2012 in South Korean music


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List of years in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2012 in music in South Korea.

Debuting and disbanded in 2012

Debuted groups

Solo debuts

Disbanded groups

Releases of 2012

First quarter

January


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Funky Town T-ara K-pop
5 Neo Spirit NS Yoon-G K-pop
9 It's Teen Top K-pop
10 100% Ver. MBLAQ K-pop
12 Wonder Party Wonder Girls Dance-pop
13 The Grasshoppers Sunny Hill K-pop
20 Vintage Wanted K-pop
26 Warrior B.A.P K-pop
27 Hit U Dal Shabet K-pop
31 Grown-Up F.T. Island K-pop

February


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
1 SE7EN Second Mini Album Se7en K-pop
2 Welcome To The Block Block B Rap K-pop
7 New Breed Jay Park Dance-pop
8 Russian Roulette Spica K-pop
9 My Angel M. Street K-pop, Ballad
14 I Need You K.Will K-pop
20 Touch Miss A K-pop
22 Re-Issue Brave Girls K-pop
29 Alive Big Bang Dance-pop

March


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
7 Love Diary (EP) C-Real K-pop
8 Sweet Rendezvous Nine Muses K-pop
12 F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of Love 2AM K-pop
14 Ignition B1A4 Dance-pop K-pop
19 Sherlock Shinee K-pop
23 The Return Shinhwa K-pop, Dance
26 Ear Fun CNBLUE K-pop Pop rock
29 Painkiller Spica K-pop

Second quarter

April


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Born to Beat BtoB Dance-pop
9 MAMA EXO Pop
Volume Up 4Minute Dance-pop
10 Slip Away NELL
12 Alone Sistar K-pop
2 Guys Baechigi Hip hop
17 Spaceensum Daybreak Rock
25 DoraDora U-KISS K-pop
27 Power B.A.P K-pop
For Century Ultimate Zest F.Cuz Dance-pop, K-pop
28 Spring – 5 Songs for 1 New Love Park Jin Young K-pop
29 Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS K-pop
30 Welcome To The Block (repackaged) Block B Rap, K-pop

May


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
9 Une Année Apink K-pop
Venus Hello Venus K-pop
10 Ulala Sensation Part 1 Ulala Session K-pop
11 Spring of a Twenty Year Old IU Ballad
14 Tarantallegra Kim Junsu (JYJ) K-pop
15 Infinitize Infinite K-pop
16 State of Emergency DMTN K-pop
17 Ulala Sensation Part 2 Ulala Session K-pop
21 2PM Member's Selection 2PM K-pop
Bloom G.NA Dance-pop
23 Born to Beat (Asia Special Edition) BTOB Dance-pop, K-pop
24 Ignition (Special Edition) B1A4 Dance-pop, K-pop
30 Illusion M.I.B Dance-pop, K-pop

June


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Still Alive Big Bang Dance-pop
Wonder Party Wonder Girls Dance-pop
4 Artist Teen Top K-pop
5 The Special To Kiss Me U-KISS K-pop
6 Bang Bang Dal Shabet K-pop
7 My First June Juniel K-pop, Pop rock
13 Electric Shock f(x) K-pop
Love Style Boyfriend K-pop
20 Flashback After School Pop
22 Hu+man 2BiC R&B
25 I'm Da One Jo Kwon K-pop
28 Loving U Sistar K-pop


Third quarter

July


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Day by Day T-ara K-pop
4 Sexy, Free & Single Super Junior K-pop
Like a Wave Hello Venus K-pop
Spectacular ZE:A K-pop
8 23, Male, Single Wooyoung K-pop
10 Run to You LED Apple K-pop
11 Action NU'EST Dance-pop, K-pop
12 Bigstart BIG STAR K-pop
15 Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Psy K-pop
18 Skinship NS Yoon-G K-pop
19 No Mercy B.A.P K-pop
Not Alone C-Clown K-pop
22 Midnight Sun BEAST Dance-pop
Only One BoA Dance-pop
27 Racer ChAOS K-pop

August


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
2 Welcome to Business D-Unit Dance-pop
6 Spy (Sexy, Free & Single Repackage) Super Junior Dance-pop
9 Spectrum Tasty K-pop
10 Let Me Explode! EvoL Dance-pop
13 Hippity Hop EXID Dance-pop
14 Rising Sun E7 Dance-pop, K-pop
16 Phantom City PHATOM Dance-pop
Mystery Able Dance-pop
20 Double Up Two X Dance-pop
22 Pandora Kara Dance-pop
23 Sol Bi Neun Ottugi Sol Bi Dance-pop
27 Phoenix ZE:A K-pop
30 Crash B.A.P Dance-pop

September


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
4 Mirage T-ara K-pop
10 I'm Baek Baek Ah Yeon K-pop
Five Treasure Box F.T. Island K-pop
12 Press Play BtoB Dance-pop
Lipstick Orange Caramel K-pop
13 Poison Secret K-pop
15 One of a Kind G-Dragon K-pop
20 Stop Girl U-KISS K-pop
Hypnotize Anda K-pop
Principle of My Soul Naul R&B
24 Catch Me TVXQ K-pop
29 Girl's Secret Party 84LY K-pop

Fourth quarter

October

Date Title Artist Genre(s)
4 BLOSSOM BIG STAR K-pop
5 Talk About S GaIn K-pop
10 2.0 10cm (band) K-pop, Acoustic folk
11 The Third Album Part 1 K.Will K-pop
15 Independent Women Part III Miss A K-pop
16 Blockbuster Block B Rap, K-pop
Invitation Ailee K-pop
Open The Door Wonder Boyz Hip hop
19 99 Epik High Hip hop
21 Melting Hyuna K-pop
23 Stop It B.A.P K-pop
31 PYL Younique Volume 1 YOUNIQUE UNIT K-pop

November


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
1 Journey Home Kim Jong Kook K-pop
6 Hello A-PRINCE K-pop
7 The Next Big Thing Roh Ji-hoon Dance-pop, K-pop
8 Janus Boyfriend K-pop
I Will Protect SM☆SH K-pop
12 Another Me Kim Sung-kyu K-pop
In the Wind B1A4 K-pop
13 Have, Don't Have Dal Shabet K-pop
15 2MYX A-Jax K-pop
Young Love C-Clown K-pop
19 Another Me Kim Sung-kyu (Infinite) K-pop
20 1&1 Juniel K-pop, Pop rock
21 Lonely Spica K-pop
22 Forest Lee Seung-gi K-pop, ballad
26 Humanoids TVXQ K-pop
The First Collage Yang Yo-seob (B2ST) K-pop
28 I Got The Feeling BIG STAR K-pop
30 KARA Collection KARA K-pop

December


Date Title Artist Genre(s)
6 Love U The SeeYa K-pop
11 5 Point 5 Joosuc K-pop
12 What Are You Doing Today? Hello Venus K-pop
13 Antique Romance Sunny Hill K-pop

Charts

See also

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