The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in South Korea.

Debuting and disbanded in 2013

Debuting groups

2Eyes 2Eyes (), stylized as 2EYES, was a South Korean girl group formed by SidusHQ. They made their debut in 2013 as a five-member group and consisted of Hyangsuk, Hyerin, Dasom, Daeun and Yeonjun. Following Yeonjun's departure, the group continues to ...

2Yoon 2Yoon (Hangul: 투윤, commonly stylized as 2YOON) was the first and only sub-group of South Korean girl group 4Minute, formed by Cube Entertainment in 2013. The sub-group consisted of Gayoon and Jiyoon., translated to English at History Gay ...

5urprise 5urprise (; pronounced surprise), is the first ever South Korean actor group and consists of five actors: Yoo Il, Seo Kang-joon, Gong Myung, Kang Tae-oh and Lee Tae-hwan. History 5urprise was launched by talent agency Fantagio in September 201 ...

* Acourve *

AlphaBat AlphaBat (Korean: ; stylized as AlphaBAT) is a South Korean hiphop boy band A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Genera ...

* AOA Black * Bestie *

Boys Republic Boys Republic is a private, all-boys school for troubled adolescents located in Chino Hills, California. It was founded in 1907 by Margaret Fowler. As an adolescent, Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) wa ...

* BTS *

Danpyunsun and the Sailors Danpyunsun and the Sailors ( Korean : 단편선과 선원들) is a four-piece group that was formed in 2013, with veteran folk musician Hoegidong Danpyunsun at the center. The members, whose resumes cover a diverse range of music from classical ...

* GI * History * Infinite H * Ladies' Code * LC9 * MFBTY *

M.Pire M.Pire ( ko, 엠파이어; pronounced as 'empire') was a seven-member South Korean boy band signed under CMG Chorok Stars. Members were Taehee, Yooseung, Lumin, Haru, Red, T.O, and Jerry. The group debuted on August 1, 2013, with six members. Me ...

Pungdeng-E Pungdeng-E () is a South Korean female music trio formed in December 2013. One of their original concepts was the use of different regional Korean dialects where each member uses her own local dialect. They are known to have unique lyrics and vid ...

* QBS *

Royal Pirates Royal Pirates (로열 파이럿츠) is a Korean-American rock band which debuted in 2013. The band currently consists of Kim Moon-chul (vocals, guitar), and EXSY ( drums). Members ;Current members * Moon Kim — lead vocalist, guitar * EXSY ...

* Speed * T-ara N4 * Xeno-T * Wassup

Solo debuts

* Andrew Choi * Bada Kim * CL * Eric Nam * Hoody * Hyolyn * ICON * Kang Seung-yoon * Kim Jae-joong * Lee Jin-ah * Lil Kim * Mayson the Soul *

NC.A Im So-eun (born October 7, 1996), better known as NC.A (initialism for New Creative Artist), is a South Korean singer and actress, She debuted in August 2013 with "My Student Teacher". She was last active as a member of South Korean girl group ...

* Olltii * Sunmi * Z.Hera

Disbanded groups

* Coed School * Deulgukhwa * D-Unit * DMTN *

N-Train N-Train ( ko, 엔트레인) was a South Korean boy band, signed under MediaLine Entertainment. The group consisted of five members: Jungkyun, Seunghyun, Soul J, Yujin and Sangwoo. History Prior to debut, N-Train trained with their agency for ...

The RockTigers The RockTigers (, also written as The Rock Tigers, The Rocktigers) were a South Korean rock and roll band from 2001 to 2013. The RockTigers had a style that was rooted in the 1940s and 1950s jump blues, boogie-woogie, and rockabilly that sets th ...

* Supreme Team

Releases in 2013

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Deaths

Kim Ji-hoon Kim Ji-hoon or Kim Ji-hun () is a Korean name consisting of the family name Kim and the masculine given name Ji-hoon, and may refer to: * Kim Ji-hoon (director) (born 1971), South Korean film director * Kim Ji-hoon (singer) (1973–2013), South Kor ...

, singer-songwriter & actor; former member of

Two Two Two Two (투투) was a Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern ...

(1994–1996,) and Duke (2002–2007) * Rottyful Sky, singer, producer, and actress ( Roo'ra (2006–2007); MADmoiselle (2009))

Charts

* List of number-one hits of 2013 (South Korea) * List of number-one albums of 2013 (South Korea) *

List of Korea K-Pop Hot 100 number-one singles The K-pop Hot 100 is a music singles chart launched in South Korea by '' Billboard'' in conjunction with ''Billboard'' Korea on August 25, 2011. The chart was based on digital sales via leading websites, as well as downloads from mobile service si ...

References

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