Super Junior

Super Junior promoting Miina (BONAMANA) (2010)

Super Junior (슈퍼주니어) is a thirteen member Korean boy band under the SM Entertainment label and production agency. They are managed by producer Lee Soo Man and is currently the largest group under SM Entertainment. They debuted in 2005 with the digital single "TWINS (Knock Out)" as a twelve member group but added a thirteenth, Kyu Hyun, in May of 2006 with the release of their single U. Super Junior's popularity has spread across Asia and they have held concerts in such places as Taiwan, Thailand and Japan.

Members

• Leeteuk (Leader)
• Heechul
• Yesung
• Shindong
• Sungmin
• Eunhyuk
• Siwon
• Donghae
• Ryeowook
• Kyuhyun

Hiatus

• Han Kyung
• Kangin
• Kibum

Subunits

• Super Junior-K.R.Y.
• Super Junior-T
• Super Junior-M
• Super Junior-Happy

History

2005 - 2006

Super Junior promoting "U" (2006)

Before the group settled with their current name, the company labled them as simply Junior, a representation of the members' young ages when they first joined SM Entertainment. However, after the members' showcased their different talents to the company, their company finalized their name to Super Junior. Soon the group became officially Super Junior 05, the first generation of Super Junior. Super Junior had been known for their line-up, a concept being very similar to Japan's girl group Morning Musume. Intended to be a rotational group, there was to be new members replacing some of the old members each year, forming a new Super Junior generation every time. Super Junior first performed as a group on November 6, 2005 on SBS Inkigayo, where they performed songs from their debut single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". Their debut single was released digitally on November 11th and their debut album Super Junior 05 was released in December. Soon after the release of their album, Super Junior collaborated with fellow SM Entertainment group Tong Vfang Xien Qi and released the single Show Me Your Love. At the same time Super Junior continued to promote songs from their first album. On May 23, 2006, SM Entertainment revealed a new member Kyu Hyun, who was discovered through a singing competition in 2005, as the thirteenth and youngest member. The new thirteen-member group released their new single, "U" online for free download on May 25, 2006 in Super Junior's official website. "U" had over 400 thousand downloads within five hours of release and it ultimately exceeded 1.7 million downloads, crashing the server. The CD single "U" with a total of three tracks was officially released on June 6, 2006, eventually selling over 81,000 units by 2007. Super Junior-K.R.Y, the first subgroup of Super Junior that debuted on November 5, 2006, began to give separate performances away from the group to promote their new songs in the latter months of 2006.

2007

Super Junior promoting Don't Don! (2007)

In February a second subgroup, Super Junior-T debuted, The group released their debut single "Rokkuguh" on February 23. In March, several members of Super Junior participated in an original soundtrack for the first time, singing the opening and ending themes "Success" and "H.I.T" for the Korean miniseries, H.I.T. On April 18th, 2007 Super Junior members Lee Teuk, Eun Hyuk, Shin Dong, and Kyu Hyun were involved in a car accident. Kyu Hyun was severely injured and suffered from a fractured hip, broken ribs, and various abrasions on his face. He was discharged 78 days later on July 5th, 2007. Lee Teuk had glass impaled in his back and face and had operations to remove the glass done by a plastic surgeon. He will probably have operations to remove the scars at a later date. Eun Hyuk was also reported as having glass in his back, while Shin Dong walked out of the accident with only minor injuries. All activities were canceled for these four members. All the members, except Kyu Hyun, managed to attend the 2007 Hollywood Bowl appearance in the United States. On September 20th Super Junior released their second album Don't Don!. With this release they launched their new, much harder image, including shaved heads, black clothing, and lots of hair dye. Their first single from the album, the song "Don't Don!" featured a violin solo performed by Henry Lau, a new SM recruit raised in Canada. For a while there was much speculation that Henry would be added to Super Junior. On October 2, 2007, SM Entertainment officially announced a third Super Junior sub-unit, Super Junior-M, a subgroup designated for the Chinese market. The announcement of the new sub-unit created a controversy between the fans and the management as fans did not support the management to add new members to the subgroup. SM Entertainment further expounded on the fact that Super Junior's name should be considered a brand searching to unearth new talent worldwide. 1 From October to December Super Junior worked on the project "Make the world a happy place with Super Junior" in which they participated and promoted various charity events including blood drives.

2008

Super Junior promoting SUPER SHOW (2008)

Super Junior's first major tour, The 1st ASIA TOUR - "Super Show, Startet February 22 to February 24 in Seoul.[ The tour covered nine different cities, including Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Super Junior-Happy made an unofficial debut performance on May 3, 2008 at the Power Concert although they had not formally introduced themselves as the subgroup at the time. On May 30, SM Entertainment released the official announcement of the subgroup through Newsen. The subgroup's first EP, Cooking? Cooking!, was released on June 5, 2008. The music video of their first single, "Cooking? Cooking!" was released on that same day. On June 7, Super Junior-Happy debuted performing their first single, "Cooking? Cooking!" at the 2008 Dream Concert. On the day before their debut, the subgroup held their first sign fan meeting to celebrate the success of the sales of Cooking? Cooking! On the morning of June 6, over thousands of fans lined up for tickets to the fan meet, overcrowding the streets. Close to 10,000 copies were sold by the first week of release. According to the Music Industry Association of Korea, the EP sold 20,978 by the end of June and was ranked fifth in the monthly charts. On July, the group announced that Super Junior will end subgroup activities at the end of the year and will come together to prepare for their third studio album, which is slated to release in 2009. "U/TWINS", Super Junior's second single. The single was specially made for Super Junior's first Japan fanmeeting in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo as a celebration for the grand opening of their official Japanese Homepage that was opened on April 1, 2008.[7] It was released in Japan on July 9, 2008. The single peaked at #4 on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart in its first day of release, The single broke a new record for being the first Korean single to debut in top 10 on Japan's Oricon Weekly Chart. On August 2, Super Junior expanded their routes to Genting Highlands, Malaysia, being one of the top guest performers at the MTV Asia Awards 2008. They are the third SM artist to win Favorite Artist Korea at the MTV Asia Awards after Kangta and BoA. On August 3, Super Junior-Happy performed their second single, "Pajama Party", The music video was released on August 4, 2008. "Pajama Party" promotions only lasted a month, and promotions for the EP officially ended on September 7, 2008. Kang In and Shin Dong Got tattoos. (a tattoo on Shindong's arm and A Tattoo on KangIn's back.) On November 5, Super Junior-T will release their first japanese single ROCK&GO. It will also feature a collaboration effort with Japanese comedic duo Moeyan.

2009

Super Junior promoting SORRY, SORRY (2009)

Super Junior's third album, SORRY, SORRY, was released on March 12, 2009 with acclaimed reviews. The title single of the album, "Sorry, Sorry" was digitally released on March 9, 2009.In less than a week after preorders were announced, over 150,000 copies were pre-ordered.Sorry, Sorry was their first album to debut at #1 on the Hanteo Charts, and it sold over 29,000 copies the first day, defeating Seo Taiji's record of 25,000.Promotions for the album started March 13 with the performance of "Sorry, Sorry" and "Why I Like You" on Music Bank.Two weeks later, "Sorry, Sorry" became the number one song of the week on the same program.During the group's performance on music program Popular Songs on March 15, ratings went up to as high as 14%, the highest in recent years.From March to May, "Sorry, Sorry" collected a total of ten #1 awards with consecutive wins in Korea, having the single becoming a national and international success. After only a month of release, the album became South Korea's best-selling album of 2009. Sorry, Sorry was also a critically and commercially successful hit in other Asian countries, opting the group to become the only overseas representative for the second time at Taiwan's annual Golden Melody Awards. Sorry, Sorry was a best-selling Korean-language album in Taiwan, Thailand, China, and the Philippines, in which the latter listed the album to be the first K-pop album to reach #1 in music charts from the country.Super Junior won three awards in the 1st MNET Asian Music Awards - Overseas Viewers Award, Mobile Popularity Award and CGV Popularity Award despite not attending. Super Junior's Sorry, Sorry won Daesang at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards.

On December 10, 2009, a music video called SORRY, SORRY - Answer was released through SM Entertainment's YouTube page.

Also, they released a single, titled "Seoul (Seoul City Promotional Song)" with the group's own Kyuhyun, Donghae, Siwon, Leeteuk, Ryeowook, Sungmin, as well as some of Girls' Generation members; Seo Hyun, Sunny, Sooyoung, Taeyeon and Jessica.

Korean Discography

Albums

• [2005.12.07] SuperJunior05 (TWINS)
• [2007.09.20] Don't Don!
• [2009.03.12] SORRY, SORRY
• [2010.05.13] Miina (BONAMANA) (미인아)

Live Albums

• [2008.05.19] THE 1ST ASIA TOUR CONCERT ALBUM SUPER SHOW
• [2009.12.10] The 2nd ASIA TOUR CONCERT ALBUM SUPER SHOW 2

Singles

• [2005.12.19] Show Me Your Love (with Dong Bang Shin Ki)
• [2006.06.07] U

Digital Singles

• [2009.03.09] SORRY, SORRY
• [2009.04.11] Neorago (너라고)
• [2009.12.15] SEOUL (Seoul City Promotional Song) (서울시홍보송)
• [2010.05.10] Miina (BONAMANA) (미인아)
• [2010.05.20] Kkumeun Irueojinda (꿈은 이루어진다); Dreams Come True)
• [2010.06.25] No Other (너 같은 사람 또 없어 No Other)
• [2010.08.16] Tok Tok Tok

DVDs

• [2008.09.24] SUPER JUNIOR 1st PREMIUM EVENT in JAPAN
• [2008.10.02] SUPER JUNIOR THE 1ST ASIA TOUR LIVE CONCERT DVD SUPER SHOW

Compilation / Other

• [2006.06.20] '06 SUMMER SMTOWN (#3 Dancing Out, #10 Smile)
• [2006.12.12] 2006 WINTER SMTOWN (#3 Tic! Toc!)
• [2007.07.04] 2007 Summer Vacation in SMTOWN.com (#3 Haengbok)
• [2007.12.07] 2007 WINTER SMTOWN (#4 First Snow)
• [2008.03.12] Sweet Memories with Super Junior
• [2008.03.13] Heart 2 Heart with Super Junior
• [2009.08.17] 09 SUMMER SMTOWN (#1 Seaside (Boom Boom), #3 Carnival)
• [2010.xx.xx] 2010 SMTOWN Summer Album (#3 The Island’s imprint)

Japanese Discography

Singles

• [2008.07.09] U/TWINS
• [2008.11.26] Marry U

Photobooks

• [2006.09.15] 1st Photobook Boys In City
• [2008.12.12] Super Junior Photobook - Boys In City Season 2 - Tokyo
• [2010.05.14] Super Junior Photobook - Boys In City Season 3 - Hong Kong

Filmography

• [2006] KM Super Junior Show (슈퍼주니어쇼)
• [2006] Mnet Mystery 6 (미스터리)
• [2006] Super Adonis Camp (미소년 합숙 대소동)
• [2006] SBS Super Junior Full House (슈퍼주니어 풀하우스)
• [2006] Mnet Super Junior Mini-Drama (대결! 슈퍼주니어의 자작극)
• [2006] Mnet M Countdown - Eun Hyuk, Shindong, and Eeteuk as MC
• [2007] Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (꽃미남 연쇄 테러 사건)
• [2008] Alvin and the Chipmunks (Korean voice-over)
• [2008] SBS Inkigayo - Heechul as one of the MCs
• [2008] SBS New Good Sunday (인체탐험대) (Explorers of the Human Body)

Awards & Achievements

• 2006 - M.NET/KM Music Festival (Best New Group)
• 2006 - Golden Disk Awards (Best New Group & Best Music Video)
• 2006 - SBS Popular Songs Mutizen Song (U (3 weeks) Dancing Out (1 week))
• 2006 - M.NET M!Countdown 1st Place (U (2 weeks) & Dancing Out (1 week))
• 2006 - Korean Television Arts Awards (Best Group)
• 2006 - Korean Visual Arts Awards (Most Photogenic)
• 2006 - Digital Music Awards (Best New Group)
• 2006 - SBS Song Awards (Best New Male Group)
• 2007 - M.NET/KM Music Festival (Artist of the Year, Auction Netizen Popularity & Netizen and Mobile Popularity)
• 2007 - Golden Disk Awards (Top 10 Artists & TPL Anycall Popularity)
• 2007 - Summer Break 20's Choice Awards (Best New Asian Artist, Best Group, Best Dresser at Blue Carpet, Best Performance (Haengbok), Best Pretty Boy (Heechul), Best Bad Boy (Kangin)
• 2007 - M.NET M!Countdown 1st Place (Don't Don (1 week)
• 2007 - MTV Seoul Song Awards (Best New Group & Mobile Popularity)
• 2007 - Asia SEED Awards (Best New Asian Artist)
• 2007 - Asia Song Festival (Appreciation Award)
• 2007 - Korean Performing Arts Award (Best Male Dance Artists)
• 2007 - Korea Best Dresser Swan Awards (Best Dressed Singer)
• 2007 - Korean Popular Entertainment Award (New Generation Artist of the Year)
• 2007 - Tencent Stars Magnificent Ceremony (Asia's Artist of the Year)
• 2008 - MTV Asia Awards (Favorite Artist Korea)
• 2008 - Asia Model Award Ceremony (Entertainment: Asia Special Award)
• 2008 - Seoul Music Awards (Top Artist & Mobile Popularity)
• 2008 - Music King Awards (Asia's Most Popular New Group (Super Junior-M)

External Links

• Super Junior Korean Official Site
• Super Junior Japanese Official Site
• Super Junior Chinese Official Site