The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened in 2023 in music in South Korea.
Award shows and festivals Award ceremonies + 2023 music award ceremonies in South Korea Date Event Host January 7 37th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus January 19 32nd Seoul Music Awards Sports Seoul February 10 and 11 30th Hanteo Music Awards Hanteo Global February 18 12th Circle Chart Music Awards Korea Music Content Association October 10 6th The Fact Music Awards The Fact and Fan N Star November 28 and 29 25th MAMA Awards CJ ENM December 2 15th Melon Music Awards KakaoBank December 14 8th Asia Artist Awards Star News and Star Continent
Festivals + 2023 televised music festivals in South Korea Date Event Host December 25 SBS Gayo Daejeon Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) December 31 MBC Gayo Daejejeon Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
Debuting and disbanding in 2023 Debuting groups
Male groups
8Turn 82Major Ampers&One BoyNextDoor BXB Evnne Fantasy Boys Hori7on Lun8 N.SSign One Pact Plave Pow Riize The Wind Xikers Xodiac Zerobaseone
Sub-units
Shownu X Hyungwon NCT DoJaeJung
Female groups
BB Girls El7z Up Kiss of Life LimeLight Loossemble Mave: NiziU Primrose QWER TripleS Young Posse
Solo debuts
Agust D Chuu Giuk Heejin Hwang Min-hyun Jaechan Jang Ye-eun Jihyo Jimin Jini Jinyoung Jisoo Joohoney Jungkook Lee Mi-joo Le'v Ren Soojin Swan Taeyong V
Disbandments
Astro – Jinjin & Rocky Astro – Moonbin & Sanha BDC (group) Blank2y Brave Girls D1ce GWSN Loona Momoland Snuper TO1 VIXX LR
Releases in 2023
First quarter January Date Album Artist(s) 2 OMG NewJeans 4 Incense Moonbin & Sanha 5 Rose Blossom H1-Key A Dream of ILY:1 ILY:1 9 Reason Monsta X The Piece OF9 SF9 11 Startrail Byul 13 Red Moon Primrose 16 Stamp on It Got the Beat Love War Choi Ye-na 17 My Little Aurora Cignature 18 Chapter 0: With Jinyoung 24 Monologue 25 Sensory Flows Yesung Pandora's Box Mave: 27 The Name Chapter: Temptation Tomorrow X Together 28 After the Magic Parannoul GravityOnewe 30 Ay-Yo NCT 127 8Turnrise 8Turn Intro: Flight and a New Beginning BXB 31 Various Viviz
February Date Album Artist(s) 1 Strawberry Epik High 6 Second Wind Seventeen BSS 8 Idiot Im Chang-jung 11 I Confess Now MSG Wannabe M.O.M 12 Journey Ahn Ye-eun 13 Killer Key Assemble TripleS 14 Seasonal Hiatus Jay B Teddy Bear STAYC W.A.Y Tri.be 15 Love Never Dies TNX Cabin Fever Purple Kiss 16 Where Does Sasquatch Live? Part 1 Zior Park 17 Love & Happiness LimeLight 20 One Lee Chan-won Be Awake The Boyz 22 Boxes Shin Ji-min 23 How to Sink Slowly Brokenteeth How R U HAWW Insert Coin Lucy 24 The Beginning: Cupid Fifty Fifty 27 Truth or Lie Hwang Min-hyun My Sun Kim Hyun-joong
March Date Album Artist(s) 2 The Flag Kwon Jin-ah Seoul Collection OnlyOneOf 6 Master: Piece Cravity Circle Onew 7 O Yuju Cherry Dash Cherry Bullet 8 The Alchemist La Poem 10 Ready to Be Twice Essege TAN Chosen Karma Pixy 12 Asterum Plave 13 Rover Kai 15 Blue Set Chapter. New Dayz Trendz 16 Remember Archive Code Kunst 20 Expérgo Nmixx 23 History of Kingdom: Part VI. Mujin Kingdom 24 Face Jimin 28 Sour & Sweet BamBam The Billage of Perception: Chapter Three Billlie 29 Act 1, Scene 1 Mamamoo+ Delight CSR 30 House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing Xikers 31 Me Jisoo
Second quarter April Date Album Artist(s) 3 Blank Page Kim Woo-seok 5 Self Apink 10 Lovestruck! Kep1er I've Ive Ive Without You Kard 12 Over the Moon Chaeyeon Blank or Black Park Ji-hoon 13 The Beginning Jang Ye-eun 16 Love.zip Bolbbalgan4 17 Perfume NCT DoJaeJung The Calm Before the Storm Tempest Predator Lee Gi-kwang 19 Seven Sins Drippin [ Rorschach ] Part 1 Penomeco 20 Archive of Emotions Ryu Su-jeong Psycho Xybernetics : Turn Over Giuk 21 D-Day Agust D 22 La Diva 24 FML Seventeen 25 Throw a Dice Xodiac Down to Earth Taeyang 26 Prelude of Love Chapter 2. Growing Pains Epex Oo-Li Woodz Deadlock Xdinary Heroes 27 Time and Trace Ha Hyun-sang
May Date Album Artist(s) 1 Unforgiven Le Sserafim 2 The Colors of Love Bang Yong-guk Wind and Wish BtoB 4 Take Off iKon Aesthetic +(Kr)ystal Eyes Deutda 8 My World Aespa Pygmalion Oneus 9 Per 15 I Feel (G)I-dle Beginning: The Wind Page The Wind 16 Liminality – Ep.Dream Verivery 17 Bit, Part.1 Younite Movie Star Lee Mi-joo 18 The Beginning: 飛上 ATBO 22 Dark Blood Enhypen Lights Joohoney 23 Icky Kard 24 Apocalypse: From Us Dreamcatcher 26 Ongoing 29 The Future Is Ours: Lost AB6IX OK Episode 2: I'm OK CIX 30 Who! BoyNextDoor Demo Wonstein Beige Kid Milli
June Date Album Artist(s) 1 To Die For B.I Gift Hwang Chi-yeul 2 5-Star Stray Kids 5 Shalala Taeyong Unlock My World Fromis 9 7 Boyhood TNX 8 Harmony: All In P1Harmony Impasto Yoo Chae-hoon 13 Ren'dezvous Ren 14 I Need Love DKB 16 The World EP.2: Outlaw Ateez 19 Realiez Kang Daniel 20 J.A.M Kim Jae-hwan 21 Girl's Round Part.2 Lapillus 23 Overdrive I.M 26 Uncharted Drift 8Turn Hard Shinee 27 Frame Han Seung-woo Hate XX Choi Ye-na 28 Play List U-KISS 2023 S/S Collection Kim Sung-kyu 29 Love Pt. 3: Eternally WEi
Third quarter July Date Album Artist(s) 2 Twenty Swan 3 Nowitzki Beenzino 4 4SHO Teen Top 5 Kiss of Life Kiss of Life 6 UNI-Q 7 Love Eventually Samuel Seo (1) Youra 10 Youth in the Shade Zerobaseone Exist Exo 11 A Midsummer Nmixx's Dream Nmixx 12 Version Up Odd Eye Circle Sandara Park Sandara Park 17 ISTJ NCT Dream 19 I'm on It! Ichillin' Boys Will Be Boys Mirae 21 Get Up NewJeans 24 Friend-Ship Hori7on Golden Hourglass Oh My Girl 25 New Chapter ILY:1 The Unseen Shownu X Hyungwon 26 Summer Recipe Soyou 28 Reboot Treasure 31 Kill My Doubt Itzy 13egin Infinite
August Date Album Artist(s) 1 Form Young Tak 2 House of Tricky: How to Play Xikers 3 Two Rabbits Mamamoo+ New Mind Chapter 1. Our Youth BXB 7 Reality Show Yunho Phantasy: Pt.1 Christmas in August The Boyz Game Plan Jeon So-mi 9 Love All Jo Yu-ri 11 TAN Made [ ] TAN 14 We Love You DKB 16 Teenfresh STAYC 17 Fever Lucy Lovelution TripleS 18 Zone Jihyo All My Girls Everglow Laffy Taffy Primrose A.I.BAE Le'v 23 Ready, Set, Love Yerin 24 Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come Plave Starlight Secret Number 28 Golden Age NCT 29 Us in the Summer Cignature XOXOOnewe 30 Seoul Dreaming H1-Key
September Date Album Artist(s) 4 Letters with Notes Young K Get a Guitar Riize Why.. BoyNextDoor Door Kim Se-jeong 5 Festa Purple Kiss 6 JCFactory Jaechan The Move: Street Chaeyeon Boom Rocket Punch 7 Sage FT Island 8 Layover V 11 Sun Seeker Cravity Good & Great Key 12 Toi Toi Toi Heo Young-ji HarmonyCar, the Garden 13 Hearts of the City Lee Jin-ah 14 Your City Jung Yong-hwa Live Mimiirose 7+Up El7z Up 15 Loossemble Loossemble Narcissus Dawn 18 Expectation D.O. 19 Target: Me Evnne 20 Vroom Vroom Tempest 21 New Tomorrow Fantasy Boys 25 Magic Hour Kep1er 26 La Dolce Vita Oneus
Fourth quarter October Date Album Artist(s) 4 Prelude of Anxiety Chapter 2. 'Can We Surrender? Epex Love Effect ONF Unfading Sens Yesung 6 Fact Check NCT 127 9 ÷ (Nanugi) Just B 10 Robert Bobby Ra Ta Ta Ailee 11 Livelock Xdinary Heroes Honey or Spice Lightsum An Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove Jini Favorite Pow On 82Major 12 In the Mood Wheein I Feel Hope Jang Woo-hyuk 13 The Name Chapter: Freefall Tomorrow X Together I've Mine Ive 16 Untitled Lee Seok-hoon 17 Bit Part.2 Younite Identification E'Last Weak Loco 18 Howl Chuu History of Kingdom: Part VII. Jahan Kingdom Macaroni Cheese Young Posse Harmony from Discord QWER 23 Seventeenth Heaven Seventeen Side-B: Memoirs of Echo Unseen Billlie 25 Arcade: O Ghost9 30 Guilty Taemin Some Moon Jong-up KHeejin
November Date Album Artist(s) 1 ColoRise Weeekly 2 Where Does Sasquatch Live? Part 2 Zior Park Versus Viviz 3 Golden Jungkook 6 Melting Point Zerobaseone 7 IYKYK Omega X 8 Born to Be XX Kiss of Life Agassy Soojin 10 Love or Loved Part.2 B.I Rock-Star Stray Kids Drama Aespa 13 Chill Kill Red Velvet 14 Wonderego Crush 15 Odd Hour NTX Rise Waves Giuk 17 Orange Blood Enhypen 20 Phantasy: Pt.2 Sixth Sense The Boyz 21 Continuum VIXX 22 Odd-Venture MCND VillainS Dreamcatcher RockystRockyBeep BeepJessica 23 Only One Bang Ye-dam 27 To. X Taeyeon 28 Whitree Nam Woo-hyun 30 Hip DKB What's My Name Mave: Moment One Pact
December Date Album Artist(s) 1 The World EP.Fin: Will Ateez Time-LapseYukika 5 Boogie Man Lucy SetlistSoran6ZipZion.T7Last WinterHeize8Letter 1 - AdaehFatou12Merry Go RoundBOL4La Libertà19NJWMXNewJeans20Power Andre 99Silica Gel 22 Be There for Me NCT 127 26 20&2 TVXQ
Deaths Moonbin, 25, singer and actor Choi Sung-bong, 33, singer
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