- Source: 2014 in South Korean music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in South Korea.
Notable events and achievements
January 16 – Exo and Psy win the Album and Digital Daesangs, respectively, at the Golden Disc Awards.
January 23 – The 23rd Seoul Music Awards take place. Exo wins the grand prize.
February 28 – Sunwoo Jung-a, Cho Yong-pil and Yoon Young-bae win the grand prizes at the annual Korean Music Awards.
March 11 – With the release of Tree, TVXQ becomes the first foreign band in Japan to have three consecutive studio albums with first-week sales of over 200,000 copies, breaking Bon Jovi's thirteen-year record.
March 15 – 2NE1's Crush becomes the first album by a Korean artist to chart within the top 100 on the Billboard 200, entering at number 61. It also marked the first time two K-pop artists appeared on the chart at the same time, along with Girls' Generation's Mr.Mr.
May 7 – Exo's Overdose records nearly 660,000 pre-orders, breaking the record at the time for most pre-orders for a single album in K-pop.
June 12 – Taeyang's Rise becomes the highest charting album on the Billboard 200 at the time by a K-pop solo artist, peaking at number 112.
June 23 – TVXQ become the first international artist in Japan to bring in the largest number of concertgoers in the previous three years, reaching over 2 million total attendees during the timeframe.
July 14 – Through three concert tours in Japan since 2011, Girls' Generation attracted a cumulative total of 550,000 spectators, setting a record for a K-pop girl group.
September 21 – Super Junior become the first Korean artist to perform a total of 100 concerts worldwide.
September 30 – SM Entertainment announces Jessica's departure from Girls' Generation.
October 11 – "I Am the Best" by 2NE1 becomes the first song by a K-pop group to top the World Digital Song Sales chart, following its usage in Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 advertisement campaign in the US.
November 13 – IU, g.o.d, and Taeyang win the grand prizes at the 2014 Melon Music Awards.
November 17 – The 5th Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards take place. Myeong Kook-hwan is awarded with the Bogwan (Precious Crown) Order of Cultural Merit; Kim Kwang-seok, I Yu-sin, Hong Seung-seong and Yoo Young-jin are awarded with the Presidential Commendation; and Jin Mi-ryeong receives the Prime Minister's Commendation.
December 1 – Psy's "Gangnam Style" surpasses 2.15 billion views, forcing YouTube to upgrade to a 64-bit integer counter.
December 3 – Exo and Taeyang receive the grand prizes at the 2014 MAMA.
December 22 – Crush becomes the first K-pop album to appear on the year-end Billboard World Albums listing since the chart began in 1995.
Award shows and festivals
= Award ceremonies
== Festivals
=Debuting and disbanded in 2014
= Debuting groups
== Solo debuts
== Disbanded groups
=Releases in 2014
= First quarter
=January
February
March
= Second quarter
=April
May
June
= Third quarter
=July
August
September
= Fourth quarter
=October
November
December
Deaths
Yoo Chae-yeong, 40, singer and actress
Kwon Ri-se, 23, singer (Ladies' Code)
Kim Ja-ok, 63, actress and singer
Go Eun-bi, 21, singer (Ladies' Code)
Shin Hae-chul, 46, singer (N.EX.T)
See also
2014 in South Korea
List of South Korean films of 2014
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- BTS
- IU
- Obsessed (film 2014)
- Hope (film 2013)
- Astro (grup musik)
- CNBLUE
- D.O. (penghibur)
- Kim Jong-un
- Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Exo
- Super Junior
- 2014 in South Korean music
- 2024 in South Korean music
- Music of South Korea
- Music programs of South Korea
- Korean Music Awards
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