# 2010 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2010 in music in South Korea.

## Debuting and disbanded in 2010
### Debuting groups

* ...Whatever That Means
* The Boss
* CNBLUE
* Coed School
* DMTN
* Eastern Sidekick
* F.Cuz
* GD & TOP
* Girl's Day
* GP Basic
* Idiotape
* Infinite
* JYJ
* Led Apple
* Miss A
* Nine Muses
* One Way
* Orange Caramel
* Raspberry Field
* Rooftop Moonlight
* Rhythm Power
* Standing Egg
* Sistar
* Teen Top
* The Boss
* The Koxx
* Touch
* ZE:A

### Solo debuts

* The Black Skirts
* Cha Cha Malone
* Choi Jung-in
* Chun Myung-hoon
* Crucial Star
* Gilme
* Huh Gak
* Hyuna
* Jambinai
* Jay Park
* John Park
* JeA
* Kim Junsu
* Lady Jane
* Okasian
* Rumble Fish
* Soy Kim
* Swings
* Yun Seok-cheol

### Disbanded groups

* Rumble Fish
* Tin Tin Five
* Uptown

## Releases in 2010
### First quarter
#### January

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 5 | Jeong (정)(情) | Kim Yeon-woo | Ballad, Dance |
| 7 | Nativity | ZE:A | Dance-pop |
| 13 | One Day (하루가) | KCM | R&B, Ballad |
| 14 | Bluetory | CNBLUE | K-pop, pop rock |
| 19 | Shadow (Repackage) | Lee Seung-gi | K-pop |
| 19 | New Day | Daybreak | Rock |
| 21 | Can't Let You Go Even If I Die | 2AM | Ballad |
| 25 | Oh! | Girls' Generation | K-pop |
| 28 | The Violet Album | Apollo 18 | Rock |

#### February

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 3 | Only One | U-KISS | Dance-pop |
| 4 | Reunion (재회) | Min Kyung-hoon | Ballad |
| 4 | Special Edition | Hong Kyung-min | Pop rock |
| 17 | Lupin | Kara | Dance-pop |
| 18 | An Jin Kyoung 1st Mini Album | Ahn Jin Kyung | K-pop, Pop |
| 23 | Breaking Heart | T-ara | K-pop |

#### March

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Shock of the New Era | BEAST | K-pop |
| 9 | Epilogue | Epik High | Alternative hip hop |
| 11 | No One | F.Cuz | K-pop, Dance-pop, R&B, hip hop |
| 16 | I Was Wrong | 2AM | K-pop |
| 17 | Run Devil Run | Girls' Generation | K-pop |
| 18 | Supremier | Supreme Team | K-pop |
| 18 | Scream Op. 1 | Lee Joo-min | K-pop |
| 18 | Rock 'n' Roll Licence | The RockTigers | Rockabilly |

### Second quarter
#### April

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Secret Time | Secret | K-pop |
| 7 | Back to the Basic | Bi Rain | K-pop |
| 12 | H-Logic | Lee Hyori | K-pop |
| 20 | Hwangoltaltae (환골탈태) | Norazo | K-pop, trot, rock |
| 22 | The First EP | 10cm | K-pop, Acoustic folk |

#### May

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 4 | Nu ABO | F(X) | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |
| 6 | Innocence | Davichi | pop, R&B |
| 6 | Just Beginning | Seo In Guk | pop, R&B |
| 11 | Re Birthday | J'Kyun | Hip hop |
| 13 | Bonamana | Super junior | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |
| 13 | 6th Part 2 'Candy Train' | Lyn | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |
| 14 | Ambitious | NS Yoon-G | K-pop, dance |
| 15 | 2 Different Tears | Wonder Girls | K-pop, dance |
| 17 | Y | MBLAQ | K-pop |
| 19 | Bluelove | CNBLUE | K-pop pop rock |
| 19 | Hit Your Heart | 4Minute | K-pop |
| 19 | Groove Official | Sultan of the Disco | Disco |
| 24 | Destination | SS501 | K-pop, R&B, dance, electronica |
| 27 | Hwayobi | Hwayobi | K-pop, R&B |

#### June

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Lov-Elly | Seo In-young | K-pop |
| 3 | Nagging | IU, Lim Seul-ong | K-pop, Pop, Ballad |
| 3 | Spin Off (Repackage) | Supreme Team | K-pop |
| 9 | First Invasion | Infinite | K-pop |
| 10 | Koyote Ugly | Koyote | K-pop |
| 14 | This Moment | Monni | Rock |
| 17 | The First Mini Album | Orange Caramel | K-pop |
| 30 | A-Live Take Out Vol. 1 'Playground and Diary' | Monni | Rock |

### Third quarter
#### July

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Bad But Good | Miss A | K-pop |
| 1 | Solar | Taeyang | K-pop |
| 8 | The Queen | Son Dam Bi | K-pop |
| 8 | NARSHA | Narsha | K-pop |
| 9 | Come into the World | Teen Top | K-pop |
| 9 | Girl's Day Party #1 | Girl's Day | K-pop |
| 14 | Draw G's First Breath | G.NA | K-pop |
| 19 | Lucifer | Shinee | K-pop |
| 21 | Digital Bounce | SE7EN | K-pop |
| 29 | Look at | Chae Yeon | K-pop |
| 29 | 풍류 | DJ DOC | K-pop |

#### August

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 5 | Hurricane Venus | BoA | K-pop |
| 5 | Aurora | Daybreak | Rock |
| 10 | Aegiya | Seo In Guk | pop, R&B |
| 10 | The Paragon of Animals | Crash | Thrash rock |
| 12 | A | Rainbow | K-pop |
| 12 | Madonna | Secret | K-pop |
| 12 | Let’s Have A Party | Nine Muses | K-pop |
| 17 | Time To Shine | Supernova | K-pop |
| 17 | Same Girl | Na Yoon-sun | Jazz |
| 25 | Beautiful Journey | F.T. Island | K-pop, pop-rock |
| 26 | Be The Voice | Ahn Jin Kyung | K-pop, Pop |

#### September

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 3 | The Classic | Brave Brothers | Hip hop |
| 9 | To Anyone | 2NE1 | K-pop, Pop, Dance-pop, Electropop, Synthpop, R&B, Hip hop |
| 13 | Everybody Ready? | San E | K-pop |
| 27 | Step Up | Miss A | K-pop |
| 29 | Solista Part 1 | Kim Bum-soo | K-pop |
| 30 | Mastermind | BEAST | K-pop |
| 30 | 《사랑 (Love)》 | Lee Juck | K-pop |

### Fourth quarter
#### October

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 4 | Break Time | U-KISS | Dance-pop |
| 4 | Hello | SHINee | K-pop, dance-pop, R&B |
| 7 | The Memory | Park Yong-ha | K-pop |
| 8 | Step 2/4 | Gain | K-pop |
| 11 | Still 02:00PM | 2PM | K-pop |
| 14 | The Beginning | JYJ | K-pop |
| 14 | A Woman Like Me | Hwayobi | K-pop, R&B |
| 19 | SG Wannabe 7 Part.I | SG Wannabe | K-pop |
| 19 | Welcome to the Jungle | Chun Myung-hoon | K-pop |
| 20 | Mach | Rainbow | K-pop |
| 20 | PsyFive | Psy | K-pop |
| 21 | Time To Fly High | NS Yoon-G | K-pop, dance |
| 26 | Saint o'Clock | 2AM | Ballad |
| 27 | Hoot | Girls' Generation | K-pop |
| 28 | Something That Is Cheerful and Fresh | Coed School | K-pop |
| 29 | Girl’s Day Party #2 | Girl's Day | K-pop, dance |

#### November

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 9 | Lights Go On Again | BEAST | K-pop |
| 10 | Jumping | Kara | Dance-pop |
| 11 | The Persistence of Memory | Ha Soo-bin | Dance-pop |
| 18 | The Second Mini Album | Orange Caramel | K-pop |
| 18 | Gorgeous | F.Cuz | K-pop |
| 20 | Omega Op. 2 | Lee Joo-min | K-pop |
| 25 | Browneyed Soul | Brown Eyed Soul | K-pop, R&B |

#### December

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Temptastic | T-ara | Dance-pop |
| 7 | Happy Pledis 1st Album | After School | Christmas |
| 9 | REAL | IU | K-pop |
| 9 | Fall In... | Wax | R&B, Ballad |
| 21 | My Story | BEAST | K-pop |
| 24 | GD & TOP | GD & TOP | Dance-pop |

## Deaths

* Park Yong-ha, 32, actor and singer
* Choi Jin-young, 39, actor and singer