The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in South Korea.
Debuting and disbanded in 2016
Debuting groups
AOA Cream Astro Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 Boys24 BtoB Blue CocoSori Double S 301 Exo-CBX Gugudan I.B.I Imfact INX I.O.I KNK MOBB Momoland NCT Dream NCT 127 Nine Muses A Off On Off Pentagon Sevenus SF9 The East Light Unnies Victon Voisper Vromance WJSN XXX
Solo debuts
Bobby Dean Elo Eunji Fei Gemma Gun Hash Swan Hyoyeon Jang Dong-woo Jessica Jung Jenyer Jimin Jungah Jung Seung-hwan Justhis Jvcki Wai Kim Se-jeong Kwak Jin-eon Kwon Jin-ah Lee Hyun-woo Luna Mino Mint PH-1 Punchnello Ryeowook Sam Kim Sandeul Subin Thunder Tiffany Yesung Yezi Yoochun Woohyun Agust D
Disbanded groups
2NE1 2Yoon 4Minute 4L Eastern Sidekick GI HeartB Kara Led Apple LPG Lucky J MyB N-Sonic Orange Caramel Rainbow Rainbow Blaxx Rainbow Pixie Speed Sunny Days
Releases in 2016 First quarter
January Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 5 Naturalness Dal ShabetDance 12 Delight Shin Hye-sungPop 13 First Step AcourveFolk 14 Re:union, The real V.O.SBallad 15 P.O.E.M Owen OvadozHip hop18 Red Point Teen TopDance Sting StellarPop, Pop rock How Much Love Is In Your Wallet Park Yoo-chunBallad21 GAME Cross GeneDance Sound Up! The LegendDance, Ballad 25 Snowflake GFriendSynthpop, Dance27 Lollipop ImfactDance, Ballad U-Turn BumkeyR&B28 Foresight DreamYeziHip hop The Little Prince RyeowookBallad, DancePathos MC the MaxBallad, Rock29 3.3 Royal PiratesRock Outrage Op.6 Lee Joo-minDance
February Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s)01 Exit : E WinnerPop, R&B Act. 7 4MinuteElectronic, Hip-hop 2 Pit a Pat Yoo Seung-wooPop 12 No.X Kim Jae-joong Pop rock15 Crosswalk Jo KwonBallad Prism RainbowR&B, Ballad, Pop 16 ETERNAL5 Double S 301Pop 17Q is NU'ESTDance18Once in a Lifetime (Repackage) Johan Kim K-pop 22 Carnival B.A.PHip-hop23 Press It TaeminDance Spring Up AstroDance JACK OF ALL TRADES 4TenPop 24 Myst3ry Ladies' CodeR&B 25 Would You Like? Cosmic GirlsDance 26 Melting MamamooR&B, Jazz 29 Refresh CLCDance
March Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 Thumbs Up Hong Jin Young Trot 3 KNOCK KNKDance, Ballad 4 Live With Me V.O.SBallad 8 Platonic Love SnuperSynthpop9 A Delicate Sense FiestarDance Seoulite Lee HiPop, R&B12 [R.EBIRTH] RaviHip hop17 Sketch HyominPop The Velvet Red VelvetR&B, Ballad19 35 Girls 5 Concepts Produce 101Electronica 21 Flight Log: Departure Got7Hip hop, trap22 Hello Lip Service EDM24 Interview Eric NamBallad Addicting A.cianPop 130 mood: TRBL DeanR&B28 Pink Ocean Oh My GirlDance, Pop Remember That BTOBR&B, Ballad Colored Jun HyoseongDance30 Daydream Day6Pop rock BR:evolution Boys RepublicDance Myst3Re: Ladies' CodeR&B
Second quarter
April Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 4 Blueming CNBLUE Pop rock 6 Fresh Adventure LaboumDance 10 I Am Sam Sam KimJazz11 HIM HistoryDance Blooming Period Block BR&B, Hip-hop 15 Bad Girl JeABallad18 Spotlight UP10TIONDance Dream EunjiBallad19 Zelos VIXXDance, Ballad Here I Am YesungBallad20 Seoulite Lee HiPop, R&B Very Berry (EP) Berry GoodDance, Ballad21 Dynamic Love Park BoramPop Repeat VibeBallad Half Album RED ICKLE Bolbbalgan4Folk-pop, Indie pop 25 Love & Letter SeventeenDance, Pop Page Two TwiceDance A New Trilogy LovelyzDance 27 Spring AprilBubblegum, Dance And Spring Goo Hye SunBallad Brainless No BrainRock K Kim Dong-wanBallad Q Train 2 The QuiettHip-hop
May Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever BTSHip hop, Electronic 4 Chrysalis I.O.IDance, Pop Spring Akdong MusicianFolk, Ballad 6 Interlude CrushR&B 9 Write.. WoohyunBallad, Pop rock Brotherhood VAVDance 11 I Just Wanna Dance TiffanyR&B, Synthpop 16 Good Luck AOADance, Electropop 17 With Love, J Jessica JungBallad, Pop Aphrodite B.I.GDance 18 The Clan Pt. 1 Lost Monsta XDance, Hip-hop 24 She Is JonghyunDance, R&B So So Baek A-yeonBallad 26 Windy Day Oh My GirlPop 27 Ego Expand (100%) Samuel SeoHip-hop 30 Xignature XIADance, Electronic Nu.Clear CLCDance, R&B 31 Free Somebody LunaDance, Electronica
June Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 Street EXIDElectronic, R&B 2 Awake KNKDance 7 Stalker U-KISSPop 9 Ex'Act ExoR&B, Pop Will Jeong JinwoonRock 13 Flower BadaDance14 Happy Ending DIADance With DaybreakRock 15 Seenroot's Wonderland SeenrootFolk 17RegressionBaechigiHip hop 20 Outlast As OneBallad 21 Insane Love SistarPop, R&B Emotion MadtownDance 23 Musik KisumDance Miro RomeoDance 27 High Heels Brave GirlsPop 28 Why TaeyeonPop, R&B Act. 1 The Little Mermaid GugudanDance 29 I Like U Too Much SonamooDance
Third quarter
July Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s)1 Summer Vibes AstroDance, Synthpop Color Melody DayDance No Doubt VAVDance4 Highlight BeastBallad, Pop Love & Letter Repackage SeventeenDance, Pop 5 Why So Lonely Wonder Girls Reggae 10 NCT#127 NCT 127Hip hop, Electronic 11 LOL GFriendPop rock, Synthpop12 Compass SnuperSynthpop The Action VromanceR&B Goody BagKim Heechul & Kim JungmoTrot 13 Scene Stealers Jay Park, Ugly DuckHip hop18 Where's The Truth? F.T. IslandRock Cry StellarDance19 Come To Me BeatwinDance What's Your Number? Zhou MiDance, Ballad 20 Shubirubirub Gavy NJDance 28 Unicorn Plus the Brand New Label UnicornDance 30 12 BeenzinoHip hop
August Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s)1 Listen to My Word Oh My GirlPop A'wesome HyunaHip hop, Trap 2 Nice BasickHip-hop 4 Muses Diary Nine Muses ADance 5 Summer Go UP10TIONDance 7 The Clan Pt. 1 Lost Monsta XHip-hop, electronic8 Put 'Em Up B.A.PEDM ″Square One″BlackpinkEDM 9 Mr. No Love Jun. K (2PM)R&B 12 Hades VIXXDance, Ballad 15 Agust D Agust DHip-hop 17 The Secret Cosmic GirlsSynthpop 18 Lotto ExoR&B, Electronic19 Strange MascDance C NellRock 20 Symbol TymeeHip-hop23 Love Sign LaboumDance 19에서 20 Park Ji-min (15&)R&B, Pop Reboot Two XDance 24 Chewing Gum (泡泡糖) NCT DreamDance, Pop29 Canvas NU'ESTDance Full Album RED PLANET Bolbbalgan4Folk pop
September Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 Happy Day HALODance 6 I`M Lim Chang JungBallad 7 Russian Roulette Red VelvetPop, House9 The Mobb MOBB (Mino X Bobby)Hip-hop End Again GainDance13 Gentlemen's Game 2PMR&B, Electronic Spell DIADance, Ballad 19 Infinite Only InfiniteDance, R&B 20 Bobby Doll Song JieunPop 26 Pink Revolution ApinkDance, R&B Doo Doom Chit Crayon PopRetro 27 Flight Log: Turbulence Got7Hip-hop, Electronic 29 FRI. SAT. SUN Dal ShabetDance, Pop
Fourth quarter
October Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s)4 The Clan Pt. 2 Guilty Monsta XHip-hop, electronic Stay As You Are SandeulBallad5 Feeling Sensation SF9Dance 1 of 1 ShineeR&B, Dance A New Empire AileeR&B, Dance Heejin Heejin (Loona)Pop10 Wings BTSHip-hop, Electronic Pentagon PentagonDance13 50 X Half DavichiBallad Strang3r Ladies' CodeR&B Time Leap 100%Dance14 Wonderlust CrushR&B I Am Seven SevenR&B, Pop 17 Miss Me? I.O.IDance, Electronic 20 Everything You Wanted Jay ParkR&B, Hip-hop 22 The Real One 24KDance 24 Twicecoaster: Lane 1 TwiceDance 26 Tried So Hard Monni Rock 28 Time To Be a Woman NC.ABallad31 Kratos VIXXDance Welcome 2 Bastarz BastarzHip-hop Hey Mama! Exo-CBXR&B, Electronic
November Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s)1Square Two Blackpinktropical house GLORY Berry GoodDance 2 U.F.O MC MongHip-hop 3 'Home' Chapter 1 KangtaBallad7 Noir B.A.PHip-hop, R&B Memory MamamooRetro, R&B New Men BtoBDance, Ballad First Street Topp DoggDance, Hip-hop 8 It's Me HyolynR&B, Dance9 Remember T-araDance, Electropop Voice to New World VictonDance10 Welcome to Momoland MomolandDance Autumn Story AstroDance Waiting, Still KyuhyunBallad 11 Revolt ImfactDance15 1 and 1 ShineeR&B, Dance Rain Of Mind SnuperSynthpop17 Remain KNKDance HyunJin Hyunjin (Loona)Pop, R&B 18 Voice + Whisper VoisperBallad, R&B 19 Our Days SG WannabeBallad, 50 Kim Gun-mo Ballad21 VIXX 2016 Conception Ker VIXXDance, Hip-hop Burst UP10TIONDance 23 You o'clock JeABallad 28 Good Timing B1A4Dance 29 Unchanging Part 1 Orange ShinhwaBallad
December Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 2016 Re-ALBUM Sechs KiesK-pop, Ballad 5 Going Seventeen SeventeenDance, Electronic7 Five Senses PentagonDance THUNDER ThunderDance 9 Eternal 0 & Eternal 1 Double S 301Dance 10 Wonderland Jessica JungElectropop 13 Made Big BangDance, Hip-hop 15 Dear ApinkBallad, Pop HaSeul Haseul (Loona)Ballad, Pop 16 On And On HoodyR&B 19 For Life ExoBallad 27 The Cloud Dream of the Nine Uhm Jung-hwaDance 30 Start a Fire BP RaniaDance
See also 2016 in South Korea List of South Korean films of 2016
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