2009 in South Korean music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that musically occurred in 2009 in South Korea.
Notable events and achievements
[edit]- 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.[1]
- March 13 – "Gee" by Girls' Generation tops the Music Bank chart for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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".[4]
- 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.[5]
- June 27 – Wonder Girls open for the Jonas Brothers on their 2009 World Tour during their North American leg.[6]
- July 20 – Wonder Girls make their American live television debut on The Wendy Williams Show, where they perform "Nobody".[7]
- August 5 – The choreography of "Mister" by Kara, featuring the "butt dance", spreads in popularity in South Korea.[8]
- October 12 – TVXQ become the first foreign artist in twenty years to peak at number one on the Japanese Oricon DVD ranking.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[11]
Award shows and festivals
[edit]Award ceremonies
[edit]Date | Event | Host |
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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 | |
August 20 | 36th & 37th Cyworld Digital Music Awards | |
October 18 | 38th & 39th Cyworld Digital Music Awards | |
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
[edit]Date | Event | Host |
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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
[edit]Debuting groups
[edit]Solo debut
[edit]Disbanded groups
[edit]Releases in 2009
[edit]First quarter
[edit]January
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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 |
New Generation of Ska | Skasucks | Ska, punk |
February
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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 |
Pretty Girl Special Edition | Kara | K-pop | |
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
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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9 | Victoria | Seomoon Tak | Rock |
10 | Golden Age | 8Eight | K-pop Dance-pop |
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
[edit]April
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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9 | Second Half | Jo Sung-mo | Pop ballad |
16 | 2:00PM Time for Change | 2PM | K-pop |
Gift from SG Wannabe | SG Wannabe | K-pop Pop music R&B | |
Nexen Heroes | Crying Nut | Punk rock | |
23 | Growing Up | IU | K-pop |
May
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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7 | Mutopia: Land of Dreams | Lee Seung-chul | Soft rock, Ballad |
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
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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
[edit]July
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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 |
Sound-G | Brown Eyed Girls | K-pop | |
A9ain | Roo'ra | Hip hop | |
Happy Women | Kyeon Mi-ri | ||
23 | The Blue Album | Apollo 18 | Rock |
31 | Revolution | Kara | K-pop |
August
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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6 | Summer | Hwayobi | K-pop R&B |
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 |
Ego | Baek Ji-young | K-pop | |
18 | Heartbreaker | G-Dragon | K-pop |
Attitude | Brave Brothers | Hip hop | |
20 | Someday | Hong Kyung-min | Pop rock |
27 | Sophisticated | Jewelry | K-pop |
31 | For Muzik | 4minute | K-pop |
September
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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1 | LA chA TA | f(x) | K-pop |
16 | [e] | Epik High | K-pop |
17 | Shadow | Lee Seung-gi | K-pop |
Fourth quarter
[edit]October
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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6 | Hexagonal | Leessang | K-pop Dance-pop Korean hip hop |
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 |
BEAST is the B2ST | BEAST | K-pop, dance-pop | |
15 | Dazzle | Lee Soo-young | K-pop |
22 | 2009, Year of Us | Shinee | K-pop |
Rebirth | SS501 | K-pop | |
H Soul | Hwanhee | K-pop | |
26 | Double Date | F.T. Triple | K-pop pop-rock |
November
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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 |
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
[edit]Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
---|---|---|---|
2 | Movement on a Theme by Yiruma: 2nd Movement | Yiruma | Piano |
10 | Volume 2 – Manifold | Brian Joo | K-pop |
Platonic | Eun Ji-won | K-pop | |
11 | Merry Christmas | Untouchable with Hwayoung | Hip hop |
17 | End And... | Jewelry | K-pop |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Park, Se-yeon (March 12, 2009). "언니네이발관-장기하 대중음악상 3관왕 기염 "인디의 반란, 비주류로 떴다"(종합)". Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ 소녀시대, '뮤뱅' 9주 연속 1위 '새역사' [Girls' Generation, 1st place on 'Music Bank' for 9 weeks in a row, 'new record']. Star News (in Korean). March 13, 2009. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ Hau, Louis (March 28, 2009). "K-Pop Branches Out, Content Aggregator Brings Korean Artists to iTunes, page 7". Google Books/Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Then & Now: A look back at the changing tides of K-pop". The Korea Herald. August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ "BoA Signs With No. 1 Hollywood Agency". The Korea Times. May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ "Wonder Girls Make Waves in the US as Opening Act for Jonas Brothers' Tour" Archived August 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. MTV Asia. July 24, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ "Wonder Girls make U.S. television debut". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ "카라 '엉덩이춤' 눈길 확~ 대박 조짐" [Kara's 'butt dance' catches the eye ~ Signs of a hit] (in Korean). Newsen. August 5, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009 – via Nate.
- ^ 东方神起、过去20年间でアジアアーティスト初の映像音乐作品1位に (in Japanese). Oricon. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ "Wonder Girls Enters Billboard Hot 100". The Korea Times. October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Lee, Tae-moon (December 19, 2009). "올해 동방신기 日서 음반 903억 팔아" [TVXQ sold 90.3 billion won albums in Japan this year]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Lee, Bina (2019). K-POP A To Z: The Definitive K-Pop Encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-63158-448-0.
- ^ "Super Junior-M temporarily disbanded". 88 News. December 28, 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2019.