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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]
May 16–17 Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2026 Newsen and @Style [3]

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 [50]
Yesweare Idntt [51]
光 (Insanity) Joohoney [52]
7 3logy CNBLUE [53]
Gray. Shin Soo-hyun [ko] [54]
XO, My Cyberlove Chuu [55]
8 In Elixir: Spellbound Waker [56]
12 Euphoria Alpha Drive One [7]
Serenade DK X Seungkwan [15]
13 Funky Like Me N.SSign [57]
Shot Callers Lngshot [7]
14 Crossfade: Inseong [ko] [58]
15 We Break, You Awake Chrocktikal [13]
16 The Sin: Vanish Enhypen [59]
18 Low Kik Kik [60]
19 Evolve Catch The Young [ko] [61]
Prussian Blue Can't Be Blue [62]
Reverxe Exo [63]
20 Alive La Poem [64]
原 Oneus [65]
21 Amplify My Way AxMxP [66]
23 Big Impact Choi Soo-ho [ko] [67]
26 Delulu Pack KiiiKiii [68]
28 Come True Pow [69]
29 Never Meant to Be Heize X Giriboy [70]
Rock the Nation Whib [ko] [71]
30 Studio We: Recording #4 Onewe [72]

February

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Re-Flow Zerobaseone [73]
4 BoyNextDoor Tour 'Knock On Vol.1' Final (Live) BoyNextDoor [74]
5 Collection of Props Vol.2 Jeong Dong-won [75]
6 Golden Hour: Part.4 Ateez [76]
9 Girl Meets Boy Madein [77]
Unloved Echo Yang Yo-seob [78]
11 (Ex)ist Jiwoo [35]
12 Woody.zip Woody [79]
18 Call It Love IHwak [80]
20 Hyper X:IN [81]
23 Both Sides NCT JNJM [25]
First:Delivery Daily:Direction [82]
Master Voice Park Ji-hyeon [83]
Press Winter Padi [84]
Revive+ Ive [85]
24 Choco La Familia Choco [86]
25 Route 01: Burning Point Chaser [12]
26 Animated Lavin [87]
Between Cobalt and Navy Big Naughty [88]
1'Only One Pact [89]
QtoresQ QQQ [27]
Still: I Asc2nt [90]
27 Deadline Blackpink [91]

March

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Off the Map Kim Sung-kyu [92]
X: 3 / ? Nell [93]
3 Code Everglow [94]
Set By Us Only Tunexx [95]
The Geatest Battle Big Ocean [96]
4 Archive. 1 Woodz [97]
One Shin Won-ho [39]
5 Lovechapter H1-Key [98]
6 Ruby (The Complete Collection) Jennie [99]
7 Set It Off Five O One [100]
Skinz Is Skinz Skinz [101]
9 Pop It Like Nouera [102]
Sub Character Younha [103]
Tough Love Onew [104]
10 Lv1 Yeojin [41]
Run Run Run Dragon Pony [105]
11 01 V01d [106]
Love Catcher Choi Ye-na [107]
Who Do You Love?: I Need You In A Minute [108]
12 Babyface Odd Youth [109]
Unique P1Harmony [110]
14 My Blue June [36]
16 No Doubt All(H)Ours [111]
Seven: Crimson Horizon AB6IX [112]
18 Boys Be Ambitious Ambio [6]
Late O' Clock Latency [22]
20 Arirang BTS [113]
23 Ice Cream Yuna [43]
Museum OWIS [26]
Free Falling Kangmin [37]
24 After Cry Baby Dont Cry [114]
25 About Love SF9 [115]
Rev Moonbyul [116]
26 Point Blank Dignity [ko] [117]
30 Biggest Fan Irene [118]
Daydream Jang Han-eum [ko] [34]
Training Day Lngshot [119]
Unpiltered Wonpil [120]
31 Crack Code Kep1er [121]
Love in the Margins Jeong Se-woon [122]

Second quarter

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April

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
1 Lost and Found Kino [123]
2 Unveil Somin [124]
3 Another Dimension T.O.P [125]
A & E Park Hyo-shin [126]
6 My First Kick KickFlip [127]
Who Is She Kiss of Life [128]
7 Flowering AKMU [129]
8 Definition Ampers&One [130]
Keyvitup Keyvitup [131]
The First Wave Hrtz.wav [19]
13 1.Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony Modyssey [23]
7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns Tomorrow X Together [132]
Caligo Pt.2 Plave [133]
15 As If Ifeye [134]
Be: 2 Be Boys [135]
16 Adagio Wheein [136]
Re Ep.1 Arise [9]
17 Dead And Xdinary Heroes [137]
Nail Yves [138]
20 Alive Donghae [139]
Backtalk Evnne [140]
Ode to Love NCT Wish [141]
The Legacy Forestella [142]
21 Set B1A4 [143]
We Are Unchild Unchild [144]
We on Fire &Team [145]
26 Re:flect Park Ji-hoon [146]
27 Ceremony QWER [147]
Glow XngHan&Xoul [148]
No Tragedy TWS [149]
Mmchk Nexz [150]
28 Feelm 82Major [151]
Till I Die Lee Chae-yeon [152]
29 Childish Lucy [153]
Off Hours Soyou [154]
Redefine Cravity [155]
30 Mamihlapinatapai Illit [156]

May

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
4 GreenGreen Cortis [157]
Choom Babymonster [158]
Naze Naze [159]
6 The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter Two Billlie [160]
7 Continuum Sumi Jo [161]
Orange Record Yuhz [162]
11 Heavy Serenade Nmixx [163]
12 Doogeundae ChaDongHyeop [11]
Inyun Part.1 Younite [164]
13 Said & Done Park Jin-young [165]
Youth Error Flare U [166]
14 First, Again SeeYa [167]
18 Ascend- Zerobaseone [168]
Motto Itzy [169]
Quintessence Taeyang [170]
Wyld Taeyong [171]
19 Gongbu Balming Tiger [172]
I.O.I: Loop I.O.I [173]
Route Zero: The Ora Xikers [174]
20 No Reason Yoon San-ha [175]
21 Love Me Shownu X Hyungwon [176]
Purple Note Hyojung [177]
22 Pureflow Pt. 1 Le Sserafim [178]
26 Boyager 6 Boyfriend [179]
Sequence 01: Curiosity And2ble [8]
27 17.7 Hiipe Princess [180]
I,God Xlov [181]
28 Heart Byte: Legacy Heart of Woman [18]
Prism Ep.02 Queenz Eye [182]
點: The Quiver Onewe [183]
29 Lemonade Aespa [184]

June

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
1 Assemble26 Love & Pop Pt. 1 Love TripleS [185]
Atmos Shinee [186]
Bite Now Meovv [187]
Imperfect-I'mperfect Fifty Fifty [188]
New Wav Treasure [189]
2 Phantom Fire Xodiac [190]
Gravity Kim Junsu [191]
4 4ward Mamamoo [192]
8 Home BoyNextDoor [193]
Set the Tempo Izna [194]
9 Reach You Yerin [195]
Youth: Epilogue Epex [196]
10 Tr.ee Jay B [197]
15 II Riize [198]
16 2:Love STAYC [199]
17 ONF: My Self ONF [200]
Bite District Uspeer [201]
19 Uncapped Omega X [202]
20 RePrism Sandara Park [203]
22 Lemon Tang Hearts2Hearts [204]
23 Re:boot [After the Tears] Classy [205]
26 Golden Hour: Part.5 Ateez [206]
Album 0 Lee Seung-yoon [207]
29 V8 V8 [208]
30 Puzzl(ov)e Jung Dae Hyun [209]
Perfect Target Choi Yoo-jung [210]
TBA Re Ep.2 Arise [9]

Third quarter

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July

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
1 Playlist #Your Youth UAU [211]
6 We Made I-dle [212]
7 Borderline Kihyun [213]
8 Run to You AHOF [214]
10 No Labels: Part 02 Yeonjun [215]
15 Save Me Kwon Jin-ah [216]
20 Time's Tickin U-Know Yunho [217]
21 8.X 8Turn [218]
22 TBA Hyolyn [219]
28 Flavor Pow [220]
TBA TBA Chung Ha [221]
TBA TBA Fromis 9 [222]
TBA TBA Lun8 [223]
TBA TBA Trendz [224]
TBA TBA Wonho [225]

August

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
3 Board Picheolin [226]
7 This & That Stray Kids [227]
21 The Sin: Bliss Enhypen [228]
TBA TBA Alpha Drive One [229]
TBA TBA BigBang [230]
TBA TBA Doh Kyung-soo [231]
TBA TBA Red Velvet [232]
TBA TBA Kiss of Life [233]

TBA

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
TBA TBA Deux [234]
TBA TBA Oh My Girl [235]
TBA TBA Yim Jae-beom [236]

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  57. ^ Ahn, Tae-hyun (January 13, 2026). 엔싸인, 13일 신곡 '펑키 라이크 미' 발매...강렬한 펑크 리듬 예고 [N.SSign to release new song 'Funky Like Me' on the 13th... teasing intense funk rhythms]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved March 27, 2026.
  58. ^ Kim, Ye-eun (January 1, 2026). SF9 인성, 1월 14일 첫 솔로 앨범 발매 [공식] [SF9 Inseong to release first solo album on January 14 [Official]]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved March 27, 2026.
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  60. ^ Lee, Sang-sun (January 16, 2026). 밴드 Kik, 18일 새 EP Low Kik 발매...아시아 투어도 예고 [Band Kik to release new EP Low Kik on the 18th...Asia tour also announced]. Raon News (in Korean). Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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