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2009 in South Korean music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that musically occurred in 2009 in South Korea.
The following is a list of notable events and releases that musically occurred in 2009 in South Korea.
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.
March 13 – "Gee" by Girls' Generation tops the Music Bank chart for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record.
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.
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".
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.
June 27 – Wonder Girls open for the Jonas Brothers on their 2009 World Tour during their North American leg.
July 20 – Wonder Girls make their American live television debut on The Wendy Williams Show, where they perform "Nobody".
August 5 – The choreography of "Mister" by Kara, featuring the "butt dance", spreads in popularity in South Korea.
October 12 – TVXQ become the first foreign artist in twenty years to peak at number one on the Japanese Oricon DVD ranking.
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.
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.
Date
Event
Host
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
Date
Event
Host
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)
Baby Vox Re.V
Battle
Super Junior-M
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
1
LA chA TA
f(x)
K-pop
16
[e]
Epik High
K-pop
17
Shadow
Lee Seung-gi
K-pop
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
Date
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
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
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
22
Calling You
Broken Valentine
Alternative rock
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