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 and disbanding in 2020 Debuting groups
Aespa BAE173 Blackswan B.O.Y Botopass BtoB 4U Cignature Cravity DKB Drippin E'Last Enhypen Ghost9 H&D Lucy Lunarsolar MCND P1Harmony Redsquare Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi Refund Sisters Secret Number SSAK3 STAYC
TO1 Treasure UNVS Weeekly WEi Woo!ah! WJSN Chocome
Solo debuts
Bang Ye-dam Han Seung-woo D.Ark Heo Chan-mi Kai Ken Kim Nam-joo Kim Woo-seok Lee Eun-sang Lee Su-hyun Max Moon Jong-up Natty Ong Seong-wu Ryu Su-jeong Seo Eun-kwang Serri Solar Suho Wonho YooA Yook Sung-jae Yoon Doo-joon
Disbandments
1the9 5urprise A Train To Autumn Badkiz Gugudan H&D Hinapia Masc NeonPunch Purple Rain Spectrum SSAK3 X1
Releases in 2020
First quarter January Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 Countdown TST Dance 6 Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer Ateez EDM Unstable Mindset Younha Ballad, Rock U N U Part. 1 Nafla R&B, hip hop 7 Face Me Verivery Dance First Collection SF9 Dance Phase One: You B.O.Y R&B 8 Dream Wish DreamNote Dance, Bubblegum 12 Red In The Apple ENOi Dance 14 Ayo Kim Jae-joong Ballad, Rock We Tuzi 2Z Crunk 15 Purpose (Repackage) Taeyeon Ballad, R&B 16 Woman of 9.9 Billion OST OST, Ballad 18 K.I.S.S twlv R&B, hip hop 19 Chocolate OST OST, Ballad 21 ...Ler Kim Dong-wan Ballad 22 Obscured Star Han Dong-geun Ballad 28 All For You Sechs Kies Dance, R&B Timeless Super Junior Hip hop, Dance 29 Without You Golden Child Dance, Ballad From h Lee Hae-ri Ballad 30 Through Love Hyukoh Indie rock Monthly Project 2019 Yoon Jong-shin Yoon Jong-shin Ballad, R&B 31 The:IZ IZ Pop rock
February Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 3 回:Labyrinth GFriend Dance, Ballad Reminiscence Everglow Dance Youth DKB Dance, Hip hop 5 [#] Loona Dance-pop, R&B 6 I Decide iKon Dance, Hip hop 10 Reveal The Boyz Dance, Ballad Red Punch Rocket Punch Dance, Ballad 12 Universe: The Black Hall Pentagon Dance-pop, Electronic Red Moon Kard EDM, Hip hop 13 5nally AB6IX R&B, Hip hop 14 Dark Side of the Moon Moonbyul Dance, R&B 17 Bloom*Iz Iz*One Dance, Ballad 18 Dystopia: The Tree of Language Dreamcatcher Rock, Dance Nonadaptation Se So Neon Indie rock 21 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS Hip hop, Dance 23 Timeless UNVS Dance, R&B One & Only Astro Dance 24 0325 Spectrum Dance El Dorado Ravi Hip hop, Pop rock 26 Jackpot Elris Dance 27 Into the Ice Age MCND Hip hop, Dance
March Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 Yook O'Clock Yook Sung-jae Ballad, Dance-pop, R&B 3 Is Anybody Out There? DPR Live Hip hop, R&B 4 Upgrade IV Swings Hip hop 6 Neo Zone NCT 127 Dance-pop, Hip hop 9 It'z Me Itzy Dance-pop, Hip hop Continuous Victon Pop, R&B 17 Plant Kim Se-jeong Ballad 20 Itaewon Class OST OST, Rock, Ballad 24 Cyan Kang Daniel R&B In Its Time Oneus Dance U N U Part. 2 Nafla R&B, hip hop 25 Layers Ong Seong-wu Dance, R&B Fade Away Song I-han R&B 27 Once and for All Bursters Metalcore 30 Self-Portrait Suho Alternative rock, Ballad Thunderbird Motel Zior Park Hip hop 31 When I Tell You Goodbye Hynn Ballad
Second quarter April Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 Reason For Being: Benevolence TOO Dance 2 People Code Kunst Hip hop 6 Chocolate Max Dance, R&B I Trust (G)I-dle Dance, Hip hop 7 Stella I Stella Jang Indie folk 8 My Personas Shin Seung-hun Ballad 9 Remember Winner R&B, Ballad 13 Look Apink Synth-pop, Ballad Founder Deepflow Korean hip hop 14 Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are Cravity Urban hip hop, Dance 17 Beige 0.5 Kid Milli Hip hop 18 Day2Day Zelo Hip hop 20 Dye Got7 Hip hop, R&B 21 Soulmate H&D Dance, R&B 22 Da Capo April Synth-pop, Dance Heart, Two Paul Kim R&B Spring to Spring Hoppipolla Ballad 23 1719 Ha:tfelt R&B Spit It Out Solar Dance 26 Off the Record Ben Ballad, R&B 27 Up The Sky: 飛 Noir Pop, Dance Nonstop Oh My Girl Dance, Ballad 28 The Keys GWSN Dance L.L Imfact Dance, Ballad 29 Reload NCT Dream Urban, Trap, R&B
May Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 4 Plus Two Fanatics Dance, Ballad Gateway Astro Pop, R&B 7 Headache Moon Jong-up Dance Nineteen Natty Dance-pop 8 X PH-1 Hip hop 11 The Nocturne NU'EST Pop, R&B The Book of Us: The Demon Day6 Pop rock 13 Puberty Book II Pum Bolbbalgan4 Indie pop Carnival Bvndit Dance Reminiscence of Love WoongSan Jazz Paeonia Busters Dance Welcome OST OST, Ballad 15 Exclamation Woo!ah! Dance 18 The Dream Chapter: Eternity TXT Dance, R&B I Can't Tell You Everything Cheeze R&B, Indie pop 19 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT 127 Dance, Hip hop Prequel Redsquare Dance Who Dis? Secret Number Dance 20 Greeting Ken Korean ballad Tiger Eyes Ryu Su-jeong Dance, Ballad 21 Produced By [ ] Part 1 OnlyOneOf Pop 22 D-2 Agust D Rap 25 1st Desire [Greed] Kim Woo-seok Pop Delight Baekhyun R&B Love DKB Dance The World of the Married OST OST, Ballad 26 Fantasia X Monsta X Dance, Hip hop The W Park Ji-hoon Dance One Onewe Dance, Pop rock 29 Moon: Repackage Moonbyul Dance, R&B
June Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 More & More Twice Pop, Dance 2 Mayday Victon R&B, Pop 4 Hospital Playlist OST OST, Ballad 5 Where Your Eyes Linger OST OST, Ballad 8 When We Were Us Super Junior-K.R.Y. Ballad Twilight Zone Ha Sung-woon Pop, Dance FoRest: Entrance Seo Eun-kwang Ballad 9 Neverland Cosmic Girls Synthpop, Dance Day Dream E'Last Pop, Ballad 10 Flower 4 Seasons DIA Ballad So, 通 N.Flying Pop-rock Lyricist Heize R&B 11 Starry Night Momoland Dance 12 The King: Eternal Monarch OST OST, Ballad 15 Oneiric Diary Iz*One Dance, Synthpop Anbu Lee Sun-hee Ballad 17 Go Live Stray Kids Hip hop, Dance Draw You: Remember Me D1ce Pop, Ballad Nature World: Code M Nature Electropop 18 Hide and Seek Weki Meki Dance 19 432 Bandage Rock 22 Heng:garæ Seventeen Dance 23 Take a Leap Golden Child Dance, R&B Op.01 Purple Rain Rock 26 How You Like That Blackpink Hip hop 27 Headliner (Deluxe) Sik-K Hip hop 29 Vivid AB6IX Hip hop, Dance Equal Woodz Pop Triangle 3YE Hip hop, Electronic María Hwasa R&B, Pop Mystic Pop-up Bar OST OST, Ballad 30 Splash! Lee Jin-hyuk Dance We Are Weeekly Dance
Third quarter July Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 Face You Verivery Dance Random Box Zico Hip hop Dear Shin Yong-jae R&B 3 Hola! Jaurim Rock 4 Dinner Mate OST OST, Ballad 6 Monster Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi R&B, Pop 9loryus SF9 Dance Play Chungha Latin pop, Dance 7 Y.O.U Dongkiz I:Kan New jack swing, Dance 8 We're Not Alone Chapter 2: You & Me GreatGuys Dance 9 Boy to Man Vinxen Hip hop 13 回:Song of the Sirens GFriend Dance, Pop rock 1 Billion Views Exo-SC Hip hop, R&B 14 24 Part 1 Jeong Se-woon R&B, Pop rock Shadow Play Pink Fantasy Moombahton, Trap 15 Running Toogether TOO Dance-pop Simple Jung Eun-ji Pop rock, Ballad 16 Turn Over 1the9 Dance 17 Summer Night Story Mind U Indie folk Let Me Rise Again MustB Hip hop, Dance 18 Beach Again SSAK3 Dance-pop, Retro 21 Soul Lady Yukika Retro, Ballad My Unfamiliar Family OST OST, Ballad 24 Still a Child Rooftop Moonlight Indie folk, Ballad 26 Dream Song Ji-eun R&B, Ballad 27 Daybreak Yoon Doo-joon R&B 28 Paradise Ravi Dance, Hip-hop 29 Zero: Fever Part.1 Ateez Dance, EDM Hello Summer April Dance 30 The Other Side Eric Nam Pop Nuna Jessi Hip-hop 31 Don't Wait S.I.S R&B Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny OST OST, Ballad
August Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 3 Magenta Kang Daniel Dance Dumdi Dumdi (G)I-dle Dance, Tropical D.B.D.B.Dib Saturday Dance 4 Blue Punch Rocket Punch Dance, Electropop 5 My Little Thought Sandeul Ballad Good Bye 1the9 1the9 Dance 6 W.A.Y ENOi Dance 7 The First Step: Chapter One Treasure Electropop 8 Backstreet Rookie OST OST, Ballad 9 It's Okay to Not Be Okay OST OST, Ballad 10 Spin Off ONF Dance Fame Han Seung-woo R&B, Pop All My Love Park Bo-gum Ballad 11 Antiformal twlv R&B, hip hop 13 Panorama Lucy Pop-rock, R&B 14 Good Boy Zai.ro R&B 17 Dystopia: Lose Myself Dreamcatcher Rock, Moombahton WaterG2Hip hop Not Shy Itzy Dance, Electropop 18 Loop Peakboy R&B, hip hop Black Out Woo Won-jae Korean hip hop 19 Lived Oneus Pop rock, Electronic Say My Name Hyolyn Dance, R&B Ego Dongkiz Trap 20 Earth Age MCND Dance 24 Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Cravity EDM, Hip hop 26 Way with Words Kard Dance, Hip hop Wanderer Fantasy Purple Rain Rock Flamingo Botopass Latin pop, Reggaeton 27 Produced by [ ] Part 2 OnlyOneOf Dance-pop Marigold Tapes E Sens Korean hip hop 31 The Book of Us: Gluon Even of Day Pop rock, Synth-pop Beautiful Scar Lee Eun-sang R&B, Hip hop
September Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 1 Unforgettable Lovelyz Dance The World is Like a Handkerchief Autumn Vacation Korean indie 2 HZJM: The Butterfly Phantasy A.C.E EDM, Hip hop Solar: flareLunarsolar Dance, Moombahton Helicopter CLC Trap, EDM Was It Love? OST OST, Ballad H1ghr: Red Tape H1ghr Music Hip hop 3 Bad Blood Super Junior-D&E Electronic, R&B Let Me Dive Into This Moment Luli Lee Indie rock 4 Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me Wonho Pop, R&B 5 We Are Family Kim Ho-joong Trot 7 Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 Taemin Dance, R&B Bird Kim Nam-joo Trap Bon Voyage YooA Dance, Electropop He (Don't Wanna Be Alone) Jang Woo-hyuk R&B, Hip hop 14 In Life Stray Kids Hip hop, Dance In-Out Moonbin & Sanha Dance, Funk Heaven Kim Sa-wol Indie folk 15 Made For Two VAV Dance Phase Two: We B.O.Y Dance, Electronic Life Train Na Tae-joo Trot 16 My Little Society Fromis 9 Dance, Synthpop H1ghr: Blue Tape H1ghr Music Hip hop 17 KNK Airline KNK Dance 18 The First Step: Chapter Two Treasure EDM 21 Chase The Boyz Dance, Electropop −77.82X−78.29 Everglow Synthpop 22 Listen and Speak Cignature Electropop 23 The Intersection: Belief BDC Synthpop Umbrella H&D R&B, Hip hop Pre Episode 1: Door Ghost9 Dance-pop, Hip hop 24 Light Up UP10TION Electronic Ddalala XUM New Jersey sound 25 Super One SuperM Dance, Pop rap 26 Mister T Vol.1 Mister T Trot, EDM 28 Candy Pianist Lee Jin-ah R&B Bad Liar Super Junior-D&E EDM, Hip hop Love-Hate Korean hip hop 30 1Q87 Nucksal Hip hop Kim Dong-ryul Live 2019 Song of Old Kim Dong-ryul Korean ballad
Fourth quarter October Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) 2 The Album Blackpink EDM, Trap 4 Like a Film Giriboy Korean hip hop 5 Identity: First Sight WEi Dance Special History Book SF9 Future bass, Ballad 6 0 Mad Clown Ballad I'm Ailee Ballad, R&B 7 Pump It Up Golden Child Synthpop, Dance Hmph! WJSN Chocome Disco, Moombahton 8 New Rules Weki Meki Electropop Silence Oohyo Synth-pop, Indie pop 9 Dawndididawn Dawn Hip hop PsycheJoohoneyHip hop 12 NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT Electronic, Pop rap We:th Pentagon Pop rock, Dance 13 We Can Weeekly Electropop, Dance Face Us Verivery Dance 15 Studio We : Recording Onewe Alternative rock 16 Goodbye Rania Black Swan Dance Dark Adaptation Jo Gwang-il Korean hip hop 18 Door Kim Chang-wan Folk 19 12:00 Loona Electropop Love Should Not Be Harsh on You Im Chang-jung Korean ballad Origine B1A4 Dance ; [Semicolon] Seventeen Dance, Funk A Bell of Blessing Kim Hyun-joong Pop rock 20 With Her Crush Ballad, R&B Across the Universe D-Crunch Trap, Pop 21 Decoherence AleXa EDM 22 Bloom Song Ji-eun Ballad 26 Minisode1: Blue Hour TXT Synthpop Eyes Wide Open Twice Synthpop, Dance Growth DKB Dance, Trap Memories of Autumn Kassy Ballad, R&B Record of Youth OST OST, Ballad 27 Hello Chapter 3: Hello, Strange Time CIX Dance-pop SOS Romantic Punch Punk rock, Indie rock 28 Disharmony: Stand Out P1Harmony Hip hop, EDM Boyager Drippin Dance-pop, R&B Jasmin JBJ95 Disco, R&B 30 Take Mino Hip hop, R&B
November