Overview of the events of 2014 in South Korean music
List of years in South Korean music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in South Korea .
Notable events and achievements [ edit ] 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.[ 1] March 15 – 2NE1 's Crush Billboard 200Girls' Generation 's Mr.Mr .[ 2] May 7 – Exo 's Overdose [ 3] June 12 – Taeyang 's Rise Billboard 200 at the time by a K-pop solo artist, peaking at number 112.[ 4] 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.[ 5] 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.[ 6] September 21 – Super Junior become the first Korean artist to perform a total of 100 concerts worldwide.[ 7] September 30 – SM Entertainment announces Jessica 's departure from Girls' Generation.[ 8] 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.[ 9] November 13 – IU , g.o.d , and Taeyang win the grand prizes at the 2014 Melon Music Awards .[ 10] 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.[ 11] December 1 – Psy 's "Gangnam Style " surpasses 2.15 billion views, forcing YouTube to upgrade to a 64-bit integer counter.[ 12] December 3 – Exo and Taeyang receive the grand prizes at the 2014 MAMA .[ 13] 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.[ 14] Award shows and festivals [ edit ] Debuting and disbanded in 2014 [ edit ] Date Title Artist Genre(s) 02 Unveiling MC the Max Ballad , Rock Rain Effect Rain Electronica , R&B 03 Girl's Day Everyday 3 Girl's Day Pop , R&B 06 Tense TVXQ Pop , R&B 07 Beyond the Ocean K-Much Dance 08 B.B.B Dal Shabet Dance , Electropop 13 I Am Rumble Fish Rumble Fish Rock Listen & Repeat BMK Ballad , R&B Who Am I B1A4 Dance , Ballad After the 11th Zia Ballad 15 Mr. Gae Gary Hip-hop 16 Miniskirt AOA Dance , R&B Arario Topp Dogg Hip-hop 20 RB Blaxx Rainbow Blaxx Dance , Ballad Got It? Got7 Hip-hop , Trap WWW Removing My Makeup Jaejoong Ballad 29 Such a Woman Zia Ballad
Date Title Artist Genre(s) 03 First Sensibility B.A.P Dance , Hip-hop 06 M+10 Lee Minwoo Dance Truth Or Dare Gain Dance , Ballad 07 Rain Effect Special Edition Rain Electronica , R&B 12 Skool Luv Affair BTS Hip-hop , R&B Marionette Stellar Dance , Pop 13 Breath SM the Ballad Ballad 14 Between Calm And Passion Bebop Rock 16 Beep Beep BTOB Dance , Hip-hop Full Moon Sunmi Ballad , Electronica 19 Speed Circus Speed Dance 20 Fantasy Trilogy Boys Republic Dance 24 Can't Stop CNBLUE Rock Mr.Mr. Girls' Generation Electropop , R&B Arario Special Album Topp Dogg Dance , Hip-hop 25 Attention AlphaBAT Dance 27 Crush 2NE1 Electronica , Hip-hop Spellbound TVXQ Pop , R&B Newton's Apple Nell Rock
Date Title Artist Genre(s) 2 First Homme ZE:A Dance Mono Scandal U-KISS Dance , Ballad 3 Rise Taeyang R&B B.A.P Unplugged 2014 B.A.P Ballad , Hip-hop That's What They Say Rosemary Rock 5 Crush on You Crush R&B , hip hop 9 Amadeus Topp Dogg Dance , Hip-hop Obsession Boyfriend Dance , Ballad Pop Beyond N-Sonic Dance I Loved Have No Regrets Gummy Ballad , R&B 10 No Way Bob Girls Dance 12 Oppa You're Mine Tahiti Dance 16 Good Luck Beast Dance , R&B 18 Hello Mamamoo R&B , Retro 19 Short Hair AOA Dance , Electropop 23 Got Love GOT7 Dance , Hip-hop Desire History Dance First Flow Bigflo Dance 26 38°C HALO Dance 30 Make Up Hyomin Dance , Electropop
Yoo Chae-yeong , 40, singer and actressKwon Ri-se , 23, singer (Ladies' Code )Kim Ja-ok , 63, actress and singerGo Eun-bi , 21, singer (Ladies' Code )Shin Hae-chul , 46, singer (N.EX.T ) ^ Jeon, Su Mi (March 11, 2014). "TVXQ Sets Record By Selling Over 200,000 Copies of Album 'Tree' . Mwave. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (March 6, 2014). "2NE1 Sets New U.S. Record for Highest-Charting, Best-Selling K-Pop Album With 'Crush' . Billboard . Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2019 . ^ Joo-won, Chung (May 7, 2014). "EXO beats preorders record with 'Overdose' . The Korea Herald Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022 . ^ Benjamin, Jeff (June 12, 2014). "K-Pop Star Taeyang Hits Billboard 200" . Billboard . Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2014 . ^ "TVXQ Sets Another Record in Japan by Wrapping up Japanese Tour" . Mwave. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2015 .^ Ock, Hyun-ju (July 14, 2014). "SNSD draws 200,000 fans to 3rd Japan concert tour" . The Korea Herald . Retrieved June 18, 2022 . ^ "Super Junior Writes History with 100th World Tour Concert ′Super Show 6′" . Mwave. Newsen. September 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2014 .^ Kwaak, Jeyup S. (September 30, 2014). "K-Pop Earthquake: Girls' Generation Member Jessica Jung Ousted" . The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (October 6, 2014). "2NE1's 'I Am the Best' Tops World Digital Songs Chart After Big Sales Week" . Billboard Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2017 . ^ "2014 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon . Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021 .^ "대중문화예술상 2014년" [2014 Popular Culture and Arts Awards]. Korea Creative Content Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .^ Lynch, Joe (December 3, 2014). "Psy's 'Gangnam Style' Breaks YouTube Video Counter" . Billboard Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2017 . ^ Benjamin, Jeff (December 4, 2014). "EXO & Taeyang Earn Top Honors at 2014 MAMA" . Billboard . Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (December 22, 2014). "2NE1's 'Crush' Is First K-Pop Entry on Year-End World Albums Chart" . Billboard Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
