taking up the top spot.
2. CRAVITY - ‘Party Rock’ - 14,000 votes
CRAVITY’s pop dream ‘Party Rock’ received 20.97% of the total votes cast across all the polls and 68.7% (the highest) of the votes cast on the poll for its release week (4th week of September), taking up the second spot.
3. TEMPEST - ‘Can’t Stop Shining’ - 2,027 votes
TEMPEST’s youth anthem ‘Can’t Stop Shining’ received 3.03% of the total votes cast across all the polls and 86.8% (the highest) of the votes cast on the poll for its release week (5th week of August), taking up the third spot.
4. GOT7’s Jackson Wang - ‘Blue’ - 1,630 votes
GOT7’s cinematic tour de force ‘Blue’ received 2.44% of the total votes cast across all the polls and 56.3% (the highest) of the votes cast on the poll for its release week (2nd week of September), taking up the fourth spot.
5. BLACKPINK - ‘Shut Down’ - 291 votes
BLACKPINK’s iconic comeback with ‘Shut Down’ received 0.43% of the total votes cast across all the polls and 50.5% (the highest) of the votes cast on the poll for its release week (3rd week of September), taking up the fifth spot. Alternatively, if we were to rank the songs as per the percentage of votes they received on their individual polls, first place would go to TEMPEST’s ‘Can’t Stop Shining’, followed by CRAVITY’s ‘Party Rock’, GOT7’s Jackson Wang’s ‘Blue’, BLACKPINK’s ‘Shut Down’ and Kim JaeHwan’s ‘Back Then’. What were your top 5 K-Pop releases from the month of September? Share them with Kpopmap in the comments section down below!