1997 in South Korean music

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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

Solo debuts

Disbanded groups

Releases in 1997

January

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

February

Date Title Artist Genre(s)
13 Legend Kim Hyun-jung Dance, R&B

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:kyungho 1997 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

References

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  4. ^ "NRG". KBS World. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Sechs Kies". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: SES". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "KMDC" 업타운 (in Korean). K-pop.or.kr. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  8. ^ Kim, Ha-jin (2018-04-23). "[TEN 인터뷰] 21년 만에 뭉친 솔리드, '좋은 음악'을 위한 열정". Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  9. ^ Kwon, Ho-wook (1997-05-06). "더 단단해져 돌아온 '솔리드'". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2018-04-19.