Korean pop music, or K-pop, has exploded in popularity in recent years, with fans worldwide enjoying the catchy beats, unique fashion styles, and stunning choreography that are hallmarks of the genre. While K-pop has been around for decades, many fans and critics alike point to the late 2000s as the glory days for the industry - and specifically to 2009 as the year that K-pop was in a "golden era."

Recently, one netizen took other online users down memory lane and examined Melon, the biggest music chart ranking in South Korea, for the year 2009. The netizen who created a post on the popular online community Instiz wrote that 2009 was the year with the best K-pop tracks.

In fact, 2009 saw some of the biggest hits in the K-pop industry. Songs such as Girls' Generation's "Gee," 2NE1's "I Don't Care," Brown Eyed Girls' "Abracadabra," G-Dragon's "Heartbreaker," 2PM's "Again & Again," and more can be spotted taking the top rankings on the music chart.

Ranks: 

1. Gee - Girls' Generation

2. I Don't Care - 2NE1

3. Abracadabra - Brown Eyed Girls

4. G-Dragon - Heartbreaker

5. 2PM - Again&Again

6. 8Eight - Without a Heart

7. Love Rain - Kim Tae Woo

8. Fire - 2NE1

9. Sorry Sorry - Super Junior

10. Lollipop - Big Bang

11. Loner - Outsider

12. 8282 - Davichi

13. Dropping The Tears - K.Will

14. I Made a Mistake - Davichi

15. TTL - T-Ara

16. Genie - Girls' Generation

17. After Love - Park Hyo Shin

18. Can't Breakup Girl, Can't Breakaway Boy - Leessang

19. Saturday Night - Son Dam Bi

20. Hot Issue - 4minute

21. Muzik - 4minute

22. Diva - Afterschool

Netizens commented, "I know all these songs," "0 songs I don't know," "Wow, this is legendary," "Omg the Golden Era," "So much nostalgia," "I know all the songs and their melodies," "It's already been 14 years? I feel so old," "There's no bad song on this list," "This is crazy," "I have all these songs in my old mp3 player," These were all hit songs," and "I miss this time."