SM TOWN

SM엔터테인먼트

Type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 041510
Industry	Music, entertainment, travel
Genre	Pop, Dance, Electropop, Classic, R&B, K-pop
Founded	February 14, 1995
Founder(s)	Lee Soo-Man
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Lee Soo-Man (founding chairman) Kim Young-min (CEO) Lee Jong-in (CFO)
Products	Albums, concerts
Services	Publishing records, Entertainment agency
Revenue	₩9.3 billion (2009) ₩98,536,225,756 (2010)
Owner(s)	Lee Soo-Man (24.4%, 2012.01) Partners M&A Fund (Part of Partners Venture Capital) (7.2%, 2012.01) National Pension Service (6.2%, 2012.01) KB Asset Management (3.3%, 2012.01)[1]
Employees	965 (as of March 2010)
Subsidiaries	SM TinTin Hall (2000) SM Entertainment Japan (2001) SM Academy (2003) SM Pictures (2007) SM Amusement SM F&B Development SM Entertainment USA (2008) SM Town Travel (2012) SM Culture & Contents (2012)

S.M. Entertainment (Hangul: SM엔터테인먼트) is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea. Initially, "SM" was an abbreviation of the agency founder's name, but now stands for "Star Museum." Its current CEO is Kim Young-min. The label is one of the "big three" record companies of Korea along with YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment because of strong market share and international operations, they lead and started the Hallyu wave.

Once the home to groups such as H.O.T., S.E.S., and Shinhwa, its current roster of recording artists include K-Pop idols like Kangta,BoA, TVXQ, TRAX, The Grace, Super Junior, Zhang Liyin, Girls' Generation, J-Min, Shinee, f(x), and EXO. It is also home to actors likeGo Ara, Kim Min-jong, Lee Yeon-hee and Kim Ian. SM Entertainment also co-publishes Avex Trax releases for Japanese artists such asAyumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, and Koda Kumi, as well as Johnny's Entertainment acts like Arashi and KAT-TUN.

Recording artists

Debut	Artists	Gender	Members	Leader	Disbanded	Fanclub name	Official color
1996	H.O.T.	Male	5	Moon Hee-jun	2001	Club H.O.T	White
1997	S.E.S.	Female	3	Bada	2002	Friend	Purple
1998	Shinhwa	Male	6	Eric Mun	left the company (2003)	Shinhwa Changjo	Orange
1999	Fly to the Sky	Male	2	Non-leader group	left the company (2004)	Fly High	Sky blue
2000	BoA	Female	Solo	—	—	Jumping BoA, SOUL (Japan)	Yellow
2001	Kangta	Male	Solo	—	—	Club K.I.T	White
2001	Dana	Female	Solo	—	—	DANA4U	Blue
2001	M.I.L.K	Female	4	Park Heebon	2004	Milkyway	Pink
2002	Blackbeat	Male	7 ® 5	Lee So Min	2007	Soul Black	Black
2002	Shinvi	Female	3	Yoo Soo Jin	2003	Linos	Teal
2002	Chu Ga Yeol	Male	Solo	—	—	—	—
2002	Isak 'N' Jiyeon	Female	2	Non-leader group	2004	—	Wine
2003	TVXQ	Male	5 ® 2	Yunho	—	Cassiopeia, BigEast (Japan)	Pearl red
2004	TRAX	Male	4 ® 2	Jay	—	Traxian	Cobalt blue
2005	The Grace	Female	4	Non-leader group	—	Shapley	Pearl pink
2005	Super Junior	Male	12 ® 13 ® 12	Leeteuk	—	Everlasting Friends (short; E.L.F)	Pearl sapphire blue
2006	Iconiq	Female	Solo	—	—	—	—
2006	Zhang Liyin	Female	Solo	—	—	Chocolate	Gold      Mint green (Korea only)
2007	Girls' Generation	Female	9	Taeyeon	—	Sone (stylized; S❤NE)	Pastel rose
2007	J-Min	Female	Solo	—	—	—	—
2008	Shinee	Male	5	Onew	—	SHINee World (short; Shawol)	Pearl aqua
2009	f(x)	Female	5	Victoria	—	TBA	Pearl periwinkle
2012	EXO	Male	12	Kris (EXO-M) Suho (EXO-K)	—	TBA	TBA

[edit]Composers Kenzie Song Kwang-sik Yoo Young-jin

[edit]Actors/Actresses Lee Yeon Hee Kim Kibum Kim Min Jong Go Ara Oh Yun Soo Son Ji Chang Choi Jong Yoon Seo Hyeon Jin Yoo Ho Jung Lee Jae Ryong Yoon Da Hoon Lee Dong Woo Kim Kyung Sik Hong Rok Gi Kim Ian

[edit]VJ/DJ Kim Isak

[edit]Project Units S K&V The BLUE SM The Ballad M&D

[edit]Sub-Units Super Junior-K.R.Y. Super Junior-T Super Junior-M Super Junior-Happy Super Junior Donghae and Eunhyuk The Grace - Dana & Sunday Girls' Generation-TTS

[edit]MC Kang Ho Dong Shin Dong Yup Jun Hyun Moo [edit]Pianist Song Kwang Sik [edit]Magician Lu

[edit]Comedians Kim Kyung Sik Hong Rocky Lee Dong Woo Kim Young Chul

[edit]Musical Actors Kim Isak LINA

[edit]Former

[edit]Left the company Han Geng Kim Jaejoong Kim Junsu Park Yoo Chun Fly To The Sky Kang Jung Woo Jang Nara Jang Woo Hyuk Lee Jae Won Moon Hee Jun No Min-woo Park Myung Soo Shinhwa Tony An

[edit]Notable former trainees Sol Bi G-Dragon (now under YG Entertainment as a leader of Big Bang)[39] Wheesung Lee Hyori (now a solo artist, former leader of Fin.K.L) Lee Jun Ki (now under IMX/Interactive Media) Heo Young Saeng (now under B2M Entertainment as a member of SS501) Park So Yeon (Almost became SNSD member; now under Core Contents Media as the leader of T-ara) Lee Sun-mi (now under JYP Entertainment as a former member of Wonder Girls) Park Gyuri (now under DSP Media as the leader of Kara) Park Jung Min (now under CNR Media as a member of SS501) Lee Jong Suk (now under Wellmade STARM) Heo Ga-yoon (now under Cube Entertainment as a member of 4minute)

[edit]Discography

Main article: SM Entertainment discography

[edit]Filmography

• Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (2007)
• Heading to the Ground (2009)
• Paradise Ranch (2011)
• I AM. (2012)
• To The Beautiful You (2012)

[edit]Partnership

• Starworld Entertainment
• Fandango Korea
• Avex Entertainment
• Sony Music Entertainment Japan
• Nayutawave Records
• EMI Music Japan
• J Storm
• TrueVisions Group
• Kraze Burger

[edit]Distribution

[edit]Labels distribute

• Avex Group
• J Storm
• Nayutawave Records
• Purple Communication

[edit]Distributing labels

South Korea self-distributed (1995–2011) United Asia Management (2011–present) KMP Holdings (2011–present) Japan Avex Group VAP (1998–2000) (S.E.S) Universal Music (Girls' Generation) (2010–present) EMI Music Japan (Shinee) (2010–present) Hong Kong Avex Asia Universal Music (Girls' Generation) (2010–present) Pathe Records (Shinee) (2010–present) Taiwan Avex Taiwan Universal Music (Girls' Generation) (2010–present) Avex/Gold Typhoon (Shinee)

Malaysia/Singapore Universal Music Warner Music (Shinee) (2010–present) Philippines Universal Records MCA Music (Girls' Generation) (2010–present) PolyEast Records (Shinee) (2010–present) Thailand GMM International (until 2011) SM True (2011–present) China Sky Music