INFINITE’s “The Chaser” tops Billboard’s ’20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2012′

INFINITE‘s “The Chaser” toppedBillboard.comandBillboard Koreastaff’s list of ‘20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2012‘.

“The Chaser” beat out tough competition by claiming 1st on the international music magazine’s list of the best K-Pop songs of this year.

According to Billboard,

The group’s masterpiece single takes listeners on a ride that starts the second the track starts. With an introduction packed with forceful singing, dynamic guitar licks, and dramatic violins, it almost sounds like the song will never find a true direction. But at just 50 seconds, it quickly evolves into a waterfall of 80s synthesizers (courtesy of super producerSweetune), vocal energy and an explosive, trumpet-driven chorus. The track puts INFINITE and Sweetune at the forefront of the genre’s best in 2012, proving risk and innovation in K-Pop can trump all.

Check out the full list below!

01. INFINITE – “The Chaser”
02.SISTAR– “Alone”
03.Naul– “Memory of the Wind”
04.2NE1– “I Love You”
05.Big Bang– “Bad Boy”
06.After School– “Flashback”
07.BoA– “Only One”
08.Psy– “Gangnam Style”
09.Busker Busker– “Cherry Blossom Ending”
10.B2ST– “Beautiful Night”
11.EXID– “Every Night”
12.F.T. Island– “I Wish”
13.Verbal Jint feat. Kwon Jung Yeol– “Good Morning”
14.Urban Zakapa– “Same Love, Same Farewell”
15.SPICA– “Painkiller”
16.Dynamic Duo– “Without You”
17.G-Dragon– “One of a Kind”
18.miss A– “Touch”
19.The Koxx– “Love Dance”
20.TVXQ– “Catch Me”

Tip: Jhaira