2026 in South Korean music

2026 in South Korean music

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

2026 in South Korean music

Date	Event	Host	Ref.
January 10	40th Golden Disc Awards	Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus
February 15	33rd Hanteo Music Awards	Hanteo Global

Releases in 2026

January

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Album</th><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>5</td><td>Re: Love</td><td>Apink</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yesweare</td><td>Idntt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>光 (Insanity)</td><td>Joohoney</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>3logy</td><td>CNBLUE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gray.</td><td>Shin Soo-hyun</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>XO, My Cyberlove</td><td>Chuu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>In Elixir: Spellbound</td><td>Waker</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Euphoria</td><td>Alpha Drive One</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Serenade</td><td>DK X Seungkwan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Funky Like Me</td><td>N.SSign</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shot Callers</td><td>Lngshot</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Crossfade:</td><td>Inseong</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>We Break, You Awake</td><td>Chrocktikal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>The Sin: Vanish</td><td>Enhypen</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Low Kik</td><td>Kik</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Evolve</td><td>Catch The Young</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Prussian Blue</td><td>Can't Be Blue</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Reverxe</td><td>Exo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Alive</td><td>La Poem</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>原</td><td>Oneus</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Amplify My Way</td><td>AxMxP</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Big Impact</td><td>Choi Soo-ho</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Delulu Pack</td><td>KiiiKiii</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Come True</td><td>Pow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Never Meant to Be</td><td>Heize X Giriboy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rock the Nation</td><td>Whib</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Studio We: Recording #4</td><td>Onewe</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

February

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Album</th><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2</td><td>Re-Flow</td><td>Zerobaseone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>BoyNextDoor Tour 'Knock On Vol.1' Final (Live)</td><td>BoyNextDoor</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Collection of Props Vol.2</td><td>Jeong Dong-won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Golden Hour: Part.4</td><td>Ateez</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Girl Meets Boy</td><td>Madein</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Unloved Echo</td><td>Yang Yo-seob</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>(Ex)ist</td><td>Jiwoo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Woody.zip</td><td>Woody</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Call It Love</td><td>IHwak</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Hyper</td><td>X:IN</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Both Sides</td><td>NCT JNJM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First:Delivery</td><td>Daily:Direction</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Master Voice</td><td>Park Ji-hyeon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Press Winter</td><td>Padi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Revive+</td><td>Ive</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Choco La Familia</td><td>Choco</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Route 01: Burning Point</td><td>Chaser</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Animated</td><td>Lavin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Between Cobalt and Navy</td><td>Big Naughty</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1'Only</td><td>One Pact</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>QtoresQ</td><td>QQQ</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Still: I</td><td>Asc2nt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Deadline</td><td>Blackpink</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

March

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Album</th><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2</td><td>Off the Map</td><td>Kim Sung-kyu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>X: 3 / ?</td><td>Nell</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Code</td><td>Everglow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Set By Us Only</td><td>Tunexx</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Geatest Battle</td><td>Big Ocean</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Archive. 1</td><td>Woodz</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>One</td><td>Shin Won-ho</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Lovechapter</td><td>H1-Key</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ruby (The Complete Collection)</td><td>Jennie</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Set It Off</td><td>Five O One</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Skinz Is Skinz</td><td>Skinz</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Pop It Like</td><td>Nouera</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sub Character</td><td>Younha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tough Love</td><td>Onew</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Lv1</td><td>Yeojin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Run Run Run</td><td>Dragon Pony</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>01</td><td>V01d</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Love Catcher</td><td>Choi Ye-na</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Who Do You Love?: I Need You</td><td>In A Minute</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Babyface</td><td>Odd Youth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Unique</td><td>P1Harmony</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>My Blue</td><td>June</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>No Doubt</td><td>All(H)Ours</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seven: Crimson Horizon</td><td>AB6IX</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Boys Be Ambitious</td><td>Ambio</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Late O' Clock</td><td>Latency</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Arirang</td><td>BTS</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Ice Cream</td><td>Yuna</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Museum</td><td>OWIS</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Free Falling</td><td>Kangmin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>After Cry</td><td>Baby Dont Cry</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>About Love</td><td>SF9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Point Blank</td><td>Dignity</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Biggest Fan</td><td>Irene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Daydream</td><td>Jang Han-eum</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Training Day</td><td>Lngshot</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Unpiltered</td><td>Wonpil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Crack Code</td><td>Kep1er</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Love in the Margins</td><td>Jeong Se-woon</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

April

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Album</th><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Lost and Found</td><td>Kino</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Unveil</td><td>Somin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Another Dimension</td><td>T.O.P</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A & E</td><td>Park Hyo-shin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>My First Kick</td><td>KickFlip</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Who Is She</td><td>Kiss of Life</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Flowering</td><td>AKMU</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Definition</td><td>Ampers&One</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Keyvitup</td><td>Keyvitup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The First Wave</td><td>Hrtz.wav</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns</td><td>Tomorrow X Together</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Caligo Pt.2</td><td>Plave</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>As If</td><td>Ifeye</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Re Ep.1</td><td>Arise</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Dead And</td><td>Xdinary Heroes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nail</td><td>Yves</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Alive</td><td>Donghae</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ode to Love</td><td>NCT Wish</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>We on Fire</td><td>&Team</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Re:flect</td><td>Park Ji-hoon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Ceremony</td><td>QWER</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>No Tragedy</td><td>TWS</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Mamihlapinatapai</td><td>Illit</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>82Major</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Close Your Eyes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Dayoung</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Hwasa</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Lee Min-woo</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

May

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
4	GreenGreen	Cortis
Choom	Babymonster
26	TBA	And2ble
TBA	TBA	Alpha Drive One
TBA	TBA	Aespa
TBA	TBA	I.O.I
TBA	TBA	Itzy
TBA	TBA	Jinyoung
TBA	TBA	Naze
TBA	TBA	Nell
TBA	TBA	SeeYa
TBA	TBA	Taeyong
TBA	TBA	Zerobaseone

June

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
TBA	Re Ep.2	Arise
TBA	Gravity	Kim Junsu
TBA	TBA	Mamamoo
TBA	TBA	Vernon X The8

TBA

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
TBA	TBA	Deux
TBA	TBA	Oh My Girl
TBA	TBA	Yim Jae-beom