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133-548: On May 26, 2008, SM Entertainment held a launching ceremony for SM Art Company, a musical entertainment and production company. The company is a subsidiary of SM focused on facilitating projects for performances, musical planning, and theater management. Lee Soo-man attended the launching ceremony at the Diamond Hall of the Plaza Hotel Seoul, reiterating the importance of production as the years 2000 to 2010 are

266-521: A Weibo post that she had been forced out of the group, writing: I was excited about our upcoming fan events only to shockingly be informed by my company and 8 others that as of today, I'm no longer a member. I'm devastated – my priority and love is to serve as a member of GG, but for no justifiable reason, I am being forced out . The following day, Jung released a statement claiming that in August 2014 her fellow group members and SM had been positive about

399-685: A 35% stake in SM Entertainment through its tender offer bid, resulting in a combined 39.87% stake between Kakao and its subsidiary, Kakao Entertainment , making it the largest shareholder. Hybe sold half of its stake in SM to Kakao, leaving it with 8.81%. On March 31, 2023, during the shareholders' meeting, SM Entertainment appointed chief financial officer (CFO) Jang Cheol-hyuk as its new CEO. Former co-CEO Lee Sung-soo returned to his role in A&;R as chief A&R officer (CAO). Lee Soo-man declared

532-753: A 3D movie version of their tour, Super Show 3 3D in all CGV and Primus movie theaters. The movie debuted at number six on the box office charts and went off to become the best-selling 3D movie in Korea. After touring in Japan, they released the Super Junior Japan 'Super Show 3' Opening Commemorative Album in February 2011, which debuted at number two on Japan's Tower Records online sales charts. The DVD version of Super Junior Japan Limited Special Edition – Super Show 3 also debuted at number two, while

665-421: A 4% minority stake in SM Entertainment for US$ 30 million. On May 5, 2016, SM released the first single under its newly established EDM label ScreaM Records , "Wave", featuring f(x) members Amber and Luna and produced by Xavi & Gi and E-mart's Electro Mart. ScreaM Records opened as part of SM's New Culture Technology 2016 project, under which SM also initiated the digital music channel SM Station and

798-443: A YouTube segment with Heechul, citing embarrassment and desire of self-harm over his participation in the group. On September 10, 2015, SM Entertainment announced that Super Junior had released part two of its special 10th anniversary album, Magic on September 16. The album was planned to thank the fans who loved and supported the group, included the 10 previously released tracks from the original special album, Devil , as well as

931-539: A casting agent. Siwon became a trainee after being scouted in 2003. Shindong became a trainee in 2004. Ryeowook won the 2004 Chin Chin Youth Festival singing competition and became a trainee just two months before debut in 2005. Kyuhyun then joined the group in 2006, after winning third place in the 2005 Chin Chin Youth Festival. In early 2005, Lee Soo-man announced that he had been preparing for an all-boy project group of twelve members to debut at

1064-423: A countdown to November 6, – the date of their 12th anniversary – announcing it as their comeback date for their eighth album which would be without Ryeowook and Kyuhyun as they were fulfilling their military service. SJ Returns – Super Junior Real Comeback Story , a reality show featuring the idol group's development of their album, began airing on October 9. On October 30, the music video for " One More Chance "

1197-581: A debut in Japan, collaborating with Japanese comedy duo Moeyan. Their single " ROCK&GO ", the Japanese – language version of "Rokuko", debuted at number 19 on the Oricon Daily Charts and ascended to number 2 three days later. Super Junior's first Asia-wide concert tour, Super Show , started on February 22, 2008, in Seoul . The group held a successful two-day fan meeting in Japan at

1330-596: A joint company for producing Beyond Live concerts. SM Coex Artium closed in June 2020. A venue located in Changwon , which has been planned since 2016, will replace it. In addition to the new complex, SM partnered with Jongro Haneul Education  [ ko ] to launch SM Institute , an educational facility to train local and international aspiring artists; the institute is expected to open in March 2021. On June 12, it

1463-416: A joint statement saying that "Han Geng and SM Entertainment have amicably settled on a mutual agreement, and the lawsuit was able to come to a close after Han Geng submitted his 'Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal.'" On May 15, 2014, Kris Wu , a Chinese-Canadian member of Exo , filed a lawsuit to terminate his contract with SM, as first reported by Chinese news portal Sina. He was represented by Cho Bum-suk,

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1596-474: A late 2006 release, but due to several accidental setbacks , Don't Don was not released until September 20, 2007. Don't Don sold over 60,000 units the first day of release and debuted at number one on the monthly chart of September 2007. Although Don't Don received mixed reviews from critics, the album went to sell more than 160,000 copies by the end of the year, becoming the second best-selling record of 2007. Super Junior received seven nominations at

1729-525: A lawsuit against SM for subjecting him to an unlawful seventeen-year contract. No alleged that SM had also interfered with his career after he had left the company, and sought KR₩100 million in damages. No lost his lawsuit against SM on July 21, 2016. On August 24, 2015, Tao became the third Chinese member of Exo to file against SM and leave the group, being represented by the same legal team that represented former members Kris and Lu Han. On January 5, 2016, SM won one of its counter-lawsuits against Tao per

1862-581: A net income of KR₩21.7 billion (US$ 19 million). In January 2016, founder Lee Soo-man held a conference at the SM Coex Artium, announcing plans for a new boy group, NCT , an acronym for Neo Culture Technology, with "unlimited members". Its first sub-unit, NCT U, released two debut singles in April 2016. NCT has since expanded to three more units - NCT 127 in July 2016, NCT Dream in August 2016, and

1995-407: A new British boy group. The final NCT sub-unit, NCT Wish , made their debut in February 2024. On March 18, SM's music publishing subsidiary Kreation Music Rights launched new production label Kustomade as part of SM's multi-label strategy, managing soloist Kim Woo-jin and Yelo, a member of the production team MonoTree. Investment Branches Labels LIC stands for Labels In Company and

2128-417: A number of mobile apps. In late 2016, SM began organizing a League of Legends tournament, called SM Super Celeb League, in which SM artists Heechul and Baekhyun played against both professional gamers and fans from South Korea and China. On February 16, 2017, a source from the task force in charge of the international K-pop academy has plans to open this upcoming September. The Gangnam-based academy

2261-458: A special single album entitled The Road: Winter for Spring . On June 13, 2022, Super Junior announced their first volume of the eleventh studio album The Road: Keep on Going , which was released on July 12. On July 15, the group embarked on their ninth tour ahead of their album release, Super Show 9: Road , starting in Seoul, South Korea. The second volume, entitled The Road: Celebration

2394-445: A subsidiary of FNC Entertainment. Two months later, FNC Add Culture changed their name to SM Life Design Group . On October 2, 2018 it was revealed SM had acquired Million Market, home to singer-song writers, rappers and R&B singers. In October 2018, SM partnered up with Trans Media of Indonesia , which was owned by CT Corp . In February 2019, Trans Media and SM signed their Heads of Joint Venture Agreement together. Later, on

2527-460: A successful entertainer. In February 1995, the company changed its name to SM Entertainment and set up its capital fund. SM then developed an in-house production system and created a string of successful artists, including boy band H.O.T. in 1996, girl group S.E.S. in 1997, boy band Shinhwa in 1998, R&B duo Fly to the Sky in 1999, and soloist BoA in 2000. Jung Hae-ik was appointed CEO at

2660-536: A tender offer bid, in which it sought to acquire 35% of SM Entertainment's shares, in addition to the 4.9% stake already owned by the company. On March 12, 2023, Hybe announced that it no longer planned to acquire a majority stake in SM Entertainment, saying that the bidding war with Kakao could "damage shareholder value". On March 24, 2023, Hybe announced that it would sell its entire stake in SM Entertainment to Kakao by participating in its tender offer. On March 28, 2023, Kakao announced that it had successfully acquired

2793-519: A total of 900,000 audiences. In June 2012, SM Entertainment announced that Kangin would re-join Super Junior for the group's sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single which was released online on July 1 and in stores on July 4, 2012. SM released the MV for Sexy, Free & Single on July 3. The Version B of album was released on July 16, having only a different cover. On August 7, Super Junior released

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2926-436: A voice for other artists in the industry. Super Junior Super Junior ( Korean :  슈퍼주니어 ; RR :  Syupeo Junieo ; stylized in all caps ), also known as SJ or SuJu , is a South Korean boy band . The group is composed of Leeteuk , Heechul , Yesung , Shindong , Sungmin , Eunhyuk , Siwon , Donghae , Ryeowook , and Kyuhyun . Han Geng , Kibum , and Kangin were originally part of

3059-487: A while the group was rumoured to be called O.V.E.R, the acronym for "Obey the Voice for Each Rhythm." However, before the group settled with their current name, the company simply referred to them as juniors , a representation of the members' young ages when they first became SM trainees. After the members showcased their different talents to the company at a picnic, the company finalized their group name to Super Junior, and

3192-530: Is SM Entertainment's in-house label were introduced following SM 3.0 . Institute Former labels In late July 2009, three of the five original members of SM boy group TVXQ – Kim Jaejoong , Park Yoochun , and Kim Junsu – applied to the Seoul Central District Court to investigate the validity of their contract with SM, as they felt the thirteen-year contract was excessively long and that earnings were not fairly distributed to

3325-495: Is a collaborative venture with the private Jongro Sky Academy  [ ko ] . Plans for the school to be certified as an alternative program for domestic Korean middle and high school education, as well as US secondary school education, are also underway. In March 2017, SM acquired the independent record label Mystic Entertainment , becoming the label's largest shareholder. In March 2018, SM acquired entertainment agency KeyEast and drama production company FNC Add Culture,

3458-673: The Donkey Show 's overseas musicals and operating small theaters such as SM TinTin Hall and live theaters in Daehangno . Jang remarked that the company planned to present four musicals consecutively within one to three years, adding that Lee Soo-man was leading the synopsis team on one of the "creative masterpieces" in the works in February 2009. The musical Xanadu was SM Art Company's first work in which Super Junior members Kim Hee-chul and Kangin , and musical actor Choi Sung-won took

3591-515: The Nippon Budokan in Tokyo , selling out 12,000 tickets in several days. The group released a compiled single "U/Twins", which includes the Japanese version of "U" in the limited release version, to complement the event. The single peaked at number four on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart on its first day of release, and dropped down four places on its second. The single broke a new record for being

3724-515: The Texas Rangers . On November 6, the 10th anniversary of Super Junior 's debut, SM announced the creation of the group's own sub-label, Label SJ . In late 2015, SM partnered with modeling company ESteem to promote self-owned content and network. The venture later expanded its acting division through the acting debuts of models Ki Do-hoon and Lee Cheol-woo. In 2015, SM had reported revenues of KR₩325 billion (approximately US$ 287 million) and

3857-609: The "Best Artist Group Award" the 19th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards . On November 30, Super Junior attended the Mnet Asian Music Awards where they won three awards, "Album of the Year", "Best Global Group – Male" and "Best Line Award". This the second year in row that Super Junior won "Album of the Year". Their Super Show 4 3D movie was awarded the "Work of Art Award" at the International 3D Festival; being

3990-629: The "International Artist" and "Best Fandom" awards at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards . In March 2020, Super Junior broke their own record topping the Korean Album Chart of Taiwan's KKBOX for 122 consecutive weeks since 2017 with their 8th album Play , the 8th album repackage REPLAY in 2018, the 9th album Time_Slip from 2019, and 9th album repackage Timeless . In 2000, SM Entertainment held their first overseas casting auditions in Beijing 101, China and recruited Han Geng , who

4123-500: The 2007 Mnet/KM Music Festival, winning three of them which included Artist of the Year, termed by many as the highest recognition of the ceremony. Super Junior collected two more recognitions at the 22nd Golden Disk Awards, including a Disk Bonsang award (Record of the Year). Super Junior-M , Super Junior's Mandopop subgroup comprising members Han Geng, Siwon, Donghae, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Super Junior-M members Henry and Zhou Mi ,

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4256-639: The 2019 Capitol Congress event in Los Angeles. The group debuted in October 2019. The group's self-titled EP entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at number one, making SuperM the first Asian artist in history to top the US album chart with a debut release. In November 2019, SM signed with Creative Artists Agency for representation in all areas. In March 2020, SM appointed production head Lee Sung Soo as

4389-695: The American market, under a newly formed subsidiary label named SM Entertainment USA. In May 2008, the SM Art Company opened under co-CEO Pyo In-bong, with a focus on producing theatrical works. The company's first venture was a production of the American musical comedy Xanadu , starring Super Junior members Heechul and Kangin . In February 2010, after two decades on SM's board of directors, founder Lee Soo-man resigned from his position in order to "focus more energy on SM's overseas business, new business management, and artist development." In March of

4522-467: The Asian network for music, singers, and performers secured by SM. Jang Joon-won, director of the company, stated that they would compete with content owned by SM, including top stars such as BoA and TVXQ , and diverse music sources, adding their plan to produce a "creative" musical using SM's existing music. Even before the company launched, SM had been preparing to enter the musical business by bringing in

4655-609: The Beat , and Riize , and has previously represented Hyun Jin-Young , H.O.T. , S.E.S. , Shinhwa , Fly to the Sky , The Grace , f(x) , and Henry Lau . It also manages actors, including Lee Jae-ryong , Yoo Ho-jeong , Cho Jun-young and previously represented Lee Yeon-hee , Go Ara . In Japan, SM co-publishes Avex Trax releases for artists including Ayumi Hamasaki , Namie Amuro , and Koda Kumi , as well as Johnny's Entertainment artists such as Arashi and KAT-TUN . After graduating from California State University, Northridge in

4788-628: The Beat , consists of BoA , Taeyeon and Hyoyeon from Girls' Generation, Seulgi and Wendy from Red Velvet, and Karina and Winter from Aespa. The group released their debut single " Step Back " on January 3, 2022. On October 1, 2022, an amusement park collaboration between SM and Everland was launched, based on artists and concepts within the SM Culture Universe (SMCU), called Ever SM Town . In 2022, SM terminated its production license contract with founder Lee Soo-man's company Like Planning. On December 1, SM announced that

4921-684: The CD version debuted at number 10. The album also debuted at number 5 and remained at number three spot on the Oricon Daily Chart for two consecutive days and number six on the Oricon Weekly Chart. Following their commercial success in Japan, the group released a Japanese version of Bonamana' s self-titled single in June 2011, which debuted at number two on the Oricon Daily Singles chart, selling over 59,000 copies

5054-583: The China-based unit WayV in January 2019. The sub-label Label V manages WayV. With members debuting yearly from 2016 to 2020, NCT as a whole currently has 20 members. At the beginning of 2016, the company opened a restaurant, SMT Seoul , and also established a series of stores selling branded foods under the name SUM Market. On February 11, 2016, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group acquired

5187-580: The Jeddah Season festival, becoming the first Asian and K-Pop act to hold a solo concert in Saudi Arabia. The sub-units Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-D&E also perform in the festival on July 13. The nine-member lineup of Super Junior released their ninth studio album, Time Slip , on October 14, 2019, with Sungmin to have personal activities outside the group in the meantime. They temporarily halted performances and promotion due to

5320-512: The Korean television drama Hyena , on the KBS music program Music Bank on November 5, 2006. In February 2007, Leeteuk, Heechul, Kangin, Sungmin, Shindong and Eunhyuk formed Super Junior-T , a trot -singing group. They released their first single " Rokkugo " on February 23, 2007, and made a debut performance on Popular Songs two days later. Super Junior's second official album was intended for

5453-534: The Latin Pop Digital Song Sales chart. "One More Time" also debuted at No. 4 on World Digital Song Sales chart. On May 7, 2019, Kyuhyun fulfilled his mandatory enlistment, marking the end of Super Junior's military services. On July 11, Kangin voluntarily left Super Junior, although he will maintain his contract with SM and Label SJ. On July 12, 2019, Super Junior brought their Super Show 7S world tour to King Abdullah Sports City as part of

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5586-609: The Pattaya Music Festival in Thailand in March 2006, making it their first overseas gig. As promotions for "Miracle" ended, SM Entertainment began selecting new members for Super Junior's second generation, Super Junior 06. The company even prepared a list of chosen members that were to graduate from the group. However, the company abandoned the rotational concept after adding a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, in 2006. The group then became known as just Super Junior, without

5719-656: The South Korean Gaon Chart, selling 335,744 copies in one month. It stayed on the chart at first place for three weeks in a row, and 459,182 copies were sold in only two months (July–August). Sexy, Free & Single also debuted at 1st on Gaon Album Chart , with 356,431 copies sold in 2012. Super Junior ranked first place on Hanteo's "Top 5 K-Pop Artists" 2012, winning Hanteo "Singer Award". They also ranked first place in Hanteo "Album Award" 2012. Sexy, Free & Single placed first for several weeks on

5852-697: The Taiwan KKBOX KPOP chart, having all album songs charted. The Japanese version of this single, which was released on August 22, has sold over 118,902 units, making the single gold certified. Super Junior were nominated for "Best Asian Act" in MTV Europe Music Awards , showing again their popularity around the world. In October, Super Junior won "Teen Style Icon" award at the Style Icon Awards and in November they won

5985-826: The United Kingdom's BBC acknowledged Super Junior to be the leading icon of the Hallyu effect. Mr. Simple debuted at number one on the South Korean Gaon Chart, selling 287,427 copies. The album stayed on the chart as number one for four weeks, and sold over 441,000 copies in South Korea by October 2011. It peaked at number three on the Billboard World Albums Chart and number 17 on Japan's Oricon Album's Chart . The album's title single Mr. Simple won first place on

6118-540: The United States, Lee Soo-man returned to Korea and in 1989 established what was then known as "SM Studio" in the Apgujeong neighborhood of Gangnam , Seoul and signed singer Hyun Jin-young . During the 1990s, SM Studio developed an in-house system that looked after all aspects of its artists' careers. Lee's approach was targeted at teenage audiences, and took a holistic view of the qualities needed to become

6251-562: The album did not fare as well as Sorry, Sorry critically, it sold over 300,000 copies in South Korea, outselling Sorry, Sorry . " Bonamana " was originally made by moves from Michael Jackson's MV's choreographed together. The album remained at the top of Taiwan's Korean-Japanese Music Charts for 61 weeks, breaking their own previous record of the said chart. To promote the album, Super Junior embarked on their third Asia-wide tour Super Show 3 in 2010 and 2011, and they had sold-out concerts for each stop. In February 2011, Super Junior released

6384-476: The album, including the title song " Devil ", "We Can", "Don't Wake Me Up" and "Alright". On August 16, Super Junior won two awards, "International Artist" and "Best Fandom" in the Teen Choice Awards . Two days later, Kibum (who had been on hiatus since 2009) announced his leave from SM Entertainment and Super Junior via Instagram. On January 24, 2021, Kibum revealed his real reasons for departure in

6517-416: The announcement, company stocks had dropped by 9.41%, from KR₩37,000 to KR₩33,250 per share. The stock's worth contracted by 15%, hitting the maximum decrease in price KOSDAQ allows for a day, and falling to a more-than-one-year low. On July 21, 2016, Lu Han officially parted ways with Exo, although his contract with SM remained valid until 2022. In April 2015, No Min-woo , a former member of TRAX , filed

6650-477: The audience and degenerated cast members' costumes and a stage in which actors and audiences were mixed. The musical was directed and adapted by director Pyo and was attended by Super Junior's Leeteuk , Shindong , Eunhyuk , Shinee 's Onew , and Tin Tin Five . The company also produced and hosted the works for The Visit . SM Art Company had five performance halls with 200 seats or more and explained that it

6783-627: The best-selling K-pop album in Taiwan, Thailand, China, and the Philippines, in which the latter credited the album to be the first K-pop album to reach number one in music charts from the country. The album's title single " Sorry, Sorry " became an instant hit, collecting a total of ten number-one awards for ten consecutive weeks in Korea, and stayed as number one for a record-breaking 37 weeks in Taiwan's K-pop singles chart. "Sorry, Sorry" achieved national and international success, and has since been

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6916-642: The careers of many K-pop stars garnering huge global fanbases. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. SM Entertainment is known for having led the worldwide K-pop phenomenon and the musical side of " Hallyu ", also known as the " Korean Wave ", with early overseas successes such as H.O.T. , S.E.S. , and BoA . The label currently represents K-pop artists such as Kangta , BoA , TVXQ , Super Junior , Girls' Generation , J-Min , Shinee , Zhou Mi , Exo , Red Velvet , NCT , SuperM , Aespa , Got

7049-402: The case was postponed indefinitely for mediation under the justice department. On November 28, 2012, during a voluntary arbitration at the Seoul Central District Court, SM and JYJ reached a mutual agreement to terminate all contracts between the two parties and not to interfere with each other's activities in the future, concluding the lawsuit. SM reportedly stated that they had decided to end

7182-413: The company forced their artists to sign exclusive contracts lasting between 12–13 years, then demanded that artists renew their contracts to last for a total of 17–18 years. The three believed that SM was exerting their power to force their artists into unfair " slave contracts " which violated existing laws regarding the entertainment industry. They therefore chose to pursue legal action against SM to act as

7315-444: The company founded an overseas division, SM Entertainment Japan. Around the same time, the company was approved for listing on KOSDAQ , and SM established an affiliation with the Japanese major label Avex Trax . SM also formed the subsidiaries BM Entertainment and Cid. K Entertainment (under which the girl groups M.I.L.K. and Shinvi were signed, respectively), but they later dissolved when their groups disbanded. In late 2002, SM

7448-604: The company will be setting up its Southeast Asian headquarters in Singapore , which will be managing joint ventures in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The company plans to launch retail businesses such as cafes, merchandise stores and pop-up exhibitions in the country. On February 3, 2023, SM released a video titled "SM 3.0: Producing Strategy Multi 'Production Center/Label' System" on its official YouTube channel, in which co-CEOs Lee Sung-soo and Tak Young-jun revealed that

7581-432: The company's CEO, as well as Tak Young Joon as SM's chief marketing officer (CMO). By April 2020, it was announced that SM and Naver had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with purpose to expand the reach of concerts to global audience. The joint efforts leads to the creation of Beyond Live , a series of online live concerts, which were created in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . On April 20, SM released

7714-460: The company's third CEO, under whom several artists debuted with a view to promoting outside of South Korea. Artists produced by SM during this period included Chinese-born soloist Zhang Liyin (2006), Japanese-language soloist J-Min (2007), Girls' Generation (2007), Shinee (2008), and f(x) (2009). In April 2008, SM debuted a Mandarin-language sub-unit of Super Junior, named Super Junior-M . In October 2008, SM announced plans for BoA's debut in

7847-1242: The company. Kangta, BoA, and most members of Super Junior and Girls' Generation received 680 shares each (with a value of approximately US$ 27,200 per person), while members of more recent groups like Shinee and f(x) received 340 shares each (with a value of around US$ 13,600 per person). In August, SM held an art exhibition at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center , and collaborated with Visa and KB Kookmin Card to begin printing SM artist cards. That same month, Korean TV personalities Kang Ho-dong and Shin Dong-yup announced that they had signed exclusive contracts with SM's new broadcasting subsidiary, SM Culture & Contents (SM C&C), marking SM's expansion into television. The next month, in September, SM C&C merged with AM Entertainment (which then represented top actors such as Jang Dong-gun , Kim Ha-neul , and Han Ji-min ), and two other TV personalities, Lee Su-geun and Kim Byung-man , announced that they had also signed with SM. In November, KMP Holdings

7980-400: The days immediately after this news came to light, company stocks dropped by KR₩3,350 per share, from KR₩40,750 to KR₩37,400, losing SM a total of KR₩69 billion (approximately US$ 65 million). On August 6, 2015, Jung and SM reached an agreement to terminate her contract, with Jung stating, "This release is to confirm that SM Entertainment ('SM') and I have officially parted ways. I will cherish

8113-846: The death of labelmate Sulli . The album is supported by four pre-release singles, "Show", "Somebody New", "The Crown", and "I Think I", and lead single "Super Clap". On October 12, the group embarked on their eighth tour ahead of their album release, Super Show 8: Infinite Time , starting in Seoul, South Korea. On October 20, Super Junior resumed their activities by appearing on Inkigayo to perform their lead single "Super Clap". However, Heechul did not participate with group due to his injury. The album also won first place in weekly music shows M Countdown and Music Bank . Time Slip received its platinum album certification on December 12, 2019. They released their second Japanese mini-album, I Think U on January 29, 2020, which quickly rose to number one on Oricon Daily Albums Chart . In May 2020, it

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8246-400: The end of the year. He called this singing group to be "The Gateway to Stardom of Asia," as most of the members in this group were chosen for their experiences as actors, MCs , models, and radio hosts prior to debut. Heechul and Kibum were already established actors at the time, and most of the other members had already made various kinds of appearances in television and media. Inspired by

8379-568: The entertainment industry. Super Junior was the best-selling K-pop artist for four years in a row. The group has earned thirteen music awards from the Mnet Asian Music Awards , nineteen from the Golden Disc Awards , and are the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after jtL in 2003. In 2012, they were nominated for "Best Asian Act" in MTV Europe Music Awards . They won

8512-613: The era of the producers. Pyo In-bong, who also attended the ceremony, is a comedian and theater actor and became the company's co-representative along with Jung Chang-hwan during the launching. Pyo stated that SM is a "big" company and that they will grow the existing refined parts and develop the undeveloped parts into blue chips . SM Art Company intended to discover and showcase content based on singers and performers belonging to SM and plans to materialize diverse performances and business models. There were also plans to devise new collaborative influences by discovering different content based on

8645-586: The first K-pop artist(s) to be featured on this chart. "Lo Siento" also debuted at No. 2 on the World Digital Song Sales Chart. On July 10, 2018, Ryeowook completed his mandatory enlistment. His discharge was shown in a special 2 part episode of Super TV also filmed on Jeju Island. At the end of August, it was announced that Super Junior would perform at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on September 2. Heechul

8778-421: The first Korean artist to perform 100 concerts worldwide. On October 27, Super Junior released the special edition for Mamacita called This Is Love . There is a total of 13 tracks, including nine tracks from the seventh album, a rearranged " This Is Love (Stage Version) ", as well as three other songs. This Is Love ranked number one on the real time charts of Hanteo Chart, Sinnara Records and more as soon as it

8911-498: The first Korean single to have made within top 10 on Japan's Oricon Weekly Chart. The group released their third studio album Sorry, Sorry on March 12, 2009. It was their first album to debut at number one on the Hanteo Charts, selling over 29,000 copies the first day. After only a month of release, the album became South Korea's best-selling album of 2009, and ultimately sold over 250,000 copies in South Korea. It became

9044-573: The first day of the group's comeback performance on the music show M!Countdown . In September 2011, Heechul left temporarily for military service . Super Junior began their first world tour, the Super Show 4 in November 2011. The group's second Japanese single, a Japanese version of " Mr. Simple ", was released December 7, 2011, in Japan, however this was still not recognized by SM as their official Japanese promotional debut. The group, with Super Junior-M members Zhou Mi and Henry, also recorded

9177-465: The first generation of Super Junior officially became Super Junior 05. Super Junior 05 made their pre-debut performance on the Korean channel Mnet on September 11, 2005. At the showcase, they performed various styles of hip-hop dancing , where they danced to B2K 's "Take It to the Floor". Han Geng, Eunhyuk, and Donghae also performed a separate dance together, dancing to Usher 's " Caught Up ." However,

9310-683: The first time. Super Junior's performances were well received by the media, and they were honored as Korea's National Pop Culture Icon for their role in spreading the Hallyu Wave ( Korean Wave ), receiving the Minister of Culture Awards by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the Pop Culture Art Awards. They were featured on CNN 's Talk Asia program, and talked about their popularity and strategy for advancing into

9443-643: The first trailer on their official YouTube channel announcing the upcoming series of live concerts dubbed as the "new era of live concert", with the first live show to be headlined by SuperM. The concerts are hosted on Naver's V Live app and made available to audience from more than 200 countries. On August 3, Naver invested ₩100 billion in SM. This would be used for their subsidiaries SMEJ Plus and Mystic Story, as well as plans for merging their fanclubs into V Live's Fanship platform and developing more Beyond Live concerts. A day later, SM announced its partnership with JYP Entertainment to establish Beyond Live Corporation,

9576-517: The first week of release, however, SM did not see the release as their official Japanese debut and has stated that their debut in Japan will occur at a later time. Between Super Show 3 stops, the group took part in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour and toured in Los Angeles , Paris , Tokyo and New York City along with other SM Entertainment-managed artists, performing outside of Asia for

9709-965: The grand prize Disk Daesang". This was followed by further successes at the Seoul Music Awards on January 19, at which they were awarded the Disk Bonsang and Disk Daesang. On February 22, Super Junior won Album Of The Year for the 3rd Quarter at the Gaon Chart Awards. On March 13, 2013, Super Junior won Favorite K-Pop Video for "Mr. Simple" at the Myx Music Awards 2012 . Super Junior successfully completed their world tour Super Show 4 in 10 cities worldwide, including Seoul, Osaka, Taipei, Singapore, Macao, Bangkok, Paris, Shanghai, Jakarta, and Tokyo for six months, starting in November. Combined with their three Asia tours and Super Show 4, Super Junior's concert brand gathered

9842-504: The group after one more album. But before agreements could be made, she had set up her independent business, which caused problems for the group's professional schedules. This prompted management to begin promoting Girls' Generation as eight members rather than nine, with the intention of announcing the news; however, Jung had already "posted her own perspective". The company then stated that the group would henceforth continue as eight, while they would still manage Jung's individual schedule. In

9975-490: The group before departing in 2011, 2015 and 2019, respectively. The group was formed by the founder of SM Entertainment , Lee Soo-man in 2005 as a 12-piece group with rotational members but the concept was abandoned after addition of Kyuhyun in 2006. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their contributions in Korean Wave . Super Junior launched into international recognition following

10108-519: The group's best-selling single in South Korea. Sorry, Sorry won several accolades at the 24th Golden Disk Awards, including the Disk Daesang (Record of the Year). After the success of Sorry, Sorry , Super Junior commenced their second Asia-wide concert tour Super Show 2 , on July 17, 2009, in Seoul. Despite their critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by legal turmoils and lineup changes during their concert tour. Though Kibum

10241-413: The group." Though the new label will be affiliated with SM, it will be independently and wholly responsible for Super Junior's management, producing their albums, and all group, unit, and individual activities. On October 11, 2016, Ryeowook began his mandatory military service on active duty followed by Kyuhyun on May 25, 2017, as a public service officer. On September 27, 2017, Super Junior's website began

10374-613: The highest record to date out of six concerts within Beyond Live series. During the concert, the hashtag #SUPERJUNIOR_BeyondLIVE' trended first in 13 countries and territories around the world spread across Asia, South America and the Middle East. During the concert, Super Junior played songs by the group and its sub-units. The concert also marked the first stage performance of "Home", the new unreleased track by sub-unit Super Junior K.R.Y from their first Korean album since debut of

10507-460: The history of the group, with members sharing their inner thoughts and emotions through the documentary. Super Junior-L.S.S. , the sixth subgroup from Super Junior formed by members Leeteuk, Shindong and Siwon, held their first fanmeeting in Japan on November 30 and December 1, 2022. The subgroup released their first Japanese single, entitled Close The Shutter on July 5, 2023, right before their Japan fanmeeting on July 7–8. On November 4, 2023,

10640-443: The label was passing from its "2.0" era to the "3.0 era", with major adjustments to come concerning the label's operations. These included shifting from a one-man production system led by founder and executive producer Lee Soo-man to a system under which multiple production teams, both internal and external, would supervise music production and artist promotions. A goal of the new system was to avoid production delays. On February 6, it

10773-488: The large-scale boy group Exo , split into two units in order to promote in Korea and China simultaneously. In February, SM acquired Hawaiian travel firm Happy Hawaii and launched SMTown Travel, a new business initiative specializing in travel and tourism under Kang Jung-hyun. Later that year, SMTown Travel offered package deals for overseas fans attending Super Junior's Super Show 4 Tour encore concerts in Seoul. In March, 47 of SM's recording artists became stockholders of

10906-565: The largest K-pop tour in South America yet. On November 10, Eunhyuk, Kangin, Siwon, and Kyuhyun held a special lecture at the Oxford Union Debating Chamber of Oxford University , entitled "Super Junior: The Last Man Standing". The event was co-hosted by Oxford University Korea Society (OUKS), Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society (OUAPS), and Oxford Union . In August 2014, SM Entertainment announced that

11039-426: The launch of her fashion business, Blanc and Eclare. As of early September, she claimed, they had all changed their stance, and she was directed to either close the business or cease promotions as a member of Girls' Generation. She claimed to have received the day before a "one-sided notice" asking her to leave the group. However, according to SM, Jung had unilaterally informed them in early spring that she would leave

11172-677: The lead roles in the musical. Directed by Pyo In-bong, the musical was performed on September 9, 2008, at the Doosan Art Center Yonkang Hall in Yeonji, Jongno District , Seoul. An encore performance for The Donkey Show was held at Club Cocoon in Hongdae on November 13, 2009. When it premiered in Daehagno in April 2007, it was not well received due to its "unconventional" styles, such as a standing theater that removed

11305-605: The lead single " Magic ", "You Got It", "Dorothy" and "Sarang♥", for a total of 14 tracks. It was the last album released before Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon entered the military – Eunhyuk enlisted on October 13 serving active duty, Donghae on October 15 and Siwon on November 19, both as conscripted police officers. On November 6, 2015, Super Junior's 10th anniversary since their debut, SM Entertainment announced that Super Junior had their own exclusive label management, Label SJ . SM stated, "We established Label SJ to give Super Junior our wholehearted support and an ideal system for managing

11438-525: The litigation "to avoid bringing additional harm to U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin, who are active as TVXQ, and to avoid making any more unneeded issues." On December 21, 2009, five months after the three former TVXQ members filed their lawsuit and while the dispute was still active, Han Geng , the only Chinese member of Super Junior , also filed a lawsuit against SM. Han Geng filed for similar reasons: unfair profit distribution, and an unfair thirteen-year contract that contained provisions in SM's favor that he

11571-403: The many years we spent and I wish SM the best of luck in all of its endeavors." On October 10, 2014, Lu Han became the second Chinese member of Exo to file to nullify his contract with SM and leave the group, just over four months after Kris had done the same. His lawsuit included the claim that SM had favored the Korean sub-unit Exo-K over the Chinese sub-unit Exo-M. Within 15 minutes of

11704-647: The meeting "the end of an era" for the company he founded, stating he was "moving toward the future". On August 1, 2023, SM Entertainment announced that they would form a joint venture division with Kakao Entertainment in North America . The following day, SM announced the establishment of its music publishing subsidiary, Kreation Music Rights . SM debuted its new boy group Riize in early September, featuring former NCT members Sungchan and Shotaro. On November 16, 2023, SM Entertainment signed an agreement with British entertainment company Moon&Back to debut

11837-515: The members, but contract destruction, they shall be compensated to the Employer by three times the total investment amount and two times the ordinary profit during the remaining contract period. The news of this dispute caused SM's KOSPI stock price to drop by 10.06%. In addition, 120,000 fans of TVXQ filed a petition against SM's long-term contracts to the Seoul Central District Court, and also filed for compensation for an SMTown Live Concert that

11970-469: The only singer together with Glam winning an award. On January 15 Super Junior won "Disk Daesang" at 27th Golden Disk Awards . This was the third "Disk Daesang" that Super Junior has won, and the second in a row (winning in 2011 for "Mr Simple"). Super Junior announced their world tour in February 2013. "The World Tour, Super Show 5 " began in March starting with Seoul. The group then went to China, Japan, South America, North America, and Europe. making it

12103-623: The other six talent agencies behind KMP Holdings formed a collective bond partnership and bought 13.48% of KT Music 's stocks, leaving parent KT Corporation with 49.99%. In February, SM acquired a share in Baljunso , an indie record label founded in 1991 by Kang Byung-yong. On August 1, SM debuted Red Velvet , its first girl group since f(x) five years prior. In August 2015, SM partnered with sports marketing company IB Worldwide to create Galaxia SM, responsible for golfer Park In-bee , gymnast Son Yeon-jae , and Choo Shin-soo , right fielder for

12236-546: The performance did not air on television until May 16, 2006, as a segment in the Super Junior Show , the group's first television documentary. The group officially debuted on SBS ' music program Popular Song on November 6, 2005, performing their first single " Twins (Knock Out) ". A digital single with "Twins (Knock Out)", "You Are the One", and three additional tracks were released online on November 8, followed by

12369-460: The provisions of his contract were unlawful, harsh, and against his rights. He parted with the group and released his solo album Geng Xin in July 2010, which sold over 510,000 copies. That same month, Kangin announced his hiatus to fulfill his two-year mandatory military service . With only ten members left, Super Junior went off to release their fourth studio album, Bonamana in May 2010. Although

12502-573: The recently discharged Leeteuk and Heechul would re-join Super Junior for the group's seventh album, Mamacita , which was released online on August 29 and in stores on September 1. With only three days of sales, Mamacita ranked No.1 on Billboard ' s World Albums chart. Super Junior began their world tour Super Show 6 in September 2014, with the first stop at Seoul. They successfully completed their three-day concert at Jamsil Arena, Seoul from September 19 to 21, 2014 and marked their 100th concert worldwide on September 21, 2014. Super Junior are

12635-525: The release of their best-selling single " Sorry, Sorry " in 2009, the title song of their most critically successful album, Sorry, Sorry . Over the years, they have been divided into smaller groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. The members have also individually branched out into hosting, presenting and acting. Their successes and popularity as all-rounded entertainers have led other Korean entertainment managements to also begin training their music groups in other aspects of

12768-458: The release of their debut album Twins on December 6, 2005. The album sold 28,536 copies in the first month of release and debuted at number three in the monthly chart of December 2005. In February 2006, Super Junior 05 began performances for " Miracle ", the second promotional single from their debut album. "Miracle" topped the music charts of Thailand , drawing interest from international markets. They were subsequently invited to perform at

12901-466: The release of their single " Super Girl " from their second record Super Girl , which garnered them a nomination for Best Vocal Group at the 21st Golden Melody Awards . A fourth Super Junior subgroup was created soon after Super Junior-M's debut. With five members from Super Junior-T and Yesung, they formed the subgroup Super Junior-H , releasing their first extended play (EP) Cooking? Cooking! on June 5, 2008. In November 2008, Super Junior-T made

13034-415: The repackage album for Sexy, Free & Single called SPY , including four new songs, " SPY "; "Outsider"; "Only U", composed by Leeteuk; and "Haru", composed by Donghae. The MV was released on August 13. Sexy, Free & Single ranked high on iTunes in several countries, including Australia, France, Peru, and Japan. It also ranked third on Billboard World Albums. The album debuted at first place on

13167-481: The rotational concept of Japan's girl group Morning Musume , Lee said that his new group would also experience line-up changes, with new members replacing selected members every year to keep the group constantly young and all-rounded. This concept was then newly introduced to the K-pop market. They are also modelled after Japanese boy band SMAP who are also active as actors and entertainers besides being singers. For

13300-671: The ruling of the Intermediate People's Court in Qingdao, China. The agency sued Tao over his failure to repay the company after his departure. They released an official statement saying, "SM has ongoing lawsuits against Exo members Wu Yifan (Kris), Luhan, and Tao for violating their exclusive contracts and partaking in illegal promotions in China. Among these lawsuits, SM filed a lawsuit against Tao for failing to repay SM on October 13, 2015. An intermediate court in Qingdao, China made

13433-506: The same day. The explanation of the word "Play" was a combination of two meanings—'replay the music' and 'play excitedly'. Play consists of a total of 10 tracks, with " Black Suit " being the lead single. On the same day, the music video for "Black Suit" was released, earning 3 million views in 24 hours. On December 11, Super Junior released their Japanese single album "On and On", which was composed solely by Siwon. In December 2017, Super Junior started their world tour, Super Show 7 . It

13566-569: The same lawyer that handled Han Geng 's case. Kris, whose real name is Wu Yifan, was quoted as saying, "The company has treated me like a machine part or as an object of control rather than presenting a vision as an entertainer." He left the group in the same month that the lawsuit was made public, while the rest of the group continued to promote their single "Overdose." On July 21, 2016, Kris officially parted ways with EXO, although his contract with SM remained valid until 2022. On September 29, 2014, Girls' Generation member Jessica Jung claimed in

13699-474: The same month, SM opened its Indonesian office in Jakarta. In January 2019, SM debuted NCT's China unit, boy group band WayV . On August 8, 2019, SM and Capitol Music Group – which earlier signed NCT 127 in April 2019 – announced SuperM , a supergroup consisting of Taemin from Shinee, Baekhyun and Kai from Exo, and Taeyong , Ten , Lucas and Mark from NCT units NCT 127, NCT Dream and WayV, in

13832-454: The same period the previous year. Gross revenue was reported at KR₩22.7 billion, a 58% increase on the previous year. In April 2011, SM, YG, JYP, KeyEast , AMENT, and Star J Entertainment came together to form United Asia Management, a joint investment agency geared towards advancing Asian music worldwide. That August, SM joined with Thai media company TrueVisions to create an international joint venture, SM True . In 2012, SM debuted

13965-427: The same year, KMP Holdings was established as a joint venture between SM, YG Entertainment , JYP Entertainment , Star Empire , Medialine, CAN Entertainment, and Music Factory. The firm's first release from SM was Super Junior's fifth studio album, Mr. Simple , which marked the end of SM's self-distribution. In May, SM announced its highest ever first quarter operating profits, at KR₩10.4 billion, up 471% from

14098-629: The song " Santa U Are The One " for the 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift album, released on December 13, 2011. In addition, Donghae and Eunhyuk released their collaboration digital single " Oppa, Oppa " on December 16 and performed the single on Music Bank that same day. On January 11, Super Junior participated at the 26th Golden Disk Awards which was held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. The group ended up bringing home four awards: Popularity Award, MSN Japan Award, Disk Bonsang and

14231-501: The sub-unit in 2006, which was released on June 8, 2020. Super Junior was scheduled to release their tenth studio album, The Renaissance , in December 2020. A pre-release single titled "The Melody" was released on November 6, 2020, to celebrate the group's 15th anniversary. In the same month, the band signed with a US based talent and literacy agency, ICM Partners to represent them in other regions beside Asia. On December 10, it

14364-480: The suffix "05". After the addition of Kyuhyun, Super Junior released their single " U " for free download on May 25, 2006, on their official website. "U" exceeded 400,000 downloads within five hours of release and ultimately surpassed 1.7 million downloads, crashing the server. The physical single of "U" with a total of three tracks was released on June 6, eventually selling over 81,000 units in South Korea. The single became one of Korea's most popular songs of

14497-403: The three ex-members. In response, SM held a press conference claiming that the lawsuit was fraudulent, and filed an injunction. In early May 2010, it was announced that Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu would return to the stage as JYJ under a new management agency, C-JeS Entertainment . The injunction was dismissed by the Seoul Central District Court on February 17, 2011, and the final decision on

14630-440: The time of SM's official reestablishment in 1995, and was succeeded by Kim Kyung-wook in 1998. The early 2000s saw the disbandment of both H.O.T (in 2001) and S.E.S (in 2002). Shinhwa departed to a new agency, and new acts like the duo Isak N Jiyeon and the boy band Black Beat failed to attain the popularity of previous SM artists. In December 2000, SM established an affiliate company called Fandango Korea. In January 2001,

14763-524: The verdict that Tao is to repay SM as well as interest for the delayed payment." On June 1, 2023, Chen , Baekhyun , and Xiumin from Exo simultaneously ended their exclusive contacts with SM and took legal action against the company on the grounds of overdue payment and unreasonable deals. All three stated that they had requested clear and calculated records of their earnings; however, SM allegedly failed to disclose this information to them. Additionally, their legal representative, law firm LIN, stated that

14896-550: The world music industry. The group has achieved recognition beyond Asia, reaching notability in Europe, North America, and South America. Peru's Top 30 ranking of The Sexiest Men in the World included all of the members on the list They gave exclusive interviews to Slovenian and Iranian magazines, and they were selected by Brazilian Hallyu fans to be the number-one Korean artist they want to visit Brazil. Both Mexico's TV Azteca and

15029-487: The year, taking up number one spots for five consecutive weeks on two of Korea's top music programs. By the end of the year, Super Junior collected over seven awards in five of South Korea's top music award ceremonies, and was one of the three Best Newcomer winners at the 21st Golden Disk Awards . In late 2006, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung formed the subgroup Super Junior-K.R.Y. , Super Junior's first sub-unit. They performed their first single "The One I Love", theme song to

15162-495: Was absent during the performance due to health issues and they performed with just seven members. On October 8, Super Junior released a special EP, One More Time , with its lead single of the same name featuring Mexican band Reik and also Ryeowook in his first group recording following his military discharge on July 10. "One More Time" debuted at No. 18 on the Latin Digital Song Sales chart and at No. 5 on

15295-399: Was acquired by KT Music , and in June 2013, KT Music absorbed KMP's distribution network. In 2013, SM C&C acquired Hoon Media (a production company led by Lee Hoon-hee, responsible for KBS serials 1 vs 100 , Heroines 6 , Qualifications of Men , and Music Bank ) and Woollim Entertainment , a record label responsible for artists such as Infinite . In January 2014, SM and

15428-408: Was advantageous to preoccupy the market as it already had a concert hall, a key business in the musical industry. SM Entertainment SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. ( Korean : SM엔터테인먼트 ) is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency established in 1995 by Lee Soo-man . It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies and has been responsible for fostering and popularizing

15561-422: Was announced that Hybe Corporation had become SM Entertainment's largest shareholder after acquiring a 14.8% stake from Lee Soo-man for approximately 422.8 billion won, with the company subsequently acquiring Galaxia SM 's 1% stake on March 3, increasing their share to 15.8%. On March 3, 2023, a South Korean court issued an injunction against SM Entertainment's deal with Kakao. On March 6, 2023, Kakao launched

15694-399: Was announced that Kakao had purchased a 9.05% stake of SM Entertainment, becoming the company's second-largest shareholder at the time. The next day, Lee Soo-man filed an injunction against SM Entertainment for its issuance of new shares and convertible bonds to Kakao, stating the deal between the companies was "illegal" without his permission as the largest shareholder. Two days later, it

15827-462: Was announced that SM partnered with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to release orchestral versions of their artists' most popular songs under the label SM Classics . In October 2020, SM announced that Aespa , their first new girl group in six years, would debut with their digital single " Black Mamba " on November 17. On December 27, 2021, SM announced the creation of their rotational all-female supergroup Girls On Top. The group's first lineup, Got

15960-463: Was announced that Super Junior would headline a live online concert – the sixth concert jointly organised by SM Entertainment and Naver as part of the world first high-tech online-dedicated live concert series Beyond Live . This was Super Junior's first concert after the cancellation of several Super Show 8 concerts in 2020 in Japan and other countries due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic , and

16093-580: Was announced that a repackage of Play titled Replay would be released on April 12, 2018. The music video of its lead single, " Lo Siento " was released on the same day. It is a "trilingual dance track with tropical leanings", as it is sung in Korean, Spanish, and English. It was produced by Grammy Award-winning producers Play-n-Skillz and features American-born Hispanic singer Leslie Grace . "Lo Siento" debuted at No. 13 on Billboard ' s Latin Digital Song Sales chart , making Super Junior

16226-406: Was announced that the release of their album would be delayed to January 2021 in order to improve the album's quality. Meanwhile, Super Junior unveiled a new unreleased single from their album during 2020's The Fact Music Awards on December 12. On January 8, it was announced that the album's new release date would be February 16. However, on February 1, it was announced that the album's release date

16359-557: Was awarded the Grand Prix of Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the Culture Contents for Export Award in music. In 2003, SM became affiliated with Starlight Corporation Ltd. and C-Cube Entertainment Corporation. That same year, the company debuted five-member boy group TVXQ . The following years saw the debuts of artists such as TRAX (2004), The Grace (2005), and Super Junior (2005). In 2005, Kim Young-min became

16492-412: Was canceled a week before its scheduled date. Their statement read, "(They) have had health problems and finally reached their physical limits, but SM continued to send them abroad and plan excessive activities. Thus, the three members have started to hope they will be able to continue their careers as they wish, instead of being used as tools for the agency's profits." The court ruled in the favour of

16625-548: Was formed in April 2008. Although the creation of the subgroup initially created a strife between the group's fans and their management, Super Junior-M went on to become Super Junior's most successful subgroup, selling out two concerts in Hong Kong , topping weekly ratings with their appearance on Chinese variety programs, and was the idol group with the most endorsement contracts in China. They won numerous awards at Chinese music festivals, and achieved critical acclaim after

16758-466: Was not allowed to revise or end. The artist's friend and later manager Sun Le also submitted a statement to the Korean courts citing SM's violation of Han Geng's rights, which was later leaked via the internet. The statement argued that SM had discriminated against Han Geng financially as well as in terms of management. On September 27, 2011, Han Geng's departure from Super Junior was made official when legal representatives of both Han Geng and SM released

16891-411: Was organized as part of a project of activities in 2020 to celebrate 15 years since the debut of the group. The live concert was held on May 31 and Super Junior played live to an audience of over 123,000 around the world. The concert revenue was estimated to be over 60 billion won. When finished, the main concert video as well as individual member cameras received a total of 2.8 billion hearts on Vlive ,

17024-508: Was pushed back again to March 16. On the other hand, the band also released a Japanese compilation album on January 27, 2021, in celebration of their 15th anniversary. The album, Star was released under their Japanese label Avex Trax and only featured two new tracks, "Star" and "Coming Home". The album was well received, peaking at number 3 on Oricon Daily Albums Chart on the day of its release, and at number 5 on Oricon Weekly Albums Chart. On February 28, 2022, Super Junior released

17157-473: Was released as a pre-release track for the forthcoming album. The song is described as a pop rock ballad featuring subtle builds to guide the song's vocals. On October 31, Super Junior's label management SJ Label announced that Choi Siwon would be sitting out of Play promotional activities due to a recent fatal incident involving a family pet dog. On November 6, Super Junior held a press conference where they spoke about their eighth album, Play , released on

17290-477: Was released on December 15. On December 27, 2022, Super Junior announced the release of their eleventh studio album, The Road , on January 6, 2023. The album contained compilation of tracks from their three previous album releases, including The Road: Winter for Spring , The Road: Keep on Going and The Road: Celebration . On January 18, 2023, Super Junior released a documentary entitled Super Junior: The Last Man Standing on Disney+ . The documentary showed

17423-485: Was released. On July 8, 2015, SM Entertainment announced that Yesung would re-join Super Junior for a special album, Devil , which was released online and in stores on July 16. It was also the best selling album for the week in the United World Charts. Super Junior first showcased its song during its encore concert Super Show 6 in Seoul, over two days from July 11 to 12. They performed four songs from

17556-410: Was selected among three thousand applicants. That same year, Leeteuk , Yesung , and Eunhyuk were recruited after auditioning for the company's annual casting system in Seoul . Sungmin and Donghae became trainees after jointly winning first place in an SM-sponsored contest in 2001. In 2002, Heechul and Kangin were recruited along with Kibum , who was discovered in Los Angeles , California by

17689-416: Was shown in the ads and promotional videos for Super Show 2, he did not officially participate in the concert tour, and he announced his temporary leave from the group to pursue his acting career. In October 2009, Kangin was charged with a DUI and hit-and-run after crashing into a parked taxi holding three passengers. In December 2009, Han Geng filed for contract termination from SM Entertainment, claiming that

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