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
- 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 – "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
Award ceremonies
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 )
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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
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
Debuting groups
- 2NE1[12]
- 4minute
- After School
- Apollo 18
- Beast
- Bye Bye Sea
- December
- f(x)
- JQT
- MBLAQ
- Rainbow
- Secret
- SHU-I
- Supreme Team
- T-ara
- Urban Zakapa
Solo debut
Disbanded groups
Releases in 2009
First quarter
January
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 | Hip hop
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15 | New Schoolgirl | After School
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K-pop Dance-pop |
20 | Forever | M. Street | K-pop Ballad |
New Generation of Ska | Skasucks | punk
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February
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 | pop-rock
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12 | The Red Album | Apollo18 | Rock |
Pretty Girl Special Edition
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Kara
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K-pop | |
Decennium | Fly to the Sky | K-pop | |
26 | 10 Ways To Say I Love You | Lena Park | Pop ballad
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27 | Davichi in Wonderland | Davichi | K-pop Dance-pop |
30 | Scream Op.1 | Lee Joo-min | K-pop |
March
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
April
Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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9 | Second Half | Jo Sung-mo | Pop ballad
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16 | 2:00PM Time for Change
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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
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
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K-pop |
19 | Avaholic | Lee Jung-hyun | K-pop |
25 | Romeo | Shinee | K-pop |
27 | Jumpin' | Koyote | K-pop |
June
Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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1 | Vol.2 Maestro | Outsider | Hip hop
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9 | Untouchable Mini Album 1st | Untouchable
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Hip hop
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25 | Eternal Children (영원한 아이들) | Rux | Punk rock |
29 | Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
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Girls' Generation | K-pop Dance-pop |
Third quarter
July
Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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01 | The Gold | Hwayobi | K-pop R&B |
02 | Always You | Wax | R&B, Ballad
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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
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16 | Cross & Change | F.T. Island | pop-rock
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21 | SS501 Solo Collection | SS501 | K-pop |
Sound-G | Brown Eyed Girls | K-pop | |
A9ain | Roo'ra | Hip hop
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Happy Women | Kyeon Mi-ri | ||
23 | The Blue Album | Apollo 18 | Rock |
31 | Revolution | Kara
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K-pop |
August
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
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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
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20 | Someday | Hong Kyung-min | Pop rock |
27 | Sophisticated | Jewelry
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K-pop |
31 | For Muzik | 4minute
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K-pop |
September
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
October
Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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6 | Hexagonal | Leessang | K-pop Dance-pop Korean hip hop |
Miss Mister | WoongSan | Jazz
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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
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BEAST
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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 | pop-rock
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November
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
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K-pop | |
17 | Museum | MC Sniper | Hip hop
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25 | Because of You | After School
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K-pop |
27 | Absolute First Album | T-ara | K-pop |
29 | Supsense Op.2 | Lee Joo-min | R&B
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December
Date | Title | Artist | Genre(s) |
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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
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17 | End And... | Jewelry | K-pop |
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- 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.