2012 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2012 in music in South Korea.

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2012 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in South Korean music

Debuting and disbanded in 2012

Debuted groups
Further information: List of South Korean idol groups (2010s) § 2012

Solo debuts

Disbanded groups

Releases of 2012

January
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Funky Town T-ara Dance, Disco
5 Neo Spirit NS Yoon-G Pop
9 It's Teen Top Dance
10 100% Ver. MBLAQ Pop, Dance
12 Wonder Party Wonder Girls Dance, Ballad
13 The Grasshoppers Sunny Hill Dance
20 Vintage Wanted K-pop
26 Warrior B.A.P Hip-hop, R&B
27 Hit U Dal Shabet Dance
31 Grown-Up F.T. Island Rock

February
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
1 Se7en Second Mini Album Se7en R&B, Pop
2 Welcome To The Block Block B Hip-hop
6 Thank You F-iV R&B, Ballad
7 New Breed Jay Park Hip-hop, R&B
8 Russian Roulette Spica Dance, R&B
9 My Angel M. Street Ballad
14 I Need You K.Will Ballad
20 Touch Miss A Dance, Electronic
22 Re-Issue Brave Girls Dance
29 Alive Big Bang Electronic, Hip-hop

March
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
7 Love Diary C-Real Dance
8 Sweet Rendezvous Nine Muses Dance
12 F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of Love 2AM Pop, R&B
14 Ignition B1A4 Dance
19 Sherlock Shinee Electronic, R&B
20 The Boys Becomes Adult Monni Rock
23 The Return Shinhwa Dance
26 Ear Fun CNBLUE Pop rock
29 Painkiller Spica Dance, R&B

April
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Born to Beat BtoB Dance
9 Mama EXO-K Electronica, R&B
Volume Up 4Minute Electropop
10 Slip Away NELL Rock
12 Alone Sistar Dance, R&B
2 Guys Baechigi Hip hop
17 Spaceensum Daybreak Rock
25 DoraDora U-KISS Electropop
27 Power B.A.P Hip-hop, Pop punk
For Century Ultimate Zest F.Cuz Dance
28 Spring Park Jin Young R&B, Ballad
29 Twinkle Girls' Generation-TTS Dance, Electropop
30 Welcome To The Block (repackage) Block B Hip hop

May
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
9 Une Année Apink Dance
Venus Hello Venus Dance
10 Ulala Sensation Part 1 Ulala Session Pop
Shade Broken Valentine Rock
11 Spring of a Twenty Year Old IU Ballad
14 Tarantallegra Kim Junsu (JYJ) Pop
15 Infinitize Infinite Dance
16 State of Emergency DMTN Dance
17 Ulala Sensation Part 2 Ulala Session Pop
21 2PM Member's Selection 2PM Dance, R&B
Bloom G.NA Pop
23 Born to Beat (Asia Special Edition) BTOB Dance
24 Ignition (Special Edition) B1A4 Dance
30 Illusion M.I.B Hip-hop

June
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
1 Myname 1st Single Myname R&B
3 Still Alive Big Bang Dance, Hip-hop
4 Artist Teen Top Dance
5 The Special To Kiss Me U-KISS Dance
6 Bang Bang Dal Shabet Dance, Electropop
7 My First June Juniel Pop rock
8 Timeless: Begins Cross Gene Electronic
13 Electric Shock f(x) Electropop
Love Style Boyfriend Dance
20 Flashback After School Pop, Dance
22 Hu+man 2BiC R&B
25 I'm Da One Jo Kwon Dance
28 Loving U Sistar Dance, R&B

July
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Day by Day T-ara Dance
4 Sexy, Free & Single Super Junior R&B, Electropop
Like a Wave Hello Venus Dance
Spectacular ZE:A Dance
8 23, Male, Single Wooyoung Dance
10 Run to You LED Apple Pop rock
11 Action Nu'est Dance
12 Bigstart Big Star Dance
15 Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Psy Dance, Hip-hop
18 Skinship NS Yoon-G Pop
19 No Mercy B.A.P Hip-hop, Pop
Not Alone C-Clown Dance
22 Midnight Sun Beast Dance
Only One BoA Dance, R&B
27 Racer Chaos Dance

August
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
2 Welcome to Business D-Unit Dance
6 Spy (Sexy, Free & Single Repackage) Super Junior R&B, Electropop
9 Spectrum Tasty Dance
10 Let Me Explode! EvoL Dance
13 Hippity Hop EXID Dance, R&B
14 Rising Sun E7 Dance
16 Phantom City Phantom Hip-hop
Mystery Able Dance
20 Double Up Two X Dance
22 Pandora Kara Synthpop
23 Sol Bi Neun Ottugi Sol Bi Dance
27 Phoenix ZE:A Pop
30 Crash B.A.P Hip-hop, Pop
31 Vista Fiestar Dance

September
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
4 Mirage T-ara Dance
10 I'm Baek Baek A-Yeon R&B
Five Treasure Box F.T. Island Rock
12 Press Play BtoB Dance, R&B
Lipstick Orange Caramel Dance, Electropop
13 Poison Secret Dance, Electropop
15 One of a Kind G-Dragon Hip-hop
20 Stop Girl U-KISS Dance
Hypnotize Anda Pop
Principle of My Soul Naul R&B
24 Catch Me TVXQ R&B, Electropop
29 Girl's Secret Party 84LY Pop

October
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
4 Blossom Big Star Dance
5 Talk About S Gain Dance, Electronic
10 2.0 10cm Acoustic folk
11 The Third Album Part 1 K.Will Ballad
15 Independent Women Part III Miss A Dance
16 Blockbuster Block B Dance, Hip-hop
Invitation Ailee Dance
Open The Door Wonder Boyz Hip-hop
19 99 Epik High Hip hop
21 Melting Hyuna Dance, Hip-hop
23 Stop It B.A.P Hip-hop, R&B
31 PYL Younique Volume 1 Younique Unit Dance

November
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
1 Journey Home Kim Jong Kook Pop
6 Hello A-Prince Dance
7 The Next Big Thing Roh Ji-hoon Dance
8 Janus Boyfriend Dance
I Will Protect SM☆SH Pop
9 We Don’t Stop Fiestar Dance
12 In the Wind B1A4 Dance
13 Have, Don't Have Dal Shabet Dance, Synthpop
15 2MYX A-Jax Dance
Young Love C-Clown Pop
19 Another Me Kim Sung-kyu Pop rock
20 1&1 Juniel Pop rock
21 Lonely Spica Dance, R&B
22 Forest Lee Seung-gi Ballad
26 Humanoids TVXQ Electronica, Dance
The First Collage Yang Yo-seob R&B
28 I Got The Feeling Big Star Dance
30 Kara Collection Kara Dance

December
Date Title Artist Genre(s)
6 Love U The SeeYa R&B
11 5 Point 5 Joosuc Hip-hop
12 What Are You Doing Today? Hello Venus Dance
13 Antique Romance Sunny Hill Dance

Charts
  • List of number-one hits of 2012 (South Korea)
  • List of number-one albums of 2012 (South Korea)

See also
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