# 2022 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened in 2022 in music in South Korea.

## Notable events and achievements

* January 5 – V's "Christmas Tree" became the first Korean OST to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79, as well as the first song by a Korean soloist to debut at number one on the US Digital Song Sales chart.
* January 6 – BTS, the Best became the first album by a Korean act in 17 years to sell over 1 million copies on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, since BoA's Best of Soul (2005).
* March 1 – Aespa became the first idol group to win Rookie of the Year at the Korean Music Awards, and the most-awarded girl group in the ceremony's history, with a record three wins at the 2022 ceremony.
* April 16, 23 – Coachella: 2NE1 reunites for the first time in over 6 years with a surprise performance on the Coachella main stage. Aespa also performs on the festival's main stage the following weekend.
* May 9 – AleXa performed her song "Wonderland" on the American Song Contest and became the first winner.
* June 30 – July 2 − The Jeddah K-Pop Festival 2022 is held at the Jeddah Super Dome—Saudi Arabia's first K-pop festival. Performers included Everglow, Ateez, Epex, Victon, CIX, Monsta X, and Verivery. Everglow becomes the first K-pop girl group to ever perform in Saudi Arabia.
* July 3 – Nayeon became the first K-pop soloist to enter the top 10 on the US Billboard 200 in the chart's history with her EP Im Nayeon.
* July 31 – J-Hope performed at Lollapalooza and became the first South Korean artist to headline the main stage at a major U.S. music festival.
* September 23, 25 – Blackpink became the first K-pop girl group to top UK Albums Chart with their second full length album Born Pink. Blackpink also became the first K-pop girl group to top US Billboard 200 with Born Pink.
* November 20 – Jungkook performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.
* December 5 – Blackpink was named Time Magazine's Entertainer of the Year.
* December 26 – RM's Indigo reached a peak of 3 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the highest charting Korean soloist on the chart to-date, and the first to reach the top 5.

## Award shows and festivals
### Award ceremonies

2022 music award ceremonies in South Korea :
| Date | Event | Host |
| January 8 | 36th Golden Disc Awards | Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus |
| January 23 | 31st Seoul Music Awards | Sports Seoul |
| January 27 | 11th Gaon Chart Music Awards | Korea Music Content Association |
| March 1 | 19th Korean Music Awards | Korean Popular Music Awards Committee |
| March 10 | 6th Korean Hiphop Awards | HiphopLE and Hiphopplaya |
| October 8 | 5th The Fact Music Awards | The Fact and Fan N Star |
| November 8 | 4th Genie Music Awards | Genie Music |
| November 26 | 14th Melon Music Awards | KakaoBank |
| November 29 and 30 | 24th MAMA Awards | CJ ENM |
| December 13 | 7th Asia Artist Awards | Star News and Star Continent |

### Festivals

2022 televised music festivals in South Korea :
| Date | Event | Host |
| December 16, 2022 | KBS Song Festival | Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) |
| December 24, 2022 | SBS Gayo Daejeon | Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) |
| December 31, 2022 | MBC Gayo Daejejeon | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) |

## Debuting and disbanding in 2022
### Debuting groups

* Acid Angel from Asia
* Aimers
* Apink Chobom
* Astro – Jinjin & Rocky
* ATBO
* Blank2y
* Classy
* CSR
* Fifty Fifty
* Got the Beat
* H1-Key
* ILY:1
* Irris
* Kep1er
* Lapillus
* Le Sserafim
* Mamamoo+
* Mimiirose
* NewJeans
* Nine.I [ko]
* Nmixx
* Shinhwa WDJ
* Superkind
* TAN
* Tempest
* TNX
* Trendz
* Viviz
* Younite

### Solo debuts

* Baekho
* Chaeyeon
* Choi Ye-na
* Choi Yoo-jung
* Jin
* Fatou
* Kihyun
* Kino
* Kim Jong-hyeon (JR)
* Lee Chan-hyuk
* Minho
* Miyeon
* Nayeon
* Seulgi
* Wonpil
* Xiumin
* Yerin
* Yuju

### Disbandments

* April
* BugAboo
* Bvndit
* D-Crunch
* Girlkind
* Hot Issue
* Lunarsolar
* NU'EST
* Redsquare
* TRCNG

## Releases in 2022
### First quarter
#### January

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 3 | Bobbin | Blitzers |
| 3 | First Impact | Kep1er |
| 3 | Disharmony: Find Out | P1Harmony |
| 3 | Novella | Up10tion |
| 3 | Ruby | Woozi |
| 4 | Planet Nine : Voyager | Onewe |
| 5 | Super Yuppers! | WJSN Chocome |
| 5 | Athletic Girl | H1-Key |
| 5 | Love Me Like | Omega X |
| 5 | Blue Set Chapter 1: Tracks | Trendz |
| 6 | Essay ep. 1 | Jang Minho |
| 7 | Rewind | BZ Boys |
| 10 | Dimension: Answer | Enhypen |
| 10 | Illusion | Kim Yo-han |
| 12 | Marvelous | Mirae |
| 13 | Devil | Max Changmin |
| 14 | Instinct Part. 2 | OnlyOneOf |
| 16 | Whee | Wheein |
| 17 | Midnight Guest | Fromis 9 |
| 17 | Villain | Drippin |
| 17 | Restore | Jinjin & Rocky |
| 17 | Smiley | Choi Ye-na |
| 17 | Complete With You | AB6IX |
| 18 | Chronograph | Victon |
| 18 | Rec. | Yuju |
| 18 | B | BamBam |
| 19 | 6equence | Moonbyul |
| 20 | Self n Ego | Luminous |
| 24 | In:vite U | Pentagon |
| 24 | Rica Rica | Nature |
| 25 | Love Story (4 Season Project 季) | Kyuhyun |
| 26 | Love. | Def. |

#### February

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 7 | Pilmography | Wonpil |
| 8 | Love&Fight | Ravi |
| 8 | Fighting | Rolling Quartz |
| 9 | You | Ha Sung-woon |
| 9 | Beam of Prism | Viviz |
| 10 | Born | Big Mama |
| 14 | Horn | Apink |
| 14 | Epik High Is Here 下 (Part 2) | Epik High |
| 14 | INVU | Taeyeon |
| 15 | The Second Step: Chapter One | Treasure |
| 15 | Lovender | Han Seung Yun |
| 15 | American Gothic | DeVita [ko] |
| 21 | Be Together | BtoB |
| 21 | Young-Luv.com | STAYC |
| 22 | Ad Mare | Nmixx |
| 23 | The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One | Billlie |
| 24 | Dance with God | Craxy |
| 25 | First Letter | Solji |
| 28 | Yellow Punch | Rocket Punch |
| 28 | The Road: Winter for Spring | Super Junior |

#### March

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 2 | Cherry Wish | Cherry Bullet |
| 2 | It's Me, It's We | Tempest |
| 2 | 2 | Bang Yong-guk |
| 7 | 3rd Desire (Reve) | Kim Woo-seok |
| 7 | Play Game: Awake | Weeekly |
| 10 | 1TAN | TAN |
| 14 | I Never Die | (G)I-dle |
| 14 | Thank You | Brave Girls |
| 15 | Voyager | Kihyun |
| 15 | Refuge | Moonbin & Sanha |
| 15 | Needle & Bubble | NU'EST |
| 16 | 容: Face | Solar |
| 16 | Love Pt. 1: First Love | WEi |
| 16 | Dimension | Xia |
| 18 | Oddinary | Stray Kids |
| 21 | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm | Red Velvet |
| 21 | Daydream | Highlight |
| 22 | Liberty: In Our Cosmos | Cravity |
| 24 | Customary Place | Lee Seok-hoon |
| 28 | Glitch Mode | NCT Dream |
| 28 | Real Love | Oh My Girl |
| 29 | MemeM | Purple Kiss |
| 30 | End Theory: Final Edition | Younha |
| 30 | Intersection: Blaze | BAE173 |
| 30 | New World | Nine.I [ko] |
| 31 | History of Kingdom: Part IV. Dann | Kingdom |

### Second quarter
#### April

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 4 | Grey Suit | Suho |
| 4 | Color | Kwon Eun-bi |
| 4 | Love in Bloom | ILY:1 |
| 5 | Love Dive | Ive |
| 6 | A Business Proposal OST | Various artists |
| 7 | Arcade: V | Ghost9 |
| 11 | Dice | Onew |
| 12 | Apocalypse: Save Us | Dreamcatcher |
| 12 | Chase Episode 2. Maum | DKZ |
| 14 | Just Begun | Just B |
| 19 | Estrena | Jang Yoon-jeong |
| 20 | Seoul | Bolbbalgan4 |
| 20 | Youni-birth | Younite |
| 21 | The Song of Love | Song Ga-in |
| 22 | Savior | Sungkyu |
| 25 | Series "O" Round 3: Whole | Verivery |
| 26 | Shape of Love | Monsta X |
| 26 | My Name | Lee Su-jeong |
| 27 | My | Miyeon |
| 27 | Miro | Yoon Ji-sung |
| 27 | Roar | E'Last |
| 27 | Melo Drama | 4Men |
| 27 | Day&Night | Soyou |
| 27 | Bridge of Dreams | Ichillin' |
| 28 | Rebel | DKB |
| 28 | Cheese in the Trap (C.I.T.T) | Moonbyul |
| 29 | Psy 9th | Psy |

#### May

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 2 | Im Hero | Lim Young-woong |
| 2 | Fearless | Le Sserafim |
| 3 | Flashback | iKon |
| 3 | A Wild Rose | Ryeowook |
| 3 | Invitation | MeloMance |
| 4 | Colorful Trauma | Woodz |
| 5 | Y: Class Is Over | Classy |
| 9 | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Tomorrow X Together |
| 10 | Jannabi's Small Pieces II: Grippin'TheGreen | Jannabi |
| 11 | The Code | Ciipher |
| 11 | Where Is My Garden! | Jeong Se-woon |
| 12 | By My Side | Hwang Chi-yeul |
| 16 | Drive to the Starry Road | Astro |
| 16 | Deep | Hyoyeon |
| 16 | Season Note | Davichi |
| 17 | Trickster | Oneus |
| 17 | Way Up | TNX |
| 17 | Sory | Lee Soo-young |
| 18 | A to B | AB6IX |
| 18 | Aria | Yerin |
| 20 | Timeless | Onewe |
| 23 | Got7 | Got7 |
| 24 | The Story | Kang Daniel |
| 24 | Into the Light | Lightsum |
| 24 | Lucky Charms! | Moon Soo-jin |
| 24 | K2Y I: Confidence [Thumbs Up] | Blank2y |
| 25 | Re-Original | Bvndit |
| 26 | Lives Across | Classy |
| 27 | Face the Sun | Seventeen |
| 30 | Beatbox | NCT Dream |
| 30 | The Beginning: World Tree | Forestella |
| 31 | Chaos | Victon |

#### June

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 2 | Op.22 Y-Waltz: in Major | Jo Yu-ri |
| 2 | Lost | Dvwn |
| 6 | Happy Birthday | Son Dong-woon |
| 8 | Blue Set Chapter 2. Choice | Trendz |
| 8 | Doomchita | Secret Number |
| 8 | The Four Season | Shin Yong-jae [ko] |
| 9 | Joy | Woo!ah! |
| 9 | Nangman | Big Naughty |
| 10 | Proof | BTS |
| 13 | Facade | Wonho |
| 13 | Pop | BugAboo |
| 14 | Star | Paul Kim |
| 14 | Love&Love | Seo In-guk |
| 15 | Blue Sky | BDC |
| 15 | Reborn | Pixy |
| 15 | Villain: Zero | Drippin |
| 15 | Story Written in Music | Omega X |
| 16 | Seven, | Yim Jae-beom |
| 20 | Doublast | Kep1er |
| 20 | Flip That | Loona |
| 20 | Hit Ya! | Lapillus |
| 21 | Sugar | Youngjae |
| 21 | W Series '2TAN' (Wish ver) | TAN |
| 22 | Re: | Kard |
| 22 | Cronicle | Sung Hoon |
| 23 | Room Vol.1 | Lee Mu-jin |
| 24 | Im Nayeon | Nayeon |
| 27 | From Our Memento Box | Fromis 9 |
| 27 | Boom | Lee Min-hyuk |
| 27 | Alone | Coogie |
| 30 | Undo | Heize |

### Third quarter
#### July

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 1 | Happy 25th Jaurim | Jaurim |
| 4 | MMM | Young Tak |
| 4 | Manifesto: Day 1 | Enhypen |
| 5 | Sequence | WJSN |
| 5 | Holiday | Winner |
| 6 | Run | H1-Key |
| 6 | Wanna Know | Irris |
| 6 | Summer Vibe | Viviz |
| 6 | Podium | You Chae Hoon |
| 7 | The Earth: Secret Mission Chapter.2 | MCND |
| 8 | Girls | Aespa |
| 11 | Bare & Rare | Chungha |
| 11 | Tropical Romance | Busters |
| 12 | Copycat | Apink Chobom |
| 12 | The Road: Keep On Going | Super Junior |
| 12 | Delicious | Woo Jin-young |
| 13 | The Wave OF9 | SF9 |
| 14 | Daft Love | Boycold [ko] |
| 15 | Checkmate | Itzy |
| 15 | Jack in the Box | J-Hope |
| 18 | Ice | Hyolyn |
| 18 | Sector 17 | Seventeen |
| 19 | Que Sera Sera | ILY:1 |
| 19 | We Need Love | STAYC |
| 19 | Ego 90'S | Babylon |
| 20 | Win-Dow | Blitzers |
| 20 | Harmony: Zero In | P1Harmony |
| 20 | Nabillera | Hyuna |
| 20 | Hello, World! | Xdinary Heroes |
| 20 | We're Not Alone Final: Only You | GreatGuys |
| 22 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night II | Justhis |
| 24 | Hook Up | Ahn Byeong-woong |
| 25 | Youni-Q | Younite |
| 25 | Geekyland | Purple Kiss |
| 26 | Genuine | Sunye |
| 26 | W Series '2TAN' (We ver) | TAN |
| 27 | YOU.FO | Nicole |
| 27 | Panorama | Kim Ho-joong |
| 27 | Grown Ass Kid | Zico |
| 27 | The Beginning : 開花 | ATBO |
| 27 | Sequence : 7272 | CSR |
| 28 | Why Not?? | TO1 |
| 28 | 337 | Dalsoobin |
| 28 | Omnibus Pt. 1: Kaleidoscope | Shaun |
| 29 | The World EP.1: Movement | Ateez |

#### August

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 1 | Count on Me | Soohyun [ko] |
| 1 | New Jeans | NewJeans |
| 3 | Smartphone | Choi Ye-na |
| 3 | Genzi3 | Davii [ko] |
| 8 | Forever 1 | Girls' Generation |
| 8 | Aura | Golden Child |
| 9 | Leviosa | Tri.be |
| 9 | Pose | Kino |
| 10 | The End of Puberty | D.Ark |
| 16 | Be Aware | The Boyz |
| 16 | Who Am I | Craxy |
| 16 | Storage of ONF | ONF |
| 17 | Odyssey: Dash | BAE173 |
| 17 | Luminous in Wonderland | Luminous |
| 17 | Childhood | Lucy |
| 17 | My Sun | Kim Hyun-joong |
| 22 | After Like | Ive |
| 22 | OK Episode 1: OK Not | CIX |
| 24 | Strange World | Ha Sung-woon |
| 24 | K2Y II: Passion [Fuego] | Blank2y |
| 25 | Autumn | DKB |
| 26 | Between 1&2 | Twice |
| 29 | 5ight | Lee Jin-hyuk |
| 29 | Shining Up | Tempest |
| 29 | Flash | Rocket Punch |
| 30 | Gasoline | Key |
| 31 | The Billage of Perception: Chapter Two | Billlie |

#### September

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 5 | Malus | Oneus |
| 5 | Empty Dream | Kim Jae-hwan |
| 6 | To Whom It May Concern | Bernard Park |
| 7 | Eyes on You | Kangta |
| 12 | Love&Holiday | Ravi |
| 13 | Born Gene | Kim Jae-joong |
| 14 | Sunflower | Choi Yoo-jung |
| 15 | But for Now Leave Me Alone | pH-1 |
| 16 | Born Pink | Blackpink |
| 16 | Awesome | Mimiirose |
| 16 | 2 Baddies | NCT 127 |
| 16 | Imagine Club | Sole [ko] |
| 19 | Entwurf | Nmixx |
| 20 | Thousand Years | Peppertones |
| 21 | Be Yourself | Jay B |
| 22 | Girl's Round Part.1 | Lapillus |
| 26 | Brand New | Xiumin |
| 26 | Adorable REbirth | Adora |
| 27 | New Wave | Cravity |
| 28 | Ourturn | Mirae |
| 29 | Five Senses | Be'O |
| 29 | X | EXID |

### Fourth quarter
#### October

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 4 | The Second Step: Chapter Two | Treasure |
| 4 | 28 Reasons | Seulgi |
| 4 | Take a Chance | AB6IX |
| 5 | One Bad Night | Jamie |
| 5 | History of Kingdom: Part V. Louis | Kingdom |
| 5 | Let's Koyote | Koyote |
| 6 | Chase Episode 3. Beum | DKZ |
| 7 | Maxident | Stray Kids |
| 10 | Luv Sign | June |
| 11 | Mic On | Mamamoo |
| 11 | Apocalypse: Follow Us | Dreamcatcher |
| 11 | Dream & Deurim | TAN |
| 12 | Lethality | Kwon Eun-bi |
| 12 | Absolute Zero | Baekho |
| 12 | The Answer | Park Ji-hoon |
| 12 | Code Name: Arrow | Up10tion |
| 12 | Hush Rush | Chaeyeon |
| 13 | Troubleshooter | Kep1er |
| 13 | Reddy Action | Reddy |
| 14 | Bittersweet | Wonho |
| 17 | I Love | (G)I-dle |
| 17 | Antifragile | Le Sserafim |
| 17 | Dearest | N.Flying |
| 17 | Error | Lee Chan-hyuk |
| 17 | Abandoned Love. | Def. |
| 18 | Studio We : Recording #3 | Onewe |
| 19 | Love Pt. 2: Passion | WEi |
| 19 | Meantime | Lil Boi |
| 24 | Youth | Kihyun |
| 24 | Op.22 Y-Waltz: in Minor | Jo Yu-ri |
| 25 | And | Roy Kim |
| 26 | Prelude of Love Chapter 1. Puppy Love | Epex |
| 26 | Day & Night | Classy |
| 26 | The Beginning: 始作 | ATBO |
| 26 | Before Sunrise Part. 4 | TFN |
| 27 | Dance On | Alice |
| 28 | Access | Acid Angel from Asia |
| 28 | The Astronaut | Jin |
| 29 | Dirt | Paloalto |
| 31 | Youni-On | Younite |

#### November

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 6 | Nature World: Code W | Nature |
| 7 | After Sunset | Highlight |
| 8 | Meridiem | Kim Jong-hyeon |
| 8 | I (Part. 1) | Nine.I [ko] |
| 8 | Eternal | Jang Minho |
| 9 | The Lights | Jukjae [ko] |
| 10 | Loner | Yong Jun-hyung |
| 11 | Girls Gone Vogue | AleXa |
| 11 | Log | Jung Eun-ji |
| 11 | Overload | Xdinary Heroes |
| 12 | Blue Set Chapter. Unknown Code | Trendz |
| 14 | Last Scene | Chen |
| 14 | Liminality – Ep.Love | Verivery |
| 14 | Selfish | YooA |
| 15 | Choice | Victon |
| 15 | Villain: The End | Drippin |
| 15 | Pieces of _ | Kevin Oh |
| 16 | = (Neun) | Just B |
| 16 | Pit-a-Pat | Woo!ah! |
| 16 | Tap | Secret Number |
| 16 | Magic | Artbeat |
| 17 | Sequence: 17& | CSR |
| 18 | Love or Loved Part.1 | B.I |
| 18 | Lowlife Princess: Noir | Bibi |
| 18 | The Fifty | Fifty Fifty |
| 22 | On and On | Tempest |
| 22 | Forgive Me | BoA |
| 23 | Latecomer | NTX |
| 23 | Up2U | TO1 |
| 23 | First of All | Hynn |
| 24 | The Story: Retold | Kang Daniel |
| 24 | Comma | Woo Won-jae |
| 28 | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday | Red Velvet |
| 28 | A to Z | Niel |
| 29 | Move Again | Kara |
| 29 | Cold Day | Kassy |
| 30 | Cheshire | Itzy |
| 30 | Harmony: Set In | P1Harmony |

#### December

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 1 | Man | Jung Dong-won |
| 1 | WinterStella | Stella Jang |
| 1 | Merry Spooky X-Mas | Jaurim |
| 2 | Indigo | RM |
| 2 | Color Mood | Hong Jin-young |
| 6 | Chase | Minho |
| 6 | Come to Life | Shinhwa WDJ |
| 15 | The Road: Celebration | Super Junior |
| 16 | Candy | NCT Dream |
| 21 | SKZ-Replay | Stray Kids |
| 26 | 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace | SM Town |
| 29 | 3 | Broken Valentine |
| 30 | Spin Off: From the Witness | Ateez |