1997 in South Korean music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 1997 in music in South Korea.

Debuting and disbanded in 1997

Debuting

• Baby Vox^[1]
• Delispice
• Diva^[2]
• Jaurim
• Jinusean^[3]
• No Brain
• NRG^[4]
• Sechs Kies^[5]
• S.E.S.^[6]
• U-BeS
• Uptown^[7]
• Yurisangja
• YB

Solo debuts

• Kim Hyun-jung
• Kim Ji-hoon
• Kim Ji-hyun
• Haha
• Hong Kyung-min
• Park Ji-yoon
• Pearl
• Yoo Seung-jun

Disbanded groups

• N.EX.T
• Solid^[8]

Releases in 1997

January

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Cycle	Lee Seung-hwan	Pop ballad
25	Lover	Roo'ra	Hip hop

March

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Jinusean	Jinusean	K-pop, Hip hop
3	Sinawe 6	Sinawe	Heavy metal
	West Side	Yoo Seung-jun	K-pop, Hip hop
26	Deux Forever	Deux	K-pop, Hip hop

April

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Ref
1	4th album	DJ DOC	Hip hop
24	Solidate	Solid	K-pop, R&B, Hip hop	^[9]

May

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
14	School Anthem	Sechs Kies	K-pop, hip hop, dance-pop, R&B
16	Again	Im Chang-jung	K-pop
20	Young Turks Club 2nd Album	Young Turks Club	K-pop

June

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
8	One More Time	Clon	Dance music
24	Turbo Summer Remix	Turbo	K-pop, Dance, Hip hop
30		Kim Kyung-ho	Hard rock

July

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Desire to Fly	Yim Jae-beom	Rock
	Summer Story	Cool	K-pop
5	Wolf and Sheep	H.O.T.	K-pop
10	EQUALIZEHER	Baby V.O.X	K-pop
21	Kim Ji Hoon Vol. 1	Kim Ji-hoon	K-pop

August

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
8	Deli Spice	Delispice	Rock
29	Funky Diva	Diva	K-pop

September

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Summer Jingle Bell	JYPark	K-pop, Hip hop
4	U-BeS	U-BeS	K-pop

October

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
22	Born Again	Turbo	K-pop, Dance, Hip hop
25	Indelible Impression	Lee Ki-chan	R&B
28	New Radiancy Group	NRG	K-pop

November

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	I'm Your Girl	S.E.S.	K-pop, Dance
	Welcome to the Sechskies Land	Sechs Kies	K-pop
	Myself	Kim Gun-mo	K-pop
	Skyblue Dream (하늘색 꿈)	Park Ji-yoon	K-pop
17	Sunflower	Pearl	K-pop, R&B, Hip hop
30	Lazenca (A Space Rock Opera)	N.EX.T	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive metal, alternative metal

December

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
26	햐안전쟁	Young Turks Club	K-pop
	Rainbow	Sanulrim	Psychedelic rock

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Baby V.O.X.. XIN MSN Entertainment. January 21, 2013. 2012-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912073130/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/hallyu/1st-generation-k-pop-idols-you-should-know?page=2#image=7. September 12, 2014. dead.
2. Web site: ko:디바. 디바. Mnet Music. January 21, 2013. Korean. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022002656/http://mnet.interest.me/artist/49344. October 22, 2014. dead.
3. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Jinusean. XIN MSN Entertainment. January 21, 2013. 2012-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912073130/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/hallyu/1st-generation-k-pop-idols-you-should-know?page=2#image=6. September 12, 2014. dead.
4. Web site: NRG. KBS World. January 21, 2013. December 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112500/http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_artist_detail.htm?No=10090. dead.
5. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Sechs Kies. XIN MSN Entertainment. January 21, 2013. 2012-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912073130/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/hallyu/1st-generation-k-pop-idols-you-should-know?page=2. September 12, 2014. dead.
6. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: SES. XIN MSN Entertainment. January 21, 2013. 2012-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912073130/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/hallyu/1st-generation-k-pop-idols-you-should-know?page=2#image=3. September 12, 2014. dead.
7. Web site: ko:업타운. KMDC . K-pop.or.kr. January 21, 2013. Korean. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105174920/http://k-pop.or.kr/metadetail/artist/artist_main.jsp?swhere=Allsearch&aid=1377. live .
8. News: [TEN 인터뷰] 21년 만에 뭉친 솔리드, '좋은 음악'을 위한 열정]. Kim. Ha-jin. 2018-04-23. Ten Asia. 2018-04-23. ko. 2020-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812130934/https://tenasia.hankyung.com/topic/article/2018042394644. live.
9. Web site: 더 단단해져 돌아온 '솔리드'. Kwon. Ho-wook. 1997-05-06. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2018-04-19. 2022-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305144345/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1997050600329136005&editNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1997-05-06&officeId=00032&pageNo=36&printNo=16096&publishType=00010. live.