Billboard magazine ranked 2NE1 as one of the best K-pop girl groups of the past decade while The New York Times named 2NE1's performance at the Prudential Center in New Jersey as one of the "Best Concerts of 2012".
Billboard magasinet rangerede 2NE1 som en af de bedste Kpop-pigegrupper i det forløbne årti , mens The New York Times kalder 2NE1's præstation på Prudential Center i New Jersey en af de "Bedste koncerter i 2012".