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