1997 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 1997 in music in South Korea.

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Debuting and disbanded in 1997

Debuting

• Baby V.O.X.[1]
• Diva[2]
• Jaurim
• Jinusean[3]
• No Brain
• NRG[4]
• Sechs Kies[5]
• S.E.S.[6]
• Uptown[7]
• YB

Solo debuts

• Kim Ji-hoon
• Hong Kyung-min
• 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

March

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Jinusean	Jinusean	K-pop, Hip-hop
3	Sinawe 6	Sinawe	Heavy metal
26	Deux Forever	Deux	K-pop, Hip-hop

April

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Ref
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

June

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
24	Turbo Summer Remix	Turbo	K-pop, Dance, Hip-hop

July

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Desire to Fly	Yim Jae-beom	Rock
5	Wolf and Sheep	H.O.T.	K-pop
10	EQUALIZEHER	Baby V.O.X	K-pop

September

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Summer Jingle Bell	JYPark	K-pop, Hip-hop

October

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
22	Born Again	Turbo	K-pop, Dance, Hip-hop
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
30	Lazenca (A Space Rock Opera)	N.EX.T	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive metal, alternative metal

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 12 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
2. "Archived copy" 디바 (in Korean). Mnet Music. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Jinusean". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
4. "NRG". KBS World. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
5. "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: Sechs Kies". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
6. "1st-generation K-Pop idols you should know: SES". XIN MSN Entertainment. 2012-05-10. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
7. 업타운 (in Korean). K-pop.or.kr. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
8. Kim, Hajin (2018-04-23). "| [TEN 인터뷰] 21년 만에 뭉친 솔리드, '좋은 음악'을 위한 열정텐아시아". 텐아시아 (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
9. Kwon, Ho-Wook (1997-05-06). "더 단단해져 돌아온 '솔리드'". 경향신문. Retrieved 2018-04-19.