SHINee's Onew's "Circle" album ranked first in Billboard's "The 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2023," attracting global fan attention.
December/30/2023 15:40
SHINee's Onew's 1st full album was selected as the "Best K-POP Album of the Year" by Billboard. The album "Circle," released in March of this year, took first place in Billboard's "The 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2023" announced on December 29th (local time) through the official website, attracting attention. EXO's 7th full album "EXIST," D.O.'s 2nd mini album "期待," Red Velvet's 3rd full album "Chill Kill," NCT DREAM's 3rd full album "ISTJ," and aespa's 3rd mini album "MY WORLD" also ranked in, realizing the enthusiastic response of global fans to SM's diverse and rich musical world presented this year. Billboard praised Onew for his first full album "Circle," in which he participated in the production himself, was involved in every aspect such as mixing and mastering, and put artistic expression into it. The album was highly praised for incorporating mature reflections based on Onew's 15 years of experience, and showed a high level of interest in Onew by focusing on the title track "O (Circle)" and the other tracks. Onew's 1st full album "Circle" has also set records such as ranking first in 32 regions on the iTunes Top Album Chart, first on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart, first on the Japan Recochoku Daily Album Ranking, and winning the top spot on the CIRCLE Chart and music shows.
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