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2026 in South Korean music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened, or are expected to happen in 2026 in music in South Korea.

Award ceremonies

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2026 music award ceremonies in South Korea
Date Event Host Ref.
January 10 40th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus [1]
February 15 33rd Hanteo Music Awards Hanteo Global [2]

Debuting and disbanding in 2026

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Debuting groups

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Solo debuts

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Releases in 2026

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First quarter

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January

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
5 Re: Love Apink [22]
Yesweare Idntt [23]
(Insanity) Joohoney [24]
7 3logy CNBLUE [25]
Gray. Soohyun [ko] [26]
XO, My Cyberlove Chuu [27]
8 In Elixir: Spellbound Waker [28]
12 Euphoria Alpha Drive One [4]
Serenade DK X Seungkwan [8]
13 Funky Like Me N.SSign [29]
Shot Callers Lngshot [4]
14 Crossfade: Inseong [ko] [30]
15 We Break, You Awake Chroktikal [6]
16 The Sin: Vanish Enhypen [31]
19 Evolve Catch the Young [ko] [32]
Reverxe Exo [33]
20 Alive La Poem [34]
Oneus [35]
21 Amplify My Way AxMxP [36]
23 Big Impact Choi Soo-ho [ko] [37]
26 Delulu Pack KiiiKiii [38]
28 Come True Pow [39]
29 Never Meant to Be Heize X Giriboy [40]
Rock the Nation Whib [ko] [41]
30 Studio We: Recording #4 Onewe [42]

February

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Re-Flow Zerobaseone [43]
4 BoyNextDoor Tour 'Knock On' Vol.1 Final – Live BoyNextDoor [44]
5 Collection of Props Vol.2 Jeong Dong-won [45]
6 Golden Hour: Part.4 Ateez [46]
9 Girl Meets Boy Madein [47]
Unloved Echo Yang Yo-seob [48]
11 (Ex)ist Jiwoo [17]
20 Hyper X:IN [49]
23 Both Sides NCT JNJM [13]
First:Delivery Daily:Direction [50]
Master Voice Park Ji-hyeon [ko] [51]
Revive+ Ive [52]
25 Route 01: Burning Point Chaser [5]
26 1'Only One Pact [53]
QtoresQ QQQ [14]
Still: I Asc2nt [54]
27 Deadline Blackpink [55]

March

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Off the Map Kim Sung-kyu [56]
3 Code Everglow [57]
Set By Us Only Tunexx [58]
The Geatest Battle Big Ocean [59]
4 Archive. 1 Woodz [60]
5 Lovechapter H1-Key [61]
9 Pop It Like Nouera [62]
Sub Character Younha [63]
Tough Love Onew [64]
10 Run Run Run Dragon Pony [65]
11 Love Catcher Choi Ye-na [66]
TBA V01d [67]
12 Unique P1Harmony [68]
16 No Doubt All(H)Ours [69]
Seven: Crimson Horizon AB6IX [70]
18 Late O' Clock Latency [10]
20 Arirang BTS [71]
23 Ice Cream Yuna [19]
Museum OWIS [11]
TBA Kangmin [18]
24 After Cry Baby Dont Cry [72]
TBA TBA Irene [73]
TBA TBA Park Hyo-shin [74]

Second quarter

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April

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
6 TBA KickFlip [75]
13 7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns Tomorrow X Together [76]
TBA TBA Ampers&One [77]
TBA TBA Cortis [78]
TBA TBA Kiss of Life [79]
TBA TBA Le Sserafim [80]
TBA TBA Park Ji-hoon [81]
TBA TBA Plave [82]
TBA TBA TWS [80]

May

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
TBA TBA I.O.I [21]

June

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
TBA TBA Mamamoo [83]

TBA

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
TBA TBA Close Your Eyes [84]
TBA TBA Deux [85]
TBA TBA Oh My Girl [86]
TBA TBA T.O.P [87]
TBA TBA Yim Jae-beom [88]

References

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  26. ^ Kang, Kyung-yeon (December 15, 2025). "U-Kiss Soohyun Sets Second Mini-Album Gray. for January 7, Steps Into Solo Spotlight". SBS Star. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  27. ^ Son, Bong-seok (December 15, 2025). 츄, 솔로 첫 정규 앨범 'XO, My Cyberlove' 티저 공개...1월 7일 컴백 [Chuu unveils teasers for 1st full-length album XO, My Cyberlove...January 7 comeback]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  28. ^ Ahn, Byung-gil (December 11, 2025). 웨이커, 미니 3집 스케줄러 공개 [Waker unveils scheduler for 3rd mini album]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  29. ^ Kim, Sun-woo (December 18, 2025). 엔싸인, 1월 컴백...스케줄러 이미지 공개 [N.SSign gears up for January comeback, unveils scheduler for new album Funky Like Me]. JTBC News (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  30. ^ Kim, Sun-woo (January 1, 2026). SF9 인성, 14일 첫 솔로 앨범 발매 [SF9 Inseong to release his first-ever solo album on January 14]. JTBC News (in Korean). Retrieved January 5, 2026.
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  32. ^ Kang, Da-yoon (January 8, 2026). 캐치더영, 19일 데뷔 첫 정규 '이볼브' 발매...청춘의 NEW 챕터 [공식] [Catch The Young to Release First Full-Length Album Evolve on the 19th...A New Chapter of Youth [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  33. ^ Pyo, Kyung-min (December 29, 2025). "K-pop's biggest names set for full-group comebacks in 2026". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  34. ^ Park, Jung-sun (January 8, 2026). 라포엠, 새 앨범 '얼라이브' 컴백 예열 돌입 [La Poem warms up for comeback with new album Alive]. JTBC News (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  35. ^ Ahn, Byung-gil (January 8, 2026). 원어스 '原' 컴백, 트랙리스트 3 [Oneus' Origin Comeback, Tracklist 3]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  36. ^ Choi, Young-ho (January 1, 2026). AxMxP, 1월 21일 미니 1집 'Amplify My Way'로 컴백 [AxMxP to comeback on January 21 with 1st mini album Amplify My Way]. Madclub (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  37. ^ Ahn, Byung-gil (January 9, 2026). 최수호 온다...23일 컴백 스케줄러 공개 [Choi Soo-ho is coming...Comeback schedule revealed on the 23rd]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  38. ^ Kim, Hyun-sik (January 6, 2026). 스타쉽 신인 걸그룹 키키, 26일 새 앨범 '델룰루 팩' 발매 확정 [Starship's Rookie Girl Group KiiiKiii Confirms Release of New Album Delulu Pack on the 26th]. Edaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  39. ^ Ahn, Byung-gil (January 15, 2025). 파우, 28일 컴백...2026 시동 [POW to make a comeback on the 28th...starting 2026]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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  45. ^ Choi, Joo-sung (January 5, 2026). 정동원, 내달 해병대 입대 전 미니앨범 발표..."팬들 위한 선물" [Jung Dong-won to Release Mini-Album Next Month Before Marine Corps Enlistment..."A Gift for Fans"] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
  46. ^ Hwang, You-mee (January 12, 2026). "Ateez to return with 13th EP in February". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  47. ^ Jang, Da-hee (January 23, 2026). 메이딘, 컴백 확정...내달 9일 새 싱글 'Girl Meets Boy' 발매 [Madein Confirms Comeback...New Single 'Girl Meets Boy' to be Released on the 9th of Next Month]. iMBC (in Korean). Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  48. ^ Park, Ji-hwan (January 26, 2026). "Highlight's Yang Yo-seob to release 3rd solo EP Unloved Echo on Feb. 9". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  49. ^ Ahn, Byung-gil (February 7, 2026). 엑신, 20일 네번째 미니앨범 'Hyper' 컴백 [X:In to make a comeback on the 20th with their 4th mini-album, Hyper]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  50. ^ Son, Bong-seok (February 10, 2026). 신예 Daily:Direction, 23일 데뷔 싱글 First:Delivery 쇼케이스 개최 확정 [Rookie group Daily:Direction confirmed to hold debut single First:Delivery showcase on the 23rd]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  51. ^ Kim, Seung-hyun (February 5, 2026). 박지현, 23일 첫 정규 'MASTER VOICE' 발매...타이틀곡은 '무(無)' [Park Ji-hyeon to release first full-length album Master Voice on the 23rd...Title track is 'Mu (Nothingness)']. Sports Dong-A (in Korean). Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  52. ^ 아이브 새 정규 제목은 Revive+, 2월 23일 발매 [Ive's new studio album titled Revive+, to be released on February 23rd]. iMBC (in Korean). January 26, 2026. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  53. ^ Ahn, Tae-hyun (January 30, 2026). 원팩트, 7개월 만에 돌아온다...2월 26일 컴백 확정 [One Pact to return after 7 months...comeback confirmed for February 26th]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  54. ^ Jang, Woo-young (February 10, 2026). 어센트, 새해 활동 본격 시작...26일 미니 1집 컴백 확정 [Asc2nt kicks off New Year activities in earnest...Mini-album Vol. 1 comeback confirmed for the 26th]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
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  56. ^ Moon, Wan-shik (January 30, 202). 인피니트 김성규, 3월 2일 컴백 확정..2년 8개월만 솔로 앨범 'OFF THE MAP' 발매 [Infinite's Kim Sung-kyu confirmed for March 2nd comeback..releasing solo album Off the Map after 2 years and 8 months]. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  57. ^ Kwon, Woo-keun (February 12, 2026). 걸그룹 에버글로우, 3월 3일 네번째 미니앨범 Code로 컴백 [Girl group Everglow to make a comeback on March 3rd with 4th mini-album Code]. Ilgan Sports (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  58. ^ Ahn, Tae-hyun (February 4, 2026). 'IST 신인 보이그룹' 튜넥스, 3월 3일 정식 데뷔 확정 ['IST's new boy group' Tunexx, confirmed for official debut on March 3rd]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  59. ^ Ahn, Tae-hyun (February 5, 2026). '수어 아이돌' 빅오션, 미니 3집으로 3월 컴백 확정...새로운 챕터 연다 ['Sign Language Idol' Big Ocean Confirms March Comeback with 3rd Mini Album...Opening a New Chapter]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  60. ^ Hwang, You-mee (February 2, 2026). "Woodz to release 1st LP in March". The Korea Herald. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  61. ^ 하이키 3월5일 컴백 확정, 9개월 만 새 미니앨범 발매 [H1-Key confirms March 5th comeback, releasing new mini-album after 9 months]. Newsen (in Korean). February 9, 2026. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  62. ^ Kim, Won-gyeom (February 10, 2025). 누에라, 시크 벗고 캐주얼 변신...3월 새 미니앨범 '팝 잇 라이크'로 돌아온다 [Nouera sheds chic image for a casual transformation...to return in March with new mini-album Pop It Like]. SPOTV News (in Korean). Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  63. ^ Lee, Min-ji (February 2, 2026). 윤하, 3월 9일 첫 리메이크 앨범 발매...오늘(2일) 수록곡 선공개 [Younha to release first remake album on March 9th...pre-release track out today (2nd)]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  64. ^ Hwang, You-mee (February 3, 2026). "Onew's 5th solo EP releases next month". The Korea Herald. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  65. ^ Kim, Min-ji (February 13, 2026). 드래곤포니, 3월 10일 새 EP '런런런' 발매...8개월 만에 컴백 [Dragon Pony to release new EP Run Run Run on March 10th...Coming back after 8 months]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  66. ^ Kim, Min-young (February 23, 2026). "Yena's upcoming EP Love Catcher will drop on March 11". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  67. ^ Lee, Ho-young (February 26, 2026). 5인조 남성밴드 보이드(V01D), 퍼포먼스 비주얼에 기대감UP [5-member male band VOId, expectations rise for their performance visuals]. iMBC (in Korean). Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  68. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (February 26, 2026). "K-pop idol group P1Harmony to release new mini-album Unique". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  69. ^ Shin, Min-hee (February 24, 2026). "Boy band All(H)ours to release No Doubt EP on March 16". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  70. ^ Go, Seung-a (February 24, 2026). '7주년' AB6IX, 3월16일 정규 3집 발매...5월 콘서트 개최 ['7th Anniversary' AB6IX to release 3rd full-length album on March 16th...To hold concert in May]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  71. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (January 16, 2026). "BTS reveal new album title Arirang". NME. Archived from the original on January 22, 2026. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  72. ^ Hwang, You-mee (March 4, 2026). "Baby Dont Cry to unveil 1st EP". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  73. ^ Hwang, You-mee (February 27, 2026). "Red Velvet's Irene to release 1st solo LP: report". The Korea Herald. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  74. ^ Ji, Seung-hun (January 23, 2026). [단독] 대장의 귀환...박효신, 3월 컴백 확정 [[Exclusive] The Captain's Return...Park Hyo-shin Confirmed for March Comeback]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  75. ^ Kim, Ju-yeon (March 2, 2026). "Boy band KickFlip to release fourth EP in April, with Amaru to sit out promotions due to health". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  76. ^ Kaufman, Gil (March 2, 2026). "Tomorrow X Together announce release date for 8th mini album, 7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 2, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  77. ^ Kim, Ye-eun (February 23, 2026). [단독] '글로벌 루키' 앰퍼샌드원, 4월 컴백 [[Exclusive] 'Global Rookies' Ampers&One, April Comeback]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
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