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Overview of the events of 2014 in South Korean music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in South Korea .
Notable events and achievements [ edit ] January 16 – Exo and Psy win the Album and Digital Daesangs, respectively, at the Golden Disc Awards .
January 23 – The 23rd Seoul Music Awards take place. Exo wins the grand prize.
February 28 – Sunwoo Jung-a , Cho Yong-pil and Yoon Young-bae win the grand prizes at the annual Korean Music Awards .
March 11 – With the release of Tree TVXQ becomes the first foreign band in Japan to have three consecutive studio albums with first-week sales of over 200,000 copies, breaking Bon Jovi 's thirteen-year record.[ 1]
March 15 – 2NE1 's Crush Billboard 200Girls' Generation 's Mr.Mr .[ 2]
May 7 – Exo 's Overdose [ 3]
June 12 – Taeyang 's Rise Billboard 200 at the time by a K-pop solo artist, peaking at number 112.[ 4]
June 23 – TVXQ become the first international artist in Japan to bring in the largest number of concertgoers in the previous three years, reaching over 2 million total attendees during the timeframe.[ 5]
July 14 – Through three concert tours in Japan since 2011, Girls' Generation attracted a cumulative total of 550,000 spectators, setting a record for a K-pop girl group.[ 6]
September 21 – Super Junior become the first Korean artist to perform a total of 100 concerts worldwide.[ 7]
September 30 – SM Entertainment announces Jessica 's departure from Girls' Generation.[ 8]
October 11 – "I Am the Best " by 2NE1 becomes the first song by a K-pop group to top the World Digital Song Sales chart, following its usage in Microsoft 's Surface Pro 3 advertisement campaign in the US.[ 9]
November 13 – IU , g.o.d , and Taeyang win the grand prizes at the 2014 Melon Music Awards .[ 10]
November 17 – The 5th Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards take place. Myeong Kook-hwan is awarded with the Bogwan (Precious Crown) Order of Cultural Merit ; Kim Kwang-seok , I Yu-sin, Hong Seung-seong and Yoo Young-jin are awarded with the Presidential Commendation; and Jin Mi-ryeong receives the Prime Minister's Commendation.[ 11]
December 1 – Psy 's "Gangnam Style " surpasses 2.15 billion views, forcing YouTube to upgrade to a 64-bit integer counter.[ 12]
December 3 – Exo and Taeyang receive the grand prizes at the 2014 MAMA .[ 13]
December 22 – Crush becomes the first K-pop album to appear on the year-end Billboard World Albums listing since the chart began in 1995.[ 14] Award shows and festivals [ edit ] Debuting and disbanded in 2014 [ edit ]
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
02
Unveiling
MC the Max
Ballad , Rock
Rain Effect Rain
Electronica , R&B
03
Girl's Day Everyday 3 Girl's Day
Pop , R&B
06
Tense TVXQ
Pop , R&B
07
Beyond the Ocean
K-Much
Dance
08
B.B.B Dal Shabet
Dance , Electropop
13
I Am Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish
Rock
Listen & Repeat
BMK
Ballad , R&B
Who Am I B1A4
Dance , Ballad
After the 11th
Zia
Ballad
15
Mr. Gae Gary
Hip-hop
16
Miniskirt AOA
Dance , R&B
Arario
Topp Dogg
Hip-hop
20
RB Blaxx
Rainbow Blaxx
Dance , Ballad
Got It? Got7
Hip-hop , Trap
WWW Removing My Makeup
Jaejoong
Ballad
29
Such a Woman
Zia
Ballad
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
03
First Sensibility B.A.P
Dance , Hip-hop
06
M+10
Lee Minwoo
Dance
Truth Or Dare
Gain
Dance , Ballad
07
Rain Effect Special Edition Rain
Electronica , R&B
12
Skool Luv Affair BTS
Hip-hop , R&B
Marionette Stellar
Dance , Pop
13
Breath SM the Ballad
Ballad
14
Between Calm And Passion
Bebop
Rock
16
Beep Beep BTOB
Dance , Hip-hop
Full Moon Sunmi
Ballad , Electronica
19
Speed Circus Speed
Dance
20
Fantasy Trilogy
Boys Republic
Dance
24
Can't Stop CNBLUE
Rock
Mr.Mr. Girls' Generation
Electropop , R&B
Arario Special Album
Topp Dogg
Dance , Hip-hop
25
Attention
AlphaBAT
Dance
27
Crush 2NE1
Electronica , Hip-hop
Spellbound TVXQ
Pop , R&B
Newton's Apple
Nell
Rock
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
2
First Homme ZE:A
Dance
Mono Scandal
U-KISS
Dance , Ballad
3
Rise Taeyang
R&B
B.A.P Unplugged 2014
B.A.P
Ballad , Hip-hop
That's What They Say
Rosemary
Rock
5
Crush on You Crush
R&B , hip hop
9
Amadeus
Topp Dogg
Dance , Hip-hop
Obsession Boyfriend
Dance , Ballad
Pop Beyond
N-Sonic
Dance
I Loved Have No Regrets
Gummy
Ballad , R&B
10
No Way
Bob Girls
Dance
12
Oppa You're Mine
Tahiti
Dance
16
Good Luck Beast
Dance , R&B
18
Hello Mamamoo
R&B , Retro
19
Short Hair AOA
Dance , Electropop
23
Got Love GOT7
Dance , Hip-hop
Desire
History
Dance
First Flow
Bigflo
Dance
26
38°C
HALO
Dance
30
Make Up Hyomin
Dance , Electropop
Yoo Chae-yeong , 40, singer and actressKwon Ri-se , 23, singer (Ladies' Code )Kim Ja-ok , 63, actress and singerGo Eun-bi , 21, singer (Ladies' Code )Shin Hae-chul , 46, singer (N.EX.T )
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