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The following is a list of notable events and releases that have happened, or are expected to happen in 2025 in music in South Korea.
Award shows and festivals
Award ceremonies
Date | Event | Host | Ref. |
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January 4 and 5 | 39th Golden Disc Awards | Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus | |
February 15 and 16 | 32nd Hanteo Music Awards | Hanteo Global |
Debuting and disbanding in 2025
Debuting groups
Solo debuts
Releases in 2025
First quarter
January
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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6 | Connection | Onew | |
7 | I'mma Be | Xlov | |
8 | Teleparty | BSS | |
13 | Season of Memories | GFriend | |
15 | The Feelings | WEi | |
Love 2 | BB Girls | ||
Unspoken Goodbye | Hynn | ||
20 | Winter Heptagon | Got7 | |
Flip It, Kick It! | KickFlip | ||
21 | Her | Minnie | |
23 | Thunder Fever | CIX | |
27 | Explorer | Eunhyuk |
February
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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3 | Ive Empathy | Ive | |
Caligo Pt.1 | Plave | ||
4 | Smoke Point | All(H)Ours | |
5 | Glow Up | Rescene | |
10 | Hot Mess | Evnne | |
11 | Gain;Moon | Song Ga-in | |
12 | Alivio | Chungha | |
14 | Amortage | Jisoo | |
Pink Crush | One Pact | ||
18 | ONF:My Identity | ONF | |
Glowy Day | Xodiac | ||
24 | TBA | Hearts2Hearts | |
TBA | Zerobaseone | ||
TBA | TBA | Madein |
March
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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7 | Ruby | Jennie | |
TBA | TBA | Infinite | |
TBA | TBA | Trendz | |
TBA | TBA | SF9 | |
TBA | TBA | Jeong Dong-won | |
TBA | TBA | Nmixx | |
TBA | TBA | NTX |
Second quarter
April
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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TBA | TBA | Mark |
June
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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1 | Wonderland | B.I |
TBA
Date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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Q1 2025 | TBA | Kai | |
Seulgi | |||
Naevis |
Top songs on record
See also: List of Circle Digital Chart number ones of 2025Circle Digital Chart No. 1 Songs
- "Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars (9 weeks in 2024, 1 week in 2025)
- "Home Sweet Home" – G-Dragon featuring Taeyang and Daesung (1 week in 2024, 3 weeks so far in 2025)
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- Yoon, So-yeon (December 16, 2024). "Onew to release fourth EP 'Connection' on Jan. 6". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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- Chin, Carmen (January 8, 2025). "BBGirls announce new single album 'Love 2' out next week". NME. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- Myung, Hee-sook (January 6, 2025). "HYNN(박혜원), 15일 미니앨범 '영하'로 컴백 '겨울 발라드'" [Hynn (Park Hye-won), comeback with mini album 'Yeongha' on the 15th, 'Winter Ballad']. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- Yeo, Gladys (December 20, 2024). "GOT7 announce 11th anniversary mini-album, 'Winter Heptagon'". NME. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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- Jung, Bit (December 27, 2024). "Without Bae Jin-young, CIX starts anew as a quartet...New Year's News Thunder Fever Announced". Sports Chosun. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- Yoon, So-yeon (January 13, 2025). "Super Junior's Eunhyuk to release his first album on Jan. 27". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- Lee, Jung-youn (December 26, 2024). "Ive to return next year with 'Ive Empathy'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- Park, Jun-hee (January 10, 2025). "Virtual idol Plave to drop 3rd EP 'Caligo Pt.1' on Feb. 3". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- Song, Bong-seok (January 13, 2025). 올아워즈, 미니 3집 ‘Smoke Point’로 2월 4일 컴백 확정 [All Hours Confirms Comeback on February 4th with 3rd Mini Album 'Smoke Point']. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- Kim, Min-ji (January 20, 2025). 리센느, 2월 5일 새 EP '글로우 업' 발매…5개월 만에 컴백 [Rescene, New EP 'Glow Up' Released on February 5th… Comeback after 5 months]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved January 20, 2025.
- Jeon, Jae-kyung (January 6, 2025). "송가인, 내달 11일 컴백…'가인;달'" [Song Ga-in, comeback on the 11th of next month… 'Ga-in;Moon']. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- Lee, Ha-na (January 23, 2025). “스트레스서 해방” 청하, 2월 12일 새 EP ‘Alivio’ 발매 확정 ["Free from Stress" Chungha Confirms Release of New EP ‘Alivio’ on February 12th]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved January 28, 2025.
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- Ha, Ji-won (January 14, 2025). 원팩트 컴백 초읽기 'PINK CRUSH' 스케줄러 공개 [One Pact Comeback Countdown 'PINK CRUSH' Scheduler Revealed]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved January 14, 2025.
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