1997 in South Korean music

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

List of years in South Korean music
… 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...
	v t e

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

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

1. "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Baby V.O.X." XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
2. "디바" 디바 (in Korean). Mnet Music. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
3. "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Jinusean". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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.