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 + 2026 music award ceremonies in South Korea Date Event Host January 10 40th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus February 15 33rd Hanteo Music Awards Hanteo Global May 16–17 Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2026 Newsen and @Style
Debuting and disbanding in 2026 Debuting groups
AEN AFuture Ambio Alpha Drive One And2ble Arise B:Dawn ChaDongHyeop Chaser Chrocktikal Daily:Direction DK X Seungkwan Dodree Flare U Girls' Generation-HRS Hiipe Princess Heart of Woman Hrtz.wav Keyveatz Keyvitup Latency Lngshot Modyssey Navillera Naze NCT JNJM OWIS QQQ Suction Super Junior-83z Tessar TUIDE Tunexx Unchild Unnamed A2O boy group Unnamed YG boy group V01d V8 Vay Onn Yuhz
Solo debuts
Chaeryeong Evan
Jiwoo June Kangmin Minseo Shin Won-ho
Yeojin Yorch Yuna
Disbandments
ARrC BXB CIX DKZ NOMAD
Reunions and re-establishments
Cross Gene I.O.I Secret
Releases in 2026
First quarter January Date Album Artist(s) 5 Re: Love Apink Yesweare Idntt (Insanity) Joohoney 7 3logy CNBLUE Gray. XO, My Cyberlove Chuu 8 In Elixir: Spellbound Waker 12 Euphoria Alpha Drive One Serenade DK X Seungkwan 13 Funky Like Me N.SSign Shot Callers Lngshot 14 Crossfade: 15 We Break, You Awake Chrocktikal 16 The Sin: Vanish Enhypen 18 Low Kik Kik 19 Evolve Prussian Blue Can't Be Blue Reverxe Exo 20 Alive La Poem Oneus 21 Amplify My Way AxMxP 23 Big Impact 26 Delulu Pack KiiiKiii 28 Come True Pow 29 Never Meant to Be Heize X Giriboy Rock the Nation 30 Studio We: Recording #4 Onewe
February Date Album Artist(s) 2 Re-Flow Zerobaseone 4 BoyNextDoor Tour 'Knock On Vol.1' Final (Live) BoyNextDoor 5 Collection of Props Vol.2 Jeong Dong-won 6 Golden Hour: Part.4 Ateez 9 Girl Meets Boy Madein Unloved Echo Yang Yo-seob 11 (Ex)ist Jiwoo 12 Woody.zip Woody 18 Call It Love IHwak 20 Hyper X:IN 23 Both Sides NCT JNJM First:Delivery Daily:Direction Master Voice Park Ji-hyeon Press Winter Padi Revive+ Ive 24 Choco La Familia Choco 25 Route 01: Burning Point Chaser 26 Animated Lavin Between Cobalt and Navy Big Naughty 1'Only One Pact QtoresQ QQQ Still: I Asc2nt 27 Deadline Blackpink
March Date Album Artist(s) 2 Off the Map Kim Sung-kyu X: 3 / ? Nell 3 Code Everglow Set By Us Only Tunexx The Greatest Battle Big Ocean 4 Archive. 1 Woodz One Shin Won-ho 5 Lovechapter H1-Key 6 Ruby (The Complete Collection) Jennie 7 Set It Off Five O One Skinz Is Skinz Skinz 9 Pop It Like Nouera Sub Character Younha Tough Love Onew 10 Lv1 Yeojin Run Run Run Dragon Pony 11 01 V01d Love Catcher Choi Ye-na Who Do You Love?: I Need You In A Minute 12 Babyface Odd Youth Unique P1Harmony 14 My Blue June 16 No Doubt All(H)Ours Seven: Crimson Horizon AB6IX 18 Boys Be Ambitious Ambio Late O' Clock Latency 20 Arirang BTS 23 Ice Cream Yuna Museum OWIS Free Falling Kangmin 24 After Cry Baby Dont Cry 25 About Love SF9 Rev Moonbyul 26 Point Blank 30 Biggest Fan Irene Daydream Training Day Lngshot Unpiltered Wonpil 31 Crack Code Kep1er Love in the Margins Jeong Se-woon
Second quarter April Date Album Artist(s) 1 Lost and Found Kino 2 Unveil Somin 3 Another Dimension T.O.P A & E Park Hyo-shin 6 My First Kick KickFlip Who Is She Kiss of Life 7 Flowering AKMU 8 Definition Ampers&One Keyvitup Keyvitup The First Wave Hrtz.wav 13 1.Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony Modyssey 7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns Tomorrow X Together Caligo Pt.2 Plave 15 As If Ifeye Be: 2 Be Boys 16 Adagio Wheein Re Ep.1 Arise 17 Dead And Xdinary Heroes Nail Yves 20 Alive Donghae Backtalk Evnne Ode to Love NCT Wish The Legacy Forestella 21 Set B1A4 We Are Unchild Unchild We on Fire &Team 26 Re:flect Park Ji-hoon 27 Ceremony QWER Glow XngHan&Xoul No Tragedy TWS Mmchk Nexz 28 Feelm 82Major Till I Die Lee Chae-yeon 29 Childish Lucy Off Hours Soyou Redefine Cravity 30 Mamihlapinatapai Illit
May Date Album Artist(s) 4 GreenGreen Cortis Choom Babymonster Naze Naze 6 The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter Two Billlie 7 Continuum Sumi Jo Orange Record Yuhz 11 Heavy Serenade Nmixx 12 Doogeundae ChaDongHyeop Inyun Part.1 Younite 13 Said & Done Park Jin-young Youth Error Flare U 14 First, Again SeeYa 18 Ascend- Zerobaseone Motto Itzy Quintessence Taeyang Wyld Taeyong 19 Gongbu Balming Tiger I.O.I: Loop I.O.I Route Zero: The Ora Xikers 20 No Reason Yoon San-ha 21 Love Me Shownu X Hyungwon Purple Note Hyojung 22 Pureflow Pt. 1 Le Sserafim 26 Boyager 6 Boyfriend Sequence 01: Curiosity And2ble 27 17.7 Hiipe Princess I,God Xlov 28 Heart Byte: Legacy Heart of Woman Prism Ep.02 Queenz Eye : The Quiver Onewe 29 Lemonade Aespa
June Date Album Artist(s) 1 Assemble26 Love & Pop Pt. 1 Love TripleS Atmos Shinee Bite Now Meovv Imperfect-I'mperfect Fifty Fifty New Wav Treasure 2 Phantom Fire Xodiac Gravity Kim Junsu 4 4ward Mamamoo 8 Home BoyNextDoor Set the Tempo Izna 9 Reach You Yerin Youth: Epilogue Epex 10 Tr.ee Jay B 15 II Riize 16 2:Love STAYC 17 ONF: My Self ONF Bite District Uspeer 19 Uncapped Omega X 20 RePrism Sandara Park 22 Lemon Tang Hearts2Hearts 23 Re:boot [After the Tears] Classy 26 Golden Hour: Part.5 Ateez Album 0 Lee Seung-yoon 29 V8 V8 30 Puzzl(ov)e Jung Dae Hyun Perfect Target Choi Yoo-jung
Third quarter July Date Album Artist(s) 1 Playlist #Your Youth UAU 6 We Made I-dle 7 Borderline Kihyun 8 Run to You AHOF On My Knees Trendz 10 No Labels: Part 02 Yeonjun 99 Degrees Jaehyun 13 Promise Super Junior-83z 15 Save Me Kwon Jin-ah Temperature Huta 20 Time's Tickin U-Know Yunho 21 8.X 8Turn Core Wonho Glow Me Fromis 9 22 OriginaLyn Hyolyn Off the Grid Lun8 27 Youngest Young K .exe Nouera 28 Flavor Pow Where to Now? (Part.2: Nowhere) Kard 29 Second Wind: S#00 The Wind Ela Zelo
August Date Album Artist(s) 1 SKZ-Replay 2026 Pt.1 Stray Kids 3 Board Picheolin Velvet Summer Red Velvet 4 Sweat Kiss of Life 5 Cherry Pie 6 Our Youth Seo Eun-kwang 7 Hyper-Ego Artms This & That Stray Kids 10 Vision Wings WayV WhyKiiiKiii KiiiKiii 11 Summer, I Jung Eun-ji 12 Hello AxMxP AxMxP 13 여름결 (Traces of Summer) Hynn 19 : Unknown Atlas Onewe Our Birthday Ourbirthday 20 Edge of Calm Tiffany Young 21 The Sin: Bliss Enhypen 24 Blingy NCT 127 Unbreakable: 少年Beast Alpha Drive One Tune & Play Tuide Saucin Nexz 26 Tenacity SF9 28 Fallen Angel Jennie 31 Phase 1: Soft Violence Taemin Skibidi Girls' Generation-HRS
September Date Album Artist(s) 1 Heat 82Major 2 Blue Mode Tunexx 4 The Phase Monsta X Still with You Asc2nt 7 Death of Me Evan Confetti Verivery Make It Hot Minho What a Wonderful Life Soyeon 8 Mark on Me &Team Im Hero 10 Lim Young-woong Dopamine Doh Kyung-soo 9 When the Sun Goes Down: Midnight In a Minute 10 Unbound All(H)Ours 23 First Light: 井 Oneus 28 Crash AllDay Project 30 256th Note Close Your Eyes Sonorous Cravity
Fourth quarter October Date Album Artist(s) 1 Time for Us TIOT 6 Kick Off the Wall Pt.1 KickFlip Where We Are Yesung 8 Still N.Flying 27 Yuqi 12 I Spy NCT Wish Hyperdrive Plave Impulse Xdinary Heroes Go Hard Meovv 14 2X8 Nam Woo-hyun 19 Strange Muse Nmixx Dreamscape Jeonghan X Joshua All of My Life Max Changmin 26 Break Even Illit Looks Can Kill Ive
November Date Album Artist(s) 4 Ting Ting Unchild 16 Perfect Storm Tomorrow X Together Chaeryeong
TBA Date Album Artist(s) Deux Yim Jae-beom
Top songs on record
Circle Digital Chart No. 1 Songs "404 (New Era)" - KiiiKiii "Good Goodbye" - Hwasa "Joy, Sorrow, a Beautiful Heart" - AKMU "Love Attack" - Rescene "My Whole World" - Car, the Garden "Paradise of Rumors" - AKMU "RedRed" - Cortis "Rude!" - Hearts2Hearts "Suddenly" - I.O.I "Swim" - BTS
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