South Korean singer Onew has released three studio albums, seven extended plays, one soundtrack album, one single album, twenty-seven singles (including three as a featured artist) and twelve soundtrack songs. Onew began his music career in 2008 as a member of the boy band Shinee. Early on in his career, he released multiple collaboration singles and soundtracks of various television shows.
Under SM Entertainment, Onew debuted as a soloist in 2018 with the release of his extended play, Voice, which peaked at number two on the Circle Album Chart. He released his second extended play, Dice in 2022, and his first Korean studio album, Circle in 2023, both of which peaked at number three on the Circle Album Chart. After joining Griffin Entertainment to handle his solo activities, he released his third extended play, Flow, in 2024, and his fourth extended play, Connection, in 2025, peaking at number five and three on the Circle Album Chart respectively. Later in 2025, he released his second Korean studio album, Percent, which peaked at number four on the Circle Album Chart. In 2026, he released his fifth extended play, Tough Love, which peaked at number three on the Circle Album Chart.
Onew debuted in Japan in 2022. He released his first Japanese-language extended play, Who Sings? Vol.1 which formed a part of his debut studio album, Life Goes On. The album peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart. In 2025, he released his second extended play, Saku, which peaked at number five on the Oricon Album Chart. In 2026, he released his first Japanese single album Kakera -Unmei no Piece-, which peaked at number six on the Oricon Album Chart.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KORPeaks on the Circle Album Chart: Circle: Percent: JPNPeaks on the Oricon Albums Chart: Life Goes On: Circle: JPNHotPeaks on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart: Life Goes On: Circle: UKDig. Life Goes On Released: July 6, 2022 Label: EMI Records, Universal Music Japan Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 2 4 — JPN: 38,585 Cumulative sales for Life Goes On (physical):
JPN: 2,718 Cumulative sales for Life Goes On (digital):
Circle Released: March 6, 2023 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 11 10 98 KOR: 137,308Cumulative sales for Circle (South Korea):
JPN: 6,605 JPN: 2,172 Cumulative sales for Circle (Japan):
Percent Released: July 15, 2025 Label: Griffin Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 4 — — — KOR: 113,564 JPN: 673 Cumulative digital sales for Percent (Japan):
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Soundtrack albums Title Album details Peak chart position Sales KOR Midnight Sun OST (Onew ver.) Released: August 25, 2021 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, digital download 23 KOR: 4,874
Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions and sales figures Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales KORPeaks on the Circle Album Chart: Voice: Dice: Flow: Connection: Tough Love: FRADig.Peaks on the SNEP Digital Albums Chart: Voice: JPNPeaks on the Oricon Albums Chart: Voice: Dice: Flow: Connection: Saku: JPNHotPeaks on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart: Voice: Dice: Flow: Saku: UKDig. USWorldPeaks on the Billboard World Albums chart: Voice: Voice Released: December 5, 2018 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 2 125 24 9 — 8 KOR: 71,501Cumulative sales for Voice:
JPN: 10,237Cumulative sales for Voice:
Dice Released: April 11, 2022 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — 15 8 44 — KOR: 141,112 JPN: 8,173 Who Sings? Vol.1 Released: June 1, 2022 Label: EMI Records, Universal Music Japan Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — 4 — — JPN: 5,099 Cumulative sales for Who Sings? Vol.1:
Flow Released: September 3, 2024 Label: Griffin Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 5 — 10 16 — — KOR: 155,193Cumulative sales for Flow (South Korea):
JPN: 8,921 Cumulative physical sales for Flow (Japan):
JPN: 1,097 Cumulative digital sales for Flow (Japan):
Connection Released: January 6, 2025 Label: Griffin Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — 7 — — — KOR: 117,206Cumulative sales for Connection (South Korea):
JPN: 13,208 Cumulative physical sales for Connection (Japan):
JPN: 787 Cumulative digital sales for Connection (Japan):
Saku Released: October 1, 2025 Label: Victor Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — — 5 45 — — JPN: 13,912 JPN: 1,026 Cumulative digital sales for Saku (Japan):
Tough Love Released: March 9, 2026 Label: Griffin Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — — — — — KOR: 112,980 JPN: 589 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Single albums + List of single albums, showing selected details Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR JPNPeaks on the Oricon Single Albums Chart: Kakera -Unmei no Piece-: JPNHotPeaks on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart: Kakera -Unmei no Piece-: Kakera -Unmei no Piece- (Kakera --) Released: September 16, 2026 Label: Victor Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 6 25 JPN: 17,948 Cumulative digital sales for Kakera -Unmei no Piece- (Japan):
Chaggag () Scheduled: October 20, 2026 Label: Griffin Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming colspan="3"
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and sales, showing album name and year released Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORPeaks on the Circle Digital Chart: "Starry Night": "Lullaby": "Way": "Dice": "O (Circle)": "Beat Drum": "Winner": "Animals": "Tough Love": JPNDig.Peaks on the Oricon Digital Singles Chart: "Dance Whole Day": "Inspiration": "Knock On My Door": "Starry Night" 2016 47 — KOR: 65,044 SM Station Season 1 "Lullaby" () 2017 60 — KOR: 30,186 SM Station Season 2 "Blue" 2018 — — rowspan="6" Voice "Way" () 2021 127 — SM Station Season 4 "Dice" 2022 16 — Dice "Kirakira" () — — Life Goes On "Uroko" () — — "Life Goes On" — — "Dance Whole Day" — 17 JPN: 3,266 "O (Circle)" 2023 7 — Circle "Inspiration" — 33 JPN: 1,618 rowspan="3" "Knock On My Door" — 36 JPN: 1,495 "December 32 days" 2024 — — rowspan="12" "All Day" () — — Flow "Beat Drum" () 2 — "Yay" () — — Connection "Winner" 2025 11 — "Mad" — — Percent "Confidence" — — "Animals" 13 — "Hana no Yoni" () — — Saku "Tough Love" 2026 5 — Tough Love "Kakera -Unmei no Piece-" (Kakera --) — — Kakera -Unmei no Piece- (Kakera --) "Mind Games" colspan="2" Chaggag () "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing album name and year released Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Vanilla Love" 2008 rowspan="2" Kiss Me "Vanilla Love Part 2" 2009 "Play the Field" () 2018 — Forever Yours "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances, with selected chart positions and sales, showing album name and year released Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORPeaks on the Circle Digital Chart: "In Your Eyes": "Moonlight": "In Your Eyes" 2012 60 KOR: 82,605Cumulative sales for "In Your Eyes":
To the Beautiful You OST "Moonlight" 2014 54 KOR: 53,095Cumulative sales for "Moonlight":
Miss Korea OST "Shadow" 2021 — rowspan="10" Breakup Probation: One Week OST "Good-Bye Days" — Midnight Sun 2021 OST "Meet Me When the Sun Goes Down" — "Dear My Spring" — You Are My Spring OST "Blue" — High Class OST "Mind Warning" () 2022 — Forecasting Love and Weather OST "The Sun is in My Eyes" — Midnight Sun 2022 OST "Melody Called You" — "For You" () 2024 — No Office Romance! OST "Into You" 2026 — My Royal Nemesis OST "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Other appearances + List of appearances, with selected chart positions, showing album name and year released Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "One Year Later" 2009 Genie "Hope from Kwangya" 2021 — 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express "Ordinary Day" — "The Cure" 2022 — 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace "Where You Are" () — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Songwriting credits All songwriting credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database and liner notes unless otherwise noted.
+ List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album Song Year Artist Album LyricsMusicArrangementCreditedWithCreditedWithCreditedWith "Your Name" 2010 Shinee Lucifer "Shout Out" () "So Amazing" 2016 1 of 1 "Beautiful Life" () 1 and 1 "Play the Field" () 2018 Kim Yeon-woo Forever Yours "Our Page" () Shinee The Story of Light "Sunny Side" "Illusion" () Onew Voice "Shine on You" () "Way" () 2021 Onew SM Station Season 4 "In the Whale" 2022 Onew Dice "All Day" () 2024 Flow "Beat Drum" () "Hola!" "Maestro" () "Shape of My Heart" "Focus" "Yay" () Connection "Winner" 2025 "Promise You" "Boy" () "Gradation" () "Conversation" "Mad" Percent "Silky" "Caffeine" "Marshmallow" "Animals" "Percent (%)" "Happy Birthday" "Dot Dot Dot (...)" 2026 Tough Love "Tough Love" "Flex on Me" "Lie" "X, Oh Why?" "Mind Games" Onew Chaggag ()
Videography Video albums + List of video albums, with selected chart positions and notes Title Details Peakchartpositions Sales JPNDVD JPNBD Onew Japan 1st Concert Tour 2022 ~Life Goes On~ Released: December 21, 2022 Labels: Universal Music Japan Formats: DVD, Blu-ray 18 11 JPN: 9,760Cumulative sales for Onew Japan 1st Concert Tour 2022 ~Life Goes On~:
Korean music videos + List of Korean music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) Notes "Starry Night" 2016 Shinyoung Kim(Cobb Studio) Animation "Lullaby" () 2017 Mustache Films "Blue" 2018 Lee Jung-hoon, Kim Gi-hee(Daysdaze) "Way" () 2021 rowspan="2" Lyric video Live video "Dice" 2022 Kim Nam-suk(Segaji Video) "O (Circle)" 2023 Lee Rae-gyeong(BTS Film) "All Day" () 2024 Special clip "Beat Drum" () VM Project Architecture Onew 3rd Mini-Album 'Flow (EP)' photobook credits Bart(Flipevil) Live video "Maestro" () "Hola!" "Yay" () Kang Mingi(Aarch Film) "Winner" 2025 Dong Hyeok Seo(Flipevil) Flipevil Live video "Boy" () "Promise You" "Confidence" Kang Mingi(Aarch Film) "Animals" Yang Siwook(Memudworks) Live video "Tough Love" 2026 Novv Kim
Japanese music videos + List of Japanese music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) Notes "Kirakira" () 2022 Onew does not appear in the music video. Starring Rena Takeda and . "Life Goes On" Starring Hinako Sakurai "Uroko" () Live video "Hana no Yoni" () 2025 Ki Youl Chung "Kakera -Unmei no Piece-" (Kakera --) 2026
Soundtrack videos + List of soundtrack videos, showing year released and notes Title Year Notes "Shadow" 2021 Containing only scenes from Breakup Probation: One Week "Dear My Spring" Containing only scenes from You Are My Spring "Blue" Containing only scenes from High Class "Mind Warning" () 2022 Containing only scenes from Forecasting Love and Weather "For You" () 2024 Special clip "Into You" 2026 Containing only scenes from My Royal Nemesis
Other music videos + List of other music videos, showing year released and notes Title Year Notes "Vanilla Love" 2008 "Hope from Kwangya" 2022 2023 SMCU Palace at Kwangya version "The Cure"
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