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2013 in South Korean music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in South Korea.
Debuting and disbanded in 2013
Debuting groups
2Eyes 2Yoon 5urprise Acourve
AlphaBat
AOA Black
Bestie
Boys Republic
BTS
Danpyunsun and the Sailors
GI
History
Infinite H
Ladies' Code
LC9
MFBTY
M.Pire
Pungdeng-E
QBS
Royal Pirates
Speed
T-ara N4
Xeno-T
Wassup
Solo debuts
Andrew Choi
Bada Kim
CL
Eric Nam
Hoody
Hyolyn
ICON
Kang Seung-yoon
Kim Jae-joong
Lee Jin-ah
Lim Kim
Mayson the Soul
NC.A
Olltii
Sunmi
Z.Hera
Disbanded groups
Coed School
Deulgukhwa
D-Unit
DMTN
N-Train
The RockTigers
Supreme Team
Releases in 2013
First quarter
January
Date Title Artist Genre(s) 1 *I Got a Boy* Girls' Generation Dance, Electronic 4 *Just JeA* JeA Pop, Ballad 10 *I Yah* Boyfriend Dance 11 *Fly High* Infinite H Hip hop 13 *Album 4 Part 2* Baechigi Hip hop 14 *Re:Blue* CNBLUE Rock 15 *Superior Speed* Speed Pop, Dance 17 *I* Jaejoong Rock, Ballad *Harvest Moon* [2Yoon](2yoon) Dance-pop *Phantom Theory* Phantom Hip hop 18 *Begins* Moon Hee-joon Dance-pop, Dubstep 23 *Cloud 9* Eric Nam Pop *Dolls* Nine Muses Pop 24 *Shut Up and Deal* The RockTigers Rockabilly 25 *Myname 2nd Single* Myname Dance 28 *The 5th Album Vol.1 – The True Story* [4Men](4men) Ballad 29 *Eraser* Ali Pop 31 *Break Down* Super Junior-M Dance *Gone Not Around Any Longer* Sistar19 Pop
February
Date Title Artist Genre(s) 5 *Little Giant* Huh Gak Pop, Ballad *Blessed* Clazziquai Project Pop, Electronic 11 *Ring Ma Bell* Two X Dance 12 *One Shot* B.A.P R&B, Hip hop 13 *Rainbow Syndrome* Rainbow Dance *Hello* NU'EST Dance, Ballad 19 *Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You* Shinee Dance, Electropop 20 *Blow Speed* Speed Dance, R&B *T-Love* Kim Tae-woo Dance 25 *No. 1* Teen Top Hip hop, R&B, Dance 26 *Y* Jaejoong Rock, Ballad
March
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 4 *Affirmative Chapter 1* D-Unit Dance, Hip hop 5 *One Spring Day* [2AM](2am-band) Pop, Ballad 7 *First Love Part 1* Lee Hi Pop, R&B *Code 01 Bad Girl* Ladies' Code Dance, Ballad *Collage* U-KISS Dance, Ballad 8 *Just Go (Goodbye's the New Hello)* RaNia Dance 14 *Expectation* Girl's Day Dance, Electronic *Beautiful Kisses* G.NA Dance, Ballad *Life* Heo Young-saeng Dance, Ballad 18 *Mystic Ballad Pt. 2* Davichi Ballad *Second Evolution* EvoL Dance 21 *New Challenge* Infinite Dance, Ballad 25 *Voulez-vous* ZE:A Five Dance 26 *Come As You Are* Phantom Ballad, Pop 27 *Come Back* Double A Dance 28 *First Love* Lee Hi Pop, R&B
Second quarter
April
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 1 *In Love* Electroboyz Hip hop 4 *The Third Album Part.2 'Love Blossom' * K.Will Ballad, Dance 8 *Romantic Spring* Gain and Hyung-woo Pop 10 *Money in the Building* M.I.B Dance, Hip hop 18 *Shaking Heart* C-Clown Dance, R&B 22 *Should Have Treated You Better* uBeat Dance, Hip hop 24 *Viva Primavera* DickPunks Pop, Rock 25 *Fall in L* Juniel Pop, Ballad *No. 1 Repackage Special Edition* Teen Top Dance 26 *Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me* Shinee R&B, Dance *Name is 4Minute* [4Minute](4minute) Dance-pop, Hip hop *Entrain* N-Train Dance 29 *Countryside Life* T-ara N4 Dance-pop, Hip hop 30 *Letter from Secret* Secret Dance
May
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 2 *Do You Want Some Tea* Hello Venus Dance 6 *What's Happening?* B1A4 Dance *Grown* [2PM](2pm) Electronic, R&B 8 *The 5th Album Vol.2 – Thank You* [4Men](4men) Ballad 9 *Wild* Nine Muses Dance *Skirmish* LC9 Dance, R&B 14 *Forever Young* Seo In-young Ballad 16 *The Classic* Shinhwa Dance, R&B 20 *Hyde* VIXX Dance 21 *Monochrome* Lee Hyori Dance 22 *My Everything* Lee Min-ho Dance 23 *Real 100%* [100%](100-band) Dance 27 *Love Was Enough* Andrew Choi K-pop, R&B 31 *Luv Virus* Skarf Dance
June
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 3 *XOXO* Exo R&B, Pop 4 *Sexy Beat* MBLAQ Dance *Rainbow Syndrome Part.2* Rainbow Dance 7 *Trap* Henry Dance *Flaming Nuts* Crying Nut Post-punk, indie rock 10 *Escaping Gravity* Nell Rock, Indie rock 11 *Give It to Me* Sistar Dance 12 *[2 Cool 4 Skool](2-cool-4-skool)* BTS Hip hop, R&B *Life Is Beautiful* Monni Rock 13 *First Love* After School Pop, R&B 14 *Black Tinkerbell* Chocolat Dance 17 *Bad Boys* Led Apple Pop-Rock *A Good Girl* Baek A-yeon Pop 19 *Young Folk* Sunny Hill Dance 20 *Be Ambitious* Dal Shabet Dance, Electropop 21 *Don't Mess With Me* 2Eyes Dance 24 *Female President* Girl's Day Dance, Electropop 25 *Mambo* A-Prince Dance *Love Love Love* Roy Kim Acoustic pop
Third quarter
July
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 4 *Memories of Summer* Davichi Ballad *Myname 1st Mini Album* Myname Dance 5 *Secret Garden* Apink Dance, Electropop 8 *Waiting For U* Mr. Mr Dance 10 *Don't Let It Get You Down* SHU-I Dance *I Like 2 Party* Jay Park Hip hop *Insane* A-Jax Dance 11 *A's Doll House* Ailee Dance, R&B 15 *Incredible* Xia Junsu Pop, R&B 16 *Destiny* Infinite Dance, Electronic 19 *Hard to Love, How to Love* Beast Dance, Hip hop 22 *Round 3* Kim Hyun-joong Dance 25 *Five Beats of Hearts* Tahiti Dance 29 *Black Box* Brown Eyed Girls Pop, R&B *Pink Tape* f(x) Dance, Electropop 30 *Since 1971* F-ve Dolls Dance 31 *Jekyll* VIXX Dance
August
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 1 *U R So Cute* [24K](24k-band) Dance 2 *Burn It Up* E.S.Q Dance 5 *Growl* Exo Electropop, R&B 6 *Badman* B.A.P Hip hop, R&B 8 *Bound – The Misconceptions of Us* Shinee Dance, R&B *Hang Out* Big Star Dance *Spectacular* Tasty Dance 9 *Illusion* ZE:A Dance 12 *Love Beat* MBLAQ Dance 13 *Always Love You* Kim Hyung-jun Ballad 19 *Let's Talk About Love* Seungri R&B, Pop *OK About It* AA Dance 20 *Just Now* History Dance 22 *Sleep Talking* NU'EST Dance 23 *L’Homme Libre Vol.1* Defconn Hip hop 26 *Shout Out* Royal Pirates Pop-rock *Teen Top Class* Teen Top Dance *Stardust* Lunafly Pop 28 *I Like This Song* Lyn Pop, Ballad
September
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 2 * Full Bloom* Kara Dance *Coup d'Etat* G-Dragon Hip hop 3 *Tremendous* Global Icon Dance 5 *Pretty Pretty* Ladies' Code Dance, R&B *Ordinary Girl* Piggy Dolls Dance 9 *Thriller* BtoB Dance *Halftime* J.Y. Park Dance *Her Voice* Lim Kim Jazz, Pop 10 *Stupid in Love* Soyou X Mad Clown Hip hop 11 *O!RUL8,2?* BTS Hip hop 12 *The Cure* Drunken Tiger Hip hop 16 *In Stardom V3.0* Cho PD Hip hop 17 *First Love* F-ve Dolls Dance 23 *Thanks To* F.T. Island Rock 25 *Busker Busker Vol. 2* Busker Busker Pop, Acoustic 26 *The Streets Go Disco* Crayon Pop Dance 30 *Hope Torture* Song Ji-eun Pop, Ballad
Fourth quarter
October
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 2 *Very Good* Block B Hip hop, Dance *2nd Part.2* Vanilla Acoustic Ballad, Indie pop 4 *Shine* Standing Egg Ballad, Pop 8 *Modern Times* IU Ballad, Retro *Identity* Boys Republic Dance *Shooting Star* 2Eyes Dance 10 *The Sense of an Ending* Jung Joon-young Pop-rock *Who Are You?* Kahi Pop, R&B *Again* T-ARA Dance *Wedding Day* Pure Dance 11 *Myname 3rd Single Album* My Name Dance 14 *Prima Donna* Nine Muses Dance, Synthpop *Everybody* Shinee Electropop, R&B 16 *Red Motion* AOA Dance 17 *Will in Fall* K.Will Ballad, R&B 22 *Welcome to My Zone* Samuel Seo Hip hop 23 *School Bell* Delight Dance *Teen Top Class Addition* Teen Top Dance 24 *Dogg's Out* Topp Dogg Hip hop 25 Into the Light N:Sonic Dance 28 *Chemistry* Trouble Maker Dance 29 *WWW* Jaejoong Rock, Ballad 31 Moments U-Kiss Dance
November
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 1 *Curious* Fiestar Dance 6 *Hush* Miss A Dance, R&B 8 *Ringa Linga* Taeyang EDM, Hip hop 11 *Reminisce* Huh Gak R&B, Pop *Trip* Untouchable Hip hop 15 *Doom Dada* T.O.P Alternative hip hop 18 *The Mood* F.T. Island Rock, Ballad *The Meaning of Solitude* Lee Juck K-pop 20 *Nom Nom Nom* Wassup Hip hop, Dance *Voice* [100% V](100-band) Ballad 22 *The Truth* Electroboyz Hip hop 25 *Voodoo* VIXX Dance 26 *Love & Hate* Hyolyn Ballad, Pop 27 *Nocturne* [2AM](2am-band) Ballad, Pop *Hello Goodbye* DickPunks Ballad 28 *Blue Spring* History Dance *Chapter II* The Boss Dance
December
Day Title Artist Genre(s) 4 *Again 1977* T-ara Dance 6 *Deulgukhwa* Deulgukhwa Rock 9 *Gift from Secret* Secret Dance *Miracles in December* Exo Ballad 13 *Flower* Junhyung Dance, Rap *Dogg's Out Repackage* Topp Dogg Dance 18 *Musical December 2013 with Kim Junsu* Xia Junsu Ballad, Pop 20 *Modern Times – Epilogue* IU Ballad, Retro
Deaths
Kim Ji-hoon, singer-songwriter & actor; former member of Two Two (1994–1996,) and Duke (2002–2007)
Rottyful Sky, singer, producer, and actress (Roo'ra (2006–2007); MADmoiselle (2009))
Charts
List of number-one hits of 2013 (South Korea)
List of number-one albums of 2013 (South Korea)
List of Korea K-Pop Hot 100 number-one singles
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