The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2010 in music in South Korea.
Debuting and disbanded in 2010
Debuting groups
...Whatever That Means The Boss CNBLUE Coed School DMTN Eastern Sidekick F.Cuz GD & TOP Girl's Day GP Basic Idiotape Infinite JYJ Led Apple Miss A Nine Muses One Way Orange Caramel Raspberry Field Rooftop Moonlight Rhythm Power Standing Egg Sistar Teen Top The Boss The Koxx Touch ZE:A
Solo debuts
The Black Skirts Cha Cha Malone Choi Jung-in Chun Myung-hoon Crucial Star Gilme G.NA Huh Gak Hyuna Jambinai Jay Park John Park JeA Kim Junsu Lady Jane Okasian Rumble Fish Soy Kim Swings Yun Seok-cheol
Disbanded groups Rumble Fish Tin Tin Five Uptown
Releases in 2010
First quarter
January
Date Title Artist Genre(s)5Jeong (정)(情)Kim Yeon-wooBallad, Dance7NativityZE:ADance-pop13One Day (하루가)KCMR&B, Ballad14 Bluetory CNBLUE K-pop, pop rock19 Shadow (Repackage) Lee Seung-gi K-pop New Day Daybreak Rock21 Can't Let You Go Even If I Die 2AM Ballad25 Oh! Girls' Generation K-pop28The Violet AlbumApollo 18Rock
February
Date Title Artist Genre(s)3 Only One U-KISS Dance-pop4Reunion (재회)Min Kyung-hoonBalladSpecial EditionHong Kyung-minPop rock17 Lupin Kara Dance-pop18 An Jin Kyoung 1st Mini Album Ahn Jin Kyung K-pop, Pop23 Breaking Heart T-ara K-pop
March
Date Title Artist Genre(s)1 Shock of the New Era BEAST K-pop9 Epilogue Epik High Alternative hip hop11 No One F.Cuz K-pop, Dance-pop, R&B, hip hop16 I Was Wrong 2AM K-pop17 Run Devil Run Girls' Generation K-pop18 Supremier Supreme Team K-pop Scream Op. 1 Lee Joo-min K-popRock 'n' Roll LicenceThe RockTigersRockabilly
Second quarter
April
Date Title Artist Genre(s)1 Secret Time Secret K-pop7 Back to the Basic Bi Rain K-pop12 H-Logic Lee Hyori K-pop19Don't Stop Can't Stop2PMK-pop, dance, hip-hop20Hwangoltaltae (환골탈태)NorazoK-pop, trot, rock22 The First EP 10cm K-pop, Acoustic folk
May
Date Title Artist Genre(s)4 Nu ABO f(x) K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica6 Innocence Davichi pop, R&B Just Beginning Seo In Guk pop, R&B11Re BirthdayJ'KyunHip hop13 Bonamana Super Junior K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica 6th Part 2 'Candy Train''' | Lyn | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |- | rowspan="1"|14 | Ambitious| NS Yoon-G | K-pop, dance |- | rowspan="1"|15 | 2 Different Tears| Wonder Girls | K-pop, dance |- | rowspan="1"|17 | Y| MBLAQ | K-pop |- | rowspan="3"|19 | Bluelove| CNBLUE | K-pop pop rock |- | Hit Your Heart| 4Minute | K-pop |- |Groove Official|Sultan of the Disco |Disco |- | rowspan="1"|24 | Destination| SS501 | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |- | rowspan="1"|27 | Hwayobi'' Hwayobi K-pop, R&B
June
Date Title Artist Genre(s)1 Lov-Elly Seo In-young K-pop 3NaggingIU, Lim Seul-ongK-pop, Pop, Ballad Spin Off (Repackage) Supreme Team K-pop9 First Invasion Infinite K-pop 10 Koyote Ugly Koyote K-pop 14 This Moment Monni Rock17 The First Mini Album Orange Caramel K-pop 30 A-Live Take Out Vol. 1 'Playground and Diary Monni Rock
Third quarter
July
Date Title Artist Genre(s)1 Bad But Good Miss A K-pop Solar Taeyang K-pop 8 The Queen Son Dam Bi K-pop NARSHA Narsha K-pop9 Come into the World Teen Top K-pop Girl's Day Party #1 Girl's Day K-pop 14 Draw G's First Breath G.NA K-pop 19 Lucifer Shinee K-pop 21 Digital Bounce SE7EN K-pop 29 Look at Chae Yeon K-pop 풍류 DJ DOCK-pop
August
Date Title Artist Genre(s)5 Hurricane Venus BoA K-pop Aurora Daybreak Rock10 Aegiya Seo In Guk pop, R&BThe Paragon of AnimalsCrashThrash rock12 A Rainbow K-pop Madonna Secret K-pop Let’s Have A Party Nine Muses K-pop17 Time To Shine Supernova K-popSame GirlNa Yoon-sunJazz25 Beautiful Journey F.T. Island K-pop, pop-rock26 Be The Voice Ahn Jin Kyung K-pop, Pop
September
Date Title Artist Genre(s)3The ClassicBrave BrothersHip hop9 To Anyone 2NE1 K-pop, Pop, Dance-pop, Electropop, Synthpop, R&B, Hip hop13 Everybody Ready? San E K-pop 27 Step Up Miss A K-pop 29Solista Part 1Kim Bum-sooK-pop30 Mastermind BEAST K-pop《사랑 (Love)》Lee JuckK-pop
Fourth quarter
October
Date Title Artist Genre(s)4 Break Time U-KISS Dance-pop Hello SHINee K-pop, dance-pop, R&B7The MemoryPark Yong-haK-pop8 Step 2/4 Gain K-pop 11 Still 02:00PM 2PM K-pop14 The Beginning JYJ K-pop A Woman Like Me Hwayobi K-pop, R&B19 SG Wannabe 7 Part.I SG Wannabe K-pop Welcome to the Jungle Chun Myung-hoon K-pop20 Mach Rainbow K-pop PsyFive Psy K-pop21 Time To Fly High NS Yoon-G K-pop, dance26 Saint o'Clock 2AM Ballad27 Hoot Girls' Generation K-pop 28 Something That Is Cheerful and Fresh Coed School K-pop 29 Girl’s Day Party #2 Girl's Day K-pop, dance
November
Date Title Artist Genre(s)9 Lights Go On Again BEAST K-pop10 Jumping Kara Dance-pop11The Persistence of MemoryHa Soo-binDance-pop18 The Second Mini Album Orange Caramel K-pop Gorgeous F.Cuz K-pop 20 Omega Op. 2 Lee Joo-min K-pop25Browneyed SoulBrown Eyed SoulK-pop, R&B29 Miss You S.M. THE BALLAD K-pop
December
Date Title Artist Genre(s)1 Temptastic T-ara Dance-pop7 Happy Pledis 1st Album After School Christmas9 REAL IU K-popFall In...WaxR&B, Ballad21 My Story BEAST K-pop24 GD & TOP GD & TOP Dance-pop
Deaths Park Yong-ha, 32, actor and singer Choi Jin-young, 39, actor and singer
See also 2010 in South Korea List of South Korean films of 2010
References