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The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened, or are expected to happen in 2025 in music in South Korea.

Award shows and festivals

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Award ceremonies

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2025 music award ceremonies in South Korea
Date Event Host Ref.
January 4 and 5 39th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus [1]
February 15 and 16 32nd Hanteo Music Awards Hanteo Global [2]
February 22 1st D Awards Sports Donga [3]
February 27 22nd Korean Music Awards Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism [4]

Debuting and disbanding in 2025

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Debuting groups

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Solo debuts

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Releases in 2025

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First quarter

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January

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Onew released his fifth EP, Connection, on January 6.
Seventeen spin-off BSS released their second single album, Teleparty, on January 8.
Yves released a deluxe edition of her second EP, I Did: Bloom, on January 17.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
4 Somewhere Out There M.O.N.T [35]
6 Connection Onew [36]
7 Hakunamatata: 舵 Crezl [35]
I'mma Be Xlov [35]
8 K-Flip Sik-K, Lil Moshpit [35]
Teleparty BSS [37]
9 Glorious Youth 2Z [ko] [35]
10 4444: Reborn Woosung [35]
13 Ocean Park Ji-hyeon [ko] [35]
Season of Memories GFriend [38]
14 Dear Life An Shinae [ko] [39]
Dear.M Oneus [40]
Playground Kandis [35]
15 Love 2 BB Girls [41]
The Feelings WEi [42]
Unspoken Goodbye Hynn [35]
16 Giriboy 11th LP Pt.1 : Why Are You Always Like This? Giriboy [35]
17 I Did: Bloom (Deluxe) Yves [35]
20 Flip It, Kick It! KickFlip [43]
Winter Heptagon Got7 [44]
21 Her Minnie [45]
Sincerely Yours (10th Anniversary Edition) Paul Kim [35]
23 Clover #2 Boramiyu [35]
Thunder Fever CIX [46]
27 Explorer Eunhyuk [47]

February

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Girl group Ive released their fifth EP, Ive Empathy, on February 3.
Jisoo released her debut EP, Amortage, on February 14.
Boy band Zerobaseone released their sixth EP, Blue Paradise, on February 24.
Girl group Hearts2Hearts released their debut single album, The Chase, on February 24.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 4study4work4inst Vol.2 TripleS [35]
3 Caligo Pt.1 Plave [48]
Ive Empathy Ive [49]
4 Smoke Point All(H)Ours [50]
5 Glow Up Rescene [51]
10 Hot Mess Evnne [52]
11 Gain;Moon Song Ga-in [35]
12 Alivio Chung Ha [35]
Untold Story Lue Young-hoon [35]
13 Meanwhile Olivia Marsh [53]
14 Amortage Jisoo [54]
Madein Forever Madein [35]
Pink Crush One Pact [35]
Under My I:Mond [35]
15 2.5 Vibes Meenoi [35]
18 Glowy Day Xodiac [35]
Nu Kidz: Out the Box ARrC [55]
ONF: My Identity ONF [56]
19 Butterfly Lun8 [35]
22 Liminal Summer Cake [35]
24 Blue Paradise Zerobaseone [57]
Hello from the Other Side Kenta Sanggyun [35]
The Chase Hearts2Hearts [58]
25 Übermensch G-Dragon [59]
26 Chapter: New Is Now Nouera [60]
Flowering Gyubin [61]
Odyssey YB [35]
On My Way Lim Young-min [ko] [35]
27 All of Me Hwang Chi-yeul [35]
Highway 3way [35]
The Lovers Note Hong Isaac [62]
28 Ma Lil Planet NIve [35]

March

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Boy band Treasure released their third EP, Pleasure, on March 7.
Jennie released her debut studio album, Ruby, on March 7.
Yeji released her debut EP, Air, on March 10.
Girl group STAYC released their sixth single album, S, on March 18.
Rock band Xdinary Heroes released their sixth EP, Beautiful Mind, on March 24.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Cold Young Posse [63]
3 Thrilled Yu Soo-hyun [ko] [63]
4 Leggo 8Turn [63]
5 BToday BtoB [63]
We: Dream Chaser Onewe [63]
6 Act Like That Genblue [63]
Like Infinite Infinite [63]
7 Pleasure Treasure [63]
Ruby Jennie [64]
Seize the Day W24 [63]
10 Accidentally on Purpose Seulgi [63]
Air Yeji [29]
Beam Hoshi X Woozi [11]
Interview X Xiumin [63]
Over Track NTX [63]
11 I Am Shin Soo-hyun [63]
Love Race SF9 [63]
13 My Name Is... Say My Name [63]
The Gift of Daddy-Long-Legs Jeong Dong-won [65]
14 Hot Le Sserafim [63]
15 Unboxing: What You Wanted In A Minute [66]
17 Fe3O4: Forward Nmixx [63]
Unexpected The Boyz [63]
Only One Story The Wind [67]
18 S STAYC [63]
19 Not Out Dragon Pony [63]
20 (Me)moir Ailee [63]
Undeniable Fantasy Boys [68]
21 Mixtape: Dominate Stray Kids [69]
24 Beautiful Mind Xdinary Heroes [70]
Raw and Rad Newbeat [63]
Stunner Ten [71]
Uncut Gem KiiiKiii [63]
26 For Real? TNX [72]
27 Luminous Eastshine [73]
Panic Beomgyu [25]
31 Love Line NiziU [74]
Re: Full of Youth Tempest [75]

Second quarter

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April

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Mark released his debut studio album, The Firstfruit, on April 7.
Boy band Big Ocean will release their second EP, Underwater, on April 20.
Kai released his fourth EP, Wait on Me, on April 22.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
2 Eternalt Close Your Eyes [76]
4 House of Tricky: Spur Xikers [77]
5 One Choi Soo-ho [ko] [78]
7 The Firstfruit Mark [79]
8 D's Wave Daesung [80]
Erlu Blue Ifeye [81]
Wild & Free Ampers&One [82]
9 Bang Out Whib [ko] [83]
14 Poppop NCT Wish [84]
Silence Syndrome 82Major [85]
15 I Like You Odd Youth [86]
Swicy Unis [87]
17 Flex Line TIOT [88]
20 Underwater Big Ocean [89]
21 Only Cry in the Rain Chuu [90]
Try with Us TWS [91]
Wait on Me Kai [92]
22 She Niel [93]
23 Wajangchang Lucy [94]
Youni-T Younite [95]
24 It Just Happened Cheeze [96]
25 The Dreamest Kwon Jin-ah [97]
28 O-rly? Nexz [98]
Sound of Music Pt.1 Jannabi [99]
From Real to Surreal Highlight [100]
29 School Rush UDTT [101]
Day & Night Fifty Fifty [102]
Romance Express MeloMance [103]

May

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Boy band Seventeen will release the 10th Anniversary memorial album "Happy Burstday" on May 26.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
7 Versus E'Last [104]
12 My Eyes Open VVide Meovv [105]
13 No Genre BoyNextDoor [106]
16 Echo Jin [107]
26 Happy Burstday Seventeen [108]
30 Wrld The Rose [109]
TBA TBA Riize [110]
TBA TBA P1Harmony [111]
TBA TBA Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi [112]
TBA TBA (G)I-dle [113]

June

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B.I will release his third studio album, Wonderland, on June 1.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
1 Wonderland B.I [114]
5 TBA Enhypen [115]
9 TBA Doyoung [116]
TBA TBA Fromis 9 [117]
TBA TBA Kiss of Life [118]

TBA

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Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
TBA TBA Aespa [119]
TBA TBA Naevis [120]

Top songs on record

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"Too Bad" by G-Dragon (left) featuring Anderson .Paak (right) topped the Circle Digital Chart for 7 weeks in 2025.

Circle Digital Chart No. 1 Songs

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Deaths

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