2019 Was The Year With The Most K-Pop Group Disbandments — 74 To Be Exact

Many hearts were broken this year 😔

Each year comes with a bunch of exciting new K-Pop group debuts these days… And sadly, a lot of group disbandments as well. There are many groups that debut that just never quite take off, and end up disbanding not too long after their career begins. And then here are successful artists who just decide to not renew their contracts so they can move on to other careers.

2019 was the year that saw the most disbandments of K-Pop groups — over 70 of them happened in the 12-month period! Here are all of them.

1. 14U

Debut date: July 22, 2017

Disband date: May 13, 2019

2. 15&

Debut date: October 5, 2012

Disband date: August 6, 2019

3. 9MUSES

Debut date: August 12, 2010

Disband date: February 24, 2019

4. 9MUSES A

Debut date: August 4, 2016

Disband date: February 24, 2019

5. A-Daily

Debut date: December 3, 2014

Disband date: 2019

6. A-DEAN

Debut date: September 11, 2013

Disband date: 2019

7. A-JAX

Debut date: June 1, 2012

Disband date: March 31, 2019

8. AiRiSU

Debut date: July 25, 2018

Disband date: July 2019

9. ALiKE

Debut date: August 25, 2018

Disband date: 2019

10. AQUA

Debut date: November 17, 2018

Disband date: 2019

11. ASTIN

Debut date: March 7, 2019

Disband date: 2019

12. ATEEN

Debut date: September 1, 2018

Disband date: 2019

13. AZM

Debut date: March 2, 2018

Disband date: 2019

14. B.A.P

Debut date: January 26, 2012

Disband date: February 17, 2019

15. BAIKAL

Debut date: September 9, 2017

Disband date: May 24, 2019

16. BOYFRIEND

Debut date: May 26, 2011

Disband date: May 17, 2019 (reformed as BF on April 30, 2021)

17. BIGSTAR

Debut date: July 12, 2012

Disband date: July 1, 2019

18. Blah Blah

Debut date: November 22, 2017

Disband date: 2019

19. BLANC7

Debut date: March 3, 2017

Disband date: January 24, 2019

20. BNF

Debut date: April 20, 2018

Disband date: February 14, 2019

21. CAMILA

Debut date: August 29, 2018

Disband date: July 22, 2019

22. CHERRY ON TOP

Debut date: August 9, 2018

Disband date: 2019

23. Chumchurum

Debut date: October 19, 2015

Disband date: May 19, 2019

24. CICI

Debut date: June 27, 2019

Disband date: September 17, 2019

25. CoCoSoRi

Debut date: January 5, 2016

Disband date: March 6, 2019

26. Cupid

Debut date: April 29, 2015

Disband date: 2019

27. D.A.N

Debut date: March 7, 2019

Disband date: 2019

28. DELUXE

Debut date: May 22, 2019

Disband date: 2019

29. DPOP Friends

Debut date: March 16, 2018

Disband date: 2019

30. E.RUDA

Debut date: April 29, 2019

Disband date: 2019

31. FALLANC

Debut date: November 5, 2018

Disband date: 2019

32. GIRLS GIRLS

Debut date: December 9, 2015

Disband date: Early 2019

33. GLOSS

Debut date: September 2, 2019

Disband date: 2019

34. GOOD DAY

Debut date: August 30, 2017

Disband date: November 11, 2019

35. GROW.B

Debut date: May 2, 2019

Disband date: Mid/late 2019

36. H.U.B

Debut date: February 9, 2017

Disband date: 2019

37. HELLOVENUS

Debut date: May 9, 2012

Disband date: May 8, 2019

38. HIGHCOLOR

Debut date: February 26, 2019

Disband date: 2019

39. HIGHTEEN

Debut date: October 14, 2016

Disband date: Late 2019

40. HONEYST

Debut date: May 17, 2017

Disband date: April 26, 2019

41. HOT TEEN

Debut date: June 1, 2019

Disband date: Late 2019

42. IM

Debut date: September 1, 2017

Disband date: 2019

43. KHAN

Debut date: May 23, 2018

Disband date: 2019

44. Kitten Girls

Debut date: September 4, 2018

Disband date: 2019

45. LIPBUBBLE

Debut date: March 22, 2017

Disband date: May 20, 2019

46. LIVE HIGH

Debut date: July 30, 2013

Disband date: 2019

47. MARMELLO

Debut date: May 24, 2017

Disband date: September 2, 2019

48. MATILDA

Debut date: March 17, 2016

Disband date: September 11, 2019

49. MYTEEN

Debut date: July 26, 2017

Disband date: August 21, 2019

50. One O One

Debut date: October 1, 2015

Disband date: 2019

51. PEACE

Debut date: April 12, 2019

Disband date: 2019

52. PLAYBACK

Debut date: June 25, 2015

Disband date: 2019

53. PRISTIN

Debut date: March 21, 2017

Disband date: May 24, 2019

54. PRISTIN V

Debut date: May 28, 2018

Disband date: May 24, 2019

55. S2U

Debut date: May 25, 2017

Disband date: June 1, 2019

56. SHA SHA

Debut date: February 27, 2018

Disband date: July 17, 2019

57. ShaFLA

Debut date: October 18, 2018

Disband date: 2019

58. Sugar Tint

Debut date: September 28, 2018

Disband date: January 2019

59. Team X

Debut date: January 2, 2019

Disband date: 2019

60. The King

Debut date: November 28, 2014

Disband date: 2019

61. The T-Bird

Debut date: March 14, 2019

Disband date: Late 2019

62. TraxX

Debut date: July 20, 2004

Disband date: April 30, 2019

63. TROPICAL

Debut date: August 30, 2018

Disband date: 2019

64. U-US

Debut date: August 18, 2016

Disband date: 2019

65. UNB

Debut date: April 7, 2018

Disband date: January 27, 2019

66. UNLOCK

Debut date: November 24, 2017

Disband date: 2019

67. VERMUDA

Debut date: June 13, 2017

Disband date: 2019

68. VIVA

Debut date: October 13, 2017

Disband date: 2019

69. Wanna One

Debut date: August 7, 2017

Disband date: January 27, 2019

70. WANNA.B

Debut date: July 20, 2015

Disband date: 2019

71. WA$$UP

Debut date: August 8, 2013

Disband date: February 10, 2019

72. YDPP

Debut date: April 5, 2018

Disband date: 2019

73. YJIG

Debut date: September 5, 2018

Disband date: May 17, 2019

74. Z:ON

Debut date: August 6, 2016

Disband date: 2019

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