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Super Junior

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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

Subunits

  • Super Junior-K.R.Y. is the first official sub-unit of Super junior, Established on February 2007. Super Junior-K.R.Y contains three Super Junior members: Kyu Hyun, Ryeo Wook and Yeh Sung, These members have similar musical qualities, they perform particular songs to target a more mature audience.
  • Super Junior-T is the second official sub-unit of Super Junior, established in February 2007. They are one of the few new generation singers known to have been capitalizing trot music, the oldest form of Korean pop music. They are the first sub-unit to debut in japan. Super Junior-T contains six Super Junior members, Lee Teuk, Hee Chul, Kang In, Shin Dong, Sung Min, and Eun Hyuk.
  • Super Junior-M is the third official sub-unit of Super Junior established in April 2008. They are the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent. Super Junior-M contains five Super Junior members, Han Geng (Leader), Dong Hae, Siwon, Ryeo Wook, Kyu Hyun and two non-Super Junior members, Henry and Zhou Mi. The group revealed in August 2008 that they will release their second album in 2009.
  • Kibum is currently the only member of Super Junior that does not belong to a sub-unit.

History

2005 - 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

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'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.

Discography

Albums

Super Junior

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

SuperJunior05 (TWINS)

2005.12.07 94,000 3
2

돈 돈! (Don't Don)

2007.09.20 176,736 1
3

SUPER SHOW

2008.05.19 19,946 1

Super Junior-M

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

迷(Me)

2008.05.02 450,000 1


Singles

Super Junior

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

Show Me Your Love (with TVfXQ)

2005.12.19 66,048 1
2

U

2006.06.07 91,416 1
3

U/TWINS (Japanese release)

2008.07.09 20,375 8
3

Marry U (Japanese release)

2008.11.26

Super Junior-T

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

Rokkuguh!!!

2007.02.23 45,998 1
2

ROCK&GO (ロクゴ!)

2008.11.05 10,880 14


EPs

Super Junior

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

U (Taiwan Limited EP)

2007.06.15

Super Junior-Happy

# Title Release date Total Sales Highest Rank
1

COOKING? COOKING!

2008.06.05 27,122 1

Soundtrack contributions

Super Junior

Super Junior-K.R.Y

SMTOWN

Music Videos

2005

2006

2007

2008


DVD


Concerts


Movies


Photobooks


TV Shows

  • KM Super Junior Show - 슈퍼주니어쇼 (December 6, 2005 to April 24, 2006)
  • Mnet Mystery 6 - 미스터리 (March 30 to May 4, 2006)
  • Super Adonis Camp - 미소년 합숙 대소동 (May 29 to July 17, 2006)
  • SBS Super Junior Full House - 슈퍼주니어 풀하우스 (May 27 to August 26, 2006)
  • Mnet Super Junior Mini-Drama - 대결! 슈퍼주니어의 자작극 (August 13 to September 13, 2006)
  • Mnet M Countdown - Eun Hyuk, Shindong, and Eeteuk as MC (2006 to March 24, 2008)
  • SBS Inkigayo - Heechul as one of the MCs (February 25, 2007 to May 4, 2008)
  • SBS New Good Sunday:인체탐험대 (Explorers of the Human Body) - (November 11, 2007 to February 3, 2008)


Awards

2006

M.NET/KM Music Festival:

  • Best New Group

Golden Disk Awards:

  • Best New Group
  • Best Music Video

SBS Popular Songs Mutizen Song:

  • U (3 weeks)
  • Dancing Out (1 week)

M.NET M!Countdown 1st Place:

  • U (2 weeks)
  • Dancing Out (1 week)

Korean Television Arts Awards:

  • Best Group

Korean Visual Arts Awards:

  • Most Photogenic

Digital Music Awards:

  • Best New Group

SBS Song Awards:

  • Best New Male Group


2007

M.NET/KM Music Festival:

  • Artist of the Year
  • Auction Netizen Popularity
  • Netizen and Mobile Popularity

Golden Disk Awards:

  • Top 10 Artists
  • TPL Anycall Popularity

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)

M.NET M!Countdown 1st Place:

  • Don't Don (1 week)

MTV Seoul Song Awards:

  • Best New Group
  • Mobile Popularity

Asia SEED Awards:

  • Best New Asian Artist

Asia Song Festival:

  • Appreciation Award

Korean Performing Arts Award:

  • Best Male Dance Artists

Korea Best Dresser Swan Awards:

  • Best Dressed Singer

Korean Popular Entertainment Awards:

  • New Generation Artist of the Year

Tencent Stars Magnificent Ceremony:

  • Asia's Artist of the Year


2008

MTV Asia Awards:

  • Favorite Artist Korea

Asia Model Award Ceremony:

  • Entertainment: Asia Special Award

Seoul Music Awards:

  • Top Artist
  • Mobile Popularity

Music King Awards:

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