BTS and BLACKPINK's songs were included in Rolling Stone's highly coveted "The 50 Best Songs of 2020" list. Keep on reading to see which songs made the rankings.
On Monday, Dec. 7, Rolling Stone released their "The 50 Best Songs of 2020" list. In the article, Rolling Stones notes that 2020 saw rising artists shoot to stardom, such as Megan Thee Stallion, Bad Bunny, and the current K-pop kings, BTS. 2020 was also a year of genre resurgences and genre reinventions. To commemorate these amazing songs, Rolling Stone's listed them and gave them this huge title.
BLACKPINK sits on the list at number thirteen. The song that Rolling Stones selected is "Ice Cream (Feat. Selena Gomez)." The song was acknowledged for having the Korean girl group powerhouses hit big on the American airwaves, with help from Selena Gomez and co-writer Ariana Grande. The song is catchy and addictive with its almost playground-like chants. According to Rolling Stone, the song is an "ice cream truck's worth of sexually charged dessert metaphors." It sits in the ranks of "I Want Candy" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me."
"Ice Cream (Feat. Selena Gomez)" was released on Aug. 28 as the second pre-release single for BLACKPINK's first full-length studio album, "THE ALBUM." The song is said to be a fusion of electropop, bubblegum pop, and trap. The lyrics of the song mainly consists of ice cream-centered innuendos.
The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it BLACKPINK's first single to chart within the top twenty. It subsequently became the longest-charting song by a female Korean girl group. "Ice Cream (Feat. Selena Gomez)" peaked within the top 10 in Singapore, Hungary, and South Korea. It also entered the top 40 in 15 other countries.
The song "Ice Cream (Feat. Selena Gomez)" was nominated for "Best Collaboration" at the MTV Europe Music Award, as well as for "Music Video 2020" at the People's Choice Awards.
BTS sits within the top 10 at number seven. The song that was selected as one of the best this year by the artists is "Dynamite." BTS made history with their first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Dynamite," which also happens to be their first all-English single. Despite it being in English, "Dynamite" is still undoubtedly unique to BTS. The song taps into the spirit of 80s disco and has people zooming through the stars tonight. Of course, member Jungkook gets a special shootout for his like, "Rolling on like a rolling stone!"
"Dynamite" was released on Aug. 21 and is the group's first all-English song. "Dynamite" is a fusion of upbeat disco-pop, funk, soul, and bubblegum pop. It is stylized with handclaps, snaps, horns, and synths, taking influence from 1970s music. "Dynamite" was released to help bring hope and joy during the COVID-10 pandemic.
"Dynamite" debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 10 chart, making it the group's first number-one single in the United States, as well as the first time a Korean act has ever topped the Hot 100. The song stayed at the top of the charts for three total weeks. Additionally, the song topped the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. "Dynamite" charted within the top 10 in 25 different regions, topping the charts in South Korea, Israel, Lithuania, Scotland, and more.
"Dynamite" is currently nominated for the "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making it the group's first Grammy nomination, as well as the first time a Korean group has been nominated in Grammy history.
BTS's album, "Map of the Soul: 7" was included in Rolling Stone's "The 50 Best Albums of 2020" list.
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