# 2009 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that musically occurred in 2009 in South Korea.

## Notable events and achievements

* February 12 – At the annual Seoul Music Awards, Wonder Girls win the grand prize.
* March 12 – Toy, Sister's Barbershop, and Kiha & The Faces win the grand prizes at the 6th Korean Music Awards.
* March 13 – "Gee" by Girls' Generation tops the Music Bank chart for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record.
* March 28 – DFSB Kollective signs worldwide distribution deals with various South Korean music acts, including Epik High, Yoon Mi-rae and Drunken Tiger, bringing Korean music content to iTunes.
* March – According to statistics from Google trends, online searches for K-pop began their steady increase in 2009, following the release of the hit songs Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry" and Girls' Generation's "Gee".
* April 4 – BoA's self-titled debut English album becomes the first album by a Korean artist to appear on the Billboard 200, entering at number 127.
* June 27 – Wonder Girls open for the Jonas Brothers on their 2009 World Tour during their North American leg.
* July 20 – Wonder Girls make their American live television debut on The Wendy Williams Show, where they perform "Nobody".
* August 5 – The choreography of "Mister" by Kara, featuring the "butt dance", spreads in popularity in South Korea.
* October 12 – TVXQ become the first foreign artist in twenty years to peak at number one on the Japanese Oricon DVD ranking.
* October 31 – "Nobody" (English version) by Wonder Girls becomes the first K-pop song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, entering at number 76.
* November 21 – The 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards take place. 2NE1, 2PM, and G-Dragon win the grand prizes at the ceremony. 2NE1 becomes the first artist to win a grand prize in their debut year.
* December 10 – At the 24th Golden Disc Awards, Super Junior and Girls' Generation receive the grand prizes.
* December 16 – The inaugural Melon Music Awards are held in Seoul, with Girls' Generation and G-Dragon winning the grand prizes.
* December 19 – According to the 2009 Oricon Annual Ranking, TVXQ becomes the third best-selling artist in Japan of the year, with ₩90.3 billion in sales.

## Award shows and festivals
### Award ceremonies

2009 music award ceremonies in South Korea :
| Date | Event | Host |
| February 12 | 21st Seoul Music Awards | Sports Seoul |
| February 22 | 30th & 31st Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| March 12 | 6th Korean Music Awards | Korean Music Awards Committee |
| April 21 | 32nd & 33rd Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| June 10 | 34th & 35th Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| August 20 | 36th & 37th Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| October 18 | 38th & 39th Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| November 21 | 11th Mnet Asian Music Awards | CJ E&M (Mnet) |
| December 10 | 24th Golden Disc Awards | Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus |
| December 13 | 40th & 41st Cyworld Digital Music Awards | Cyworld |
| December 16 | 1st Melon Music Awards | Kakao M |

### Festivals

2009 televised music festivals in South Korea :
| Date | Event | Host |
| September 19 | Asia Song Festival | Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange |
| December 29 | SBS Gayo Daejeon | Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) |
| December 30 | KBS Song Festival | Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) |
| December 31 | MBC Gayo Daejejeon | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) |

## Debuting and disbanded in 2009
### Debuting groups

* 2NE1
* 4minute
* After School
* Apollo 18
* Beast
* Bye Bye Sea
* December
* f(x)
* JQT
* MBLAQ
* Rainbow
* Secret
* SHU-I
* Supreme Team
* T-ara
* Urban Zakapa

### Solo debut

* Ali
* Brave Brothers
* Dara
* Dia
* Gilme
* G-Dragon
* Hwang Jung-eum
* Jo Eun-byul
* Kim Yoon-ji
* Kim Jeong-hoon
* Koo Hye-sun
* Kyeon Mi-ri
* Lee Hyun
* Park Bom
* Seo In-guk
* Taegoon
* Tymee

### Disbanded groups

* Baby Vox Re.V
* Battle
* Super Junior-M

## Releases in 2009
### First quarter
#### January

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 5 | Romantic Novel | Gavy NJ | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 7 | Gee | Girls' Generation | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 8 | Baekajeolhyeon | Leessang | K-pop Dance-pop Korean hip hop |
| 13 | Pearlfect | Pearl | K-pop, R&B, Hip hop |
| 15 | New Schoolgirl | After School | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 20 | Forever | M. Street | K-pop Ballad |
| 20 | New Generation of Ska | Skasucks | Ska, punk |

#### February

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 3 | Bring It Back 2 Old School | U-KISS | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 6 | This Is Love | Hwayobi | K-pop R&B |
| 10 | Eolmana Jokillae | BLESS/CODE-V | K-pop Pop |
| 11 | Jump Up | F.T. Island | K-pop pop-rock |
| 12 | The Red Album | Apollo18 | Rock |
| 12 | Pretty Girl Special Edition | Kara | K-pop |
| 12 | Decennium | Fly to the Sky | K-pop |
| 26 | 10 Ways To Say I Love You | Lena Park | Pop ballad |
| 27 | Davichi in Wonderland | Davichi | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 30 | Scream Op.1 | Lee Joo-min | K-pop |

#### March

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 9 | Victoria | Seomoon Tak | Rock |
| 10 | Golden Age | 8Eight | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 10 | Return to My World | Im Chang-jung | K-pop |
| 12 | Sorry, Sorry | Super Junior | K-pop |
| 20 | Time For Confession | 2AM | K-pop |
| 23 | Type "B" – Back To 80's | Son Dam-bi | K-pop |
| 26 | Vol. 3 There Are Different Ways to Happiness | Chu Ga-yeoul | Folk |
| 27 | Map the Soul | Epik High | Alternative hip hop |
| 31 | Dropping the Tears | K.Will | K-pop |

### Second quarter
#### April

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 9 | Second Half | Jo Sung-mo | Pop ballad |
| 16 | 2:00PM Time for Change | 2PM | K-pop |
| 16 | Gift from SG Wannabe | SG Wannabe | K-pop Pop music R&B |
| 16 | Nexen Heroes | Crying Nut | Punk rock |
| 23 | Growing Up | IU | K-pop |

#### May

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 7 | Mutopia: Land of Dreams | Lee Seung-chul | Soft rock, Ballad |
| 7 | Fascination | Jun Jin | K-pop |
| 13 | Shake | Chae Yeon | K-pop |
| 19 | Avaholic | Lee Jung-hyun | K-pop |
| 25 | Romeo | Shinee | K-pop |
| 27 | Jumpin' | Koyote | K-pop |

#### June

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | Vol.2 Maestro | Outsider | K-pop Hip hop |
| 9 | Untouchable Mini Album 1st | Untouchable | Hip hop |
| 25 | Eternal Children (영원한 아이들) | Rux | Punk rock |
| 29 | Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) | Girls' Generation | K-pop Dance-pop |

### Third quarter
#### July

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 01 | The Gold | Hwayobi | K-pop R&B |
| 02 | Always You | Wax | R&B, Ballad |
| 08 | 2NE1 1st Mini Album | 2NE1 | K-pop, dance-pop |
| 14 | Supreme Team Guide To Excellent Adventure | Supreme Team | K-pop |
| 15 | Realcollabo + RMX | Ra.D | R&B, soul |
| 16 | Cross & Change | F.T. Island | K-pop, pop-rock |
| 21 | SS501 Solo Collection | SS501 | K-pop |
| 21 | Sound-G | Brown Eyed Girls | K-pop |
| 21 | A9ain | Roo'ra | Hip hop |
| 21 | Happy Women | Kyeon Mi-ri | |
| 23 | The Blue Album | Apollo 18 | Rock |
| 31 | Revolution | Kara | K-pop |

#### August

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 6 | Summer | Hwayobi | K-pop R&B |
| 6 | Love Class | Mighty Mouth | K-pop Pop, Hip Hop |
| 7 | Love Song | Untouchable with Geumbi | Hip-Hop |
| 10 | Uncomfortable Party | Crying Nut | Punk rock |
| 13 | See The Sea | BADA | K-pop Pop |
| 13 | Ego | Baek Ji-young | K-pop |
| 18 | Heartbreaker | G-Dragon | K-pop |
| 18 | Attitude | Brave Brothers | Hip hop |
| 20 | Someday | Hong Kyung-min | Pop rock |
| 27 | Sophisticated | Jewelry | K-pop |
| 31 | For Muzik | 4minute | K-pop |

#### September

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 1 | LA chA TA | f(x) | K-pop |
| 16 | | Epik High | K-pop |
| 17 | Shadow | Lee Seung-gi | K-pop |

### Fourth quarter
#### October

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 6 | Hexagonal | Leessang | K-pop Dance-pop Korean hip hop |
| 6 | Miss Mister | WoongSan | Jazz |
| 7 | Tomorrow | 4Tomorrow | K-pop |
| 8 | Vocolate | Wheesung | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 13 | Movement on a Theme by Yiruma | Yiruma | Piano |
| 14 | Just BLAQ | MBLAQ | K-pop, dance-pop |
| 14 | BEAST is the B2ST | BEAST | K-pop, dance-pop |
| 15 | Dazzle | Lee Soo-young | K-pop |
| 22 | 2009, Year of Us | Shinee | K-pop |
| 22 | Rebirth | SS501 | K-pop |
| 22 | H Soul | Hwanhee | K-pop |
| 26 | Double Date | F.T. Triple | K-pop pop-rock |

#### November

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 5 | Missing You | K.Will | K-pop |
| 6 | ContiUKiss | U-KISS | K-pop Dance-pop |
| 10 | 01:59PM | 2PM | K-pop Dance-pop Dance Ballad |
| 12 | IU...IM | IU | K-pop |
| 12 | Gossip Girl | Rainbow | K-pop |
| 17 | Museum | MC Sniper | Hip hop |
| 25 | Because of You | After School | K-pop |
| 27 | Absolute First Album | T-ara | K-pop |
| 29 | Supsense Op.2 | Lee Joo-min | R&B |

#### December

| Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 2 | Movement on a Theme by Yiruma: 2nd Movement | Yiruma | Piano |
| 10 | Volume 2 – Manifold | Brian Joo | K-pop |
| 10 | Platonic | Eun Ji-won | K-pop |
| 11 | Merry Christmas | Untouchable with Hwayoung | Hip hop |
| 17 | End And... | Jewelry | K-pop |
| 22 | Calling You | Broken Valentine | Alternative rock |