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TREASURE: A Career In Song Ratings

There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of their careers so far. Then, similar to my “Underrated K-pop” features, I can average their ratings into one mega-score and place them in a pantheon alongside other acts.

As always, this feature has some rules of its own. I’m including any “Song Review” ratings as part of this graph, including Japanese releases and collaborations with one other artist. I’m not including Buried Treasures or solo/sub-unit releases. For the ratings themselves, I’m using the most current number on this blog, so if a song was part of a “Risers and Fallers” or “Legendary Songs Inauguration” post, that’s the rating you’ll see displayed here. That means there will still be a few ratings here and there I find slightly inaccurate, but it’ll mostly reflect my up-to-date feelings.

Finally, these scores are completely subjective. Feel free to agree, disagree and argue (that’s part of the fun!), but know that this chart reflects the opinion of only one person (me).

Check out TREASURE’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!


TREASURE: A Career In Song Ratings


The Breakdown


Highest Rated Songs

Darari (Remix), Hello

Lowest Rated Songs

JIKJIN

Imperial Phases

None

Slump Phases

None


Rating Average: 8.18


Overall Trendline:

9 thoughts on “TREASURE: A Career In Song Ratings

  1. At this point he’s doing anyone other than Twice. I don’t get why he hates them. It feels a bit misogynistic that he’s covering all these nugu boy groups that nobody cares about, but not doing Twice, Red Velvet, Mamamoo, T-ara, Apink, and other iconic girl groups.

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  2. Not bad! And damn, an 8.5 for Boy, I know you said it grew on you, but I didn’t expect this high! It’s an 8 for me personally

    With that being said, Jikjin’s an 8.25 for me, King Kong an 8.75 and Paradise is an 8.5. So my average is an 8.26

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  3. Impressively stable trendline! Makes sense to me, especially at the score it’s hovering at – I’ve pleasantly enjoyed most of their output.

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  4. Solid discography all around, I just wish YG would manage them better…Have any of the 8.5/8.75 songs risen beyond a 9? I’d assume so given their position on year end countdowns

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