38 releases from 13 acts came out in 2021. They are listed below in date order, newest first, so you can see how the year actually unfolded rather than how a year-end list remembers it.
38 releases from 13 acts came out in 2021. They are listed below in date order, newest first, so you can see how the year actually unfolded rather than how a year-end list remembers it.
Source: the Apple Music catalogue for the artists tracked on KoreaPlus. Comprehensive for those acts, not for all of K-pop.
38 releases from the 13 acts tracked here came out in 2021. That counts albums, EPs and singles as separate releases, which is how Apple Music catalogues them.
What was the first K-pop release of 2021?
Celebrity by IU, on 2021-01-27.
Is this every K-pop release that year?
No. It covers the acts tracked on KoreaPlus and draws on one storefront’s catalogue, so smaller acts and releases absent from it are not listed.
iScreaM Vol.13 : Sticker Remixes SINGLE
Pieces EP
Amino Acid (Analog Trip NCT 127 Original Soundtrack) SINGLE
ZERO : FEVER EPILOGUE
Jirisan (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 8 SINGLE
iScreaM Vol. 12 : Bad Boy Remixes SINGLE
Favorite - The 3rd Album Repackage
SG SINGLE
strawberry moon SINGLE
iScreaM Vol. 11 : Queendom (Demicat Remix) SINGLE
Sticker - The 3rd Album
ZERO : FEVER Pt.3 EP
LALISA SINGLE
STEREOTYPE EP
Hate that… (feat. TAEYEON) SINGLE
Queendom - The 6th Mini Album EP
BILLY POCO SINGLE
Pretty Savage (Japan Version) SINGLE
You Never Know (Japan Version) SINGLE
Dreamers EP
How You Like That (Japan Version) SINGLE
Lovesick Girls (Japan Version) SINGLE
Hello Future - The 1st Album Repackage EP
iScreaM Vol. 9 : Hot Sauce Remixes SINGLE
DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING - Special Album EP
Save SINGLE
BLACKPINK 2021 'THE SHOW' LIVE
In the morning (English Version) SINGLE
Hot Sauce - The 1st Album
青春有你3 第22期 (Live) SINGLE
STAYDOM EP
Into the A to Z
IU 5th Album 'LILAC'
Trust Me (MIDZY) SINGLE
R SINGLE
ZERO : FEVER Pt.2
LOVEHOLIC EP
Celebrity SINGLE