2014 in South Korean music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in South Korea.

Notable events and achievements

 * 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.
 * March 15 – 2NE1's Crush becomes the first album by a Korean artist to chart within the top 100 on the Billboard 200, entering at number 61. It also marked the first time two K-pop artists appeared on the chart at the same time, along with Girls' Generation's Mr.Mr.
 * May 7 – Exo's Overdose records nearly 660,000 pre-orders, breaking the record at the time for most pre-orders for a single album in K-pop.
 * June 12 – Taeyang's Rise becomes the highest charting album on the Billboard 200 at the time by a K-pop solo artist, peaking at number 112.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * September 21 – Super Junior become the first Korean artist to perform a total of 100 concerts worldwide.
 * September 30 – SM Entertainment announces Jessica's departure from Girls' Generation.
 * 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.
 * November 13 – IU, g.o.d, and Taeyang win the grand prizes at the 2014 Melon Music Awards.
 * 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.
 * December 1 – Psy's "Gangnam Style" surpasses 2.15 billion views, forcing YouTube to upgrade to a 64-bit integer counter.
 * December 3 – Exo and Taeyang receive the grand prizes at the 2014 MAMA.
 * 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.

Debuting groups

 * 2000 Won
 * 4L
 * 4Ten
 * 5urprise
 * AKMU
 * Almeng
 * B.I.G
 * Badkiz
 * Beatwin
 * Berry Good
 * Big Byung (Hitmaker)
 * Bigflo
 * Bob Girls
 * Bursters
 * D.Holic
 * GD X Taeyang
 * Got7
 * HALO
 * HeartB
 * High4
 * Hi Suhyun
 * Hotshot
 * Infinite F
 * JJCC
 * K-Much
 * Laboum
 * Lip Service
 * Lovelyz
 * Madtown
 * Mamamoo
 * Melody Day
 * Minx
 * Play the Siren
 * Rainbow Blaxx
 * Red Velvet
 * Sonamoo
 * Spica.S
 * The Barberettes
 * The Legend
 * Toheart
 * Troy
 * UNIQ
 * Wings
 * Winner
 * Year 7 Class 1

Solo debuts

 * Cheetah
 * Crush
 * Euna Kim
 * Gary
 * G2
 * Ha:tfelt
 * Heize
 * Hyomin
 * Hyoseong
 * J-Min
 * Jiyeon
 * Jung Seung-hwan
 * Kidoh
 * Kim Yeon-ji
 * Kyuhyun
 * Lee Michelle
 * Microdot
 * Nicole
 * Penomeco
 * Raina
 * Shannon
 * Suran
 * Taemin
 * Zick Jasper
 * Zico

Disbanded groups

 * 8Eight
 * Gangkiz
 * N.EX.T
 * Puretty
 * She'z
 * Skarf

Deaths

 * Yoo Chae-yeong, 40, singer and actress
 * Kwon Ri-se, 23, singer (Ladies' Code)
 * Kim Ja-ok, 63, actress and singer
 * Go Eun-bi, 21, singer (Ladies' Code)
 * Shin Hae-chul, 46, singer (N.EX.T)