Jackson 5, Backstreet Boys, and... Big Bang?

A new list by Rolling Stone compiled the "50 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time," and several K-pop acts made the cut. Songs by SHINee, Big Bang, INFINITE, Seo Taiji, and TVXQ all made it into the top 50.

In essence, Rolling Stone admits that 10% of the best boy band songs ever are part of the K-pop genre.

SHINee's "Sherlock" was the highest ranked K-pop song on the list, heralded as "Korea's first 'hybrid remix.'" "Sherlock" came in at No. 12 on the list, just missing out of a spot in the top 10 best boy band songs ever. 

Seo Taiji and Boys' "Nan Arayo (I Know)," arguably the first modern K-pop song, came in at No. 36.

 Big Bang's "Fantastic Baby" came in at No. 22 while TVXQ's "Mirotic" came in at No. 31.

The lowest ranked K-pop song on the list came in at No. 42, and went to INFINITE's "The Chaser."  

The top spot went to The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," while the final spot on the list went to Mindless Behavior's "My Girl."

The requirements being included on the list were that the boy bands were "Irresistibly catchy, unapologetically inauthentic, sexy and they know it."

Rolling Stone nixed popular Boy bands like Hanson, 5 Seconds of Summer, Boyz II Men, and several other popular boy bands for not being "sufficiently svengali'd" or being "too close to the Motown vocal group tradition."

The intro to the article called K-pop's inclusion a hint into "our Korean pop future." 

 The authoritative list was put together by six music journalists, including Billboard's K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin.

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