2020 in South Korean music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened, or were expected to happen in 2020 in music in South Korea.

Debuting groups

Solo debuts

Disbandments

Releases in 2020

First quarter

January

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Countdown TST Dance [67]
6 Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer Ateez EDM [68]
Unstable Mindset Younha Ballad, Rock [69]
U N U Part. 1 Nafla R&B, hip hop [70]
7 Face Me Verivery Dance [71]
First Collection SF9 Dance [72]
Phase One: You B.O.Y R&B [73]
8 Dream Wish DreamNote Dance, Bubblegum [74]
12 Red In The Apple ENOi Dance [75]
14 Ayo Kim Jae-joong Ballad, Rock [76]
We Tuzi 2Z Crunk [77]
15 Purpose (Repackage) Taeyeon Ballad, R&B [78]
16 Woman of 9.9 Billion OST Various artists OST, Ballad [79]
18 K.I.S.S twlv R&B, hip hop [80]
19 Chocolate OST Various artists OST, Ballad [81]
21 ...Ler Kim Dong-wan Ballad [82]
22 Obscured Star Han Dong-geun Ballad [83]
28 All For You Sechs Kies Dance, R&B [84]
Timeless Super Junior Hip hop, Dance [85]
29 Without You Golden Child Dance, Ballad [86]
From h Lee Hae-ri Ballad [87]
30 Through Love Hyukoh Indie rock [88]
Monthly Project 2019 Yoon Jong-shin Yoon Jong-shin Ballad, R&B [89]
31 The:IZ IZ Pop rock [90]

February

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
3 回:Labyrinth GFriend Dance, Ballad [91]
Reminiscence Everglow Dance [92]
Youth DKB Dance, Hip hop [93][9]
5 [#] Loona Dance-pop, R&B [94]
6 I Decide iKon Dance, Hip hop [95]
10 Reveal The Boyz Dance, Ballad [96]
Red Punch Rocket Punch Dance, Ballad [97]
12 Universe: The Black Hall Pentagon Dance-pop, Electronic [98]
Red Moon Kard EDM, Hip hop [99]
13 5nally AB6IX R&B, Hip hop [100]
14 Dark Side of the Moon Moonbyul Dance, R&B [101]
17 Bloom*Iz Iz*One Dance, Ballad [102]
18 Dystopia: The Tree of Language Dreamcatcher Rock, Dance [103]
Nonadaptation Se So Neon Indie rock [104]
21 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS Hip hop, Dance [105]
23 Timeless UNVS Dance, R&B [28]
One & Only1 Astro Dance [106]
24 0325 Spectrum Dance [107]
El Dorado Ravi Hip hop, Pop rock [108]
26 Jackpot Elris Dance [109]
27 Into the Ice Age MCND Hip hop, Dance [110]

March

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Yook O'Clock Yook Sung-jae Ballad, Dance-pop, R&B [53]
3 Is Anybody Out There? DPR Live Hip hop, R&B [111]
4 Upgrade IV Swings Hip hop [112]
6 Neo Zone NCT 127 Dance-pop, Hip hop [113]
9 It'z Me Itzy Dance-pop, Hip hop [114]
Continuous Victon Pop, R&B [115]
17 Plant Kim Se-jeong Ballad [116][117]
20 Itaewon Class OST Various artists OST, Rock, Ballad [118]
24 Cyan Kang Daniel R&B [119]
In Its Time Oneus Dance [120]
U N U Part. 2 Nafla R&B, hip hop [121]
25 Layers Ong Seong-wu Dance, R&B [122]
Fade Away Song I-han R&B [123]
27 Once and for All Bursters Metalcore [124]
30 Self-Portrait Suho Alternative rock, Ballad [50][125]
Thunderbird Motel Zior Park Hip hop [126]
31 When I Tell You Goodbye Hynn Ballad [127]

Second quarter

April

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 Reason For Being: Benevolence TOO Dance [26]
2 People Code Kunst Hip hop [128]
6 Chocolate Max Dance, R&B [42]
I Trust (G)I-dle Dance, Hip hop [129]
7 Stella I Stella Jang Indie folk [130]
8 My Personas Shin Seung-hun Ballad [131]
9 Remember Winner R&B, Ballad [132]
13 Look Apink Synth-pop, Ballad [133]
Founder Deepflow Korean hip hop [134]
14 Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are Cravity Urban hip hop, Dance [8]
17 Beige 0.5 Kid Milli Hip hop [135]
18 Day2Day Zelo Hip hop [136]
20 Dye Got7 Hip hop, R&B [137]
21 Soulmate H&D Dance, R&B [14]
22 Da Capo April Synth-pop, Dance [138]
Heart, Two Paul Kim R&B [139]
Spring to Spring Hoppipolla Ballad [140]
23 1719 Ha:tfelt R&B [141]
Spit It Out1 Solar Dance [49]
26 Off the Record Ben Ballad, R&B [142]
27 Up The Sky: 飛 Noir Pop, Dance [143]
Nonstop Oh My Girl Dance, Ballad [144]
28 The Keys GWSN Dance [145]
L.L Imfact Dance, Ballad [146]
29 Reload NCT Dream Urban, Trap, R&B [147]

May

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
4 Plus Two Fanatics Dance, Ballad [148]
Gateway Astro Pop, R&B [149]
7 Headache1 Moon Jong-up Dance [43]
Nineteen1 Natty Dance-pop [44]
8 X PH-1 Hip hop [150]
11 The Nocturne NU'EST Pop, R&B [151]
The Book of Us: The Demon Day6 Pop rock [152]
13 Puberty Book II Pum Bolbbalgan4 Indie pop [153]
Carnival Bvndit Dance [154]
Reminiscence of Love WoongSan Jazz [155]
Paeonia Busters Dance [156]
Welcome OST Various artists OST, Ballad [157]
15 Exclamation Woo!ah! Dance [158]
18 The Dream Chapter: Eternity TXT Dance, R&B [159]
I Can't Tell You Everything Cheeze R&B, Indie pop [160]
19 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT 127 Dance, Hip hop [161]
Prequel Redsquare Dance [162]
Who Dis? Secret Number Dance [22]
20 Greeting Ken Korean ballad [37]
Tiger Eyes Ryu Su-jeong Dance, Ballad [46]
21 Produced By [ ] Part 1 OnlyOneOf Pop [163]
22 D-2 Agust D Rap [164]
25 1st Desire [Greed] Kim Woo-seok Pop [39][165]
Delight Baekhyun R&B [166]
Love DKB Dance [167]
The World of the Married OST Various artists OST, Ballad [168]
26 Fantasia X Monsta X Dance, Hip hop [169][170]
The W Park Ji-hoon Dance [171]
One Onewe Dance, Pop rock [172]
29 Moon: Repackage Moonbyul Dance, R&B [173]

June

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 More & More Twice Pop, Dance [174]
2 Mayday Victon R&B, Pop [175]
4 Hospital Playlist OST Various artists OST, Ballad [176]
5 Where Your Eyes Linger OST Various artists OST, Ballad [citation needed]
8 When We Were Us Super Junior-K.R.Y. Ballad [177]
Twilight Zone Ha Sung-woon Pop, Dance [178]
FoRest: Entrance Seo Eun-kwang Ballad [47]
9 Neverland Cosmic Girls Synthpop, Dance [179]
Day Dream E'Last Pop, Ballad [11]
10 Flower 4 Seasons DIA Ballad [180]
So, 通 N.Flying Pop-rock [181]
Lyricist Heize R&B [182]
11 Starry Night Momoland Dance [183]
12 The King: Eternal Monarch OST Various artist OST, Ballad [184]
15 Oneiric Diary Iz*One Dance, Synthpop [185]
Anbu Lee Sun-hee Ballad [186]
17 Go Live Stray Kids Hip hop, Dance [187]
Draw You: Remember Me D1ce Pop, Ballad [188]
Nature World: Code M Nature Electropop [189]
18 Hide and Seek Weki Meki Dance [190]
19 432 Bandage Rock [191]
22 Heng:garæ Seventeen Dance [192]
23 Take a Leap Golden Child Dance, R&B [193]
Op.01 Purple Rain Rock [194]
26 How You Like That1 Blackpink Hip hop [195]
27 Headliner (Deluxe) Sik-K Hip hop [196]
29 Vivid AB6IX Hip hop, Dance [197][198]
Equal Woodz Pop [199]
Triangle 3YE Hip hop, Electronic [200]
María Hwasa R&B, Pop [201]
Mystic Pop-up Bar OST Various artists OST, Ballad [202]
30 Splash! Lee Jin-hyuk Dance [203][204]
We Are Weeekly Dance [205]

Third quarter

July

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 Face You Verivery Dance [206]
Random Box Zico Hip hop [207]
Dear Shin Yong-jae R&B [208]
3 Hola! Jaurim Rock [209]
4 Dinner Mate OST Various artists OST, Ballad [210]
6 Monster Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi R&B, Pop [20]
9loryus SF9 Dance [211]
Play1 Chungha Latin pop, Dance [212]
7 Y.O.U1 Dongkiz I:Kan New jack swing, Dance [213]
8 We're Not Alone Chapter 2: You & Me GreatGuys Dance [214]
9 Boy to Man Vinxen Hip hop [215]
13 回:Song of the Sirens GFriend Dance, Pop rock [216]
1 Billion Views Exo-SC Hip hop, R&B [217]
14 24 Part 1 Jeong Se-woon R&B, Pop rock [218]
Shadow Play1 Pink Fantasy Moombahton, Trap [219]
15 Running Toogether TOO Dance-pop [220]
Simple Jung Eun-ji Pop rock, Ballad [221]
16 Turn Over 1the9 Dance [222]
17 Summer Night Story Mind U Indie folk [223]
Let Me Rise Again MustB Hip hop, Dance [224]
18 Beach Again1 SSAK3 Dance-pop, Retro [23]
21 Soul Lady Yukika Retro, Ballad [225][226]
My Unfamiliar Family OST Various artists OST, Ballad [227]
24 Still a Child Rooftop Moonlight Indie folk, Ballad [228]
26 Dream Song Ji-eun R&B, Ballad [229]
27 Daybreak Yoon Doo-joon R&B [54][230]
28 Paradise Ravi Dance, Hip-hop [231]
29 Zero: Fever Part.1 Ateez Dance, EDM [232]
Hello Summer April Dance [233]
30 The Other Side Eric Nam Pop [234][235]
Nuna Jessi Hip-hop [236][237]
31 Don't Wait1 S.I.S R&B [238]
Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny OST Various artists OST, Ballad [239]

August

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
3 Magenta Kang Daniel Dance [240]
Dumdi Dumdi1 (G)I-dle Dance, Tropical [241]
D.B.D.B.Dib Saturday Dance [242]
4 Blue Punch Rocket Punch Dance, Electropop [243]
5 My Little Thought Sandeul Ballad [244]
Good Bye 1the9 1the9 Dance [245]
6 W.A.Y ENOi Dance [246]
7 The First Step: Chapter One Treasure Electropop [27]
8 Backstreet Rookie OST Various artists OST, Ballad [247]
9 It's Okay to Not Be Okay OST Various artists OST, Ballad [248]
10 Spin Off ONF Dance [249]
Fame Han Seung-woo R&B, Pop [34]
All My Love1 Park Bo-gum Ballad [250]
11 Antiformal twlv R&B, hip hop [251]
13 Panorama Lucy Pop-rock, R&B [15]
14 Good Boy Zai.ro R&B [252]
17 Dystopia: Lose Myself Dreamcatcher Rock, Moombahton [253]
Water G2 Hip hop [254][better source needed]
Not Shy Itzy Dance, Electropop [255]
18 Loop Peakboy R&B, hip hop [256]
Black Out Woo Won-jae Korean hip hop [257]
19 Lived Oneus Pop rock, Electronic [258]
Say My Name Hyolyn Dance, R&B [259]
Ego Dongkiz Trap [260]
20 Earth Age MCND Dance [261]
24 Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Cravity EDM, Hip hop [262]
26 Way with Words Kard Dance, Hip hop [263]
Wanderer Fantasy Purple Rain Rock [264]
Flamingo1 Botopass Latin pop, Reggaeton [5]
27 Produced by [ ] Part 2 OnlyOneOf Dance-pop [265]
Marigold Tapes E Sens Korean hip hop [266]
31 The Book of Us: Gluon Even of Day Pop rock, Synth-pop [267]
Beautiful Scar Lee Eun-sang R&B, Hip hop [40]

September

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 Unforgettable Lovelyz Dance [268]
The World is Like a Handkerchief Autumn Vacation Korean indie [269]
2 HZJM: The Butterfly Phantasy A.C.E EDM, Hip hop [270]
Solar: flare1 Lunarsolar Dance, Moombahton [16]
Helicopter1 CLC Trap, EDM [271]
Was It Love? OST Various artists OST, Ballad [272]
H1ghr: Red Tape H1ghr Music Hip hop [273]
3 Bad Blood Super Junior-D&E Electronic, R&B [274]
Let Me Dive Into This Moment Luli Lee Indie rock [275]
4 Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me Wonho Pop, R&B [51]
5 We Are Family Kim Ho-joong Trot [276]
7 Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 Taemin Dance, R&B [277]
Bird1 Kim Nam-joo Trap [278]
Bon Voyage YooA Dance, Electropop [52]
He (Don't Wanna Be Alone) Jang Woo-hyuk R&B, Hip hop [279]
14 In Life Stray Kids Hip hop, Dance [280]
In-Out Moonbin & Sanha Dance, Funk [281]
Heaven Kim Sa-wol Indie folk [282]
15 Made For Two VAV Dance [283]
Phase Two: We B.O.Y Dance, Electronic [284]
Life Train Na Tae-joo Trot [285]
16 My Little Society Fromis 9 Dance, Synthpop [286]
H1ghr: Blue Tape H1ghr Music Hip hop [287]
17 KNK Airline KNK Dance [288]
18 The First Step: Chapter Two Treasure EDM [289]
21 Chase The Boyz Dance, Electropop [290]
−77.82X−78.29 Everglow Synthpop [291]
22 Listen and Speak Cignature Electropop [7]
23 The Intersection: Belief BDC Synthpop [292]
Umbrella H&D R&B, Hip hop [293]
Pre Episode 1: Door Ghost9 Dance-pop, Hip hop [13]
24 Light Up UP10TION Electronic [294][295]
Ddalala XUM New Jersey sound [296]
25 Super One SuperM Dance, Pop rap [297]
26 Mister T Vol.1 Mister T Trot, EDM [298]
28 Candy Pianist Lee Jin-ah R&B [299]
Bad Liar Super Junior-D&E EDM, Hip hop [300]
Love-Hate Kim Hyo-eun [ko] Korean hip hop [301]
30 1Q87 Nucksal Hip hop [302]
Kim Dong-ryul Live 2019 Song of Old Kim Dong-ryul Korean ballad [303]

Fourth quarter

October

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 The Album Blackpink EDM, Trap [304]
4 Like a Film Giriboy Korean hip hop [305]
5 Identity: First Sight WEi Dance [30]
Special History Book SF9 Future bass, Ballad [306]
6 0 Mad Clown Ballad [307]
I'm Ailee Ballad, R&B [308]
7 Pump It Up Golden Child Synthpop, Dance [309]
Hmph! WJSN Chocome Disco, Moombahton [32]
8 New Rules Weki Meki Electropop [310]
Silence Oohyo Synth-pop, Indie pop [311]
9 Dawndididawn Dawn Hip hop [312]
Psyche Joohoney Hip hop [313]
12 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT Electronic, Pop rap [314]
We:th Pentagon Pop rock, Dance [315]
13 We Can Weeekly Electropop, Dance [316]
Face Us Verivery Dance [317]
15 Studio We : Recording Onewe Alternative rock [318][319]
16 Goodbye Rania Black Swan Dance [320]
Dark Adaptation Jo Gwang-il Korean hip hop [321]
18 Door Kim Chang-wan Folk [322]
19 12:00 Loona Electropop [323]
Love Should Not Be Harsh on You Im Chang-jung Korean ballad [324]
Origine B1A4 Dance [325]
; [Semicolon] Seventeen Dance, Funk [326]
A Bell of Blessing Kim Hyun-joong Pop rock [327]
20 With Her Crush Ballad, R&B [328]
Across the Universe D-Crunch Trap, Pop [329]
21 Decoherence AleXa EDM [330]
22 Bloom Song Ji-eun Ballad [331]
26 Minisode1: Blue Hour TXT Synthpop [332]
Eyes Wide Open Twice Synthpop, Dance [333]
Growth DKB Dance, Trap [334]
Memories of Autumn Kassy Ballad, R&B [335]
Record of Youth OST Various artists OST, Ballad [336]
27 Hello Chapter 3: Hello, Strange Time CIX Dance-pop [337]
SOS Romantic Punch Punk rock, Indie rock [338]
28 Disharmony: Stand Out P1Harmony Hip hop, EDM [18]
Boyager Drippin Dance-pop, R&B [10]
Jasmin JBJ95 Disco, R&B [339]
30 Take Mino Hip hop, R&B [340]

November

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Fatal Love Monsta X Hip hop, EDM [341]
Salute AB6IX Hip hop, R&B [342]
3 Travel Mamamoo Dance-pop [343]
4 Message Park Ji-hoon Hip hop, R&B [344]
Filmlet Bolbbalgan4 Disco, Indie rock [345]
Got That Boom Secret Number Dance-pop [346]
5 She Jang Woo-hyuk EDM [347]
6 All Out K/DA Pop [348]
The First Step: Chapter Three Treasure Hip hop [349]
Jannabi's Small Pieces I Jannabi Indie rock [350]
9 回: Walpurgis Night GFriend Disco, Pop [351]
Mirage Ha Sung-woon Dance-pop, Ballad [352]
Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 2 Taemin Dance-pop, Electropop [353]
10 Pit a Pat Xia House, Ballad [354]
18 Again OST Various artists OST, Ballad [355]
11 Awake E'Last Pop rap [356]
Trace Lee Juck Folk [357]
12 Star to a Young Culture STAYC Dance [358]
Snooze Lucy Rock [359]
2006 Jukjae Folk [360]
16 Inside BtoB 4U Electropop [6]
Love So Sweet Park Jung-min Ballad [361]
17 Woops! Woodz Dance-pop, Hip hop [362]
Re-code CNBLUE Pop rock [363]
Ready or Not Momoland Teen pop, R&B [364]
18 Journey Henry Lau R&B [365]
The Quest for Anxiety Jang Jae-in Alternative rock [366]
19 Intersection: Spark BAE173 R&B, Dance-pop [367]
20 Be BTS R&B, Hip hop [368]
23 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 NCT Hip hop, Dance [369]
24 Qurious Woo!ah! Dance-pop [370]
My Dangerous Wife OST Various artists OST [371]
25 Ordinary Days DickPunks Rock [372]
28 More Than Friends OST Various artists OST [373]
29 Waltz1 Ahn Ye-eun Korean ballad [374]
30 Border: Day One Enhypen Pop, Hip hop [12]
Breath of Love: Last Piece Got7 Dance-pop, Electronic [375]
Kai (开) Kai R&B, Dance-pop [376]

December

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 Better BoA R&B [377]
Life Vanner Dance-pop, Hip hop [378]
2 Scene#1 La Poem Crossover, Ballad [379]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol OST Various artists OST, Ballad [380]
3 Tale of the Nine Tailed OST Various artists OST, Ballad [381]
4 Our Time is Blue Katie R&B [382]
7 One-reeler / Act IV Iz*One Dance-pop [383]
9 20 Minutes Jun.K R&B, Jazz [384]
The Spies Who Loved Me OST Various artists OST, Ballad [385]
10 Tellusboutyourself Baek Ye-rin R&B, House [386]
Pre Episode 2: W.all Ghost9 Dance-pop, Hip hop [387]
The Project Lee Seung-gi Korean ballad, Rock [388]
11 Memory : Illusion Onewe Alternative rock [389]
14 Inside Me Kim Sung-kyu Electropop, R&B [390]
Fate Way Seongri Trot, Ballad [391]
15 What Do I Call You Taeyeon R&B, Trap [392]
17 777 Bassagong Korean hip hop [393]
26 Dream Song Ga-in Trot [394]
30 Blaze Rolling Quartz Rock [395]
28 Hello Huh Gak Korean ballad [396]

See also

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