2022 in South Korean music

List of years in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened, or are expected to happen in 2022 in music in South Korea.

Notable events and achievements

  • January 5 – V's "Christmas Tree" became the first Korean OST to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79, as well as the first song by a Korean soloist to debut at number one on the US Digital Song Sales chart.
  • January 6 – BTS, the Best became the first album by a Korean act in 17 years to sell over 1 million copies on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, since BoA's Best of Soul (2005).
  • April 16, 23 – Coachella: 2NE1 reunites for the first time in over 6 years with a surprise performance on the Coachella main stage. Aespa also performs on the festival's main stage the following weekend.
  • May 9 – AleXa performed her song "Wonderland" in American Song Contest and became the first winner.
  • June 30 – July 2 − The Jeddah K-Pop Festival 2022 is held at the Jeddah Super DomeSaudi Arabia's first K-pop festival. Performers included Everglow, Ateez, Epex, Victon, CIX, Monsta X, and Verivery. Everglow becomes the first K-pop girl group to ever perform in Saudi Arabia.
  • August 29 – Blackpink's Lisa made more history in 2022 MTV VMA awards, becoming the first solo K-pop artist to win a VMA award, Best K-Pop for her single "Lalisa" and it was the first song to chart on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart.

Award shows and festivals

Award ceremonies

2022 music award ceremonies in South Korea
Date Event Host Ref.
January 8 36th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus
January 23 31st Seoul Music Awards Sports Seoul
January 27 11th Gaon Chart Music Awards Korea Music Content Association
March 1 19th Korean Music Awards Korean Popular Music Awards Committee

Debuting and disbanding in 2022

Debuting groups

Solo debuts

Disbandments

Releases in 2022

First quarter

January

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
3 Bobbin Blitzers
First Impact Kep1er
Disharmony: Find Out P1Harmony
Novella Up10tion Dance
Ruby Woozi TBA
4 Planet Nine: Voyager Onewe TBA
5 Supper Yuppers! WJSN Chocome
Athletic Girl H1-Key Hip hop
Love Me Like Omega X TBA
Blue Set Chapter 1: Tracks Trendz TBA
6 Essay ep. 1 Jang Minho K-pop
7 Rewind BZ Boys TBA
10 Dimension: Answer Enhypen TBA
Illusion Kim Yo-han TBA
12 Marvelous Mirae TBA
13 Devil Max Changmin
14 Instinct Part. 2 OnlyOneOf TBA
16 Whee Wheein TBA
17 Midnight Guest Fromis 9
Villain Drippin TBA
Restore Jinjin & Rocky TBA
Smiley Choi Ye-na
Complete With You AB6IX TBA
18 Chronograph Victon Dance
Rec. Yuju
19 6equence Moonbyul TBA
20 Self n Ego Luminous TBA
24 In:vite U Pentagon TBA
Rica Rica Nature
25 Love Story (4 Season Project 季) Kyuhyun Ballad

February

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
7 Pilmography Wonpil TBA
8 Love&Fight Ravi TBA
Fighting Rolling Quartz TBA
9 You Ha Sung-woon TBA
Beam of Prism Viviz
10 Born Big Mama TBA
14 Horn Apink
Epik High Is Here 下 (Part 2) Epik High TBA
INVU Taeyeon
15 The Second Step: Chapter One Treasure TBA
Lovender Han Seung Yun TBA
21 Be Together BtoB TBA
Young-Luv.com STAYC
22 Ad Mare Nmixx
23 The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One Billlie
24 Dance with God Craxy TBA
25 First Letter Solji TBA
28 Yellow Punch Rocket Punch TBA
The Road: Winter for Spring Super Junior

March

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Cherry Wish Cherry Bullet TBA
It's Me, It's We Tempest TBA
2 Bang Yong-guk TBA
7 3rd Desire (Reve) Kim Woo-seok
Play Game: Awake Weeekly
10 1TAN TAN Dance
14 I Never Die (G)I-dle
Thank You Brave Girls
15 Voyager Kihyun
Refuge Moonbin & Sanha
Needle & Bubble NU'EST
16 容: Face Solar
Love Pt.1: First Love WEi
Dimension Xia
18 Oddinary Stray Kids
21 The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm Red Velvet
Daydream Highlight
22 Liberty: In Our Cosmos Cravity TBA
24 Customary Place Lee Seok-hoon TBA
28 Glitch Mode NCT Dream
Real Love Oh My Girl
29 MemeM Purple Kiss TBA
30 End Theory: Final Edition Younha TBA
Intersection: Blaze BAE173 TBA
31 History of Kingdom: Part IV. Dann Kingdom Pop

Second quarter

April

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
4 Grey Suit Suho Rock
Color Kwon Eun-bi TBA
Love in Bloom ILY:1 Dance-pop
5 Love Dive Ive Dance-pop
6 A Business Proposal OST Various artists OST, Ballad
7 Arcade: V Ghost9 TBA
11 Dice Onew Pop
12 Apocalypse: Save Us Dreamcatcher
Chase Episode 2. Maum DKZ TBA
14 Just Begun Just B TBA
19 Estrena Jang Yoon-jeong TBA
20 Seoul Bolbbalgan4 TBA
Youni-birth Younite TBA
21 The Song of Love Song Ga-in Trot
22 Savior Sungkyu TBA
25 Series 'O' Round 3: Whole Verivery TBA
26 Shape of Love Monsta X TBA
My Name Lee Su-jeong [ko] TBA
27 My Miyeon
Miro Yoon Ji-sung TBA
Roar E'Last TBA
Melo Drama 4Men TBA
Day&Night Soyou TBA
28 Rebel DKB TBA
Cheese in the Trap (C.I.T.T) Moonbyul TBA
29 Psy 9th Psy TBA

May

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Im Hero Lim Young-woong Trot
Fearless Le Sserafim
3 Flashback iKon TBA
A Wild Rose Ryeowook
Invitation MeloMance TBA
4 Colorful Trauma Woodz TBA
5 Y: Class Is Over Classy
9 Minisode 2: Thursday's Child Tomorrow X Together TBA
10 Jannabi's Small Pieces II: Grippin'TheGreen Jannabi TBA
11 The Code Ciipher TBA
Where Is My Garden! Jeong Se-woon TBA
12 By My Side Hwang Chi-yeul TBA
16 Drive to the Starry Road Astro TBA
Deep Hyoyeon
Season Note Davichi TBA
17 Trickster Oneus TBA
Way Up TNX TBA
Sory Lee Soo-young TBA
18 A to B AB6IX TBA
Aria Yerin
23 Got7 Got7
24 The Story Kang Daniel TBA
Into the Light Lightsum
Lucky Charms! Moon Soo-jin TBA
K2Y I : Confidence [Thumbs Up] Blank2y TBA
25 Re-Original Bvndit
27 Face the Sun Seventeen
30 Beatbox NCT Dream
The Beginning: World Tree Forestella TBA
31 Chaos Victon TBA

June

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
2 Op.22 Y-Waltz: in Major Jo Yu-ri TBA
6 Happy Birthday Son Dong-woon TBA
8 Blue Set Chapter 2. Choice Trendz TBA
Doomchita Secret Number TBA
The Four Season Shin Yong-jae [ko] TBA
9 Joy Woo!ah! TBA
10 Proof BTS TBA
13 Facade Wonho TBA
Pop BugAboo TBA
14 Star Paul Kim TBA
15 Reborn Pixy TBA
Villain: Zero Drippin TBA
Story Written in Music Omega X TBA
16 Seven, Yim Jae-beom TBA
20 Doublast Kep1er
Flip That Loona TBA
Hit Ya! Lapillus TBA
21 Sugar Youngjae TBA
2TAN TAN Dance
22 Re: Kard TBA
23 Room Vol.1 Lee Mu-jin TBA
24 Im Nayeon Nayeon
27 From Our Memento Box Fromis 9
Boom Lee Min-hyuk
30 Undo Heize TBA

Third quarter

July

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
4 MMM Young Tak TBA
Manifesto: Day 1 Enhypen TBA
5 Sequence WJSN TBA
Holiday Winner
6 Run H1-Key Hip hop
Wanna Know Irris
Summer Vibe Viviz TBA
7 The Earth: Secret Mission Chapter.2 MCND TBA
8 Girls Aespa
11 Bare & Rare Chungha TBA
12 Copycat Apink ChoBom
The Road: Keep On Going Super Junior
Delicious Woo Jin-young TBA
13 The Wave OF9 SF9 TBA
15 Checkmate Itzy TBA
Jack in the Box J-Hope TBA
18 Ice Hyolyn TBA
Sector 17 Seventeen TBA
19 Que Sera Sera ILY:1 TBA
We Need Love STAYC TBA
Ego 90'S Babylon TBA
20 Win-Dow Blitzers TBA
Harmony: Zero In P1Harmony
Nabillera Hyuna TBA
Hello, World! Xdinary Heroes
25 Youni-Q Younite TBA
Geekyland Purple Kiss TBA
26 Genuine Sunye TBA
27 Panorama Kim Ho-joong TBA
Grown Ass Kid Zico TBA
The Beginning : 開花 ATBO TBA
Sequence : 7272 CSR TBA
28 Why Not?? TO1 TBA
29 The World EP.1: Movement Ateez TBA

August

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
1 Count on Me Soohyun [ko] TBA
New Jeans NewJeans TBA
3 Smartphone Choi Ye-na TBA
Genzi3 Davii [ko] TBA
8 Forever 1 Girls' Generation TBA
Aura Golden Child TBA
9 Leviosa Tri.be TBA
16 Be Aware The Boyz Dance
Who Am I Craxy TBA
Storage of ONF ONF Dance
17 Odyssey: Dash BAE173 TBA
Luminous in Wonderland Luminous TBA
Childhood Lucy TBA
My Sun Kim Hyun-joong TBA
22 After Like Ive TBA
OK Episode 1: OK Not CIX TBA
24 Strange World Ha Sung-woon TBA
25 Autumn DKB TBA
26 Between 1&2 Twice TBA
29 5ight Lee Jin-hyuk TBA
Shining Up Tempest TBA
Flash Rocket Punch TBA
30 Gasoline Key TBA
31 The Billage of Perception: Chapter Two Billlie TBA

September

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
5 Malus Oneus TBA
Empty Dream Kim Jae-hwan TBA
6 To Whom It May Concern Bernard Park TBA
7 Eyes on You Kangta TBA
12 Love&Holiday Ravi TBA
13 Born Gene Kim Jae-joong TBA
14 Sunflower Choi Yoo-jung TBA
16 Born Pink Blackpink TBA
2 Baddies NCT 127 TBA
Imagine Club Sole TBA
19 Entwurf Nmixx TBA
21 Be Yourself Jay B TBA
26 Brand New Xiumin TBA
27 New Wave Cravity TBA

Fourth quarter

October

Date Album Artist(s) Genre(s) Ref.
4 The Second Step: Chapter Two Treasure TBA
5 One Bad Night Jamie TBA
History of Kingdom: Part Ⅴ. Louis Kingdom Pop
7 Maxident Stray Kids TBA

See also


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