1998 in South Korean music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 1998 in music in South Korea.

Debuting and disbanded in 1998

Debuting

• 1TYM^[1]
• Can
• Crying Nut
• Eve
• Fin.K.L^[2]
• Oathean
• Pia
• Sharp^[3]
• Shinhwa

Solo debuts

• Bobby Kim
• Cho PD
• Kim Dong-ryul
• J
• Johan Kim
• Kim Jin-pyo
• Kim Yeon-woo
• Jo Sung-mo
• Lena Park
• Seo Taiji
• Whang Bo-ryung
• Yang Hyun-suk

Disbandments

• U-BeS

Releases in 1998

January

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	I Want to Know (알고 싶어요)	Yangpa	R&B, Ballad
	Version 1.0	Can	Hard rock
2	Ten Years Later	Park Jin-young	K-pop

March

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Only Me Beside You... (그대 곁엔 나밖에...)	Kim Yeon-woo	Ballad, Dance
11	1999	Lee Seung-chul	Soft rock, Ballad

April

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Deep Blue	Lee Seung-chul	Soft rock, Ballad
	Sorrow	Cool	K-pop
6	Yang Hyun-suk	Yang Hyun-suk	Hip hop
13	Become a Star(별이 되어)	Im Chang-jung	K-pop
22	Snappy Diva	Diva	K-pop
29	For Sale	Yoo Seung-jun	Hip hop

May

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
19	Resolver	Shinhwa	K-pop
21	Shocking	Kim Hyun-jung	Dance, R&B
30	Blue Rain	Fin.K.L	K-pop

June

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Speed Up Losers	Crying Nut	Punk rock
16	You Will Be With Us	U-BeS	K-pop

July

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
4	Kim Jo Han	Johan Kim	K-pop
7	Seo Tai Ji	Seo Taiji	Alternative rock, alternative metal, nu metal
30	Road Fighter	Sechs Kies	K-pop, Hip hop, Dance-pop

August

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
7	Race	NRG	K-pop
31	Kim Kyung Ho III – 00:00:1998	Kim Kyung-ho	Hard rock

September

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
4	To Heaven	Jo Sung-mo	Pop ballad
15	Baby V.O.X II	Baby V.O.X	K-pop
24	Resurrection	H.O.T.	K-pop

October

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
17	Perfect Love	Turbo	K-pop
30	Special	Sechs Kies	K-pop

November

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Season's Greetings	NRG	K-pop
5	Blue Angel	Park Ji-yoon	K-pop
17	Sea & Eugene & Shoo	S.E.S.	K-pop
	The S#arp	Sharp	K-pop
27	J-Gold	J	R&B, Soul
	J-Blue
28	One Time for Your Mind	1TYM	Hip hop

December

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Beyond Face	Lee Eun-mi	Rock
7	Dream	Jang Hye-jin	R&B, Ballad
23	Kiss Me	Park Jin-young	K-pop

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: 1TYM. 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=8. September 12, 2014. dead.
2. Web site: 1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Fin.K.L.. 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=4. September 12, 2014. dead.
3. Web site: ko:샵. http://mnet.interest.me/artist/78704/profile. Mnet Music. 21 January 2013. Korean. https://archive.today/20130221032458/http://mnet.interest.me/artist/78704/profile. 21 February 2013. dead.