2012 in South Korean music

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

Notable events and achievements

  • January 11–12 – the 26th Golden Disc Awards take place, the first time it was held in January. Super Junior and Girls' Generation win the grand prizes.
  • January 31 – Girls' Generation become the first K-pop group to appear on an American late night talk show, performing the English version of "The Boys" on the Late Show with David Letterman.[1]
  • February 1 – Girls' Generation similarly appear on Live! with Kelly, the first U.S. morning talk show appearance from a K-pop artist.[1]
  • February 29 – Kiha & The Faces and IU win the grand prizes at the 18th Korean Music Awards.
  • June – The Korean music industry grosses nearly $3.4 billion in the first half of 2012, according to Billboard estimates, a 27.8% increase from the same period a year prior.[2]
  • June 22 – Show Me the Money airs its first season, which is considered a pivotal work in making hip hop a mainstream genre in South Korea.[3]
  • July 28 – 2NE1 embark on their New Evolution Global Tour, considered the first world tour by a K-pop girl group.[4]
  • September 10 – Big Bang announces their three concert dome tour in Japan, making them the first Korean artist to perform at three dome stadiums in a single tour.[5]
  • September 26 – Psy's "Gangnam Style" attains a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest for a K-pop song on the chart.[6]
  • October 16 – KCON 2012 takes place at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, California, the first K-pop dedicated convention in the United States.[7]
  • November 18 – Psy becomes the first Korean artist to perform at the American Music Awards.[8]
  • November 19 – The third annual Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards take place. Psy, Song Chang-sik and Geum Sa-hyang are awarded the Order of Cultural Merit; Park Seong-yeon and Kim Chang-wan receive the Presidential Commendation; and Na Yoon-sun, 2NE1 and Lee Eun-ha receive the Prime Minister's Commendation.[9]
  • November 24 – "Gangnam Style" becomes the most viewed video on YouTube with 805 million views, surpassing Justin Bieber's "Baby".[10]
  • November 30 – Psy, BigBang, and Super Junior win the grand prizes at the 2012 MAMA.
  • December 14 – Busker Busker, Beast and Psy win the grand prizes at the annual Melon Music Awards.
  • December 18 – "Gangnam Style" is ranked number one on YouTube's list of top trending video of 2012.[11]
  • December 21 – The music video for Gangnam Style" becomes the first video in YouTube history to surpass 1 billion views.[12]

Award shows and festivals

Award ceremonies

2012 music award ceremonies in South Korea
Date Event Host
January 11–12, 2012 26th Golden Disc Awards Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus
January 19, 2012 21st Seoul Music Awards Sports Seoul
February 22, 2012 1st Gaon Chart Music Awards Korea Music Content Association
February 29, 2012 18th Korean Music Awards Korean Popular Music Awards Committee
November 19, 2012 3rd Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards Korea Creative Content Agency
November 30, 2012 14th Mnet Asian Music Awards CJ E&M (Mnet)
December 14, 2012 4th Melon Music Awards Kakao M

Festivals

2012 televised music festivals in South Korea
Date Event Host
December 28, 2012 KBS Song Festival Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
December 29, 2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)
December 31, 2012 MBC Gayo Daejejeon Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)

Debuting and disbanded in 2012

Debuted groups

Solo debuts

Disbanded groups

Releases in 2012

First quarter

January

Date Title Artist Genre(s)
3 Funky Town T-ara Dance, Disco
5 Neo Spirit NS Yoon-G Pop
It's Teen Top Dance
10 100% Ver. MBLAQ Pop, Dance
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

Second quarter

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
18 Everyday II Girl's Day Dance, ballad
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)
8 "Bounce" JJ Project Hiphop
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
27 Good Boy Baek Ji-young K-pop
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
3 Wonder Party Wonder Girls Dance, Ballad
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

Third quarter

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 Jang 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
3 Summer Special 'Be Ma Girl' Teen Top K-pop, R&B
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

Fourth quarter

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
24 Vol. 5 Be Renewed Chu Ga-yeoul Folk
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)
4 Now and Forever Wax R&B, Ballad
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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Benjamin, Jeff (February 1, 2012). "Girls' Generation Makes Big U.S. Debut on 'Letterman': Watch". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "PSY's 'Gangnam Style': The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "A Timeline of How K-Pop Became a Global Phenomenon in the 2010s". Hypebae. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (August 23, 2012). "2NE1 Invades America: Behind the Scenes With the K-Pop Phenomenon". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Ho, Stewart (September 10, 2012). "Big Bang Becomes First 3-Dome Concert Performing K-Pop Artist". Mwave. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  6. ^ Trust, Gary (September 26, 2012). "Maroon 5 Still Tops Hot 100, PSY One Step from No. 1". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  7. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (October 18, 2012). "KCON 2012: 15 Things Seen & Overheard". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  8. ^ Rogers, Ray (May 17, 2013). "PSY Talks 'Gentleman,' Pink & 'Harlem Shake' in Billboard Music Awards Q&A". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "대중문화예술상 2012년" [2012 Popular Culture and Arts Awards]. Korea Creative Content Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Coleman, Miriam (November 24, 2012). "'Gangnam Style' Becomes the Most-Watched YouTube Video Ever". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  11. ^ Gruger, William (December 18, 2012). "'Gangnam Style' Leads YouTube's Top Trending Videos of 2012". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "This Day in History | December 21: "Gangnam Style" becomes the first YouTube video to reach one billion views". History. December 21, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
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